The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 29, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBBUARYV 29, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Pflfprlelof. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Pastage Free: v CALL, One week, by carrier..$0.18 Daily and Sunday Dsily and Sunday Ca Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. Sundey CALL, one year, by mail.. WEEKLY CALL, one year, by mal BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Teiephone S leveee..Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Sueet. Telephone.......... Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES 630 Montgomery street, corner () 9:30 co'clock. 839 Hayes street; open until 2:30 o'clock. 713 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. &W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open entil 8 o'clock. 2518 Mission sireet:; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. open until EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, SATURDAY. THE CALL SPEAKS Shall we fight Spain? Cuba expects of us something more than tall talk. Kentucky saw the railroad bluff and took to the toboggan slide. The monopoly holds its title—it is still the Southern Pacinic of Kentucky. The Cuban question has at last become hot enough to make Congress boil. his is the day to leave orders for ThE Suxpay CaLL and don’t you forget or ne- glect it. It appears now that in any part of Cali- fornia where you can’t strike gold you can strike oil. The Democratic search for a Presidential candidate is getting to be a decided case of any old thing. The people’s road will compete with the monopoly in business, but not in running a mud machine The defect in Senatorial eloguence is that while it recognizes Cuban independ- ence it doees not help it Mr. Huntington has achieved an Aus- terlitz at Frankfort, but a Waterioo awaits him at Washington. The carnival season opens at 8an Diego to-day and now is the time to go south and start in with the procession. What sort of a mix-up would it make in the coming campaign to have & redhot Spanish imbroglio on the side? The next time we catch Kentucky in our back yard we shall have to call on Mr. Huntington to take his mule out. Goebel has lost his fight, but he has made a reputation that Kentucky will yet e proud to honor as California does no In its last analysis the Cuban problem reduces itself to the simple question, Shall we free Cuba or just talk about it? 1t seems certain that Rainey will bolt, but it is doubtful if he will get out himself or only bolt the door and shut the others out. Now that the monopoly has begun to show its hand openly against the people’s road everybody can see what a dirty brand it is. It is evident that Governor Budd regards the Irish controversy as something in the nature of political firewood, for instead of talking about it he saws it off. It is pleasing to know that Dunraven has been dropped at last, but of course there will be some natural regret that he was not dropped in the way Peter Maher was. The organs of the Southern Pacific of Kentucky can always be detected by their virulent opposition to every enterprise that tends to upbuild the welfare of Cali- fornia, The saddest feature of the hanging of Don Dickenson 1m effigy was that it pricked the bubble of one of the prettiest little Presidential boomlets in the Demo- cratic camp. A resolution in favor of Cuban inde- pendence may not niean a war with Spain, but there is no telling how the Spaniards will construe it when they get their mad up. Mr. Stubbs swears that the shippers of California have cracked the whip over the railroad, but alas! there is no evidence that they ever laid on the lash as they shoula bave done. Monopoly is so near dead in Ualifornia that the attacks it is now making on the people’s road through Mr. Hume of the Post may be fairly referred to as Post- Hume-ous slanders. The list of prizes won by Californians at the Atlanta Exposition is in the highest dexree creditable to the Board of Trade exhibit. We seem to bave taken about everything we went for. The avowed hostility of the railroad organ to the San Joaquin road wiil not be as dangerous as the secret antagonism which has been going on all along. Itis always an advantage to getan enemy from under cover. The best feature of this session of the Senate has been the favor shown to the subject of coast defenses, and if the vote on the bill is as strong as the oratory it will not have been a vain session for the country by any means. It is reported that the prohibition gues- tion has at last been decisively excluded from potitics in Iowa, but the report won't do to beton. Iowa is oneof the States where some things are just as liable to bob up in politics as some other trings, Now that Steve O’'Donnell and Jim Dwyer have shown Fitzsimmons and Cor- bett that it is as easy to bring off a boxing match to a finish in New York as it is to roll off a log, the champions should put up, shut