The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1896, Page 6

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RUARY 25,189 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Watch the news from Frankfort. Itis likely to make you feel good. As the San Joaquin road advances so does the prosperity of California. 's road has crossed the Stan- Fresno and victory are in sight. The Peopl islaus, an e socialists of this City can hardly be sts of the chafr.” They T ranked as “sociali all wish the floor. Thanks to Professor Roentgen and Kaiser William, Berlin is getting to be the biggest news center on earth. The Senate should recognize Cuba, as a matter of course, but it should also recog- nize the need of tariff revision. Jameson was carried to England to be tried, but now that he is there we shall probably hear that his trials are over. If Jim Corbett is really eager to meet | Fitzeimmons he should put himself in the hands of Dan Stuart and quit talking. In the campaign against the iree-trade heresy the Witson biil furnishes all that fs needed in the way of a frightful ex- ample. The Governor's speech at the Iroquois | banquet was doubtless intended as an eye- opener, but a good many Democrats got it s a black eye. This 1s the time for silver men who wish to hitch their wagon to a star to bear in mind that Repul anism is the star that leads to victory. Cleveland has gone du hooting, but whether he wiil return with a duck, an- other Venezuelan message, or 8 new bond issue, is uncertain. The House has broken all records in | passing appropriation bilis, and the Sen- ate seems likely to break 1t in ordering up | everything and passing nothing. | Huntington may win at Frankfort, he | may win at Washington, but as long as | the competing road runs he will never | again have a monopoly in California. Principle before party is a gooa maxim, but it should not mislead any one into set- ting aside great National principles for the sake of local and temporary siae issues. m to be running omnibuses by electric storage batteries in Berlin, while we are as yet unible even to run a street- | tar in that way. Why are these things thus? 1 They That chrysoprase has been discovered in Tulare is only another proof that if in California you do not see what you wish il you have to do is to get out and look for it. — | That the New Yorkers should start a | Presidential boom for Carlisle is not sur- | prising, for they owe him something, and, s, they know a soft thing when they | | Russia declares her troops are massed on | the Korean frontier not for conquest, but to g itee the independence of the | country, and still the world doesn’t fee! relieved. besid tee A few years ago all elixirsof life claimed fo haye a scientific ba: but now they a ut forward under the pretense of a divine r Is theage of superstition re- It begins to look,as if the sole issue in Ihe coming campaign would be the choice between the party of protection and abund- ant revenues and the party of iree trade and deficit. Hope springs forever in the human breast, and there are still a good many | Democrats who expect to get the W hitney oarrel into politics before the National Convention meets. Kaiser William told the Brandenburgers that German unity “is due solely to the great Emperor William,” and the Bran- Jenburgers applauded with all the vigor »f men who appreciate a joke. The services of General Booth to the Salvation Army have been great, but not great enough to make it worth while split- ling the army for the purpese of giving tach of his sons and daughters a separate sommand. The Colorado Republicans who talk of tunning a silver Presidential ticket in op- position to the party ticket may be skiil- fully untying the Gordian knot, but from ihis distance it looks as if they were naking a bad break. Now that a faction fight has broken out among the leaders of the Salvation Army shere is likely to be a prolonged fight be- wore the rank and file can determine which side is possessed of the gospel and which & possessed of the devil. The people who declare that California lentiment is in favor of the funding icheme are trying to create the ir:pression tbroad that whenever California is silent the consents, and whenever she protests the doesn't say what she means. The Turkish officers, Bezak, Mustafa, ;hbznn. Issa and Durak, who safely de- ended a number of American women in Armenia against the rage of a mob of lurkish soldiery, haven’t names that can ive long in the memory, but they can be sronounced with honor just now and the Lmerican people will do it. | e AN UNTAIR DEDUCTION. In the course of his speech before the House Committee on Pacific Roads Con- gressman Bowers of California said: “I am satisfied that there are negotiations al- ready on foot by a syndicate which desires a foreclosure and an immediate sale of these roads at auction at a price not above $40,000,000. I think the indications are patent that something of the kind is to be done, and