The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1896 e CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Proprictor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: pafly and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.15 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 and Sunday CALL, six months, by m Paily and Sunday CALi, three months by m: Daily and Sunday CaLr, one month, by mail. Eunday CALL, one year, by mail... WEEKLY CALL, cue year, by mail BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone rveeer. Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. ....... teeeeeeeesessee Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 8:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open untfl 8:30 o'clock. 713 Larkin street; open until 8:30 o'clock. £W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open antil § o'clock. . 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 116 Minth street; open until 8 0'clock. Telephone. QAKLAND OFFICE : £08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms S1 and 32, 34 Park Row, New Yeork City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. On the Cuban question the Senate has led trumps and the House must follow time for a vigorous foreign time for diplomatic discre- There is a cy and a Hunter and Blackburn are both good but there is sach’ a thing as stay- 0 long. L If Spain jumps us perhaps Mexico will kindly tender her friendly offices and pull off the fight. Eastern people kave figured it out that every cold wave is followed by big fires, but the fact doesn’t console them any. The Post asserts it intended the attack on the Valley road asirony, but all the same it had a visible admixture of brass. As Cleveland has not yet declined a third term it will be rather risky for Congress to offer him a chance of a war ready made to his hands, On every question of foreign politics that arises in these days the country is about as solid as a cannon-ball and as quick as powder. It is noted in the Kast that bicyclers have been on the road all winter, and it is now announced that cycling is really a capital cold-weather exercise. A small boy in Long Island City chal- lenged the Mayor to a civil service compe- tition, and ever since the M laying for a chance to spank It Olney is not a better diplomatist than Cleveland the Senate may yet regret hav- ing put such a dangerous weapon in his hand as that of the Cuban resolutions. It has been more than a week now since Becretary Morton had his record plowed up and his feelings harrowed, and he must begin to feel as if he had been abandoned to grass. s e Massachusetts has at last found some- z in herself to reform, having come to conclusion that the election of a Gov- ear is too agitating for classic L ol Morgan declared Senator would rather yield Cuba to render it to the insurgents, and we are that Spain us than sur- now going to have a chance to see what kind of a prophet he is. Governor Lowndes of Maryland proposes to reform that State from Democratic mis- management so thoroughly that it will go Republican in November, and surely that ambition is both pure and lofty. The railroad organs charge that the op- ponentsof the funding bill are working for & Vanderbilt sch»me to defraud the Gov- ernment out of $30,000,000, but the charge has too much bad powder in it and the shot won't go. As a writer in the Atlantic Monthly vigorously demands the election of an ideal President this year the natural sup- position is that Massachusetts has a dark horse in reserve, but there is no reason to suspect Olney. The coast defense bill before the Senate should certainly be passed. We have had much talk of late about our willingness to fight for the Monroe doctrine and it is now time to prepare for what woula happen if we did fight. The German plan of increasing the navy for the purpose of extending German colo- nies has the defect that a warship is about the most ineffective colonizing machine on earth. It may quell the natives, but itcan neither subdue the soil, open a mine, nor start-a trade. S Congresa has been petitioned to set apart the 24th of June as a National holiday to commemorate the discovery of this conti- nent by John Cabot, but the date is too near the Fourth of July and would crowd the observance of the discovery of inde- pendence by George Washington. —_— With the demand for river improve- ment, the restoration of hydraulic mining, the classification of mineral lands, the de- feat of the funding bill and the exclusion of Japanese products, the California dele- gation alone can give Congress work enough to do this session without running off on side issues. e e : The new bonds are beinz used by the National banks to increase their issue of notes, and already applications Lave been made to the Comptroller of the Treasury for more than $15,000,000 of them, so that ot of the evil of the issue we are to get some good in the way of an increased amount of money for circulation. The British Embassador at Constanti- nople calls for relief for the suffering people of Zeitoum, but it was only a short time ago thav the Sultan refused to per- mit Miss Barton to go to Zeitoun. Under the circumstances, it would seem to be the proper thing for the Embassador to settle with the Sultan before he appeals to other folks. The Senate has agreed toa resolution directing the Secretary of War to in- quire into the present condition of the Sacramento River and the cost of re- storing the former channel. This, of course, is not as good as an appropriation, bilt it shows that the Government at Wash- ington has learned at last that California is in the Union and perhaps an appropria- tion will be the next thing. | roads impose on their thrift. THE ROAD3 CONVENTION. The State convention called for to-mor- row to consider the question of good roads will be one of the most important ever held in California, as it will not only be the occasion for an expression of observa- tions and opinions by the State Bureau of Highways, but a gathering of representa- tives from all parts of the State and from all the interests directly concerned. Its great educating value will be to inform the people of the heavy tax which bad After that is accomplished there will arise questions of main routes and of means for raising money. The greatest difficulty will likely be found in convincing the people that bad roads are exceedingly expensive. Farmers particularly are a conservative class, and strong