up and let things take their course. The speeches of Carter of Montana and Hoar of Massachusetts in the recent de- bate in the Senate make it evident even to Democrats that Republicans of the East and of the West will not be divided this year. The platform of protection and bi- metallism is broaa enough for all, THE VALLEY ROAD. The long and labored attack made upon the San Joaquin Railroad by the Post on Thursday has had the good effect of mak- ing clear to the public the antagonism of | the monopoly to that great enterprise of the people. The antagonism has been the more dangerous in the past because it has been secret, sly and fnsidious. Now that it has become open the public will be on guard against the attacks and will be able to appraise rightly the value and the sig- nificance of all the slurs and slanders that may be set into circulation by the enemies of an enterprise that ig as dangerous to the monopoly as it is beneficial to the State. Itoften happens that a falsehood loses all power to harm the moment it has been traced to its origin and the author is known. This is what will happen in this case. Now that it is known that the organ of the Southern Pacific of Kentucky is vigorously assailing the people’s road, de- nouncing its work, attacking its methods and maligning its promoters, the general public will readily understand the motive that prompts the evil work and wiil see how daneerous to the monopoly the com- peting. road has.become and how impor- tant it is to the public welfare that its con- struction should be favored, promoted and hastened by every means possible. Rarely has any great popular enterprise in any part of the world been so ably directed, so cordially supported or so suc- cessfully carried on as has this undertak- ing to supply a large area of California with a competing railroad and thus rid the trade, the commerce and the industry of the people of the intolerable burdens imposed by an exacting monopoly. The enterprise, although undertaken in a pe- riod of business depression and financial distress, has made a progress so Tapid as to be one of the industrial marvels of the day and has done more than anything eise to denionstrate to the people of the East and to foreign capitalists the abound- ing energy of California and the sagacity with which her people solve the problems that confront them. ‘When the great project was first under- taken by Mr. Spreckels and his.colleagues the monopoly affected to sneer at it. When the sork began Mr. Huntington called it a toy. Later on a hundred efforts were made to discourage the promoters and to prevent subscriptions to the stock of the company. 1In spite of ail, however, the work was carried on and popular sup- port never failed. Now the road is about to become a comvpeting road in fact. It will soon be ready for b The Southern Pacific of Kentucky seeing in this California enterprise the forerunner of other enterprises that will destroy its monopoly in every part of the State has become desperate and begun to fight sav- agely, viciously, frantically. Ithasthrown off the last vestige of cover, turned its or- gan loose and entered upon a direct strug- gle with the people of the State to destroy the effectiveness of their work and blight the success of their great enterprise. THE KENTUCKY DEFEAT. | The significance of . the action of the Kentucky Senate in defeating the bill re- pealing the charter of the Southern Pacific Company is the power of the railroad lobby. It cannot fairly be supposed that the people of Kentucky agree with the Senate in its wanton view of the comity of States, any more than it would be fa'r to assume that the subserviency of ‘the various railroad commissions of Califor- nia, except the last, to the Southern Pa- cific can be taken to mean that the people of California are owned by that company, or are willing to condone its wrongs. It means simply, in the case of Kentucky, that the Senators who supported the rail- road against the interests of justice came under the influence of the railroad lobby. | Another factor which operated at Frank- fort appears in the contest at Washington —the tremendous power of a finely drilled and indefatigable skill in falsification. If the majonty of the Frankfort Senate be excused on the ground that it was not thoroughly conversant with the subjéct, that the dignity and force of the opposi- tion in California were minimized by the false representations of the railroad lobby, and that these misrepresentations were believed and formed the basis of conscien- tious action by the Senate, we still have to contend with a power as great and danger- ous as that of open corruption, and may foresee to what extent it will be exerted at ‘Washington. ‘When Mr. Stubbs, general traffic man- ager of the Southern Facific Company, endeavored by innuendo before the House Committee on Pacific Roads to leave the impression that the two daily papers of San Francisco which are fighting the fund- ng bill were inspired by