The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Prl.! etor. ay CALL, one year, by mal ix months, by mal hiree months by m: S OFFICE: 710 Market Street, £an Francisco, California. Telephone.... ..Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 51 Telephope. ..Main—1874 open until : open until 8:30 o'clock. open until 9:30 o'clock. &W. corner Si. and Mission streets; antil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission stres 116 Ninth street; oj OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. open it, for when Now that Congress has got down to busi- ness let us hope it will live up to it. The only fault with the art carnival was that it w whole Citv. not big enough to take in the se object, but Morgan per- sists in turning on the cathode ray where it wiil do the most good. “I don’t mind b ing caught,” says Mr. nds me is that that too many of ous and pay no attenti If El Paso would post herself on carni- val ideas she would find there is more fun in a frolic than there is in a prize-fight. The Huntington lobby no langer talks of rushing thines. It is now fighting fc delay and calling for “night or Blucher.” At Dallas, at Hot Paso pugilism has without hitting anyt prings and at El ad its three strikes nd itisnow ont. movements in this town it ht thar In all reform is cheaper to fi one can take price. Th t paying a high 1e Junta call Rai of membe “a white elephant,’”’ but that raises two questions: Is he an elephant? and, Is he | white? a result of being kept in the dark @bout the races the fake poolrooms find that their play is light, but still they are not cousoled. rat people there will, of course, continue to be a great deal of change in them for the company. It seems that not only does Huntington nothing about the management of al Pacific, but he has not even artner who does. In the French crisis the Cabinet con- tinues to hold a safe place in the middle of 1 rd, but there sgems to be some the teeter b i of ting the President. We have a better City, a better climate and a population better fitted than that of New Orleans for carnival splendors, and we ought to get in some day and eclipse her. There ws olved into a Mugwump party, which n became a Cuckoo party, but now there doesn’t seem to be any party there Kentucky has a chance to do herself proud in the performance of the double duty of repealing the Southern Pacific franchise and electing an anti-funding bill Senator. The trouble with Democratic harmony in this City is that there is too many a fel- low in the orchestra who wishes all the | rest to be silent while he shows his Pade- rewski touch. Now that both the Senate and the House have arranged for an investigation of the bord deals there is likely to be music in the air all the way from the'White House to Wall street. Congressman Talbert was wrong in say- ing the appointment of Morton as Secre- tary of Agriculture was the worst act of Cleveland's life, for it was not half as bad as keeping him the The prospects of defeating the funding bill are now =0 good that the f year may be accounted as celebrations of the establishment of the commercial inde- vendence of the State. Senator Morgan may not have known much about the tfue inwardness of the Southern Pacific Company when he began to cross-examine Huntington, but little by little he is getting at it At the request of Balfour Parliament decided not to debate the Venezuelan question and the request wasright enough, for Uncle Sam can do all the talking that is needed on that subject. As 8 challenge in the House that some friend of Secretary Morton should rise to defend him found no response, it is evi- dent there are fewer fools in Congress than has been generally supposed. It 1s one of the humors of the funding bill investigation before the Senate Com- mittee that while Huntington could tell nothing of what is in the books of the Southern Pacific Company, he was able to quote quite fluently from the Bible. 1f it takes the military forces of the United States and Mexico to keep two vrize-fighters from fighting when there is no certainty that they wish to fight, how many Arizona constables would it take to run them in for disturbing tne peace by telking too much? to back out, for no | = | to be no change in the water once a Democratic party that | vals this | THE BITUMEN VETO. For the second time Mayor Satro has been " compelied to veto an crdinance of the Board of Supervisors referring to the kimnd of bituminous rock that shall be used in paving the streets and the manner in which it shall be laid, and in both in- stances his action was made necessary by the evident intention of both ordinances to forward one set of private interests at the expense of the other. The veto handed down Monday evening presented two objections. One was the requirement that the rock should not be treated in open kettles. This would clearly shut out the competition of those con- tractors who have invested heavily in such appliances. The other was the provision that the rock should be laid down on the street in its natural condition. This weuld not only shut out the open-kettle con- | tractors, who have stationary plants, but’ would throw the monopoly of supply into | the hands of the Southern Pacific Com- pany and debar the numerous mines owned by other