The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 31, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Prfl?il:(_?r. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Tafly and Sunday CALL, One week, by carrier..£0.15 Daily and Sund Cavy, one year, by mall.... 6.00 Dsfly and Sunday CALL, six tonths, by mail.. 8.00 Dree months by mafl 1.50 JALL, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday CALL, oue yes o WEEKLY CALL, 0B€ § BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephon EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. ....Msln-1874 Telephone BRANCH OFFICES : 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open until B:80 o'clock. 839 Hayes street; open until §:30 o'clock. street: open until 9:30 o'clock. ixteenth and Mission streeis; Opem until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until § o'clock. 118 Ninth street; open nntil 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 51 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York Clty. DAVID M. FOLT ) There is vict ahead to get it The crisis in Coba is near at hand, and what is more it is at our hand. to pull, but Uncle Sam’s ch any more, Don’t cali Paderewski “Paddy” and he 1San F o a ja way to reduce taxes to a min- reduce bossism to nothingness. For the 1ime being the wmusical storm center of the country is located in our s that this week 1t The will really get to business, but some prom- | Senate pron s don't count. The poker players will fight, of course. th nnot make a bluff in one way in another. 1t they A strong pull will get the new building he Postoffice started, provided we all n the same wa: The P’s and Q’s che Senate shonld attend to in discussing the emergency tariff are patriotism and quickness. Illinois Democrats find that Aitgeld is not only in the saddle but has the cinch straps drawn tight on the donkey. One by one the political volcanoes are opening up, and vefore long. the whole country will be in state of eruption. The agitation at Mount Tauquitz seems to be mainly in the direction of emigra- tion, and the people are getting away from there. It is said the British claim on our Alaskan boundary does not exceed 3,000,- 000 acres, but that is surely enough ground The adoption of a more rigorous military policy seems a futile attempton the part of Spain to get the best of Cuba by making the worst of it. If Astor wishes to give a good proof of Americanism he would dismiss himself from his London paper and come home to spend his money. Democratic organs are very fond of talk- ing of a possible splitin the Republican party, but the split in the Democratic party talks for itself. The amount of pie in the Pacific rail- roads has tempted the Vanderbilts and the Goulds, and Mr. Huntington has rivals to deal with as well as the people. With a cessation of the third-term move- ment, Presidential politics in the Demo- cratic party has ceased to move at all, and begins to look like a stagnant pool. In replying to our Government on the Venezuelan question Lord Salisbury is taking as much time as if he thought him- self as big as a United States Senator. The Chamber of Commerce should begin the campaign for untaxed ships at once and do a good deal of education before party politics absorb public attention. Kaiser William is keeping up his repu- tation as a lightning change artist. Last week he was twisting the lion’s'tail and now he is patting the brute on the back. _— While the big pugilists are looking for a fighting-place in Mexico, the “boxing car- nival” in Boston is running right along under the sanction of the Board of Alder- men. We began our war for independence by throwing British tea overboard, and the Cubans are imitating the example as best they can by upsetting the Spanish sugar bowl. If the report be true that the Russian Armenians have gone to the assistance of their kinsmen in Turkey there is likely to be a high old time in Europe before the coming summer is over. Consul-General Jernigan reports there are great possibilities for American trade with the Orient, but points out the need of American ships as factors in the trade, and the pointer 1s of value to California. It is asserted by the Washington corre- spondent of the Chicago Record that Blaine favored Cullom as the next Presidential nominee of the Republican party, but pol- itics have changed since Blaine’s time. An exhibition of Dore pictures in Chi- cago has set the pork packers to discussing whether Dore was an artist, and out of it will come a national discussion of the question whether Chicago knows art when she sees it. The Chicago Inter Ocean says gold ls not good pocket money and undertakes to prove it by the argument that a man would rather carry $100 in bills than in gold. The defect in the argument is that very few people carry $100 as pocket money. In the average game in this country $20 is the limit. The first yearly report of the Civil Ser- vice Commission of the city of Chicago shows that 3825 persons made application for examination, 949 passed successfully und 194 have received places. In the suc- cessful applications for ‘‘labor service” there were 321 foreigners to 56 Americans,. but in the “official service’ there were 412 Americans who were successful and only 123 foreigners. | NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Congressman Maguire furnishes THE CaLL with the interesting news that in all likelihood the Vanderbilt and Gould in- terests have deserted the funding scheme with the intention of being bidders for the Union and Central Pacific roads when they are offerea for sale by tbe Govern- ment in foreclosure