improper motives, be was asked to explain why nearly all the representatives of California in Con- gress were similarly opposed. He could not answer the queéstion. Still he said sufficient for every Californian who op- poses funding to take notice that some contemptible motive, in the opinion of the Southern Pacific, inspires his conduct. Mr. Stubbs knows well enough why the overwhelming sentiment of the State is against the infamies which the Southern Pacific bas practiced for so many He could have told all about the influences which elected the one Congressman who is openly friendly to the railroad. - He could have made it clear that it has been the exercise of such influences in the past that has done so much to make the railroad company hated and feared in California. The action of the Kentucky Senate is valuable as showing the great danger which this railroad power represents, It is noticed that this power can secure from one State ample authority to plunder an- other which would refuse 1t such authority. Kentucky, through its- Senate, ‘enjoys the unhappy distinction of being the first State to establish that precedent and thereby call for Congressional interference for the protection of all the States. = SUCCESSFUL - PINGREEISM, H. P. Pingree, Mayor of Detroit, has been publishing a series of exceedingly in- structive papers concerning the working out of hisidea of using the vacant lots of a city for agricultural purposes as a cure for pauperism. *‘During 1895, he says in one of his articles, “‘we provided lots for 1546 families. About 1000 of the lots were a third acre, the rest a guar- ter acre in extent; in all 455 acres, lying in all parts of the city, large and small. We plowed the land and furnished aid and superintendence at a cost of $4000. We raised crops to the value of §27,792, of potatoes aione there being an average of forty bushels to the family. The cost per lot was $310.”” It may be added that the management of the enter- prise was in the hands of a commission of eminent citizens appointed by the City Conncil, and. that the City appropriated $5000 for the work, including the furnish- ing of seed. *‘The willingness of the poor to take advantage of the offer and help themselves in every way they can,” says Mr. Pingree, “is shown by the Jarge num- ber of applicants who asked for land.” Equaily as valuable as the direct relief which this undertaking afforded is the ed- ; ucational feature. It is unfortunately a fact that the people are drifting away from the natural means of earning a livelihood. Cultivation of the soil is the foundation of existence and the surest of all means for making a living. For various reasons which need not be discussea the people have for years been showing a tendency to depart from this natural course and form congested communities in cities. Under the intelligent direction of such a scheme as that in Detroit poor people who know nothing about farming and who could not be induced to go into the eountry and se- cure land and make a living on it are in- structed in the art in its highest and most productive form. Very naturally they ac- quire not only a skill of very great value but a positive liking for the business. In addition to all this tbe plan will tex!d to elevate farming by improving its meth- ods, reducing the size of farms, and thus steadily increasing opportunities for poor people to secure land. Still farther, suf- fering in the cities would be reduced, the population would be rendered more con- tented and stable, and the security of so- ciety and the Government would be strengthened. Applying some of the physical aspects of the matter to conditions obtaining in San Francisco, we find that we have great areas of sandy soil that is the most easily tillable of all, and a generous abundance ofstreet-sweepings to fertilize them, and water to irrigate them if necessary. Such farming would ereatly reduce the cost of livingin San Francisco, would make its people prosperous, would rapidly increase its population, and would work other and more important benefits.. The idea seems to be worthy of the soberest consideration of our people. THE “POST" POSTED. On Thursday afternoon the Post said: ‘“The only indication that the San Joaauin Valley Railroad is a railroad is in the rapacity and greed it has manifested for gifts in the way of terminal facilities at the termini and in towns through which it is to be built.” On Friday afternoon the Post said: “‘A comparison of the files of this paper with those of THE CaLL will show that the Post has done as much for the Valley road as THe CaLL.” On Thursday afternoon the Post said: “The people of Merced, impoverished by hard times and the failure of crops, were forced to present this eleemosynary insti- tution (the Valley road) with $12,500 in coin, and the property so donated becomes a valuable asset and enhances the value of the capital stock which represents the ownership of this orphan-asylum rail- road.” On Friday afternoon the