parties who might be glad | to compete. These teatures were suflicient to make the orainance vicious, in the absence of evidence that open-kettle treatment im- pairs the quality of the material. This is a matter determinable only by very care- fal and scientific study, and there is no reason for believing that the majority of the Board of Supervisors is capable of giving the subject that sort of attention. Mayor Sutro suggests that the ordinance be further amended to provide for a cer- tain proportion of a sharp beach sand the rock. That is an excellent idea, but be made to include a wider runge of tests. Bituminous rock is a natural admixture of bitumen and beach sand, and it would be remarkable if this accidental combination should have a constancy of proportions throughout the State. A certain propor- | tion of sand, neither too much nor too little, is absolutely necessary, but the propertion of it that should appear cannot bedetermined on a quantitative basis alone. The bitumen itself is of various kinds, some containing a larger proportion of oil and volatile elemants than others. Ordi- | narily that which is the most plastic needs | the most sand, but as an excess of oil and | volatile elements impairs the cohesive | quality of the bitumen the addition of and would only aggravate the brittleness, en though it increased the hardness of he pavement. Hence the quality of the bitumen as well | as the quantity of sand should be taken | into account, and the ordirance shenld be framed to carry both tes In the treat- ment of certain rocks open kettles are | better than closed, and in others the | reverse is true. All these matters deserve intellizgent attention. But the greatest jneed of all is that the majority of the Joard of Supervisors abandon its attempts | to frame an ordinance having for its main | object the creation of private monopolies. THE MINERAL LAND BILL. *he passage by the House without a dis- examination and ification of mineral lands may be safely regarded as a its passage by the Senate. Ifnota gle vote was cast against it in the House it is a fair presumption chat the justice and ex- pediency of the measure are so well under- stood in Congress there is Iittle chance of any opposition being strong enough to de- featit. It would seem, therefore, that this ch-desired work is to be accomplished t last, and that one of the most important undertakings of the Mining Associatien is to be crowned with success. It is reported that Secretary Smith has two amenaments which he will endeavor to have the Senate make in the bill. One of these is to increase the appropriation | proposed for the commission from $20,000 | to §40,000. The other is to exempt from the operation of the act all lands already ad- vertised. The first amendment ought to be accepted. Where the work to be done is | so important and so valuable it would be poor economy to have it stopped because of a lack of sufficient money to carry it on. The second amendment is more doubtful, and it certainly should not be accepted unless it should be found that a rejection would entail an opposition likely to en- danger the passage of the bill itself. 1t is worth while noting that the success which has thus far attended the measure bas been due very largely, if not wholly, to the fact that the entire California dele- gation worked for it. For once our repre- sentatives were not divided, indifferent or | mutnally antagonistic. Each gave what aid he could to the measure and all, by presenting an example of complete accord | on the subject, exerted an influence that | | | | had its effect in inducing Eastern Con- gressmen to listen favorably to arguments | in support of the bill. We have in this | case, therefore, an illustration of what | Californians, can achieve for the good of the commonwealth if they work in har- | mony, and the lesson_involved is one that | should be learned and applied with profit. | It will not be long before an occasion ‘lwill arise to make the application and renew the harmonious work. The classifi- cation of mineral lands is but one of the | steps necessary to the full revival of our mining industry. The next step will be to | obtain an appropriation for constructing | impounding dams that will protect the | farms and rivers and allow the resumption of hydraulic mining, This second step should follow the first closely and should | be carried through at this session of Con- gress. Qur representatives have seen what united work can do in the one case and they should now apply it in the other. HOW TO ADVANCE. If more of the newspapers of California would give as ¢lear and definite reasons as | the Gridley Herald, showing the advantages which settlers and investors would enjoy, it would be better for the State. Thus, it | says that good building lots may be se- | cured there for §100 to $125 each, the lots | i being 80x110 feet, with a long time given for making payments in easy installments. | *“We will say,” our contemporary adds, | “‘that the lot costs $100. A six-room dwell- ing can be erected for $300, the whole cost not to exceed $400. This will readily rent for $7 per month for at least ten months in the year, or at a yearly rental of $70. Figuring the taxes at $1 60 per $100 valua- tion, we have an expense there of $640, which