The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1896. , three months by mail 1,50 ne month, by mail.. .65 by mail.. S . 150 b; WEEKLY CaL, one yem BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. ..Main—-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. ...Maln—-1874 BRANCH OFFICES : 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 8:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. £W. corner Sixteenth and Misslon streeis; open antil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open untfl 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. Telephone EASTERN OFFICI Rooms 31 and 32, 84 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. RUARY 12, 1896 FE THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. _— Honor the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Krueger will go to England, perhaps, but not until he knows what they want with him. Now that Parliament is opened the Ven- ezuelan incident may be closed with a bang. 0Old Kentucky may never tire herself, but that Senatorial fight is tiring the country. This is the anniversary of the birthday of him who freed the slave and kept the Union whole. Whichever way Huntington looks he sees a fight in the foreground and defeat in the distance. Things are coming our way simply be- cause we are giving them a strong pull by pulling together. The members of the Junta will imitate the clam, but it isa case of tongue tied und not high tide, so they are not happy. As the Senate confesses an inability even to reorganize and distribute the offices it may be regarded as hopelessly stuck. The movement to foreclose on the Union and Kansas Pacific roads has begun, and before long it will reach to the Central Pacific. In suggesting Quay for the Presidential nomination Pennsylvania has the satisfac- tion of knowing she is putting upa boss candidate. Now that General Weyler has arrived at Havana we shall soon find out whether he is to be pronounced a wiler of victory or a wailer of defeat. It now appears likely that the tariff bill will meet the fate of the bond bill, and as far as legislation is concerned the Senate is a slaughter-house. The monopoly bosses at first thought the Kentucky movement to repeal the franchise was only a joke, but they have quit smiling at it no The poet laureate has at any rate the satisfaction of knowing that he can write a court poern as well as Salisbury cen write a Queen’s speech, The Sultan hes given Miss Clara Barton a safeguard, but it is safe to say it was the pressure of the moral sentiment of ¢iviliza- tion that forced him to do it. Along the Mexican border the troops of two nations are watching two pugilists, and still some people go back to the mid- dle ages to get plots for opera bouffe. If the President, the Senate and the House can agree on nothing else they might at least agree on the re-establish- ment of the reciprocity system and hurry up with the work. ok SIS S0 - New York declares herself solid for Mor- ton about as often as Ohio does she is solid for McKinley, but in the declarations of both there is something that sounds like the reverberations of a drum. The anniversary of the birthday of Lin- coln is not a National holiday, but it should be commemorated in every loyal heart and marked by some ceremonial ob- servance in every public school. If there is not so much heard now of the work of Milk Inspector Dockery as there Was at one time it is only because the op- position has about given way. The work itself is going on as effectually as ever. 1f the poolroon: fakers do not look out they will find their strength is just about strong enough to enable them to break a law that they cannot patch up again and they will tumble into prison before they know it. Now that. Hunt ington has induced his friends in Kentucky to urge the Legisla- ture to defeat the repeal bill those Ken- tuckians who are on the side of the people should be active in urging their friends to stand up for it. Rontgen photography has rendered its first service to humanity by enabling Ger- nan surgeons to locate a needle that en- dangered the life of a young woman who swallowed it, and so the cathode ray shines forth as a new blessing to the world. As an outcome of the present situation there has arisen in the East a discussion as to the advisability of abolishing the Senate altogether, and while the discns- sion is futile it is worth about as much as those taking place in the Senate itself. The San Francisco Postoffice showed less business in January than in the corre- sponding month of last year, and perhaps this is a warning to the Government that if it doesn’t give us a better building we will quit patronizing the office altogether. The discovery that the resolution adopted by the last Legislature protesting against the refunding scheme has been omitted from the California statutes and reports shifts the storm-center of the fight to Bacramento for a moment, and an investigation is in order. The statement of Mr. Samuel Braunhart that “Buckiey and Rainey are both in politics despite their protestations, but are dead never to rise again,” seems to involve a contradiction, but perhaps Mr. Braun- hart is wise enough to see that all who are in Democratie volitics this year are dead and lost 1o hope. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The birthday of Abrabham Lincoln has itsanniversary to-day and the eventshould not pass unnoted or unheeded by any por- tion of the American people. The anni- versary has not been set apart asa Na- tional holiday, and perhaps it is just as well that it has not. Such holidays are apt, like that of Washington, to become merely perfunctory observances on the part of officials and to be neglected by the people. It is better that the birthday of Lincoln should be left for commemoratiou to the loyalty of the popular heart without other prompting than that which comes from the press devoted to the mainte- nance undiminished of all the best influ- ences of American life. At this particular juncture in our poli- tics it is more important to revive the in- fluence of Lincoln than that of Washine- ton bimself. The illustricus man whose happy fortune it was to establish the in- dependence of the colonies, found the Na- tion and earn the proud title of the **Father of the Republic” stands as a representa- tive of American liberty against European aggression, of republicarism against any form of monarchy and the broadest Na- tional patriotism against any lesser or sec- tional patriotism whatever. At the pres- enf time, however, none of these things are assailed or doubted. All of them are secure. Independence, Republicanism and the Union are established beyond contro- versy and from the influence of Washing- ton therefore there comes at this time no inspiration affecting anything that can be called a vital problem of the day. The influence of Lincoln is felt in mat- ters which still constitute perplexing problems of our National life. True it is that the Union is perpetuated and slavery destroyed beyond all possibility of change, but Lincoln stood for much more than Union and emancipation and he repre- sents much more in the popular concep- tion of him. He is the supreme example in our history, and in all history, of that principle expressed by him in the im- mortal address at Gettysburg: “A gov- ernment of the pecple, by the people, for the people.” He represents the fuilest re- | liance upon the common-sense of the peo- ple for the establishment of the best gov- ernment and it is for that reason his influ- ence and his memory are of such value to us now. There are abundant evidences that not a few citizens have begun to despair of pop- ular government. In books, in lectures, in magazines and not infrequently in newspapers, we are confronted by com- plaints of those who attribute every evil of municipal misgovernment, State cor- ruption and Congressional wrong-doing to that universal suffrage which elects the authorities of cities and States and the Nation. Amid the wailings of these pessimists, mugwumps or non-partisans, itis well for us to recall the memory of him who was the truest representative of the American people of his time, and whose character stands as the type of American mantrood to this day. Under the spell of his influence rone can doubt the wisdom of the people nor deny their willingness to follow right leaders when greal emergencies arise and when 1o choose wrongly would result in disaster to the Republic. A thousand difficult problems confront us. The strife incessantly breaking out between labor and capital, the grasping greed of great corporatious, the violence of strikes carried to excess, the outbreaks of lyncli law, the folly and not infrequently the apparent corruption of legislators and even of courts, where justice should be in- violate —all these offenses, complicated with one another and intricately involved, constitute a thousand-fold problem suffi- cient to perplex the wisest statesman, and vet in our form of government it is upon the common-sense of common men we must rely for the solution of them all. Surely, then, it must be a satisfaction to every patriot to remember that he who was in our greatest emergency the wisest of our leaders never faltered in his faith in the people any more than the people faltered in their faith in him, and for the sake of that satisfaction it is worth while to recall with honor this morning the memory and influence of Abraham Lin- coln. TEAIN-WBEOK{NG STOPPED. It would be impossible to find a more common-sense decision than the one ren- dered by the Supreme Court in the case of one Thompson, convicted and sentenced to death in the lower court for wrecking and robbing a train. It is true that in sustaining the rulings and verdict and thus insuring the infliction of a richly deserved death penalty the Supreme Court severely censured the looseness with which the act prohibitirg the offense was drawn, but it is most gratifying to observe that the court sought and easily found the evident intent of the act in spite of its verbal blunders, and pursued the same course with reference to the complaint, The court did wisely in calling the at- tention of the Code Commissioners to the inadequacy of the act. In view of the sus- tention of the law by the Supreme Court this might be deemed unnecessary, but there is always danger that opportunities may arise for the intervention of the Fed- eral courts, and hence the needed revision should be given. While the Code Com- missioners are redrafting the act they might well take into account the fact that the provision prohibiting the burning or setting on fire of a railrozad trestle for the purpose of wrecking a train does not in- clude other and even simpler and more dangerous ways of destroying the strength of a trestle. An engine-ariver might hap- pen to discover the fact that a