of its mortgage, as these two interests desire to secure a through direct line from the Atlantic to the Pacific. If they have done so much as deserting the funding bill they h.nve certainly done more, as open antagonism to it.conld not make their position any the worse with Mr. Huntington. While it is deplorable to reflect that any railroad interest is able to affect Congres- sional legislation, it is something to have so -grave a fight as this arise from the greed of great railway-owners. Indi- vidunally they can be kept under reason- able control. It is only when they form | combinations that they are a great menace to the country. The surmise that the Gould and Vander- bilt interests have arrayed themselves against the funding measure seems reason- able. As the dictators of Eastern railway concerns they exercise an enormous power, and itisin the nature of things that they would like to extend their empire to Cali- fornia. Railroads work in combination only when by so doing they can advance their individual interests; the line is drawn at foregoing advantages to be se- cured by independent procedure. Mr. Maguire is undoubtedly right in be- lieving that if these Eastern interests secure the Union and Central lines the Southern Pacitic will have genuine compe- tion. This will come of necessity rather than through choice. That is to say, the Eastern interests would be in & position to dictate to Mr. Huntington, and would en- joy the tremendous advantage of a popu- lar support in California resulting froma reaction against Mr. Huntington’s tyr- anny. As the Eastern interests would not carry the burdens of inflated and dis- honestly contracted debts which furnish the Southern Pacific with an excuse to levy exorbitant charges, they wonld make lower schedules with a view to the settle- ment and development of the State, and compel Mr. Huntington to make his rates accordingly. In any-event, the Southern Pacific monopoly would be destroyed, and that fact alone would-make many things possible. THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. An amusing little incident, proving a possibly unconscious acquirement of the American spirit of republicanism, oc-. curred last Sunday during the public re- ception given .by the Italian cruiser Cristoforo Colombo, now visiting this harbor. It has Leen the custom of Ameri- can cruisers on reception days to receive all who came, by whatever means. they arrived at the ship’s side. The officers of the Colombo, animated by a praiseworthy desire to turn the occasion into one of vrofit for the local Italian Benevolent Society, made a rule that no visitors ex- cept those brought by the chariered tug and launch of the society would be ad- mitted. Unfortunately this fact had not been sufficiently advertised, and as a conse- quence two distressing incidents ensued. One was the loss of considerable money by the owners of other craft who took out visitors and had to return with them after they had been denied admission to the vessel, and the other was the freely out- spoken indignation of the Italian fisher- men who went to visit the vessel in their own boats. In honor of so proud and happy an event as an opportunity to visit an armed vessel from the great country of their birth we may be certain that they heda made their little boats shine, had taken a holiday and had donned their best clothes, besides likely taking along their wives and sweethearts. They car- ried no pay passengers and went simply as American citizens of Italian birth to honor distinguished visitors from their native country. But they were very firmly turned back by the officers of the cruiser, and in their chagrin and indignation they fired an audible broadside of remarks at the Italian officers not at all complimentary to the vessel and smoking with American patriot- ism. “Youmay takeyourold hulk!” they exclaimed. “We build better ships every day right overon that shore than Italy owns. We are American' citizens, and we have American money in our pockets, and we don’t care a sou for your ship!” There was a touch of humor as well as a broad spirit of patriotism in that. | The incident is not so trivial as it might seem, for it is indicative of what residence and citizenship in the United States put into a foreigner. Ha acquires a large sense of personal freedom and power that counts on ogcasion, and it is when these imbibed qualities in him are offended, even by digni- fied officers of the country of his birth, that his American republicanism makes itself evident. That such a spirit would be ex- ceedingly useful to this country in the event of war with a foreign power is a matter that goes without saying, and it is pleasant to observe how even a small inci- dent may kindle it. NON-PARTISAN POLITIOS. The January number of Guaton’s Maga- zine contains an article by Edward Lauter- bach on ‘Non-Partisan Politics,”” which deserves the attentive consideration of all person:s who may be inclined to favor such politics during the coming elections. There is nothing new in the article, but it contains a more comprehensive review of the subject than has been published lately, and the argument acainst the folly and futility of fusion parties is stated with great force and clearness, After pointing out that political parties are necessary parts of representative gov- ernment, and that even the advocates of non-partisanship do not dispute this, so far as State and National affairs are con- cerned, Mr. Lauterbach goes to show that parties are just as essential in the manage- ment of municipal affairs. ‘Manifestly,” he says, “if a well-digested principle