added to insurance of not to exceed $5, makes a total of $11 40, which deducted from the $70 rental, leaves a net return of $58 60, or 14.65 per cent on the money in- vested. It iscertain thatthe ratio of in- crease in the valuation of the property will more than balance the amount expended for necessary repairs. These are no fancy figures, but are based upon actual demon- stration. To get the benefits this year, building should commence at once. The houses aure needed, and the returns are certain.” The Lodi Sentinel prints an argument on similar lines and reads its people a severe lecture. ““It is a fact,” it says, “that farm- ers and fruit-growers trust too much to their individual efforts for success. They are willing, in most instances, to forego assured profits for the sake of independent action. In the business world this feeling is not prominent, There 1sa readiness to seemingly it might be carried farther and | senting voice of the Johnson bill for the | join in movements which will benefit all, directly or indirectly, which unfortu- nately is too often lacking in the countrv. Capitalists stand ready to invest their means in factories in favored neighbor- hoods all over the State, waiting only for some assurance that the people upon whom they must depend for supplies wiil act with them in developing a paying en- terprise. In some places such assurances have been given and the results are evi- dent in the shape of canneries, fruit-drying houses and sugar factories. Where such factories exist prosperity is found. Every individual reaps, or may reap, a benefit. The population is in- creased, the home market for all products grows and better prices for everything, labor first of all, are secured. Lodi can have a sugar factory and a cannery. No oue man can bring them, but the united efforts of a tenth of the people vitally in- terested will surely locate them here. The benefits to be derived do not need setiing forth. Every man who can think knows that they are tanpible and certain. Let the farmers and fruit-growers come to- gether and get them.” A HARD EXPERIENCE. The most uncomfortable position in which Mr. Huntington ever found him- self was that in which Senator Morgan of Alabama has placed him. That Mr. Huntington keenly felt his disgrace and humlliation all the correspondents agree. Never before had he been placed on the rack under circumstances which vermitted So much freedom of inquiry. Although a few days ago, when the Ala- bama Senator made his first essay in the examination, it was evident that he was notsufliciently informed, he was primed to the tips of his fingers Monday, and he went at the central figure of the funding proposition hammer and tongs. Thkrough- out all his questioning there was evidently a veiled feeling of contempt and scorn and a determination fo place the great man in the light of a criminal who is giving false testimony to save himself. It was a dramatic and pitiful scene. Mr. Huntington, in order to avoid telling | the truth, was forced to admit virtually | that he knew far less of the affairs of the | Southern Pacific than Senator Morgan himself, who had given but a few days to study of the subject. Mr. Huntington, when it was impossible to pretend forget- fulness, boldly resorted to the only alter- native left him. The other members of the committee, taking pity on their tor- tured friend, tried repeatedly to shut off the Alabaman, but with & sharp retort that always silenced them he returned to the attack. Mr. Huntington told a number of tales familiar to Californtans. He had never seen the books of the Contract and Fi- nance Company and could give no ex- planation of their disappearance; after much evasion and hesitation he admitted baving been a member of that company. He did give some new and valuable in- formation. 1t was to the effect that the small roads absorbed by the Southern Pa- cific after the receipt of the Kentucky charter were held merely through posses- sion of their stock; that no record of the transfers had been made and that the Southern Pacific is not responsible for the debts of those lines. This will be cheerful reading for the original owners of the roads. Mr. Morgan has not finished with the great man, but will take hin. in hand again next week. Meanwhile Mr. Hunt- ington will be -tortured to-morrow by a man equally as sharp and persistent as Morgan and a great deal-better informed on this subject—Congressman Maguire of California before the House Committee on Pacific Roads. Mr. Maguire’s misfor- tune is that he is not & member of the committee and wiil doubtless find his lati- tude narrowly confined. The whole situation is remarkable and instructive, for it has now assumed that odd and unaccustomed phase in which Mr. Huntington is on trial for veracity and honesty as well as a Government debtor. As Mr. Morgan properly con- tended, itis the right and duty of Con- gress to ascertain if crookedness has ani- mated the policy of the roads CAREFUL GRAPE-PICKING. It has been supposed that all winemak- ers realized the importance of care in the picking of grapes, and that the manner in which this is done goes far to determine the character of the wine. Attention is called to this matter by an interesting re- port from Healdsburg.. B. W. Paxton, who has been