that they will try to get posses- sion of these great proverties for about $40,000,000—a speculation that would doubly discount in the matter of profits the Belmont-Morgan syndicate.”” The Chronicle, in its advocacy of the funding bill and its opvosition to fore- closure, prefaces its quotation of Mr. Bow- ’ remarks with these words: “The Chronicle has called attention more than once to the fact that back of the opposi- tion to the refunding of the debts of the Central and Union Pacific railroads there isa scheme toturn them over to private individuals for a mere song. Some at- tempts have been made to deny this, but we have a statement of Representative Bowers which fully confirms the allega- tion.” In other words, the Chronicle seems to assume that Mr. Bowers, manifgstly an- tagonistic to the supposed scheme which he mentioned, is a party to its secrets and purposes; that by exposing it he is assist- ing it; that the Government is in a con- spiracy to rob the National treasury, and that the anti-funding sentiment of Califor- nia is conniving in the contemplated crime. That is the logic of our contem- porary’s position. Whether Congressman Bowers and the forty-nine out of fifty of his constituents who oppose funding like being placed in such a light is another matter. Had our contemporary quoted Mr. Bowers fairly it would have set forth the clear reasons which he gave in showing that the aided roads are already paying 6 per cent on their indebtedness and there- fore wonld be a good investment, the value of which would be greatly increased by destruction of the Southern Pacific Com- pany’s policy of diverting the traffic. He did this to show that the Government is in a position to recover the entire debt by foreclosure. As he quoted the Secretary of the Interior in presenting proof that the roads are earning 6 per cent on their indebtedness he announced thereby that the administration had already committed itself and could not be a party to any con- spiracy for selling the roads for $40,000,000. His intention evidently was to warn Con- gress not to pass any measure to foster any swindling scheme, including refunding, the most gigantic swindleof all. It would not have been difficult for our contempo- rary to draw a fair deduction from Mr. Bowers’ speech. WHERE PROGRESS STARTS. The editor of the Tulare Register was a member of the party of editors who made an extended Eastern trip recently, and he has since published some highly valuable observations concerning the foundation of community prosperity in Eastern towns. The two important things which he dis- covered and which would be so useful in California are that every town has a fac- tory of some kind, and that in all prosper- ous agricultural districts diversifigd farm- ing is practiced. On the first point he says: “There was | always scmething ir* addition to bemng a mere local trading center. Perhaps it was a suspender factory, a cicar factory, a fac- tory for building school furniture, for making shoes, wagons, buggies, hats, a tannery or blast-furnace—but there was always a ‘shop’ of some sort where peo- ple worked. Scattered all over the States east of the Mississippi River there are towns of 2000 to 5000 people, thrifty and prosperous, whose mnames the average reader never heard, and they are thrifty and prosperous because there is some- thing in them for people to do.”” These are facts for every town in California to ponder, and they have a special value in view of the development of electrical power from water. The prosperous farmers produce every- thing possible that is consumed on the farm, and have a system of diversified farming that renders impossible the disas- ter of a general failure of crops. As a re- suit there is & conspicuous scarcity of farm mortgages. lere is a fine piece of wis- dom: “The tendency is not so much in the direction of small farms where staple products are grown. Where the margin of profit is small and the labor cost is not great, production has to be correspond- | mngly large and farms run from 160 to 320 acres. Where the margin of profit is pre- sumably greater and the element of labor enters largely into the cost, as in fruit- growing or market-gardening, the farms are small, but correspondingly more valu- able.” JAMESON IN ENGLAND. Now that Jameson and his men have reached England to be put upen their trial we may expect some light to be thrown upen the disputed point whether the inva- sion of the Transvaal was planned by Cecil Rhodes and the Suth African Company, or whether it was merely a sympathetic raid, brought about by the agitations of the foreign miners in the Transvaal itself. The South African Company would nec- essarily have derived sb great a profit from the success of the raid, it was but natural to suspect the managers of the company of complicity in it. The old maxim that the surest way to discover the author of a crime i3 to seek the person most benefited by it seems applicable in this case. The