trestle had been burned, but it would be impossible for him to see that its timbers had been either partly withdrawn or so nearly sawn through that the structure could not sup- port the weight of a train. A COURIOUS SITUATION. While both the Unitea States and Mex- ican authorities are loudly anncuncing that the Fitzsimmons-Maher prize-fight will not. be permitted in either country, Dan This, Bill That and Jim The Other, “‘managers” and ‘“promoters” of the “event,” are as loudly asserting that the “mill” will assuredly be “pulled off,” and are not only urgently insisting that lovers of the “manly sport’’ from all parts of the country should come and witness the affair, but are offering heavy odds in bets that it will take place. Meanwhile the Governor of Texas has ordered the for- midable “Rangers” to sleep on their arms and be ready for instant fighting in the field, and the militia of New Mexico and the mounted. border guard of Mexico are under arms and scouring the banks of the Rio Grande with cocked rifles and a thirst for battle. One of three things must be true: The preventive preparations either on the American or Mexican side of the Rio Grande are bald sham and will be absent at the critical time and place nnder a cor- Tupt arrangement, or the ‘‘managers” of the proposed fight are running a desperate chance of being able to elude the author- ities with a2 noisy following of thousands of spectators, or the *‘managers”’ have entered into swindling arrangement with certain citizens of El Paso, who will reap a harvest from the advent of the multituge. The second one of thése propositions does not seem possible even to the newspaper correspondents who are on the ground. Yet these reporters, wbo possibly know more than they give out, likely being pledged to silence for the present, seem to believe that the fight will really take place. There is not a contingency under which this could happen but that would reflect either on the efficiency or the honesty of the American or Mexican authorities. That Mexico, the ancient promoter of bull- fights, should have become suddenly so bitterly antagonistic to prize-fights is one of the mysteries of the century. If the fight does take place the fact will bea re- proach which certainty, under all the eir- cumstances, no American community can afford to bear. Mexico. in view of its re- cently developga virizous zeal, would suf- fer with equal severity if the event should happen in that country. FERTILIZING THE PARK. Superintendent McLaren of Golden Gate Park has made a straightforward state- ment to the Merchants’ Association con- cerning the transportation of street-sweep- ings to the park. As the Southern Pacific has refused to carry them any longer, anda as they are very useful at the park, he urges that the association interest itself in the matter. He asserts that the Park Commissioners cannot pay more than 25 cents a cubic yard, and that the contract street-sweepers are ready to allow 50 cents, the cost to them for getting the sweepings out of the way. According to Mr. Mec- Laren’s figures it will cost $1 u cubic yard to deliver the sweepings by team; hence 25 cents more is needed. He suggests that the association appropriate 10 cents a yard toward the expense, and that an effort be made to get the work done for 85 cents. Mr. McLaren further says that with the construction of the proposed electric line to parallel the park arrangements can probably be made for transporting the sweepings by that means at a small cost. He probably means to say that the places in the park where the sweepings are needed are so far from the termini of the present cable lines that nothing could be saved by an arrangement with them. A question concerning the ability of a cable road to carry such freight might also be raised. The problem is evidently a difficult one. It is no more incumbent on the Merchants’ Association to assist with the expense than on any other organized body orany pri- vate citizen. In perfect fairness all such improvements should be made by general taxation. If the Merchants’ Association does come to the rescue it will be perform- ing a public service of conspicuous value. It bas done such things in the past, bear- ing an expense which the whole people should have shared. For this it deserves the generous praise which it constantly receives. But no worthy citizen should be willing 1o see its public spirit and good- nature imposed on. Why would it not be possible for the Park Commissioners with the sanction of the Board of Supervisors to arrange for some public entertainment of a spectacu- lar character at the park by means of which funds can be raised for thisand perhaps other needed improvements? If the park could be used for a Midwinter Fair it certainly could for some other kind of exhibition. The best time for do- ing this might be upon the completion of the new music concert place, but as there is need of hurry the Commissioners need not wait for that. A series of fine and wholesome sports in the present bicycle circle with a moderate entrance fee would doubtless yield a considerable revenue. This is merely a general suggestion, but it seems to offer a solution of the present difficulty. SAN JOSE'S NEW ROAD. The Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County has granted a franchise for an electric road from San Jose to Saratoza ana Congress Springs, in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains on the eastern verge of the Santa Clara Valley. The road is to carry both passengers and freight, the latter at night only, and freightcars are not to e bauled through the city. It is ‘not yet announced where the power- house is to be placed nor what kind of fuel is to be used. It would be possible to secure water power in the mountains for the purpose. These are details which are now to be worked out. H the new road, as likely it will, adopts a standard gauge 1t could easily run its cars upon the track of the steam road pro- jected to connect San Jose with the deep water of San Francisco Bay at Alviso. Thus a stretch. of country about sixteen miles in length and including San Jose, Santa Clara and a very rich and densely settled orchard and vineyard section, will pass entirely from undér the monopoly of the Southern Pacific so far as local traffic is concerned. This should be made to add enormously to the prosperity and wealth of those parts of Santa Clara County which will enjoy that advantage. The new road to Saratoga will at once induce the planting of a large area in vines, oranges and deciduous fruits. Sara- toga is a hamlet nestling in the foothills and overlooking the broad expanse of one of the most enchanting vallevs in the world. A fine wagon road, following the hills from Los Gatos to Mountain View, vasses through the village, and it will serve as a valuable feeder to the electric road. As the new road will run out Sara- toga avenue, a broad highway connecting San Jose and Saratoga, and as the great advantage of an electric road is that its cars stop everywhere, every farm will become a station and every acre of ground will come under cultivation. The exigencies of the Southern Pacific Company’s business demand that it, too, shall contribute to the welfare of the valley. Besides having an early prospect of com- petition for the traffic of that section it is steadily pushing its coast line toward Santa Barbara, and as this when com- pleted will ke made a part of the southern overland line for passenger business, all the traffic will pass through the Santa Clara Valley and have an opportunity to see the wonderful development to which its fruit-growing industry has been carried. — The programme for home legislation outlined in the Queen’s speech includes such measures as making employers liable for acecidents to einployes, the crea- tion of a board for the relief of agricul- tural distress, the regulation of pauper immigration and the construction by the Government of electric railways through the rural districts. Sucha political pro- gramme in this country would be called socialism, but in England they call it conservatism. . — A bill has been introduced into the Utah Legislature providing for the establish- ment of a State transportation commission for the control and reguiation of all rail- roads and other common carriers, and, if the bill passes, if the right men are ap- vointed to the office, if the people support them and if the courts are agreeable, the proposed commission may be something better than an ordinary railroad commis- sion. St ke P AROUND lfl_li_C_ORRmORS. “I tell you, gentlemen,” said Howard E. Wright, the banker, in & conversation in the Palace Hotel dining-room recently, ‘‘the only true philosopher is the tramp.” “Why “Mainly because he lives withont working. 1 admit that there are several kinde of tramps, many of whom are styled bums and vagabonds, but the rank sand file generally know the ele- ments of idieness, and, if the expression can be used, work it for all there is in sight. Why, gentlemen, no later than yesterday one of the rascals compelled me to break an iron-clad oath with his audacity, ReallyI never saw such nerve and such assurance in my life. I was stending at the corner of California and Market streets, waiting for & car to take meup- asit follows the star of empire westward. On the Atlantic Coast only the crauks are in favor of free winlfn of silver and the gold standard i8 very popular. Get out into the Middle States and bimetalism is the commonly. accepted theory, but the veople think it must be by in- ternational agreement. This sentiment lasts until the semi-arid region is reached, when iree silver comes to be & howl, and even inter- n::{:nd bimetalists are listened to with small Ppatience. Encourage Improvements. Santa Cruz Record. Whatever may be said against the laws of Calitornia the feature that prevents the form- ing of perpetual real estate trusts by wills is certainly commendable. The decision ren- dered under the provision in the matter of the estate of the late James G. Fair will lead to the distribution of millions, This will be for the . HOWARD E. WRIGHT TELLS A PATHETIC TALE. [Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.] town, when & soiled yet apparently good- natured man approached me and asked if he might have a few words, I told him to proceed. ‘*‘Now, look here, old man,’ he began, ‘T am no ordinary bum, which fact is indicated by my desiring to secure a dollar from you." ““I caught a fragment of his breath, and ven- tured to remark that he would be likely to epend it for whnisky. ‘That’s right, my feiend,’ he continued, ‘you have struck the nail squarely. Idowant it for booze, and I propose to get gond and paralyzed before sunset. Iam not a reformer—don’t want to be, and won't be. Iintend to get just as drunk as possible on the money,and if you don’t give it to me