accompanying Mr. Lach- man of the Wine Association in a tour of the Cloverdale and Healdsburg districts, tells Toe CALL that much of the wine, though all was sgound and of fair quality, carried an excess of acid, and that the rea- son for it was the picking of the grapes be- fore the berries bad fully matured. The presumption is that the makers will re- ceive a smaller price than if the needed care had been taken. As arule, those winemakers who do not produce their own crop of grapes entirely have very expert buyers to receive the fruit brought in by neighboring growers. These buyers can determine at once under what circumstances and conditions the grapes have been picked, and they make payment accordingly. The growers who are most careful and intelligent receive the best prices. That picking isan art of itself may be inferred irom the following narration: i A few years ago one of the largest wine- makers in the State examined a neighbor- ing vineyard which was ready for picking, made careful tests of the leading ingred: ents of the grapes and offered a price based on his tests. This was actepted and 1 a day or two afterward the crop was picked and delivered by the grower. The wine- grower on receipt of the fruit made a sec- ond test before accepting it finally and dis- covered that the proportion of saccharine which he had originally discovered had shrunk surprisingly. Asthis was a vital matter he declined to pay the price he had offered and tendered a lower. The grower declined it. The grapes were fed to hogs and a suit was brought for the recovery of the amount first oifered. The maker proved in court that in the interval between his two analyses a heavy fog had fallen, that its moisture had been absorbed by the grapes, and had, therefore, diluted their juices and reduced their per- centage of saccharine, and hence their value, and that the grower had picked the crop before the grapes had had time to resume their normal condition under the sun’s heat. On that showing he easily won the case. The whole affair was a revelation to the grower, but he learned a lesson that he will never forget. Much of the great reputation of Euro- pean wines depends on the care taken in such details as that. The lessons to be learned are all very simple, but they must be mastered bsfore the best results can be secured. Happily, they are familiar to the older growers, but that does not lessen the obligation resting on winemakers to give them all needed advice. All the voices of Great Britain are now for arbitration and there is not left a sin- gle man to say anything about the flying squadron, | light was directe PHOTOGRAPHED HIS OWN BRAIN. The human brain has been photographed. In the Fivalry of scientists excited by Roentgen’s application of the cathode X rays to photo- graphy, Dr. Carleton Simon of New York steps forward and exhibits a picture of his own brain, obtained from a process in which the cathode rayis not a factor. The doctor ex- pluined to the Herald how the thing was done and also furnished that paper witn the nega- tive from which the photograph was developed. Dr. Simon said that he used an ordinary camera, with platinum plates, subjected neither to heat nor to any especial chemical treatment. The time of exposure was limited 10 two minutes in the case of photographs re- produced in the Herald. Ordinarily, the doc- tor said, the time of exposure would be regu- lated by the depth of material through which the light must pass. For the present Dr. Simon will not make known the details of his apparatus. “Ido not like,” he said, ““to withhold it from the public, Utah. Doyou think it would be possible to get transportation, as I snggested? Fillmore (reaching for his pen)—I do not recall the exact occurence you mention, but I know you have always laid awake nights try- ing to keep the people from imposing on the raiiroad company. Ever been to Salt Lake? Applicant (drawing up a little nearer)—No, but I would like to go very much. Just for my wife and chiidren, you know. Fillmore—How old are the children ? Apoplicant—There are two boys, sixteen and seventeen, and a girl twelve years of age. You see, Fill, I intend to go anyway, but I thought if you would give us passes that we could have just that much more money to give the children a good time on. Fillmore (dipping his pen in the ink and opening a little drawer filled with blanks)— Good scheme. How long will you be gone? Applicant (heaming with anticipation)—Oh, a couple of weeks. Just a little jaunt. By the way, Fill, you are looking very well of late. How is your general health? Of course, I DR. CARLETON SIMON’S PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS OWN BRAIN. [Reproduced from the New York: Herald.] but I desire to more fully perfect it before mak- ing the details known. I produce the effect by attraction of the light and propulsion through the brain substance. At the time of photo- graphing the whole internal chamber of the brain is lighted up.’ In conclusion the doctor said: “I am at the commencement. My discovery is not conse- quent on the application of the cathode ray to photography. My idea preceded it, but of course, I have lately been inspired to push my experiments.” For two days and a half the doetor worked uninterruptedly, save & couple of hours for sleep, wnen his tirea brain dreamed of its own liken The work had not been without at- tendant dangers. Many small animals were sacrificed in the cause of science. Even the final and successful effort was made with no assurance that the camera might not hold the picture of a dead man. Though in a mess- ure satisfied that the process was ome by which the brain could be phojographed. with- outrisk of life, it may be stated that the ex- perimenter selécted himself as his subject that no other life might be endangered. =~ George Francis Tre had consented to sit, but the doctor finally decided not to permit him to doso. Asa matter of fact the success of the experiments was 10 less in that the operation was without sensation than in the reproduction of the brain picture. So far as the use of the apparatus was con- cerned the doctor consented to say that the light was thrown from oue side of the head against it, as in a magic iantern, while the at- tractive force was at the other. He Liad arranged mirrors so that he might observe the effects, and was tHus enabled to view his own brain. It was lighted up so that he saw the interior and even the pulsations. His sensations, so_far s he had any, were at the strangeness of the phenomena and emo- tions of success rather than any physical effect produced by the forces he manipulated and which were controlled by electric buttons, the camera being exposed at the instant that the at the head. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Joe Gavin, one of the leading citizens of Cripple Creek, Colo., who isknown from oneside of the continent to the other asa “dead game sport,” is at the Palace Hotel. Mr. Gavin owns the finest saloon and the big- gestfaro game in Cripple Creek. He was for- merly at Leadville and be fore that at Virginia ev. At different times he has contributed his share to building up the leading mining camps of California, Montana, Idaho, Utal, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado, so he knows a g00d prospect when he sees it. I suppose there is not another mining dis- trict on earth that hes so much gold in sight and essily available as Cripple Creek,” said Mr. Gavin last evening. “The entire country in that vicinity seems to have it—placer and quartz. “The work of development is going on con- stantly, and where proper knowledge and facilities are applied there seem to be very few disappointments and no failures. All the busi- ness men of Cripple Creek are making money, but most of them are getting excited over the mines and it is hard for them to keep at their own business where the chances for making fortunes in the mines appear soalluring. “The distance from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek is only about forty miles, but it takes four hours to make the run, for it is all the way uphill. You remember that Sutro used to talk about Bill Sharon’s ‘kwooked wailwoad’ from Reno to Virginia City; well, that rond is straight as compared with the line from Colorado Springs to Crippie Creek. But we are used toit and don’t fret on that account. The people there live well—as well as any place on earth, and the place is growing right along. Just now houses are rather scarce, but they are building night-and day, and will be able to accommodate the hundred and odd thousand of people whe are expected within the next six months.” Mr. Gavin was asked in regard to.the special train which tha telegrams said he and Bat Masterson were about to run from Cripple Creek to El Paso for the purpese of witnessing Stuart's big fistic carnival. “Well, you see, it was like this,” replied Mr. Gavin: ' “The railroad folks wanted us to take charge of the excursion, because we know all the boys, and Isaid I'd stand in if they would give us a vestibule train, with a big car in the middle, from whicn we could remove the seats and put in & bar, a wheel and a faro game. The railroad people were willing enough, and it would have been a go if those Congressmen in Washington hadn’t passed that law against Fitzsimmons and his crowd. After that, with those Government Marshals and the Texas Rangers prowling around, I saw it was no use; soIdeclared myself outof the scheme and came on to San Francisco. They wanted me to hang on, but I said, “No, thank you; Uncle Sam deals a game that 1 don’t care to buck against.” General Superintendent Fillmore of the Southern Pacific Company is whatis known asa three-ply diplomat. Aside from being ex- ceedingly clever in bringing things around to & conclusion that best suits himself, he is one of the most approachable men in the yellow building at the corner of Montgomery and Market streets. Following is a sample of Mr. Fillmore’s capac- ity to say the wrong thing at the right time. Applicant for pass (inlight, breezy way)—Mr. Fillmore, I am very anxious to take a trip with my wife and three children to Salt Lake. Ah. ah, how about passes? Mr. Fillmore—Are you & married man ? Applicant (shifting the right leg to the left knee)—Well, somewhat. But jesting aside, Mr. Fillmore, you know, I suppose, of that little turn I did the company some years ago over in know you are annoyed to death with appli- cations for passes, but I imagine you only ac- cord them to friends of the railroad. Fillmore (overlooking the “jolly” owing to its chestnut fiavor)~When do you want to go? Applicant (rising and leaning confidentially. on the desk)—Well, we are all packed, ready to go next Friday, and I have telegraphed my wife’s folks to expect us two days afterward. Fillmdre (with a winning- smile)—Are you Lound to go Friday? Applicant—Oh, by all means. cided to go Friday. Fillmore (closing the drawer and rising to welcome one of the directors)—You will have to excuse me now. (Looking the applicant in the eye, as though to hypnotize him.) Come in Saturday. The applicant, thoroughly rattled, murmurs | deep thanks and retires to the hall, where he suddenly drops on himself and goes down to Mouteomery street, cursing the elevator-boy and the united railroads of the Southern Pacific. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. I have de- Plenty of Gold. San Jose Mereury. It is poor policy for the Government to be borrowing mo: when all it has to dois to open up Nature's vast gold vaults in California and help itself. Opposed to the Funding Bill. Porterville Enterprise. How many newspapers are there in the State in favor of the funding bill? The newspapers represent the people, and we believe they are all of one opinlon—against it. Eruger Not Easily Deceived. Woodland Mail. It looks as though Chamberlain hLas en- countered a shrewd old rough diamond in the | person of President Kruger ot the Transvaal, | Who is well up in the tricks of English diplo’ | macy. It looks like a case of when Greek meeis Greek. Voting for England. Oceanside Blade. Englishmen who think say that the English financial system 15 & good thing for England but not for this country, because it is a debtor country, but Americans who do not think go right on voting for an English financial system just the same. The Next Administration. San Bernardino Times-Index. It is not believed that the next administra- tion will be able to equal the present one catching fish, shooting ducks or issuing bonds, but it will be able to double discount it bring. ing prosperity to the country As the Twig Is Bent. Stockton Record. The boys of to-day who steal rides on vehicles are likely to become the thieves of to-morrow. When children steal, whatever the form of theft, the parent should sternly teach them better. The parent who neglects so to do con- tributes to the boy’s untoward career. CURRENT HUMOR. “I wouldn’t mind helping you if I thought there was anything in you.” “Jes' you gimme the dime, mister, an’ see how quick there’ll 'be sumthin’ in me:"~In. dianapolis Journal. A father, wishing to bring up his child in the way he should go, told him when he was in danger and needed help to call upon the Lord. Later in the day Willie was punished for some misdemeanor, and when on the threshold of the dark closet, holding his father by one hand, he dropped to his knees and prayed, 0 Lord, if you want to help alittle boy, now’s your chance.”—Life. “Literary criticism is a droll affair.” “Isn’t it? The critics say the- English lau. reateship is & mean, low-down job, and then decide that Alfred Austin isn’t good enough for it.”—Louisville Courler-Journal. “I see,” remarked Mrs. Asheroft at the break- fast-table, “that the coffee crop of Honduras has been serfously reduced by two unusually dry seasons.” “That's 0dd,” replied the Star Boarder. “I never moticed a scarcity of water in the coffee,”—Pittsburg Chronicle-1clegraph. “Why is it,” the Cumminsville sage inquired, with the air of one pleased with the sound of his own voice, *why is it that the man of 40 or thereabouts can realize so well how old he is when he is talking to a youth of 18, but seems to forget all about it when he meets a girl of that age ?’—Cincinnati Enquirer. Wife—Well, doctor, how is 1t with my hus- band? Doctor—Fair to middling, so to speak; he wants a rest above all ghings. I have written out & preseription for an opiate. Wife—And when must I give him the medi- cine? . Doctor—Him? The opiate is for madam.—Louisville Home and Farm. Willey—I tell you, it's better in the end to be honest. Did you ever know & rogue who wasn’t unhappy ? Shalley—No, but then one would hardly ex- pect & rogue to be happy when he’s known. It's the rogues who are not known who are happy.—Woonsocket (R. I.) Reporter. Now the timid doubting suitor, By Professor Roentgen’s art, betore he speaks, discove e has a marble heart. —Indianapolls Journal you. Ma: PERSONAL. Ex-Congressman Louttit is on a visit here. D. C. Page, a grain-dealer of Davis, is in the City. . John L. Hudner, an attorney of Hollister, is at the Lick. Ex-District Attorney W. D. Tupper of Fresno isin the City. Dr. C. R. Lisle of Philadelphie, Pa., is at the Cosmopolitan. Superior Judge G. W. Nicoll of Sonora is at the Occidental. Assemblyman R. C. Dale of Kern County is at the Baldwin. B. F. Hayden, editor of the Catholic Journal of Portland, Or., is at the Grand. W. C. Myers of the United cutter Rush is at the Californ Editor D. D. Dodson of the Red Bluff Senti- nel is among the arrivals at the Grand. S.G. Younkins of Pasadena is staying at the Cosmopolitan, accompanied by his wife. George Blake, who has been for some time past mining at Cripple Creek, is at the Lick. Colonel J. L. Coles, a mining superintendent of Tuolumne County, arrived here yesterday. L. A. Roberts, a livestock grower