of pub- lic policy is important in the affairs of the State and Federal governments, it is more important in the affairs of local munici- palities, for the cities and towns are the nurseries for the character, intelligence and opinion out of which State and Na. tional politics are made.” It follows, therefore, that if organized parties, with established governmental principles, are to prevail anywhere they should certainly do so in tocal politics. It is true that much evil exists in the government of our cities, but the remedy forthisis not to eliminate party princi- ples from municipal politics, but to infuse into it more of those principles and a greater degree of party responsibility than at present exists. If this were done State and National parties would be held se- countable for what their representatives did in civic administration, and there would be & greater degree of party pride, party prestige and party success involved in good government in cities, witha re- sulting greater degree of excellence in the administration of such governments. To reliove the great political parties of responsibility for municipal government would simply be to remove from such gov- ernments any kind of responsibility what- ever. If good citizens do not like the way in which their party is managing the af- fairs of their city they should either purify it or join the opposition party. Political degeneracy cannot be reformed by the fusion of discontented people from both sides. Such fusions only afford a means by which men who shirk the primaries can excuse themselves for neglecting their political duties, or else provide a means by which dissatisfied office-seexers can hope to obtain an office which they could not gain through a responsible party organiza- tion. Mr. Lauterbach illustrates the futility of fusion movements, even when succeesful at the vpolls, by the present condition of affairs in New York. Thereis no organized party responsible for the reform adminis- tration, and consequently any success it may achieve will inspire nobody to further efforts. Enthusiasm, in fact, is chulled in that city, and the whole reform movement is in process of disintegration. From this grea! and conspicuous example it can be seen that as a method of municipal reform non-partisan politics is a failure. As Mr. Lauterbach savs: ‘‘Honesty and efficiency in political reform and public administra- tion can best and most easily be accom- plished through honest and loyal party organization whose principles shall per- meate its ranks from top to bottom, and whose responsibility shall extend from center to circumference.” SIMPLIFYING LAND TRANSFERS. The ablest exposition of the Torrens sys- tem of land transfer thdt has been made in many a day was read before a club in this City recently by Warren Gregory. It will be remembered that a year ago a bill to introduce this system in California was passed by the Assembly, but was with. drawn from the Senate. Since that time there have been serious disturbances of titles in this State, reference being had to those. descended from Spanish grants, This trouble has been of frequent recur- rence ever since 1852, when the commis- sion appointed by Congress to settle these titles did its work of settling them, or at least making their settlement possible. The Torrens idea is steadily progressing in various parts of the United States. ,The readiness with which the people are ready to accept it may be inferred from the ac- tion last November of Cook County, Ill., which contains the city of Chicago. The Legislature had made it optional with the counties to adopt the system, and Cook County adopted it by a vote of 82,536 to 5279. 8ir Robert Torrens introduced the system in Australia in 1858, Queensland adopted it in 1861, Victoria and New South. ‘Wales in 1862, New Zealand and British Columbia “in 1870, Western Australia in 1875, England in the same year,- Manitoba in 1883, and Ontario in 1884, These data are given for the purpose of showing that the system is contsgious, for it spread gradually from the place of its original in- troduction on the sole strength of its su- perior merits as Jearned by observation. As Mr, Gregory hasshown, the plan had to be considerably modified to suit the constitutional requirements of the United States, but the Illinois act has been passed upon favorably by the ablest constitutional lawyers available, and, as it does not con- flict with the fourteenth amendment and contains the essential elements of the Tor- rens system, it is regarded as a boon to the people. In a few words the 1llinois law makes it optional with land-owners whether they will avail themselves of its benefits, It provides for a registrar and two expert land lawyers, who shall carefully investi- gate every application for a certificate of title, give due notice to possible adverse claimants, and then issue a certificate, which is an evidence of absolute title. Five yearsare given within which it may be contested. If there is no contest the certificate becomes indefeasible at the end of five years and is forever thereafter un- assailable. In case it should be developed after that time that the registrar has erred it is provided that the adverse claimant may sue the State for damages. The advantages of the system are numerous. The essence of the title re- sides in its registration. The certificate, being evidence of title, is availuble for ready and inexpensive transfer and land becomes a quick asset. All thisisin ad- dition to the stability of title and the con- sequent shutting off of all possibility of threatening suits brought for purposes of extortion, and that would be a great de- sideratum in some parts of California. The absence of a warranty-deed system in this State places us in a worse position than the older States and makes the Tor- rens system all the more advisable. The very fact that title insurance companies do a large business here is evidence of the necessity for a change. CURRENT HUMOR. Memma—Now, dear, can you remember any- thing about the sermon? Small Daughter—Oh, yes, mamma. It was all ebout the foolish people that strain at gates and swallow sawmills.