some one else will. Do I getit? “I was moved by his frankness and handed him the coin. He took it and was profuse in his thanks. In another instant he clutched my hand and looked me squarely in the face for a moment. ‘Sir,’ he resumed, after sinking 4he money in his trousers, ‘you are a gentle- man. The moment Isaw you from afar I knew that I was about to engage in a little business with & first-class man, and I felt confident I would come out & winner. Would you believe that in days goune by I used tobe justas re- spectable as you and wore tailor-made cloth- ing. More than that; I walked the waxed floor atinaugural balls with the belle of the State on my arm. Yes, sir; the belle of the State. Ihad my rooms at the best hotels, was received by acknowledged society, and gave my check to the club—and it was paid. I knocked the ashes from imported cigars and pressed the right hand of Callis P. Huntington. Collis P. Huntington, I say. To-day, however, I wander the streets, pass my old ac- quaintances with my hatdrawn over my face and slink away to the other side of the street. Think of 1t. To-day I am & scrub. A — scrub.’ “I hope not altogether beyond reform,” I ventured to say. “““Yes, gone. Ican'tget back. Idon’t want to. Iam simply a scrub.’ He pressed my hand nervously, looked up and down the street and concluded: ‘A gentleman can become a scrub, ' but by the Lord Harry I have the supreme sat- isfaction of knowing that no scrub can eyer become a gentleman,’ “With that he flung my hand from him and reeled oft toward the docks a gibbering, half- drunken man, bent on finishing the day in the flowing bowl that he appeared to love 80 well.” —_— WHAT RONTGEN MAY DO. 1f you can penetrate & purse And “take” the coins within it resting; If vou can photograph one's bones 1nside the flesh that's them investing; Forebodings must perforce arise Lest as your wondrous skill advances, You may beable to ex| Views of our inmost thoughts and fancies ! 'Tis bad when rude “snap-shottists’ take Our features, all complaints deriding: "Twill be much worse when they can “snap” ‘The motives which our breast is hiding; And when some new development— For doubtless, you in time will score ft— Wil make our heart as visible As though upon our sleeve we wore it, Should politiciaus then display For cryptic speeches any leaning, A Rontgen negative or two . ‘Would soon elucidate their meaning. ‘Vain would their special pleading be, v hich eandor 50 ofttransgresses, nless 'twas found their words agree With “photos” of their minds’ recesses. —London Truth. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. Incipient Soldiers. ‘Haywards Mail. ‘We have not got a large standing army, We taeo::]':'.need one. We've got 30,000 feotball Upward With the Tide. Los Angeles Record. San Francisco building permits have doubled over last year. The metropolis 1s beginning to 80 upward with the tide. Wants A Wonderful Record. Los Angeles Express. Riverside County owes no bills and has no. boras outstanding, while its treasury has $109,160 to its credit. Fora new county that is & marvelously good record. - Working-for the Railroad. Oakland Enquirer. The railroad company hes agents who are going about asking people whether they be- lieve in government ownership of railroads, and if they answer no thelr interviews are tele. aphed to Washington es those oast people who favor refunding for a hun- dred years. This is a pretty shabby business. Politics and Loeal Interests. It is peculiar how the financial sentiment of this country should wxgnl such gradations public good. Ultimately it will cause the sub- division of several large land holdings and the bringing into market of property that, so far as the general public is concerned, will be better managed by individuals than by trusts. AMERICANS FOR THE NAVY. The bill introduced by Mr. Low in the House of Representatives providing for the establish- ment of recruiting depots for the navy along the New England coast and on the Hudson and the Great Lakes is directly in line with the recommendations made to Secretary Tracy by Admiral Erben in 1889. In a letter to the Sec- retary of the Navy he then said that, with the exception of those enlisted under honorable discharge and continuous-service certificates, our man-of-war’s men should be teken from among our landsmen or watermen serving along the coast. Hegal not believe that the best men were reach®l by the receiving sta- tions at Boston, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco, but that the finest recruiting field was aiong the coest from the capes of the Delaware to Eastport, Long Island Sound and the Delaware and Hudson rivers. He pro- posed judicious adyertising in these regions, the sending of small vessels at proper seasons of the year along the coast and up the rivers to gather in those willing to enlist, the keeping of them n{)nn from other men-of-war’s men and the selection, so far as possible, of petty officers from among their own number and the holding together of men from one locality. 