suspicion derives further confirmation from the fact that Jameson has long been a close friend of Cecil Rhodes, and he, as well as many, if not most, of nis men were at one time in the service of the South Af- rican Company. Apgainst suspicion raised by these facts it is to be noted that no evidence directly incriminating Rhodes or his company has been put forward by any authority that could be relied upon. Moreover it is not in accord with the reputation of Rhodes that he should have had any voice in planning an expedition that was so manifestly ill-designed, ill-timed and ill- conducted. The ereat leader of South African enterprise in business and politics has never been accused heretofore of be- ing a fool, and certainly the Jameson ex- pedition was about as big a fool’s errand as any the world has heard of in along time. For the purpose of geiting a clear and full knowledge of the real origin and inteat of the expedition, it is fortu- nate that the trial is to take place in England rather than 1n the Transyaal. Much evidence thst might have been partly suppressed in far off Pretoria will be heard all over the world when uttered in London. In those British courts, where not even the influence of the Prince of Wales could silence any part of the famous baccarat scandal, it is not likely that the South African Company can keep anything hidden in this case. The degree of punishment to be inflicted upon the participants and the leaders in the raid may be made light, under the pressure of popular sympathy with the raiders, but there is no danger of any suppression of evidence upon ma- terial points. We can reasonably count, therefore, upon learning the whole truth in the matter and knowing whether Cecil Rhodes is really the great man he has been reputed, or only another case of an adventurer who after playing in luck a long time has wound up with disaster. AN INSTRUCTIVE INCIDENT. Although the reports of Commander Ballington Booth’s refusal to submit to his father’s order removing him from the com- mand of the Salvation Army in this coun- try are somewhat obscure the general facts seem to be these: Ballington Booth and his wife had accomplished wonderful re- sults, and there was a strong protest from all classes against their removal. Balling- ton had written a letter to the London headquarters setting forth the situation. Then Colonel Nicoll presented himself in New York, claiming that he had authority to demand of Ballington that he either withdraw his letter and proceed straight- way to London or surrender the keys and portfolios. It was in this incident thatthe serious trouble developed, misunderstand- ings arose and tempers were lost. Balling- ton Booth promptly surrendered the keys and cabled his withdrawal from the army. The incident has sent a profound shock throughout the Salvation ranks. As for the assertion that General Booth objected to the “Americanizing” of this branch of the army. it is entitled to no considera- tion, for itis not an element in the trou- ble. He was simply carrying out his firmly established policy of transferring his officers from one place to another whenever be might deem this best for the cause. This policy runs all through the organization. It wasadopted from the Methodist church, and has always been a practice of the Catholics. What now con- cerns the Salvation Army is to see its hon- ored leader in this country refuse to place himself under the inexorable law of the organization and set an example of insub- ordination that may well be regarded as a threat to the solidarity of this great body. At the same time the intense affection which Ballington Booth’s followers cherish for him may lead them to revolt against the authority of the general and set up an independent order in America with Bal- lington at its head. Unless we greatly mistake his churacter he will refuse to countenance such a movement. Mani- festly it would be the beginning of a dis- integration that would prove destructive of that power which universality lends. In such a revolt, should it occur, a very large faction in this country would still acknowledge the London authority, and that would mean a split even in the United States. 1he probabilities are that Balling- ton Booth, unless he recants and returns, will quietly drop out of sight and that the present organization will continue. The great peril that now besets the army renders clear the fact that it was made possible by the scheme of central antbority which rules the army. The Booth family is the self-constituted ruling power, with the father at the head. One son in London is his chief executive officer, and it was from him (the father being in India) that the representative claiming to bave author- ity from headquarters came with a demand for Ballington Booth’s keys. That is to say, a man sought to exercise an imperious authority over his brother. So long as that exists the army will be in danger of disruption. The system is purely mon- archical