Post said: he editor of the Post has given space to booming the Valley road. has given his time to advocating it ana has given his money to aid in buying rights of way for it.” On Thursday afternoon the Post said: “‘Whatever of greed or rapacity railroads have manifested from the time the first mile of track was laid to the present hour has been manifested by Mr. Preston and his associates.” On Friday afternoon the Post said: *‘The plain lie has received a warm welcome from latter-day journal- ism.” Thus stands the record as the Post has made it up to date. ARQUND THE CORRIDORS. The Baron von Hungeénmuller of Austria, Who 15 Minister from his country to the United States, and who arrived here a day or two ago {rom Wasnington, D. C., spent yesterddy aiter- noon driving in the park. He was accompa- nied by the Baroness von Hengeamuller and several friends, The Baron and Minister has o very interest- ing personality. He is a smooth-shaven, gray- eyed and stockly buflt man of about 50 years. He wears glasses, and his voice is deep and rather pleasant. f He came in the special car Issaquena and spent several days in Denver and Colorado Springs. He told yesterdsy that he would Pprobably stay here a week at least and would then go south, visiting Los Angeies, San Diego, Coronado and probably Santa Barbara. “There is a great change in San Francisco there is some evidence of a vortex motion, counter cloekwise, according to the theory of M. Faye the, emingnt French solar physicist. The third. section of the group either disap- peared or has been retarded, and blending with the eastern end of the group forms an en- arged third section. = In the meantime the southern group also underwent changes, the foremost umbra of trianguiar shape having become rectanguler, and the second umbra from being a black line became ellirtical. The seeming difference in the distance apart of these sections, in their relative positions, and in the penumbral trail may be chiefly due to a less foreshortened view as they approach_the center. The equatorial aoup diminished to one spot, and hes since come undiscernible. These changes show an unusual activity over a large portion of the visible solar disk. On the 25th and 26th further changes had taken place, though not with such noticeable rapidity. The second and third members of the northern group were more apart, and the southern group was divided into four smaller Baron von Hungenmuller, Minister From Austria to the United States, Now Here. [Sketched from life by a “Call ™ artist:] the Minister. about 100.000 inhabitants, as I remember it, and the principal hotel was the Cosmopolitan. There was no Palace Hotel; it had not been thought of. The Occidental had been built, “THE SUNDAY CALL. Popular recognition of the distinective features which characterize the Sunday issues of THE CALL has been so highly en- couraging as to stimulate extra efforts for 1mproving their attractiveness. It is al- ready known to intelligent readers that Tue CALn does not use the *‘syndicate” matter so extensively peddled among the newspapers of the country, but that its contributions are the work of local writers and are racy of the soil. Here are some of the special features of to-morrow's issue: In “Prowis Picturesque” Miss Adeline Knapp paints a delightful picture of the street sports and pleasures of the boys of San Francisco, who not only have very original ideas, but who can play all the year round without fear of snow in winter or heat in summer. An interesting letter from C. P. Hunt- ington will be given. It was called out by his reading the account of his early boy- hood as recently given in THE CALy, and he discloses a conspicuous trait of his character by pointing out an error in that account. It is an amusing incident, but more interesting than that is the advice which he gives to young men. Peter Studley presents a clever sketch of a deserted mining camp. His account concerns “Beetown and Its Last Sweep- stakes.” “Some of the Lady Athletes of San Francisco’” is a title that speaks for itself and that tells many interesting thin, An ingenious artist will show “How Some Historical Personages Would Have Looked on the Bicycle.” One may imagine the ineongruous situations rendered pos- sible by the idea. ““A Most Wise Judge” is the title of a very strange but true story detailing the story of a lawsuit in an interior town. It is none the less sensational by reason of its being veracious. The Point Bonita lighthouse is described by one thoroughly familiar with the in- teresting history of that institution. The'story of a ‘‘Wandering Watch Fac- tory,” which, after having been located in various California cities, was finally estab- lished in Japan, whence watches made by Japanese are being sent out, will prove instructive. ‘W. C. Morrow writes a leiter toan am- bitious young lady who has recently be- gun to write for the press. Some of the interesting features devoted to the department of artsand sciences in- clude aa account