1 the important features of Admiral Er- ben’s plan have been adopted by the framer of the present bill and some other valuable pro- visions have been added. Besides the ad- miral’s proposed depots at Portsmouth and b'awE:n recruits are to be gathered at Ban and Eastport, Me.; Newburg, N. Y.; Erle, and Cleveland, Ohio. This system of enlist- ment,.gathering up on training-ships and dis- position for service in bodies is to apply only to Americans. This will be a special induce- ment for this classof men to join the navy, and the Government can afford to grant some special privileges to lessen the fiopomon of foreigners on our men-of-war. any fiyoung men along the coast work harder on fishing and tndlng boats part of the year and save up no more than they would in the navy. But the Government service has not been “attrac- tive because it separated men from friends ané threw them among the foreign sailors who are picked up in the great cities. With reasonable ‘eoncessions to their superior intelligence and feelings a large body of American saflors might be gathered, similar to that which existed when we had a great merchant merine and were able to pick the bestof our native- born sailors for our warships. We have no such body of merchant sailors now, but we still have sturdy young landsmen and fisher- men, who, with proper incentives, can be drawn into their country’s service.—New York Tribune. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Senator Wolcott of Colorado was stopped by the Washington police a few days ago for fast driving. The Marquis of Lorne is engaged upon the history of Windsor castle, of which he 1s Goy- ornor, and@ of which he lately published s guide book. Emile Deschanel tsught Greek to Taine, About and Sarcey. He is 77, a writer for the newspapers, a writer of books, & captivating lecturerand a Senator. Johannes Wilhelmus Wessels, who is to de- fend the imprisoned Johannesburgers at Pre- toria, is of South Airican extraction, but was educated for the law in England. Professor Gieseler of Gottingen has twenty- four children. He saw a child erying in the street and asked, “What is the matter, little boy?” *‘Don’t you know me, papa?” He was one of the twenty-four children. Mrs. John Peyton of Orange, Va., wiil attain her 100th birthday next mouth. She has a son 80 years old, who is station agent on the railroad at a place near her home. He was ap- pointed agent forty-three years ago. Congressman Morrison is said to be as demo- cratic ag an old hunting shirt and the most ap- proachable man in public life in Washington. He looks unusually well this wigter and is brisk of step and clear of eye. He ht easily pass for 50. R Gladstone becam Inn just sixty-three years ago. He was thena youth of 23, fresh from Oxford, where he had received his bachelor’s degree at Christchurch, Mr. Gladstone was never called to the bar, hewever. Speaker Reed, who is very fond of literary work, has written an introduction to the works of Henry Clay, a complete edition of which is soon to appear. Mr. Reed is a great admirer of Henry Clay and spent much time on the famous Kentuckian’s life and works before penuing the introduction referrea to. Oddly erough, William McKiuley Jr. is to write the conclusion to the m_xbup}lm. aw student at Lincoln’s | BOT for quarters of 1837, nor for PERSONAL. Dr. Mary Shafter of Chicago is at the Palace. G. M. Cross, a mine-owner of Iowa Hill, is at the Russ. B. A. Newland of Atlants, Ga., is among re- cent arrivals. J. C. Robinson, a mining man of Deer Lodge, is in the City. J. W. Thomas, a business man of Salem, Or., is at the Russ. The Rev. L. D. Mansfield of San Juan issat the Occidental. E. F. Hollander, & flour manufacturer of Sa- linas, is in town. C. H. Cook, s business man of Watsonville, arrived here yesterday. J. M. C. Jasper, owner of a large flouring-mili! at Wheatland, is at the Grand. David Smithurst, a railroad contractor of Portland, is staying at the Cosmopolitan. M. T. Holcomb, & wealthy farmer of Lewis- ton, Ohio, is & guest at the Cosmopolitan. Ex-Attorney-General A. L. Hart of Sacra- mento arrived last night and is at the Grand. C. C. Doughty, a newspaper proprietor of The Dalles, on the Columbia River, Oregon, is at the Grand. Judge Walter B. Cope of Santa Barbara is here on a few days’ visit. He was formerlya Sen Francisco resident, later graduated from rkeley, and at the time of his election was reputed to be youngest Superior Judge on this coast. J. B. Gallagher, one of the pioneer horse and cattle growers of Mason Valley, Nev., is at the Russ. Mason Valley is peculiarly adapted to the growth of livestock, and some of the best herds in the Sagebrush State come from it. Mr, Gallagher is here on & business trip. Sheriff T. M. Brown of Eureka, who brought down the bicycle bandit a few da; carcerated him in San Quentin, Russ several hours yesterday, and finally started for home. He is one of the best known Sheriffs on the coast, ana has at various times made many important arrests. J. T. Emith, a mining man of El Dorado County, who has recently made severai sales of gold properties to Kansas City and other Eastern capitalists, is in the City. He and his partners have branch offices in different parts of the country, with promoters in each to place property. The project seems to work well. 8.J. Black, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, who came down from Sacramento yesterday to attend the meeting of the Board of Regents of the State University, leaves to- day for Madera 1 be present at & county teachers’ institute, the thirty-fifth he will have attended since assuming office last March. The Rey. Dr. 0. B. Jennings, recently pastor of St. Paul's Church, Sing Sing, thirty miles from New York City, is at the Oecidental. For some time he has been suffering from bron- chitis and is now in California