arguments will be re- quired to show them that money invested in good roads yields a large profit. “This desitable end,” says the Baden Enterprise, “‘can be best accomplished by placing before the people plain facts and figures from reliable sources. The last re- port of the Department of Agriculture gives some very interesting and instruc- tive data upon this subject. Reports to the department from 1200 counties show the average haul from farm to market or shipping point to be twelve miles, the average load for two horses 2000 pounds, and the average cost per ton per mile 25 cents. On the basis of these figures it is estimated that the cost to the people of the country is §946,414,665 per annum, or about $13 for every man, woman and child in the United States, and in consequence of bad roads it is estimated that more than one-half this vast sum is wasted, or in other words with good roads more than $300,000,000 would be saved annually on transportation to the people of the United States.” A patent difficulty which must be han- dled with great care is one that the cycling interests can avoid by thé exercise of wis- dom. It is well understood that the move- ment for good roads has received its strongest impulse from this source. As the industrial uses of the bicycle have not been developed to an extent at all compar- able with its employment for health and recreation there is a remote danger of an- tagonizing the rural population. And yet the bicycle would undoubtedly become one of the most valuable of industrial im- plements, useful to all classes, if the roads were good. Already it has reduced the price of common horses to less than half, and that means a substantial gain to the farmer. The demand of the bicycle for good roads is based on common-sense principles identical with those which con- cern a farmer’s interests. Best of all, the bicycle does not wear a road to the small- est degree, and is the quickest of all ve- hicles in detecting those faults which are injurions to wagon transportation. Its pneumatic tire is sufficient proof to any in- telligent farmer that the proper tire for wagons is one that not only requires the least draft power, but that also preserves the road. It would not be wise to build fine roads without governing the relation between the weight of loads and the width of tires. The hoofs of horses are a wearing agency of great importance. On bad roads horses are necessary, and the cutting done by their hoofs is a matter of no great conse- quence. Recent inventionsin road trac- tion machines point to the time when draft horses may be suparseded by these inventions on good roads. That will mean a great saving in the costof transporta- tion as well as the maintenance of roads. AN APPARENT SUCOESS. The Gerlach wave motor has been given a final test at Santa Cruz and the report comes that it is perfectly successful, 1Ifso | something seemingly akin to 2 miracle has been done. Two or three hundred yards north of the Cliff House, on our peninsula, | the curious stranger, inquiring concerning | the meaning of two gaunt, weatherbeaten | and abandoned structures which sur- mount the outer line of rocks, is in- formed that they are the ghostly skele- tons of unsuccessful experiments made | to utilize the power of the waves. If | the stranger is sufficiently inquisitive | he will be informed that this same power is being quietly and unostenta- tiously employed to furnish the Sutro baths with a constant supply of clean weater from the sea and that this repre- sents a great saving to the institution. The reason that the Sutro arrangement at- tracts no attention is that 1t is not spectac- ular. The Gerlach invention, while it shows no new mechanical principle, utilizes the force of the waves by an original applica- tion of old principles. The force of the waves is received by paddles constituting a segment of an incomplete wheel and hanging in the water. There are two of these groups of paddles, side by side, but they aré ingeniously geared to exert an in- dependent force on the connected ma- chinery, which, by reason of this and other | devices, is made to work with a certain uniformity. That overcomes the ancient difficulty of irregularity. It is not likely, however, that even this approximate ap- proach to the rhythmic action necessary to useful machinery could have been made available for industrial uses had not elec- tricity been brought to its present develop- ment. The wonderful thing about elec- tricity is that it instantly responds without a wrench or injury to variations in the power which generates it. The wave- motor machines which have failed in the past were devised before electricity had been brought to its present development. It is now conceivable that the simplest wave motor, including some of those which were tried and abandoned years ago, could be made available. This is true particu- larly of machines of any kind for storing cumulative batteries with energy. It makes practically no difference whether these batteries are stored with a regular or an irregular power, provided the question of cost is the main consideration. The amount of energy stored and ready for use is the product more of the amount of energy expended in storing it than of the character of the energy employed. There seems to be reason to hope that the Santa Cruz invention is successful, and this means to say that it should not be difficult to make a very wide range of wave-power devices that wouid accom- plish a similar result. This should be a matter of interest to the coast cities of California. A RAILROAD FAILURE. An analysis of the circumstances attend- ing the collapse of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shows that the amount of the outstanding bonds and stocks was greatly in excess of the value of the property and that at the lasi moment a desperate ef- fort was made to avert bankruptey by in- creasing the burdens that had wrecked the road. It is the old story of selling bonds too easily in Europe, of watering the stock, of carrying an impossible inter- est account and of forcing dividends. This splendid property has been placed in the hands of a receiver appointed by a Federal court and is added to the long list of roads whose direction has passed into the hands of the Government. | “Fresno has more natural Legislature of Kentucky sgainst the rA peal of the Soutiaern Pacific Company’s charter was that it would tend to shake the confidence of European money-lenders