of a people which em- ploys cranes to herd poultry flocks; how nature in the manufacfure of needles pro- duces exquisite results to which human ingenuity cannot hope to aspire, and many other things, The departments devoted to fashions for both sexes, to society, to music and the drama, to books and periodicals and to children will have the wusual original value, and the special exhaustive tele- grams reviewing the situation in various parts of the world will be instructive. No more convenient or inexpensive courtesy could be showa to a friend in the Eastern States than the sending to him of a copy of to-morrow’s CALL. AN OLD DAGUERROTYPE. Two clear. grave eyes, that wondering look From some forgotten long ago; A childish face that cannot kno The scorets hidden in the book. Of future years; The care and tofl, the busy strife, The joys that jewel every life, The tears. From that lost time—from childhood-land— The yistful, speaking, hazel eyes Kk out as on unclouded skies, ‘Where glowing hopes rise band in hand And sunshine streams Along the path of breaking day, ‘While all the shadows fade away, Like dreams. - Thus kept by arv’s ali-saving grace, Peeps from a distant hazy nook Of time gone by this sunny look Upon & young, untrol ‘That hoMs within bo; ‘es (hose limpid springs— or earthly things- LBNEST MCGAFFEY, “The boyish eyt No taint of eartn No sin. but outside of this there was no hotel that could compete in any way with the Cosmopol- itan. Now it is shut up and forgotten. “Two years after I visited San FranciscoI again came to the United States, this time as secretary of the Austrian Legation to Washing- ton. I remained two years and then went away and never came back tfll I came as Minister. 55 < ‘ A8 everybody knows, I have great admird- tion for the United States. It has always been o from the first time I'visited it. “I came this time purely for pleasure. I remember when I wag here before I brought letters to Mr. Latham, president of the Cali- fornia Bank. He was the only man I knew.” SPOTS ON THE .SUN. As time elapses since the maximum of the eleven-year sun spot period in 1892-93 solar dis- turbance has peen gradually decreasing and sometimes for days in succession the sun pre- sentsa general aspect of unrufiled sameness, unless & high telescopic power is used, which rarely fails to reveal some markings on the disk. Smce the end of last December the spots were few and small, in a comparative sense, for an average solar cavity is three times the width of the Pacific Ocean. February 18 a small group that had appeared on the 9th ZAACRAN ¢ dwindled to one solitary spot as it neared the west limb, However two new spots that evan in a fore- shortened view seemed rather large appeared inside the northeast limb on_ the same date. February 19 it was seen to be A group com- gued of several sections, and on the following ay another group appeared inside the soutn- eastlimb. At noon Kebruary 23, when solar Totation had brought them toward the center of the disk, they appeered as in diagram 1, the scale being a 9-inch solar diameter. Measurement showed that the large group in the north solar hemisphere was 1n about north heliographic latitude 15 deg. ; that it was more than 100,000 miles in lengthand about 17,00¢ miles inmean width; that the group in south solar hemis, hemqwu in about 15 deg. south latitude, and that the three spots toward the west side were an equatorial group. The penumbral portion of the ncipal groups were ufhz but distinct, and the nucleif re. markably dark, iagram 2 shows the changes during the following twenty-four hours, or before 4 ». M. Tebruary 24. The strange curving umbra in the foremost of the largest group seemed to have been bent into an irregularoutline, and since I was here twenty-six years ago,” said | spots, the fourth being the largest. The small “Then the City had somewhere | Single spot in south . ermines were required to line the train. 3 Iatitude 20 deg. has changed tut little since its appearance. It will be of much interest to see it this activity is but tem porary, or if & secondary maximum will occur, as1n 1883, when the great maxi- mum of the sun-spot period was two years part. ROSE O’HALLORAN. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The practical Bismarck is one of the most su- perstitious men in Germauy. Portraits of the German Emperor were shown in London shops after he had sent his cable dispatch to the Boers, marked ‘‘Reduced to 6 pence from £1.” Bir Arthur Sullivan’s full name is Arthur Seymour Sullivan. To avoid the unfortunate combination of initials the second name has been discreetly dropped. Paul Verlaine died calling out the name of Francois Coppee, the academician and poet, whohad frequently helped nim, and who, {n the early days, had been his companion Madame Sarah Bernha-dt’s last gown cost a little over $6000. It is decorated with dia- monds and turquoises, and the skins of 200 Pope Leo XIII recently gave the following adyice to a famous Italian