for his health and may locate here. Bishop Nichols is an old iriend of his. He came via the isthmus and reached here on the Zealandia last night. His wife and her sister are with him. George Hezzard of Tacoma, whose daughter, Miss Julia Hazzard, was married at Victoria & few days sgo to John C. R. €oot, is one of the most widely known men on the coast. He wes formerly a County Treasurer, banker and member of the Senate in Indiana, and.also a soldier. Hewent to Tacoms in 1882, and was & newspaper man for some two years. Rew verses coming once more he came to San Fran- cisco, and, meeting Senator John F. Mililer, his old regiment commander, he persuaded him to give him a position with the Alaska Commer- cial Company. It was granted, and he sailed for the seal islands, where he was gone fora year. On his return he went back to Tacoma, entered politics and became chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee and chairman of the Association of Democratic Clubs. He hasmany eccentricities and is tire- lessly energetic. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 11.—Among recent arrivals are: F. Marwig, St. Cloud;.P, M. Moore and wife, Grand; J. E. Condict, Hoffman: T. J. Emery, Bartholdi; A. E. Gates, M: J. Kennedy, J. D. Warrack, Imperial; K. Maddox, V. K. Maddox, Holland. CURRENT HUMOR, “The baldheaded man, I tgke it,” said the corn-fed philosopher, “always takes a front seat at the—er—bailet show to syow that, though his head is cool, he hasa warm heart.””—In- dianapolis Journal. Wife—I mentioned to dear Kittie; in my let- ter, about the dear Duchess calling upon us, and how sweet she was! Husband—I suppose you did not say that Der Grace called for & charity subscription? Wife—Well, no. Idid not think that sounded interesting.—London Fun. Teacher—What is an Indian massacre? Bobby Bright—It's when the Indians surprise the whites and kill them. 4 ‘“And when the whites surprise the Indians and kill them?"” “That’s a battle.”—Life. Mistress—If any one calls, Mary, say your master is not at home. Servant—Excuse me, mum, but I know mas- ter isin; and I cannot tell a lie. Mistress—But 1t wouldn’t be a lie, Mary. This is not your master’'s home; the club is his home!—Tit-Bits. A little four-year-old boy was bad the otner day, and his mother said: “Sammy, why didn’t you be gooa?” “’Cause I'm afraid,” was the prompt reply. “What are you afraid of?” “Good little boys get to be angels, and I don’t want to be an angel ard have to wear fedders like a hen.’—Philadelphia Times. “Yes, my boy, it's over 100 years old and goes for eight days without winding.” “And how long does it go when you wind i’ —Judy. “Woman,” began the corn-fed philosopher, in his generalizing way, “is a creature of many moods.” “My wife ain’t,” ventured Mr. N. Peck, “She is always in the imperative,”—Indianapolis Journal. “Do you laugh when you write a joke?” in- quired his friend. “No,” replied the humorist, “but I smile when I'sell one.” “Is Smith your friend?” “No, on the contrary, I am his friend. He owes me $10.”"—Puck. 01d Lady—There, throw away that cigarette, little boy. It makes me sick to see you smoke. Little Boy—Yes, ma’am; but I'll bet you’d be sicker if you smoked one yourself.—Pick-Me. Up. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. UNCLE ToM’s CABIN—Mrs, Btowe, the author of still lying. THE BLIC—H. W., City, “The publie” be. ing a collective noun it1s pro to &y public is invited.” ST o e NEAL THE ARTIST- Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom's Cabin,” is Obispo County, Cal. D, D, Nea he setes Spo n ‘al. . Neal, ti ot present in Munich, Bavaria, A Ariad 18 MATRIMONIAL—P. H., Bethany, San Joaquin County, Cal. As this department is not adver- tising matrimonial agencies it cannot a the question as to their location. Fhgnsnmeer THE GERMAN HEwms—U. J. M., City., Delmas & Shortridge of this City sre the attorneys for the German heirs in the action a; FPotter in the matter of the Lux elt:(.e‘.m‘ it OLD CoINs—A. C., Cloverdale, and C. C., El- mira, Cal. There is no premium offered f half dollars of 1807, 1829, 1830, 1"!3’2?!832: es of 1820, 1830, nor half dimes of 1865 and 1868, nor for five dollar pieces of 1843, From 85 t0 90 cents is offered for quarters of 1819. HALF DoLLARS—<There is no premium on a half dollar of 1829, neither ‘is thera any offered for Columbian half dollars of 1893. There are (00 of them out to make them valuableat R Breamy—J. P.G., City. Bigamy is not one of the crimes included in treaty of extradition between Great Britain and the United States, nor is it between the United Statesand any other country. DutiaBLE ARTICLES—U. J. M., City. Any book-dealer can procure for you a copy of the Inw -relative to articles that, sent by mail, are dutiable, or if you desire to know about any particular article you can pbtain the informa- tion by application at the Postoffice. DousLe PEDRO—E. A. W,, Carson Hill, Cala- veras County, Cal. The answer to the ques- tion, “A end B play a game of double pedro. Ahas 1 togosnd Bhas8. B bought for 8 and claimed out. A had high and low and claimed out. Which one went out, A or B?” is that A™, went out. HERALDRY—Constance, Haywards, Alameda County, Cal. According to laws governing heraldry a daughter in herits the coat-of-arms, and when she marries the coat-of-armsof the wife and husband are placed side by side, that of the husbana occupying the dexter side or the place of honor and the wife's