of Gray- son, Stanislaus County, arrived here yesterday. J. B. Ivison, a manufacturer of engines and agricultural implements at Salinas City, is in town. T. E. Collins, & hotel man of Fresno, is a guest at the Cosmopolitan. He is accompanied by his wife. Norman Rideout, the widely known banker of Marysville, is at the California, accompanied by Mrs. Rideout. E. A. Kent, a well-known mining and news- paper man of Denver, is at the Palace, accom- panied by his wife. A. G. Hicks, one of the pioneers of Tacoma and at one time Deputy Collector of the Port, there, is at the Occidental, R. Kohler of Portland, manager of lines in Oregon of the Southern Pacific Railroad, ar- rived here yesterday. Mr. Kohler has been meny years in Oregon and for a long time was connected with the Oregon and California, prior to the change of name. James Hickey, for several years foreman of the Bodie and Standard mings at Bodie and now superintendent of a group of properties at SilverPeak, just inside the Nevada line, is at the Russ. He says an English syndicate has just arranged to take the properties, put in ex- tensive machinery and build great chlorina- tion works. They will spend in all, he says, from £1,000,000 to $1,500,000. District Attorney Alvin Fay of Bakersfield is at the Baldwin. He says Bakersfield now has 4000 inhabitants and is thriving in every way. *“It is now the best business town,” he said, “‘in the San Joaquin Valley. More money is paid out there than at any other point. A large amount of the great ranch of Haggin & Carr has been cut up in tracts and considerable of itsold. Kern County, of which Bakersfield is the capital, has extensive cattle and sheep in- teres! In fact, all kinds of livestock are grown there. They bring in much mon It's & good county and I am well satisfied with i Thomas B. Everett of Cripple Creek, former- 1y a member of the Legislature from Placer and El Dorado counties. who has been here for three weeks past, left 1ast night to return to Cripple €reek. While here he organized two more companies for the development of Cripple Creek mines, making the third in all which he has floated here. He says a number of the best men in San Francisco are interested in these companies. Mr. Everett, however, does not hold that the mines are any better in Cripple Creek than here. He says the oply difference is that the miners are going deeper there than here. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 18.—Miss Atterton and Miss A. Vanbvergen, Albermarle; A. B. Field, Bartholdi; J. D. Hammond, Murray Hill; G. McComb, Westmins: LADY'S BOX-PLEATED WAIST AND SKIRT. Trim tailor effects are coming to the front, and the Norfolk jacket is a favorite model. Cheviots, tweeds, serges and novelty wools are used for these serviceable gowns that are ap- propriate for general wear, for traveling and for the business woman. The waist shown nere has a fitted lining, the goods_being fitted by the pleats. The sleeves are of the leg-o-mutton shape, of generous proportions. The skirt cut with & circular tes revenue front and two gores in the back which are laid in box-pleats. The only stiffening now used is a band from five to ten” inches deep all around the bottom. Haircloth wears best, but canvas, wirene and many other substitutes are used. Mixed woolen goods are much liked and the top of each pleat may be decked with tiny gilt or smoked pearl buttons. The favorite gilt belt looks extremely well on such a gown. A blue -serge gown hiad each pleat stitched along the edges with gilt thread and was worn with a gilt belt. A tan mixture had each pleat bound with 1(?)1! brown leather and was worn with an inch wide belt of the same material. This style of waist is much used for bieycle costumes, and the leather trimmings just de- seribed are especially pretty on these, the skirt being bound with the same leather. The skirt shown in this illustration is one of the newest shapes and is used for separate skirts of silk, satin, crepon, etc., as well as for costumes of one fabric. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Uhl, the new Embassador to Germany, does not pronounce his name in the German way—that would be ““Ool”—but pronounces it with the initial letter soft, “Eul,” like ‘“Yule. M. Siegler has won his suit against Prince Henry of Orleans for 275,000 francs. The case was tried in Paris. The mouney was the amount of “open credit” given to the Prince for his use by Siegler some time ago. Cotton Mather’s poems have been repub- lished in Boston. The poems are two in num- ber. One written in 1682 is an elegy on Rev Uriah Oakes, president of Harvard College, and the other, written in 1685, isan elegy mipon Rev. Nathaniel Collins of Middletown, Conn. Young Alfonso of Spain has just puton his first regular military uniform with much pride. Being nearly 10 years old, the juvemie monarch held a grand reception on his name- day, and was allowed to appear in the costume of & pupil of the Infantry Training Sckool. - He looked a soldierly littie fellow, though still somewhat fragil NEW PEEMJXAWINBURNE. The new number of the Nineteenth Century opens with a splendid poem upon “Robert Burns” by Mr. Swinburne. Its form is that which Burns himseli mostly employed, and its eighteen stanzas form & tributg of passfonate admiration and