preacher, Father Zocehi: ‘‘Write articles for the newspapers. People read them who never go to hear a ser- mon preached.” Captain William Davis, who has just died in Millville, Pa., at the age of 74, circumnavi- gated the globe three times, and for three y2ars and nine months was one of the crew of the 014 frigate Constitution. France is going to spend $200,000 for a fit- ting represeniation av the coronation of the Czaron May 12. The head of the extraordi- nary mission will be General de Boisedeffre, chief of the general staff of the French army. President Andrews of Brown University thinks that the State dispensary liquor law of South Carolina is superior to the so-called Norwegian plan, and that it has placed South Carolina in the front rank of prohibition States. Sir Joon C. Willoughby, who participated with Dr. Jameson in the raid upon the terri- tory of the South African Republic, is fifth ‘baronet of the line and son of Sir John Pollard Willoughby, who sat as M. P. for Leominster in 1857. Emperor Wilham of Germary has been a wish I had bought a horse. She’s always'stop- ping tolook at herself in the puddles.—Punch. “‘Do you know,” she said, “that your volume of poems has become quite indespensable in our house 2" “Indeed,” he responded with a pleased look. “Yes. Mamma says she wouldn’t be without them. She threatens to .read them whenever the children are naught; "’—Washington Star. Strawber—Why do vou think you will have any trouble keeping the engagement seeret ? Singerly—I had to tél the girl, didn’'t I 7— uck. Woman (o tramp)—Want something to eat, e_h? My fire is out and I have no kindling to lightit. Can’t cook or even warm things with. out a fire; you know. Tramp—No, mum. “There is wood shed.” ¢Yes, mum, I'sceit. Have you any ple.” “I have mince and pumpkin.” “‘Pumpkin will do, mum. That’s good cold.” New York Weekly. Fair Briton (a la Du Maurier)—That Mr. Lyon-Hunter is a countryman of yours, I be- lieve? Why does he say “de-an” and “wa-tah” and “bet-tah.” American (a 1a Gibson)—Oh, he’s one of the thrifty Americans who try to pick up ell those H’s you English drop.—Life. —— PERSONAL, T. B. Rickey of Carson is at the Palace, G. H. Bradley of Marysville is in town. G. L. Turner, & banker of Los Gatos, is in the City. T. C. Ryan of Columbus, Ohio, is at the Ocei- dental. W. E. Hazeltine, a leading business man of Prescott, Ariz., is at the Grand. Wiltiam Beckman, the banker and ex-Rail- road Commissioner of Sacramento, is in town. John Whicher, Clerk of San Luis Obispo goum)—, Was among yesterday’s arrivals in the ity. Ex-Governor Sheldon of New Mexico arrived here yesterday. He now residesin Los Ange- les Ceu John M. Wagner, & wealthy mining man of Telluride, Colo., has arrived here for a few weeks’ visit, George Braithwaite, a business man of Yoko- hpmu, Wwas among the arrivals here by the Bel- gic. Heisat the Patace. Arthur W. Kinney of Los Angeles, member of the Republican State Central Committee from Los Angeles County, is at the Palace. Joseph F. Fahey, the well-known stock-raiser of Sonora, Tuolumne County, is visiting his sister and brother-in-taw, Major and Mrs, Wil- liam Fahey, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Hon. S. H. Blackman of Paw Paw, Mich., who is paying a visit to his daughter in Los Angeles, is a guest at the Cosmopolitan, ac- companied by his daughter, Mrs. R. E. Os- borne. Hon. Nathaniel P. Brown, editor of the Ne- vada City Transcript, chairman of the Repub- lican County Central Committee and the Ne. vada County member of the State Central Com- mittee, arrived here last evening to attend the meeting of the latter body to be held at Pioneer Hall to-day. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb, 28.—Among recent arrivals are: L. Cowle, Colonnade; L. Ling, Westminster; E. B. Howertorr, Stewart; T. L. Lord and wie, Bartholdi; F.Thompson, War- wick. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. HALF DIME OF 517 B., City. No premium is offered for & half dime of the issue of 1851. and a hatchet out in the PADEREWSKI—M. P, rewski was borm in in 1860. REPUBLIC OF F. Ignace Jan' Pade- Podolia, Russian Poland, E—Subscriber, City. The ‘President of the Tepublic of France is elected for seven years: SECRET BOCTETIE: cribbler, City. There is no society in this County speciaily organized 10 Oppose secret societies. Comns—M. here is no premium of- d . one of 1854, an eagle cent of 1858 or a “white” cent of 1360. SCr ALoNE WITH MY C¢ E—M. M. P., Oak- land, Cal. The poem “Alone th My Con- science” was written by Charles W. Stubbs. ‘To MusTER OUT—Scribbler, City. A combvany of the Natioual Guard of this State desiring to be mustered out should make application to the adjutent:general of the State, whose office is at Sacramento. ELecrors—J. L. M., Zucker, Cal. If the elec- toral vote of a State is divided, say five Repub- licans and three Democrats, the vote of the State would be castas stated, one party’s rep- {gi{geeumuve casting five votes and the other’s FOREIGN