—Spare Moments. Title for the Colonial Secretary when raised to the peerage: “Lord Joe-Hannesburg.”—Lon- don Punch. “Don’t you ever get tired of doing nothing? asked one. ““Oh, yes,” replied the other, languidly. “Well, what do you do then?” “Take a rest.”—Philadelphia Call. “Do you own your own home?” asked the passenger with the yellow diamond, who makes a busines of selling real estate. I do every Thursday,” said the other passen- ger. “Eh—what?” “Iown it every Thursday. That's Mary Ann’s afternoon out.”’—Indignapolis Journal. Mrs. Jones—Nothing to-day. The Tramp—Well, mum, if yer don’t give me sumthin to eat, U1l report yer to the hull pro- fession’ as makin’ the best mince pie in the neighborhood aw’ bein’ very liberal to strangers.—Puck. “Mrs. Ess entertained, assisted by Mrs. Tee.” “But Mrs. Tee isn’t received in good society.” “Iknow it. They talked about her.” And the century was coming down the stretch at the pace that kills.—Detroit Tribune, Arizona Editor—1I see that the Eastern cult still sticks to our new reporter. Assistant—How’s that? Arizona Editor—In writing up that tar-and. feather racket he mentions the victim as being clothed in “a garb of some soft clinging mate- rial.’—Puck, The editor of a New York comic paper has just had & picture taken of himself and his staff. That's the way an editor should always be—with his wits about him.—Yonkers States. man. “‘What's that queer splotch on the face of the earth?’ asked Apollo. o “That?” replied Pegasus, looking down over his shoulder at the remains of the would-be poet. “That is a little thing I tossed off & short time ago in a moment of inspiration.—Indian- apols Journal. But few men can handle & hot lamp-chimney and say there’s no place like home at the same time.—Bodie Index. “John,” said the frightened wife in the mid- die of the night, “there’s something moving down cellar,I'm sure.” John listened intently. “Oh, it's nothing but the gas meter izuy," he eaid, with & sigh of reliei.—Harlem e, S AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Telfair Creighton, president of the Los An- geles Herald Publishing Company, dropped in at the Press Club smoker Saturday night and met the newspaper boys. Mr. Creighton’s brother, Will 8., is editor of the Herald under its new management, and the two men have alwayshad a leaning toward the pencil crivers. “I used to be a lawyer,” said the former, “but I found that most of the best-known attorneys in America were made by the press,and as I never heard of lawyers making a newspaper man celebrated I concluded to retire from the law and get into journalism. “I used to be interested in a little paper back in Wisconsin, so I am not entirely a novice at the business. The popular belief that newspaper men have a first mortgage on the sive blue eyes and & face indicating intellact, refinement and strength of character. She is her father’s secretary and confidential adviser, s well as his social representative. Princess Li, the wife of Viceroy Li Hung Chang, is 50 years old, but is said to look twenty years younger. Her feet have been tortured to such smallness that she cannot walk, and has to be carried about in a chair, yet she owns 1000 peirs of shoes. Her hus- band’s wealth enables her to have 1000 silk dresses, and she can select from 500 furs in winter. William G. Cowgill and Joseph Brammal of Paulsbore, N. J., have each received thirty- seven 2-cent stamps through the mail carefully wrapped, but with nothing to designate who the sender was. The letters were mailed at TELFAIR CREIGHTON RECALLS SOME WISCONSIN JOURNALISM. [ Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.] earth is soon wiped out of 8 man who tries to | guide the destinies of a journal in the country. “I recall a very interesting conversation I heard one day between my partner and a buteher who lived outside of the town and had | worked up the local meat men by bringing his | beeves and sheep in end disposing of choice | cuts at a ridiculously low rate. The basis of | the row that followed lay in the fact that the | country butcher did not pay a meat license | and consequently was able to sell his supply &t a cut rate, and in time worked considerable injury to the butchers who were compelled to Ppay a city license. “Things began to get very warm between the two factions an& we took up considerable space defending the locel butchers, most of whom advertised with us. One day the | country butcher came into the office with | about four columns of matter referring to the | fact that he was & gentleman &nd & good judge | of meat and that he had nothing but stall- fed beef and also that he was a citizen of the State and worthy of the patronage of the people, notwithstanding the fact that he did not pay a license. He dweltat length upon the point that he got into the butcher busi- ness by accident and that he had no desire to offend the local element, but that he wanted to stand by his guns, ‘and, by thunder,’ he would. | “ ‘But we do not want to publish tnat tirade | || egainst our advertisers,’ answered my part- | ner, who was & neryous, quick-tempered man. “ ‘Well,’ responded the country buteher, ‘T thort perhaps yer wud hev liked to hev had this yarn to fill up yer paper with.’ “My associate looked up from his desk, glared at the man with the matter referred to and bawled: “‘Wouldn’t it be better, you confounded lunatie, to give us half & beef to fill up our pantries with?” A SONG OF SEASONS. There’s joy, my dear, in the youth o the year, When the hearts o' the bright buds break; And the skies are biue as the eyes 0’ you And the blooms blow over the lake. There’s joy, my dear, for the world is fair, And love is the sweetest blossom there ! ‘There’s joy, my dear, in the noon o' the year, When the harvest hints o' gold; And the soft sun streams with Its gleams and dreams On your beautiful hair unrolled. Theré’s joy, my dear, for the world is fair, And love is the blossom that's brightest there. There's joy. my dear, for the world is fair, ‘While your love like @ lily is blooming there! PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The Czar of Russia calls his baby girl by a diminutive that translated means “Little Blue-eyed.” Pillsbury, the chess-player, eats one small plate of meat each dey, drinks nothing but milk, smokes rarely, sleeps -eight to twelve hours daily and rides & bicycle. v Years ago Albert Wolff and Henri Rochefort were the two foremost art critics of Paris. The latter has recently resumed his work and his critiques appear in Figaro, the journal on which he won his spurs. Herr Rengarten, the Russo-German nows. paper man, who started some fifteen months 220 to walk—wherever walking was pogsible— around the world, is now in Turkestan. So far he has covered about 4000 miles. In Stepniak’s latest book he stated that Rus. sia stands third among nations in the number of books published, surpassing Great Britain, As but little fiction is printed, the enormous output of serious literature is the more re- markable. 1t issaid that Rudyard Kipling nover reads criticisms on his own work now, efther lauda- tory or condemnatory, as he finds that {t per. plexes his imagination and diminishes his creative energy. Hesays: *‘A writer finds his happiness in creating, not in oritics.” Miss Park, the Boston cornetist, who has just been notified that her servicos will not be re- quired in a New York church after May 1, is another victim of labor-saving invention, A cornet attachment has been added to the organ in the church, making her sorvices #uper. fluous. X Louis Wain, whose eat plotures have brought him no inconsiderable fame, originally in. tended to enter the musical profession. All his drawings are executed with the left hand, Last year alone he completed no fewer than 300 pictures—among them & special commis- sion for the Emperor of Japan, who is devoted tocats, | Miss Mary Lord Drake, daughter of the new Governor of Yowa, now by virtue of the Gover- not’s widowhood the first 1ady in that State, is 8 blonde of medium height, with large oxpres- A oasure @'ihin two weeks the monkey had the ueatest the sdme time in New York. Messrs. Cowgiil and Brammal were in business together in Philadelphia about fifteen years ago, and it is supposed they either overpaid some one or else g00ds to'the amount of $1 48 were stolen and the party had become conscience stricken, A MONKEY TO BE ENVIED. One of the Union Club men-owns & long. bearded, white-iaced, Japanese monkey, whose proud distinction 16 that he is the best groomed »1id best dréssed monkey in all the world, says the New York World. His name is Brummel, and the expensés of his wardzobe form an im- portantitem in this gentleman’s household ac- counts. “With ell the rest of us, Brummel de- scended from his ancestors. That is all any- body knows of his past. It was in London recently that the owner conceived the idea of providing his monkey with decent clothes. Man, he argued, owed a e W Monkey Brummel in His Best Suit of Clothes. certain debt of gratitude to dead monkeys, which they could repay in 1o better fashion than by showinga decent courtesy to livin, ones. Andto this forcible reasoning Brummai owos his wardrobe. His master sent to Poole. Mr. Poole is the most fashionable—which means the most ex- pensive—tailor in London, and therefore in the world. One has to be introduced before Poflle will make clothes for one. This was the talks make children’s clothes ?” eplied Mr. Poole. “Won't you make an exception to your rute in this partionlar case?"” “I'm sorry,” answered the: tailor, “but we haven't got n man in the place who ¢an make a decent sult for & boy."” *To be fair with yuu"' was the hesitating re- pl]b“n-—u isn’t a boy.” “ “You o h,"” said Mr, Poole. \'“," the embassador went on, ‘4t isn’t a boy, it's & menkey." flr. Poole drew himself to his full height, n\q‘ with considerable hauteur, repliea: “That's different. I thought it was & boy. Will you bring the monkey here, or shall 1 meastire him at his roows?’ “I guess you'd better send to his rooms,” was m:‘l:h wardrobe that ever mortal monkey T8 sessed., His dress guit is made of costliest broadeloth, faced with satin, and stitched throughout with silk. His vulkinfi costume is of heav: English tweed, and_when you see Bramme! with his cap perched jauntily upon his head and & walking stick in his hand you have & vivid imrru!i.on of having seen something gks it before—probably upon a trans-Atlantic ner. Hispajamas are of the lightest, finest Chi- nese silk, and the monkey has become so ac- customed to them that he refuses to goto sleep wi thout them. The bath-robe, which is of some fleecy material, soft to the touch, l)lensed Brummel so_much that he actually learned to take & bath every morning for the pleasure of feeling it upon his back. Of course Brummel has a valet to look after him, and you may_depend upon it this valet earns his wages. There is no monotony in his life. His first task in the morning is*to run to Brummel’s little bed and see if Brummel is still alive. With Brummel's inordinate fond- ness for eating everything that shines, from hand-mirrors to silver _hair-brushes, this is al- ways problematical. The owner, however, is very fond of the little fellow, and spares Inenha]r trouble nor expense to make him com- fortable. Teken all in all, the clothes for this monkey ©ost as much, suit for suit, as the clothes his master wears. No man we meet on Broadway Wears finer or more expensive garments. In fact one can’t buy finer, Mr. \lnderbfl}‘l dress coat costs just as much as this monkey’s, 19 more and no Jess. < Brummel’s position in life is truly enviable. He has all that he requires and has no respon- sibilities, PERSONAL, The Rev. W. J. Martin of Modesto is in town. Dr. 0. L. Barton of Herman, Minn,, is in the City. H. L. Haynes of Lewiston, Idaho, is st tha Palace. J. A. Deming, a general merchant of Gazelle, isat the Grand. Colonel W. R. Ray of Louisville, Ky., is among recent arrivals, David Lubin, the wealthy Sacramento mer- chant, is at the Grand. Caleb Dorsey, the extensive land-owner of Oakdale, is at the Grand. H. A. McCreney, a deputy clerk of the Supreme Court}'is in town. Jamer T. Ivory, & mining man of Shelby, is stopping at the Cosmopolitan. E. H. Dyer, one of the owners in the sugar works at Alvarado; is in town. Charles Armstrong, a fruit-raiser of Los Anegles, is staying at the Cosmopolitan. James F. Farrahan of Yreka, ex-District At- torney of Siskiyou County, arrived here yester- day, C. B. Hull, representing the Fourth Estate, McClure's Magazine, the Review of Reviews and the Chap Book, is visiting this City. N. D. McCaulay, F. H. Price and George R. Jackson, all business men of Victoria, B. C., arrived here yesterday, and are at the Occi- dental. % Charles H. Graham and Peter C. Weber, graduates from the Chicago University, who are on a tour of California, are guests at the Cosmopolitan. Governor James H. Budd is announced to ar- rive here to-day. He was expected yesterday, and a bevy of politicians were lying in wait for him, but when the night train arrived withount him they dispersed to recuperate for another onslaught. Thomas Hill, the artist of the Yosemite, has left this City for a few weeks’ stay at Coronado Beach. The artist spent the holidays at Port- | 1and, but the weather did not quite agree with him on the upper coast, and he took cold, and in consequence has goue south to recuperate. H. Hall of St. Paul, an extensive dealer in fornia dried fruits, who has branch offices in Minneapolis, Duluth, Sioux City, Omaha and St. Joe, and who has been here two winters previously, is at the Occidental. He is accom- panied by his wife and will visit different por- tions of the State. William H. Devlin, an attorney, of Sacra. mento, who recently came near being made one of the Superior Judges there, is at the Lick. He is a brother of ex-Prison Commis- sioner Devlin, and isa native of the capital city, where he has been practicing law ever since his admission to the bar. J. H. Lowe, the pioneer, of Knights Landing, who has.lived for nearly thiriy yesrsin Cali- fornis, returned here yesterday after a year's absence in Caldwell parish and New Orleans, La. Mr. Lowe owned some land there and went back to sell it; finally accomplishing it. He says there has been an extraordinary yield of corn, and a big rice, sweet potato, cane and peanut crop in Louisiana this year. The cot- ton crop is & little light. James P. Booth of the staff of the Daily Re- port, who has been ill for about three weeks past with gastric fever, is recovering slowly. On Sunday he was feeling rather badly, and for a day previous he was also in a restless condition, owing to the taking of a cold. Yes- terday, however, it was reported that he was much better. Mr.Booth returned from a visit to New Orleans and Atlanta just prior to going % tne Lane Hospital. He was then unwell, Pom K. Soh, the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary tothe United States from Korea, who arrived here last Friday, left for Washington last evening. He wasaccom- panied by his secretary, Bong Sung Pak, Minister Soh was several ‘times sentenced to death in Korea, only escaping in the narrowest ‘way, was finally exiled and after ten years was recalled, made Minister of Justice, and is now Minister to Washington, He said last night that the strangeness of his experiences im- pressed itself so much on himself at times that he could scarcely believe them true. The Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, son of the late Dr. Charles Spurgeon, whose pulpit he now occupies in London and whose place is, accord- ing to a telegram yesterday, jeopardized by Rev. Dr, Pierson, who wants to succeed him, was in San Francisco a little over & year ago. He had then just come from New Zealand, where for some time he had & pastorate. When intervie wed at the Oceidentel he was chary ot saying he was going home to take the Spur- geon pulpit, though when pinned down to it he admitted it. He said, however, he might return to New Zealand. Judging from the fight which Pierson is said to be making against him the remark was at the least diplomatic. __ - CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 10.—Among recent arrivalsare: A. Meertief, Savoy; H. A, Burke, St. Cloud; Miss K. Feddersou, 8t. Nicholas; R. J. Ferrer, Morton; C. R. Gardner, St. James; D. 8. McLeod, Gilsey. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. Demaund for Blaine’s Policy. Sonoma Index-Tribune. if Blaine were with us Cuba would be a free State to-day. Ignorance Not a Qualification. Los Angeles Capital. A citizen who does not read the newspapers is not a qualified juryman. He should #o fish- ing in the Dead Seas, where tnere are no fish. McKinley’s Key to the Situation. Phoenix (Ariz.) Republican. 1f President Cleveland had the MecKinley bill back of his administration he would not be so much worried by the Morga: d: 3 ‘would have no b;n mufl r haeen i Great Oaks From Little Acorns. Marysville Appeal. Spain affects to treat the belligerency resolu- tion, introduced in Congress recently, with contemptuous indifference. Spain treated the Cuban revolution in a similar manner wh was inaugurated. Itdon’tnow. e How Not to Do It. San Francisco Star. As an example of “how not to do it,” the Government suit against the Bell Telephone Company is impressive. It was begun in 1887, and the Government has now been given, by United States Cireuit Judge Cole, in Boston, until May 31, 1896, to file evidence In rebuttal. During all those years that company has gone the reply. “He's not accustomed to tallor shope, “&.h“ kind of & suit do you want?"” YOh, I want several suits. A whole ward. Tobe, in fact. Brummel needsa dress suit, an ordinary e -day suit, & golf suit, a dressing bath robe.” [ 2 atch and chain?” agked the or, with a rare burst of Brite “To tell you the truth,” was the reply, “he had a little silver watch once, but he couldn’t dij it, and it required two doctors to get it oul Mr, Poole sent Dent—the famous Dent—his head cutter, to mo Brummuel, and on :xwrgrl' fluum- er“mu: yulrom the ople, while e vernmen W, Pleying fnto their hands by delays " o 2%° Republican vs. Demoeratic Rule. Los Angeles Times. During the years 1891, 1892 and 1893, under the McKinley tariff, our importations of for- eign products not subject to duty averaged $431,218,966. During the years 1894 and 1895 :ha importations of goods of duty aver- free , 7,000,000 per_year than’ the free lnllu‘l‘\ mp mtilo:: under the McKinley “iniquity.” "fi:h is a asmple of the msuner in which the party which is avowedly ropbery” has “lighte people.” The People Should Own the ‘Water. Modesto Herald. With the water supplies of this valley in the hands of private capital, twenty-five years would suffice to make the owners of the water the virtual owners of the land and the farmers their mere hired hands. We have our gold kings, catile kings, railroad kingsand land kings. If the irrigation district system is de- clared nota public use, the era of the water king will be at hand, and he will be king of all in the semi-arid lands of the Great West. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Lroyp’s REcister—H. U. W, City. Lloyd’s Register is published in London by subscrip- tion and terms are furnished upon appliva- tion. D1EGo RaMIREz—H. 8. 8., Stockton, Cal. The Diego Ramirez are a group of uninbabited isl- ands sixty miles sonthwest of Cape Horn in latitude 56 deg. 25 min. south, longitude 68 deg. 44 min. west. Jumping—J. §., Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, Cal, The jumping record of the Olym- ic Club of this City is 23 feet 234 inches, made y V. B. Schifferstein in Oakland. That also is the coast record. CHESTER A. ARTHUR—O. 8., City. When ex- President Chester A. Arthur died he left two children, Chester Alan Arthur and his sister, Helen Herndon, and at last accounts both were living in the cify of New York. Drox Boucrcavir—H. W., City. Dion Bouci- cault was the true name of the playwright and dramatist.. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, December 26, 1822, his father, a Frenchman, being engaged in business there at the e. He died September 18, 1890. TONNAGE—J. S., Walnut Creek, Sacramento County, Cal. Gross registered tonnage is the cubic contents of a vessel below deck. Net tonnage is the cabic capacity after deducting from the gross measurementi the space occu- pied by the crew, machinery, ete. ALONE Wit MY ConscieNcE—M. M. P., Oak- opposed to *‘protection ngxclhe burflmo( the land, Cal. E. of Santa Cruz and J. H. H. of this city have given “Answers to Corre. spondents” the date of the publication of “*Alone With My Conscience.” It appesred in Little's Living Age, July 8, 1876, credited to The Spectator. BECOMING OF AGE—E. E. 0'D., City. The law of thisState says: *Minors are maies under 21 years of age and females under 18 years of Age. Al others are adults. In minority the Tiods specified must be calculated from the Pootmin 180kt day on which. persons gre born to the same minute of the day complet- ing the period of minority. LETTER-CARRIERS—C. Y., City. The next ex- amination of applicants for positions in the letter-carriers’ department of this city will be held under civil-service rules some time this month. All information about qualifica- tion and the like can be obtained by applica- tion at the office of the clerk of the board of examiners in the Postoffice building. SAN FRANCISCO MINT—W. MeM.. City. The bill authorizing the erection of a branch mint of the United States in 8an Francisco was passed in 1852. The work of constructing it on Commercial street, west of Montgomery, where the United States treasury building now stands, was commenced in 1853,and it was opened for business April 3, 1854. ORPHEUM A1Rs—S., City. The airs that were played by the Deltorello Brothers at the Or- pheum Music Hall in this City during the week commencing January 23 were: With