exquisite imagery snd musie such as only Mr. Swinburne can give us. The London Chronicle quotes a few stai , pre- mising that their beauty is still greater when they are not thus torn from their context: He loved and sang of love: e laughed nd bade the cup whereout he quafted Shine as a planet, fl;xrlu and aft, And Noen aa ahoots thie sun' first sbaft Against the night. But love and wine were moon and sun For many u fame long since undone, ‘And sorrow and joy have lost and won By stormy turns i singer’s soul if none 1ight than Burns. - x . - his plowshare cleft, The lips of women loved and left, The griefs and that weave the weft Of hum With cratima He carved in 1 ® T since bright earth was born reof the enkindling morn godlike wrath and suniike scorn hat was and is And shall be while nning, keen and deft, hyme. alse weeds are worn ey Above the storms of praise and blame That blur with mist bis lustrous name His thunderous laughier went aud came And lives and flies— The roar that fellows on the flame When lightni ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 's REcorp—H. H. H., City. The ng Jib is 2:04; with running FLYING J record of F mate, 1:58}. ¥ HE DIp Nor—O0. S., Haywards, Cal. The Rev. Jacob Voorsanger did not make a public declaration quoted in your communication. % Cupa—H. T. D, Cit othing has been done by the Government of the United States to officially recognize the Cubaus as bel- ligerent Indian Hill, Sierra claims are exempt k uniess they are pat- ented. Ciaimsin the vicinity of Indian Hilt taken up before 1872 are not exempt unless they have been patented. COOK’S CASE—A. 8., City. Sergeant Cook of the police force was held toanswer by one of the Police Judges on the 22d of last July for trial in the Superior Court on a charge of hav- ing assaulted s Chinaman with intent to do him a bodily harm. The case is still pending in the upper court. SENATORS—G. I 8., Cherokee, Butte County, The reason the clause was placed in the constitution to the effect thet Senators should be chosen by the Legislature instead of by the people direct was that it was belieyed that a better cless of representative men could be se- cured to serve in the upper house of Congress. Ir Does Nor—C. W,, Prescott, Ari The fact that a man is a member of tne secretsociety named does not absolye him from tne penalty of death in e ne should be convicted of murder. If any of those men who were ex- ecuted for the crime of murder were members of that order none of them proclaimed that fact. dridge, Sonoma County, who has never subscribed to a uch paper addressed to him- seli from the postoffice he is responsible for the subseription price. Should he not desire the paper it is his duty to refuse it and notify the Postmaster, or he should notify the officé that he does not want it. G00D ROADS—A. §., Pelo Alto, Cal. It is im- possible to give an intelligent answer to question about & good rosds congress as a number have been held, and you do not men- tion the one you desire to know about. If you will communicate with C. Michener, room 23, sixth floor, Mills builaing, or with H.F. Wynne, Twenty-second and Folsom streets. Either of these gentlemen will give you full information an the subject of good roads. ND's “ Palace Mixtures, SR «Is Tompkins an economicalsman?” “Well, I should say so; he takes off his porous-plaster every night so it will last longer.”—Chicago Record. 15¢1b. B EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Pross Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * S e o N e Johnson—How are you getting along with your bieyele riding? Jackson—First class! except chew gum.—Puc! I can do everything AFTER other medicines have a ed, Hood's Sar saparilla has permanently cured. This Is explained by the fact that Hood's Sarsaparillais the only true blood purifier, the inconquerable foe of ais: CORONADO.—Atmosp and mild, and is entirely iree from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 perday. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Frascisco. Eodaa e AGE robs us of the locks that grrced our youth. To get them back with their youibful color and life, use PARKER'S HATE BALSAM. et Brown (of the firm of Brown & Jones)—Why did you countermand your order jor those fountain pens? Jones—The agent took down my order with & lead pencil SMrange TlIings Going On! All the Folks Nurprised ! Mem.—A man pounded his finger; lost fifteen minutes’ time, curing it. Another got a whack square in the eye. He was docked one hour's pay—could then see out of it and went to work again. Still another had sat up nights with Felons, tried cocaine and opium, but the agony had got there first and would not yield. Finally his wife, who had cured her tender feet, gave him a pointerand Hubby's Agony Found a Master, For he says he “Was Asleep in Ten Minutes.” No “Royal Purple” T After either accident. MircaeLL's Maaric Loriox did the business for them all. Money in Your Pocket To have it around, for nobody knows when or where the Lightning Is Going to Strike. Any Druggist can get it for you— 25¢, 50¢ and §1. Be sure and read the directions. limbs,use an BEAR IN MIND—Not tions is as good as the genuine. If you want a sure relief for Allcock’s one of the host of counterfeits and imita~ k, side, chest, or Porous Plaster ~ains in the