the sinister side. The wife being subordinate to the hus- band, in the heraldic sense, uses the coat-of- arms of her husband. ON GOVERNMENT RESERVATION—D. J. D., City. The soldier who ordered you off the Govern- mentreservation because you had a camers in your possession did so in the line of his duty. There is an order that no one isallowed to take upon the military reservation at the Presidio or any of the'posts in and around the bay any camara or take pictures without a permit. Such permit may be applied for at headquar- ters in the Phelan building. SILVER QUESTION—C. M. F., Madison, Yolo County, Cal. The act of 1878 fixed a limit on the amount of silver bullion to be purchased monthly. The limit was not less than $2,000,- 000 and not more than 34,000,000. July 14, 1890, the Government, by the Sherman act, was authorized to purchase through the Sec. retary of the Treasury at market price silver bullion to the amount of 4,500,000 ounces per menth, issuipg in payment treasury notes, to be legal tender for debt. The purchasing clause was repealed in 1893, LiceNse—N. S., Sacramento, Cal. There is an ordinance of the City and County of San Francisco which reads as follows: Every person who, within the limits of this City and County, engages in the business, or occupa- tion, or calling, of what is commonly koown as a commercial traveler, or drummer, or commer- clal agent, or traveling’ agent, and sells or offers to sell, or solicits for the sale or purchase of any goods, or wares, or merchanaise, shall pay a li- cense' s hereinafter specified: For doing & busi- ness of $90.000 & quarter or over, $100 per quar: ter; for over $50,000 and under $90,000, $60 per quarter: over $20.000 and under 850,000, 340: those doing less than 320,000 worth of business Pper quarter shall pay & license of §25. By addressing a letter to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors you can obtain a copy of the license laws of this City and County. Mixep and broken candies, 10c 1b, Townsend's.” B £recIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * TELEPHONE MAIN 717. The Gas Consumers’ Association, 0ld Company, 316 Post Street. The Standard Automatic Gas Regulator is attached to the meter, controlling the pressure automatically, keeping the flame steady, and allowing no waste or blowinf, preventing breakage of globes, and saving {rom 20 to 40 per cent. New tips and burners are supplied, leaks and flickering lights remedied, pipes pumped out if necessary, and all eomplaints connected with the gas, electric bells or gas lighting a)paratus are sttended to. ‘he monthly dues are according to the aver- age gas consumption and the quantity of elec- tric apparatus in use. » the A little girl in Aberdeen brought a baskat of strawberries to the minister very early on Mon- dsy morning. “Thank you,my little girl,” he said; “they are beautiful. But I hope you didn’t gather them yesterday, which was the Sabbath day?” “No, sir,"" replied the child, “I pulled them this morning. Bu¢ they was growin’ all yes- terday.”—“Quaint Sayings of Children,” bys Rev. David Macrae. TAKE Hood's Sarsaparilla to cureall troubles arisiog or promoted by fmpure blood, to make your nerves strong, to restore appet Bealth to the whole system. Tal e *Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap” Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth. ers for their children while Teething with parfeat success. 1t soothes the child, softeus the gums, al- Inys Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowsis and i3 the best remedy jor Diarrhcess, whethee arising from tecthing or other causes. For saleby Druggists in every part of the world. Eesureanl ask for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrap. 453 + bottle. ————— CORONADO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dry, sofs and mild, and is entirely free from the misia com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fitteen days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. RS DR R s THOSE who are worn out, rheumatic and feeble should use PARKER'S GINGER TONIC. PARKER'S HAIr BALsAM will save your hair. ——————— “If you love me,” he said imoressively, “you will never chew gum under- any cirenm stances. Lam satisfied that it is injurious.” “But, Alired,” she protested, “you know I haven't any caramels,” It was only then that he realized what a mis- take he had made.—Chicago Post. NEW TO-DAY. A TRUE STORY. THE NADDEST WOMAN You ever heard of was one who got hurt on & railroad. She lived om Hyae street. ‘here was a certaicty for her of Ppain, a good rest and BiG DAMAGES. A friend gave her something for it, which he assured her was gool 50 she used it, and then commenced making a list of all the things she would buy with the damages. That ‘was some eomfort. Next day railroad people catled and found her so nearly well they could not give her & cent. Scene closed with & profusion of Feminine Swear Words. There's a sharp point in these for RAILROAD MANAGERS, BICYCLERS and EVERYBODY. Her level-headed friend had given her a bottle of Nitchell's Magic Lotion, Which is so barmless and pleasant 10 use, and never fails to do good If You Ache or Get Hurt. ls‘zoléi by druggists st 25¢, 50c and If you want a sure limbs, use an tions is as good as the genuine. telief for =ains in the back, side, chest, or Allcock’s BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of cousterfeits and imita. Porous Plaster