coins on a marble table. ““Alice, Where Art Thou.?”” On sleigh bells, “Manhattan Beach™ and “High School Cadets,” also selection from “Tannhauser” and from -‘Cavalleria Rusti- cana.” THE NEXT CENTI —C. E. and N., Navy- yard, Mare Island, Cal., and J. M., City. The twentieth century will begin with the year 1901. As a century is 100 years, it does not close until the 100 years have been completed, 50 the first century was not ended until the last day of the year 100 and the second cen- tury commenced with the year 101. This was explained in an answer to & correspondent in THE CALL of Fnday, January 31. A NAME—Fannie, Bloomfield, Cal. If a man has been known from infaney by the name his ‘mother .bore before marriage and has never Dbeen known by his father'sname he certainly, when he arrives at the age of majority, could régister under that name and also do'business under that name, butif in the eventof the death of his father there were some property interests atstake he would have to establish his identity by legal proof, and it might be necessary for him to apply to the court for per- mission 10 assume his father's name. Ducks—McF., City. The following section from the game law tells when the season for ducks closes in this State: Every person who in the State of California, be- tween the 16th day of kebruary and the 15th day of Qctober in each year, shall hunt, pursue, take, kill or destroy, or have in his possession. whether taken in the State of California or any other State or Territory or forelgn country, excepi for.purposes of propagation, any valley quail, bob white, par- tridge, robin or any kind of wild dnck or rail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, provided that the right to have in. possession for the purpose of propagation shall first be obtained by permitin writing. from tbe game warden of the county wherein sach birds are to be caught. THE BoERs—Inquirer, City. In 1836 the Boers fled from Cape Colony on sceount of the Eng. lish laws, which they found oppressive, and founded the Orange Free State. They then es- tablished a republic in the Cashan Mountains. During the Zulu war the English annexed the country under the colonial Government. The people protested and sent a petition to Eng- lend, but did not obtain any relief. They then took up arms to assert their independence. Five thousand Boers took possession of Heidel- berg in the Transvaal on the 27th of February, 1881, and re-established the republic with Pat( Krueger as president. The Boers were sut- tacked by the British troops, but the British were driven off the field. The Boers finally in that year acknowledged British suzerainty, but were allowed complete self-government e GREAT SALT LAKE—N. A, C,, City. The great Salt Lake in Utah was at one time as large & Lake Huron, but now it is about 100 miles long, with an average width of irom 25 to 30 miles, - Its greatest depth is about 60 feet. The area of the lake is about 2700 square miles. It is 4200 feet above the level of the sea. The Water is eix times as_salt as that of the ocean. The water contains 18 per cent of solid matter. mostly salt and sods, with small proportions of sulphur, magnesia, calcium, chlorine, bromine. otassium, lithia and boric acid. The Atlantic cean holds but 3.5 per cent of solid water, of which salt coustitutes 2.6 per cent. Three fresh river waters flow into the lake, the Bear, the Ware and the Jordan, but the inflow does not make any Percepubh increase in the ‘water nor diminish its. saltness. The lake has no outlet, but part of the water isabsorbed by the dry sand, and a portion of it is evaporated by the dry air in the great Fremont basin. In. sects and shrimps live in the lake, but “no fish,” asserts one writer, while another asserts that “shere is not a fish or any other livin thing in all the 2500 or 3000 square miles of beautiful ana mysterious waters, except sum- mer bathers, nothing that moves, swims, crawis or wiggles.” TowNSEND'S Palaco mixed candies, 15¢1b, » —————— EPECTAL information daily to manutacturers, business houses and public men by the Pross Clipping Burean (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ——————— Benefits to Members. The Standard Automatic Gas Regulator is attached to the meter, controlling the pressure automatically, keeping the flame steady, and allowing no waste or blowini, preventin breakage of globes, and saving from 2C to 4 per cent. New tips and burners are supplied, leaks and flickering lights remedied, pipés pumped out if necessary, and all complaints connected with the gas, electric bells or gas lighting aj.paratus are attended to. he monthly dues are according to the aver. age gas consumption and the quantity of elee- tri¢ apparatus in use. Gas' Consumers’ Association, The 0ld Com. pany, 316 Post street. Telephone Main 717, * ———— An Austin youth whose income is not quite as extensive as that of Vanderbilt got a large inkspot on his coat. He asked a friend how the stain could be removed. ‘“You can get a chemical preparation for 25 cents. Justsoak the spot with it and it will come out.” “Iguess I had better soak the whole eoat. I can get $4 that way.” e ———— THE human system isgiven tone and repewed vigor by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which strengthens the organs of the stomach and sids digestion. In fact, the whole body is invigorated by Hood's. et Dn. SIEGERT'S Angostura Bitters are the best remedy for removing indigestion and all diseases of the digestive organs. B e — BRONCHITIS. Sudden changes of the weather cause Bronchial Troubles. Brown's Bronchiak Troches” will give eftective reliet.