and therefore unpalatable to Americans. The scheme contemplates the perpetuation of the Booth family's authority by succession. Other ereat re- ligious bodies employ the republican idea of arepresentative head selected by the followers. This is really the grave matter which the Salvation Army has to consider. PERSONAL. Henry T. Edwards of Boston is at the Grand. Senator R. Leibes of Tulare County is at the Lick. Frederick Warde, the tragedian, is at the Palace. L. M. de Witt of Washington, D. C., is ona virit here. Charles B. Kelly of Cripple Creek arrived here yesterday. E.J. de Hart, a wealthy business man of Portland, is in town. L. Hansen, a business man of Seattle, is among recent arrivals. J. M. Jaeger, & business man of Brownsville, Or., is at the Cosmopolitan, James Coakley, editor of the Vallejo News, is registered at the Cosmopolitan. J.M. Eddy, & newspaper man of Eureka, Humboldt County, is at the Grana. Robert Mehlman, & manufacturer of Osh- kosh, Wis., is at the Cosmopolitan. Selden L. Jones, a commereial man of Chi- cago, is & guest at the Cosmopolitan. James A. Douglas, one of the leading farmers of Woodland, arrived here yesterday. . Frank J. Brandon of San Jose, ex-chief clerk of the California Senate, is at the Grand. G. D. Cummings, editor and proprietor of the Dunsmuir News, left for the East last night. Dr. C. M. Crooks, the pioneer of Santa Bar- bara, Is in the City, accompanied by Miss Edna Crooks. T. G. Stevenson, a prominent capitalist of Rearden, Wis,, who s in California for pleas- ure, is at the Cosmopolitan. Colonel Joseph M. Locke, U. 8. A., retired, who was one of the first to migrate to Califor- nia in '49, is a guest at the Cosmopolitan. W. D. Duke, superintendent of the Haggin & Uearst cattle ranch in New Mexico, has ar- rived here from Deming, his h2adquarters, and is at the California. . W. H. Proctor and 8. E. Sarles, two well- known business men of Iowa, who are visiting California for pleasure, are at the Cosmo- politan, accompanied by their wives. P. B. Johnson, who was for many years pro- prietor of the Walla Walla Union, and who has filled many offices of trustin Washington when it was a Territory, is in the City. He is a brother of Congressman Grove L. Johnson. Bob Davis and.Frank Nankivell left for New York last night, where they will continue to practice the profession of journalism. Before their departure & fareweil reception was ten- dered them &t Norman’s, “the home of Bohemians,” after which they enjoyed a late watch given in their honorat the Press Club. George W. Lynch of San Diego ana A. C. Billicke, dclegates from the South- ern California Hotel Association, are here, They conferred yesterday with the leading hotel proprietors of this City in regard to the members of the National Hotel Men’s Association, who are to reach San Fran- cisco April 23 and rémain four days. They re- ported that about 600 people would come here. Local hotel men are meking arrangements to entertain them royally. E. A. Stent, owner of the Golden Ride quartz property near Sonora, Tuolumne County, ar- rived here yesterday. He says all affairs are very active throughout Tuolumne County, and m iact all along the mother lode. Sonorais active and full of people. Mr. Stent has had much experience in various mining camps. He has mined in Colorado & great deal, but he says he wants nothing to do with Cripple Creek or South Africa. “We have got just as gooa mines here,” hé said, “and Iam entirely satisfied with them.” Mr. Stent has sold sey- eral properties since he went to Tuolumne County, some two years ago. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 24.—Among re- cent arrivals are J. F. English, Sinclair; M. H. Francis, St. James; J. H. Wurst, Plaza; H. Hughes and wife, Murray Hill; W. L. Hough- ton, 8t. Cloud; W. E. von Johannsen, Holland; C. J. Swift, Park Avenue; W. L. Houghton, St. Denis; Miss Lucibe, Bartholdi; J.G. Mallory, Gilsey; E. F. Murphy, Marlborough; Dr. H. 3. Pond, St. Stephens; M. Salisbury, Hoffman. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. N. M. Longwell, owner of an orange grove 145 milessouthwest of Jacksonville, and ninety miles north of Tampa, in Orange County, Fla., is at the Grand. ile has been paying a visit to Francis Long- well, & banker of Lodi, who is his brother. Mr. Longwell, the orange-grower, has been in the business fourteen years. He went from Massachusetts, bought an old orchard and afterward added to it by planting more trees. The trees now range in age from twenty-two dowh to eight years. : He says these are perilous times in Florida; that everything is blue, and that the country generally is much like one that has had a big boom with its corresponding collapse. It is of course because of the destruction to the change proposed would better the condi- tion in any respect-” Mr. Schwarzmann says that over 3000 copies of Puck are sent to California weekly. The circulation here, according to the size of the population, is larger