LANGUAGES—S. B., City. Thgre is no place in this City in which “one 'y learn any of the European languages free of charge,” but the French, German and Spanish lan- guages are taught without cost in some of the public schools. POLIIICAL MACHINER® M., Zucker, Cal. The ordinary rule of workiug the political ma- chine is to have the clubs in the several dis- tricts send delegatés to tne County Committee and for the County Committee to send dele- gates to the State Central Committee. % DESERTERS—J. C. B., El Dorado Canyon, Cal. The proclamation by FPresident Harrison granting immunity to deserters, soldiers and sailors of the United States army and navy ap- gliea only to such as deserted during the ivil War, and would not cover desertion of 1888 and 1890. SILVER—. L. B., Shasta, Cal. In 205 years the highest commercial ratio of silver to gold has been in 1760, 14.14; in 1814, 15.04; in 1859, 15.19, and in 1893, 26.49. In March, 1885, the quotations for bar silver were 106 lowest, 107 highest; in 1889 (the quotations were, for fine silve. per ounce, lowest, 95: highest, 96. DEBATE—S. P., Vacaville, Solano County, Cal. The rule for conducting debates in de. bating societies is: On the evening for debating the president shall first state the subject, and the sides speak alter- nately if desiring, the leader of the afirmative always.opening the debate nud’xshe leader of the negative always answering. The negative sid only shall closé the debate. 5 e ETERNAL VIGILANCE—Subscriber, City. “Eter- nal vigilance is the price of liberts,” has ity origin from the following extract from a specch delivered by John Philpot Curran, on the rig; of election, 1790: P It is the common fate of the indolents to st thelr rights become's prey to the agive, e cocs dition upon which God hath given liberiy to ran is cternal vigilance, which condition 1§ tie hrow) servitude Is at once the cansequence of his orime and the punishment of his guilt, ELECTORAL SYSTEM—M. N., City. The con- stitution provides that a number of electors for choosing the President and Vice-President of the United States shall be appointed by each State, no one of them holding a public National office. Electors have. been chosen in four different ways: By joint ballot of the State Legislature, by & concurrent vote of botn branches of the Legislature, by a general vote aud by a district vote. ‘By 1872 the general ticket method was adopted in every State, The electors are voted for at the electjon hold in November preceding the mon{h i March, when the President and Vice-President. pos blight to the aristocratic society of Berlin. His arbitrary manners have led to quarrels with many of the society leaders of the German cap- ital, and the court circle has been narrowed by the withdrawal of prominent members who could not get on with their autocratic relative, CURRENT HUMOR. The ajd-de-camp rushed unceremoniously into the tentof the commanding generaless, started to salute, but wound up in her excite- ment by feeling to find if her cap was on straight. “The enemy sre advancing in force,” she said. The generaless looked up calmly. sworn in. Congress is in session on t. Wednesday in February following th:eel!:gtoi::g to receive the certificates of the eiectors, What is known as the electoral count bill wes Lassed early in the second session of the Forty- ninth Congress. It provides that the electors shall meet and vote in_their Tespective States the second Monday in January following their glection. _Controversies must be settied by State courts and decision rendered six days before that on which the electoral vote 1s cast. The certifiea returns of the electoral vote is x:lnddevlvo ;he:;crez;ry;lbsuw. and on the sec- ednesday in~ Februa: h counted by Congress. s e A PRETTY COMBINATION. The round - waist, arranged with graceful curves and a full vest top in resemblance to the jacket shape, 15 one of the most becoming and therefore deservedly popular modes. It is seen alike in separate waists and in cos- tumes of one fabric. The design lends itself unusually well to the employment of these fabrics and is thus specially adapted to the de- velopment of inexpensive yet stylish gown. Take, for instance, a mixture in wool of old blue, which is well covered by bunch threads in black. The entire costume was of this. The vest was of black ehiffon over black silk, the revers were of blue velvet with a narrow J'%x edging in tiny points which turn from the edge. Another gown of mixed wool in which green predominated over several other colors had the sleeves and V of peau de soie in myrtle green; the revers were of black velvet. A brown crepon had a velvet body and revers, The skirt and sleeves of the crepon. The was of creamy lace over white satin. A black and grass-green mixture in wool had aVof green satin mixed with black chiffon; the revers were of green velvet. 