than in any other State. The journalist gave a dinner last nightto a few friends, his family being vresent. He has been very much pleased with his visit to Cali- fornia. GLADSTONE TO COME OUT AGAIN. If Mr. Gladstone decides;to return to Parlia- ment, as is reported by a recent telegram, it will be the second time that he hasemerged from a retirement sought on account of old age. When he was 68 years of age he resigned the leadership of the Liberal party to o L. M. Longwell, the Florida Orange-Grower, at the Grand, on the Blue Times in His State. [Sketched from life by a * Call” artist.] the orange trees by the cold. Mr. Longwell says he cen see no hope of anything brighter for at least four or five years. “It will take that long at least from the time of the freeze to the time ot paying expenses,” he said. “I might just as well be away from there as to stay. There is nothing to do. “Before the frost the product of Florida last year was between 5,000,000 and 5,500,000 cases. This year we have not produced over 100,000 cases, 80 you see what &n enormous fall there has been. “The coming year the product will probably be very small. It will be many years betore we get back to where we were. “The dead trees are spouting good high shoots. Its rather sirange how they have grown. But the orange-growers might just as well clear away the old trees. They are dead, or nearly all of them, and the best thing to do is to chop them down and get them away. This has been done in & great many cases. ““There are not very many people in Florida this year. The number of visitors fs light. The people of the State are not rich, as they are in California. They are, as arule, poor. The two great industries there are lumbering and orange-growing. The lumber made is from pine timber exclusively, You may say there is no other timber there. Well, that the only inaustry left, and it has to stand on such a basis as only furnished by the small demand for lumber. “Jacksonville. the largast city of Florida, has close upon 85,000 people, but Tampa is be- lieved to be the coming city. It has sbout 15,- 500 people, and 1s pretty sprightly.’” A. Schwarzmann, the prinecipal owner of the comic weekly, Puck, who arrived here some two weeks ago from Southern California, has been for the past few days at Monterey, .Santa Cruz, San Jose and Mount Hamilton. He has returned, however, and is again at the Occidental. Mr. Schwarzmann says that H. C. Bunner, the editor of Puck, is yet at Coronado, but will come to San Francisco be- fore he leaves California. Mr. Schwarzmann was asked if Mr. Bunner was recovering his health, and Mr. Schwarzmann replied, doubt- fully: “Well, he thinks he 1s, but I don’t know. For one who has been ailing from overwork, as he is, he ought to stay here longer. He ought to stay two or three months yet, at least, 80 as to give the climate a thorough chance, f, inded, it can help him. “Mr. Bunner is being looked after a good deal by Charles F. Lummis, the litterateur and edi- tor of the Los Angeles Land of Sunshine. Mr, Lummis and Mr. Bunner are old friends. The A, Schwarzman, the Noted Founder of the Comic Weekly, ““Puck.” [Sketehed from life by a “Call” artist.] former used to contribute a good deal to Puck. Mr. Bunner will probably start for San Fran- ¢isco from Coronado about the 27th inst., too late to go with us, as we start East to-morrow. I very much hope he will recover his heaith, end I want him to stay in California for this reason as long as possible. “I took the twenty-seven-mile drive and the eighteen-mile drive while away on my recent | trip, and I saw a great deal to interest me. In fact California, 10 me, has presented curious as well as interesting features. “For one thing I have found everybody, it appears 10 me, In favqg of free silver. And they wantall the §1and §2 bilis called in. They have an idea if this was done it would not only give a better show to silver but would make 1imes more prosperous. *“Tome such reasoning seemssingular. What good would itdo to do this? As a matter of fact we have both now, and I donot see how | sentiment is constantly gro Hartington, but rematned in Parliament. He could not endure the spectacle of another man 1n the place he could fill o much better, and resumed the leadership. Should he now go into_Parliament.at 87 he will be one of the wonders of the age.—~New York Journal. THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHY. 0, Roentgen, then the news is trge, And not a trick of idle rumor. That bids us each bewsre of you, And of your grim and graveyard hum¢’ We do not want, like Dr. Switt, To take our flesh off and to pose in Our boues, or show each little rift And joint for you to poke your nose foy We only crave to conterplate Each other's usual full dress photo; Your worse than “altogether” siate Of portraiture we bar in toto! The fondest swain would scarcely prize A picture of his lady’s framework; To gaze on this with yearning eyes Would probably be voted (ame work! No, keep them for your epitaph, ‘Chese tombstone souvenirs unpleasants ©OF go sway aud photograph Mahatmas, spooks, and Mrs. B-s-nt! —London Punch. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. Claims Everything in Sight. Haywards Mali. England will undoubtedly claim the morth pole if Nansen reports it to be valuable prop- erty. ‘Wall Street Rejolces. Ferndale Oracle. There is more joy in Wall street in the issu- ing of $100,000,000 in bonds than there would be in the payment of the entire National debt. Huntington Imitates. Salinas Owl. Senator Morgan seems to have a sort of Jim Budd way of asking questions, and Huntington has u sort of David Jucks way of answering them. Silver Sentiment Growing. Kern County Californian. Notwithstanding the sneers of the gold-bug press, an_impartial student of events cannot help reaching the conclusion that the silver 8. Pay Cash and Prosper. Santa Cruz Sentinel. Credithas wrecked more farmers than bad farming. Who ever heard of a farmer who made and adhered to the rule to pay cash and Tequire cash who did not prosper? We Need the Cable. Sau Diego Sun. Tt is to be hoped that the differences as to the form of the subsidy for the Hawaiian cable will soon be settled by the Government at Washington, end that plans will be adopted for construction. One ot the big needs of the Pacific Coast is & Pacific cable. No More Dodging. ‘Modesto Herald. The artifice of many persons to exchange their gold for greenbacks, treasury notes, ete., and defy the Assessor to assess the currency, is no longer to avail. The Fifty-third Congress passed an act making all notes circulating as currency subject to taxation. It’s English. You Know. Oakland Tribune. The Kaiser is down on the monocle, that fashionable evepiece that the English so much affect. le declares that if the officers are short-sighted they can wear spectacles or pince-nez, but that the monocle is nothing but a ridiculous affectation. ‘What a Contrast. Palo Alto Times. Hurrah for George Washington! Every father should take his little boy on his knee and say: “My son, try and grow up to bea man like the first President of the United States,” but how many fathers would say this wnh_lre(erence to the present chief magis- trate ‘We Need That Cable. San Jose Mercury. Tt is probable that one of the propositions to build a cable from San Francisco to Hawaii and thence on to Japan or China will be fa- vored by Congress. Canada is arranging for the construction ot a similar cable, and the United States should be the first in the field. Both commercially and politically the pro- pnsed‘ctble isor the highest importance to this country. Reaily, He Cannot Remember, Fresno Republican. For & railroad president, he seems unreason- ably deficient in railroad information. His memory fails him too much atanticipated times Senator Morgan has placed the people of this coast under a weight of obligation to him. Mr. Huntington may not view the matter in this way, but the citizens of the Southern P domain will. aeills The Detaining of Witne: Fresno Expositor. Judge W.T. Wallace of S8an Francisco has de- cided that a person cannot be detained in vrison by the police as a witness in a criminal case until after ths srelimlnlry examination of the party accused of the crime, and theny only by order of the court. In most instances Judge” Wallace is vretty level-headed, and never more so than in this. No man or woman should be imprisoned except for an offense against the law. Foreign Land-Holders Not Wanted. Los Angeles Times. millions of the most fertile acres in this coun- try, bave passed into the hands of aiiens and foreign ~corporations, who are employing methods in their cultivation that are in keep- World, hiring out these lands to tenants who PRy 2 good rental to_the latfliord, whose only aim is to realize the largest sum possible from the land. : A Point for the Cubans. Oakland Tribune. The Cubans have gained a point of great im- portance. They have no further fear of arms and ammunition purchased in the United States and shipped to Cuba for their use inter- fered with by the United States Government so long as the shipments are not accompanied by bodies of men, thus bringing it within the designation of an “armed expedition.” The Government is forced into this position by the decisions of the courts, which have uniformly held against the Goverament in all cases where it has sought to libel vessels laden with bellion against the authorities of a friendly nation. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. United States Representative L. F. Living- ston of Georgia is to visit Venezuela in March, when the National Congress will be assembled at Caracas. Ex-Empress Eugenie has chartered the late Duke of Hamilon’s steam yacht Thistle, and placed it at the disposal of Princess Beatrice for a cruise in the Mediterranean. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has decided to take music lessons. She still plays the simple marches and waltzes that she played about seventy years ago, but she is ambitious. Lord Dufferin, British Ambassador to France, will soon complete his seventieth year, and will be obliged to retire from the service in which he has done so much brilliant work. Mrs. Custer’s favorite home is a secluded log cabin near the Pocono River, seven miles from the Delaware Water Gap, and “two and a half miles from a doorbell.” Here she finds it pos- sible to do more writing in & day than ina week cf city life. Mr. Pom K. Soh, the new Korean Minister to the United States, was a polidcal refugee from that country in Washington less than two vears ago. The fortunesof war placed his party on top, and he became successively Minister of War and Diplomatic Representative. Exceptional honors were paid to Minnie Hauk during her recent stay at Rome. The holy father received her in special audience, and gave her permission to be present at the private mass celebrated by the Pope himself in | his private chapel on New Year's day. AN EVERGREEN EOWER. There must be some esthetic flagmen in the employ ot the Southern Pacific Compan ing by the wi their tiny house on Fourth street, near Townsend, hes been beautified, When the building was first put up it was like much of the rest of the railroad’s property— practically and cruelly ugly. It consisted of only four walls and a roof of sheet iron, and was located in a maze ot freightcars, and sur- rounded with a garden of cinders. Now it is as prety a sight as can be fouzd in town. Several of tne men took & hand in the work of beautifying, and they had a difficult task before them. The soil around the house would ing with the landlord systems of the Old | | French missionary. Cultivated? Well, rathe; munitions of war for the use of forces in re- ! udg- | batiste trimmed with inserting of vellow val- enciennes lace, with a ruffle 1o match would be very cool and stylish. Pale green Wash SUK with @ canary stripe, might have the collar of natural colored grass linen. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. He—My views on bringing up & family— She—Never mind your views. DIl bring up the family. You go and bring up tne cosl.— Spare Moments. “Culture?” repeated the cannibal, some- thing scornfully. ‘‘Have we any culture? Why, I tell you we are getting so cultured we don’t like to have anything on our tables b The wind at the moment managed to eXecute a faint sough in the top of & cocoa palm not far eway.—Detroit Tribune, Teacher—If a boy smites you on the right cheek, what should you do? R Dick Hicks—Give it to nim with me left.— Puck. “Did Jabshots hit anything on his hunting trip?” ; {itanything? Why, he even missed the train.”—Cine.nnatt Enquirer. She—Poor fellow! Only one eye. How came you tolose the other? Tramp—A-looking for work, mum.—Loadon Tit-Bits. & “Young man, you should never go to bed ow- ing any many a cent.” “Where would 1 sleep, father?”—Detroit New ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE MONTEREY—A. H. C,, City. When the Monterey is in fighting trim her deck is almost flush with the water. No PrEMiuM—J. M., Stockton, Cal. There is no premium offered for a half dollar of the United States minted in 1809. PETERSON-0'CoNNOR—H. and A. 8., City. The first race between O‘Conuorand Peterson at Alameda took place on the 18th of March, 188! THE CoNsTiTUTION—J. R., City. The last clause of the constitution of the United States s that the framers thereof recognized the Almighty. A HALF-DiME—R. B, City. A half-dime of 1839 1s not in demand by dealers in coin; in other words, they do not offer any premiums | for them. They offer such for sale at prices varying from 20 to 40 cents. ®MARKHAM'S PaEws —A. S, San Jose, Cal, While it is true that some months ago the an- nouncement was made thata book of poems by Professor C. E. Markham of Oakland would soon eppear, the catslogue of publications up tothe last day of December of lust year fail to show any such publication. HOWARD STREET CARS—O. F.,City. Under the franchise granted, the rate of speed on the Howard street line of cars is not to exceed eight miles per hour. The distance traveied by the Howard-street cars in going from Po- trero avenue and Twenty-fourth street to the ferry landing is a few feet in excess of four miles. CONSERVATIVE— J. B., Ferndale, Humboldt County, Cal. A Conservative in English poli- tics is one who is antagonistic to change in the FLAGMEN'S HOUSE TURNED INTO [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] A BOWER OF EVERGREE grow nothing, so they built a stone wall about eighteen inches high” on the four sides of the building, and about two feet out. The space inside wes filled with rich soil and several bulbs of different climbing plants put in. It was nard work to get them to grow, as they needed constant watching and watering. Some of the bulbs put in refused to grow at all, and had to be replaced by others. But when the vines did get started they did well, and now scarcely require any attention. At present the flugman’s house is a most grateful sight. The vines have grown thickly, until they spread all over the building and almost completely shut out the sun. There is ivy, hemlock and madera, all of the most beau- lleul shades of green that blend together har- moniously. The vines have struck deep roots and have good hardy-looking stems. As well as being & bower of beauty, the little bower of green serves the purpose of tempering the rays of the sun that in that part of town beat down uncomfortably warm in the summer. LADIES’ DRESSING SACQUE. A delightfully comfortable and stylish gar- ment is illustrhted above. It is cut with & 1oose front which is shirred from a yoke top. The back is cut with a back form and an under- ram gore. The sleeves are the comfortable and picturesque Bishop sleeve. The sailor coliar is stylishly cut off in front to give the effect now sought after. A most dainty sacque after this model was of | white batiste. The sailor collar had a deep hem at the top of which was let in the narrow embroidery to give the effect of hemstitching. The ruffle around the collar, which was also of Datiste, had the same finish at the top of the m, jnother sacque was of blue and white dim- ity, with a collar of plain blue edged with & ruffle of valenciennes lace. A yellow dimity might be trimmed with a There are many thingsin the condition of our country upon which we cannot look with & complacent sense of security. Among these is the fact thatvast areas of American soil, eollar of yellow and white striped dimity. A pink lawn, with white dots, might have a white coliar trimmed with white 0 yellow progressive ‘euchre 1is excepted. | but not having sui institutions of the country, civil or ecclesiasti cal, one who is opposed especially in the direc tion of democracy, therefore, any party that will oppose such measures and changes which it believes has a tendency to change or impair the ting institutionsof the country, is on & par, or in line with the Conservatives of England. Loses THE DEAL—J. A. C., City. In the fol- lowing case B loses the deal: A and C are pa ners in & game of seven up. Also Band D are partners. A is dealer. He deals B seven cards and deals the 1ost and himseif tha correct number, six cards. B does not say he has seven cards, but piays the hand outand dis: SRoUI avs. "% and ¢ Haien S e e B 3 insisf B and D contend it is not, = csaldeal. A LETTER FOR ANOTHER—J. B., Ferndale, Humboldt County, Cal. In writing a letter for another asa matter of accommodation the writer should not sign it, for instance, “John Smith, per Peter Brown”; he snould sllow the individual to sign it. If the individual is una- ble to write he should write his name for him. A person may write a letter for his employer, for instance, and sign the employer's name per his own, provided be has the .uziomy to do so. Six-HANDED EUCHRE—S. P., City. Hoyle ree- ognizes ounly two and four handed euchre, if There are some card sharps who claim that six-handed euchre can be played by adding sevens and eights and the joker. Hoyle says: “Six play- ers can play Napoleon, whiich is a developiaent of euchre. " In cutting, it is the person taking the lowest card who deals. It is a game of bid- ding. A player must make the number of tricks he announces or lose. He must follow sut, 0 trump is obligatory.” PRIMOGENITURE—J. B., Ferndale, Humboldt County, Cal. Primogeniture is the principle or right by which—under the Norman law in- troduced in England—the oldest son of a family succeeds to the father’s real estate in preference to and to the absolute exclusion of the younger sons and daughters. The existing law in the United Kingdom is that if a man dies intestate there are soveral ways of dis- posing of his property, the widow being the first to succeed under certain conditions, but if there is no widow and he leaves children by one or more wives, and the issue of deceased children, all goes to the eldest son, if there be one, if not to the daughters equally. CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c Ib. Townsend’s,* ———— EPECIAL information daily to manufacturars, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —————— First fish—How are you getting along? Second fish—No luck at all. The man at the end of that line is a chump, or else he's as full —What's the trouble? Second fish—I took the t off his hook an hour ago, and I've been waiting ever since for him to put some more on.—Detroit Catholic. PURE, rich, red blood naturally follows teking Hood's Sarsaparilla. It drivesout germs of dis. ease and builds up the whole system. It gives new life, s it were. Try it and be convinced. —————— Ir your complaint 15 want ot appetite try halt a wine glass of Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters be- fore meals, —_— IRRITATION OF THE THROAT AND HOARSENESS ace. A blue Japanese silk with collar of white are immediately relleved by * Brown's Brouchial 1| Troches.” Have them always ready.