5 Aun extra waist of the new silk with indis- tinct flowers had revers of rose velvet tomatch the flowers in silk. The V was of lace over White satin. A rosecolored belt and collar was worn with this—the latter to be replaced at times by a collar of white satin ribbon. Another waist designed for evening wear was of blue pean de soie. The sleeves and V. were of chiffon to match over the silk. The Tevers were of heavy lace. A white satin rib- bon belt and collar were worn. A waist of dark sapphire blue made after this model had V and revers of yellowish lace over white satin. The collar was of white satin ribbon, finished with an immense bow at the back. A full frill of lace stood out from the top of the collar. 3 No belt was worn with this, the overlapping point being adorned witn a handsome enam- eled bution, [he effect of this waist worn without & belt is very stylish. SOFT chewing molasses candy. Townsend’s.* —————— FRESH buttercups, 25¢ a pound. Townsend’s.* - e TowNsEND's famous broken candy, 10calb. * e e Yvette Guilbert snnounces that she has given up cvcling because it causes her to lose her memory. e TOURISTS e invited to call and examine our Californie giace fruits, only 50 cents a pound, in Japanese baskets. Townsend's, 627 Market. elmo EPECIAL informetion daily to manufacturery, business houses and public men by the Press Clivping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. * Spring and Summer, 1896 The undersizgned members of the Exclusive Retail Hatters' Association of San Francisco have agreed upon Saturday, February 29, as their opening day for the neiw spring styles: C. Herrmann & Co.,328 Fisher & Co., 9 Montgy Kearny street C.Colemar, 130 Kearny Eugene Korn Mkt Cohl Br 6 Kearny M. S.Harloe,237Kearny J. Porceer, 1109 Market J. C. Meussdorffer & Groom & Hagan, 942 Son, 534 Th M Meussd Kahn Bros. Montgomery 1108 Mk Guest—Landlord, I want to he called at 7 o’clock sharp to-morrow morning. Landlord—All right, sir, 'll wake you my- self. “Are you sure that you won't oversleep? Have you an alarm clock ?” 0, but we have a baby pare Moments, T Hap several pimples on my face and a large boil on one hand. I began taking Hood's Sarsava- illa and after using three bottles I was cured.” J. W. Johnson, 3 South Broderick st., San Francisco, S e Dr. SIEGERT'S Angostura Bitters, the celebrated appetizer and invigorator of the digestive organs is now used all oweT the world, iR gl “BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES” are the sim- plest, quickest and most effectual remedy for Bronchitis, Asthma and Throat Diseases. e — CARE, worry dread anxiety, whiten the hair too early. Stop fretting, use PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM and save both life and color to the hai NEW TO-DAY. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Magee & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Cl{cular." 4 Montgomery Street, . UNION TRUST BUILDING, CORNER MARKET. NEW PROPERTY. Growing rental property; N. of Market: close to Fourth and Market ss.; fair frame improvements and large lot; rents $585; $165,000; half can re- main on mortgage. Front st.; on the best part of the street: 2-story brick: rents $185; same business for years; $31,- 500. California st.; best wholesale fnvestment; large 1o and brick building: ren:s $585; $95,000. Sutter-st. lot; .good frontage and depib; inside of Larkin; $11.000. Pacific ave.; best portion: view: residence and iot 64x137 . Corner: reduced to $3000; 50x114; Castro and Fourteeuth sts.; streets sewered and macadam- ized. INVESTMENTS. Near East and Market sts.; 75x119:6: 2 fronts; Tents $220; fine investment: only $40,000. Clay st., near Davis: brick bullding: rents $150; good frontage; 0oly $28,000. Geary st.. N. side, near Larkin; 27:6x120; build- ings on front and rear street: 814,000, Page st. and Rose ave., looking out to Market st.. bet. Franklin and Gough: 27:6x1% Dokh streets: cotiage and 2-story dwellin, Geary-st. corner; 28-foot front: rents $12: Taylor st. > Sixth st., W. side. near Bryant: 50x85 and 3- story: 2 stores below and 6 tenants upstuirs: rents low, $69; $9000, half can Temain on mOrigage. HOUSES AND LOTS. Jackson st., north side, near Fillmore: modern 2-story residence and lot 25x127:3; $8000. House and (ot—Franklin st., near Washington; $11,000. 3 . Pacific ave., near Octavia st.: fine residence, 13 rooms and modern: firsi-class order: fine view; $11,500. side: fine marine . west side, between Broadway and 712:6 and 2-story, 8 rooms; in very i ‘street bituminized; aay Lemas. £ ok Octuvia 8:. and_Hickory ave.; corner and 2-story and busement houise iu good order; between Osk and Fell st: $5125. “Tell them I1am not at home," said she.—~Cin- cinniti Enquirer. Down in Georgia they will use the North Pole to knock persimmons off the trees if Dr. Nansen will lend it to them.—Sparta Herald- Advertiser. First sportsman—Well, how do ybu like tha new mare of yours ? Second sportsman—Oh, fairly well. But I limbs, use an - Allcock’s If you want a sure relief for ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of counterfeits and imitae tions is as good as the genuine.