in Amerioan securities. A salient draw- back to the prosperity of the United States and a vital factor in the maladmin- istration of American railwaysis thissame feeling of security that the Legislature of Kentucky is so zealous to uphold. Had not European capitalists stood ready to take the second mortgage bonds of the Central Pacific (generously and without uany good reason made first mortgage bonds by Congress) and to take also the stock which the Central Pacific diréctors made themselves a present of as directors of the Contract and Finance Company and afterward sold to Englisn money-lenders at 80 cents, the scandalous danger which now threatens Congress would never have arisen. The English bondholders, whom the Government has permitted to exercise & prior right over its demands, and the Eng- lish stockholders, who are the successors and beneficiaries of the Contract and Fi- nance Company swindle, are the ones who are now sitting in Mr. Huntington’s shadow at the doors of Congress and clamoring for their ‘*‘rights” and ‘‘equities.” It is their interests which Mr. Huntington is so earnestly guarding, and it was their interests and theirs alone that the Legislature of Kentucky deemed it proper to protect. When Mr. Huntington boasts that he has never wrecked a rail- road he is careful to say nothing of the in- fluence which he has exerted to sacrifice the industrial and political interests of the United States for the money-lenders of Europe. There is nothing wrong in the principle of borrowing money; the evil lies in itsabuse. No argument recognizing the great value of railroads in developing the resources of the United States can be fairly made with- out considering also the enormous drain which our industries suffer in the shape of interest and dividends on inflated securi- ties held in Kurope and the invitation offered by European confidence in Ameri- can securities to create fictitious indebt- edness. As 2 promoter of that form of rascality, which the honest public is taxed to support, this European confidence is exceedingly powerful. And yet in view of these facts and in the face of the bank- ruptey of such a concern as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad our Congress is solemn!y told that it should refund the debt of the Central Pacific and so conddne the wrongs and perpetuate the evils which its practices represent. C00AST EXOHANGES. The Viselia Delta notes the fact that three new manufactories are to be estab- lished there. These are a foundry, a ma- chine-shop and a planing-mill. It further furnighes complete details of an agreement between the Visalia and Tulare Railroad Company (an independent steam road eight miles in length and connecting the two towns) and the city of Visalia for an extension of the road beyond Visalia to connect with the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad, and thence, un- der certain contingencies to the Sierra Ne- vada. This may be taken as evidence of the stimulus to development which the early advent of the Valley road is exciting. Another evidence of confidence in the return of prosperity following the ap- pearance of . the Valley road is found in Fresno. The Republican of that city quotes Thomas E. Hughes, *the father of Fresno,”” who declares that advantages than any inland town in the State, and will have 50,000 inhabitants before ten years more pass,” and to this our con- temporary adds: “The advent of the com- peting railroad will bring the producer cheaper rates for the transportation of his products to market and the consumer his necessities at lower prices. Cheap elec- trical power will revolutionize the possi- bilities of manufacturing, and when that great factor has been utilized to the extent which will be possible in connection with the remarkable discoveries constantly be- ing made in its application to all kinds of industrial vrogress, Fresno can sustain a population that will easily approximate the figures suggested by Mr. Hughes.” New railroad projects in Alameda County are progressing satisfactorily, ac- cording to the following from the Encinal: “The franchise which E. P. Vandercook obtained from the Board of County Su- pervisors some time since for an electric road over a route from East Oakland via Dublin to Livermore, has been absorbed by the incorporation of the Oakland and Livermore Valley Railroad Company. The capital stock of the new company is fixed at $3,000,000, divided into 300,000 shares, at $10 each, and the purpose is to construct a line that will have its terminus at the Cor- ral Hollow coal mines.” TheWatsonville Pajaronian gives the fol- lowing statement of the results accom- plished by the narr ow-gauge railroad and the sugar beet industry: “The leading in- dustry of this valley is that of sugar beet cul- tivation, and the greatest labor-employing agency of this city and section is the fac- tory where those beets are processed into crude sugar. In connection with the sugar mill the company operates a narrow-gauge railroad extending to tidewater at Moss Landing and continuing down the valley to Salinas. At Moss Landing connec- tion is made with Goodall, Per- kins & Co’s line of steamers, and through this connection freight to and from San Francisco is handled by the little road. The road gets a considerable share of the freight to and from San Fran- cisco, but it should get all that can be delivered that way. Itisa local insti- tution, iis employes (or rather most of them) live here, it pays aill claims promptly and at regular times and its owners have been and are the stalwart friends of this city and section. The policy of the broadgauge line has been to do all possible against Watsonville at all times and give its shippersas few con- cessions as possible. The owners of the little road have paid out millions of dollars here for material and labor since the first work was done at the beet fac- tory. The sugar mill has been the main business prop of the community, it has paid alldemands in losing as well as profit- able seasons, it has handled all of the beet crop in foul as well as fair seasons. It has stood up to its agreements at all times without a sign of renigging. In view of all of these circumstances, as well as the strong local feeling against the owners of the broadgauge system for the many blows they have struck at this city and valley, the freight business of this section should be diverted over the nerrow gauge when- ever possible. If the company would put on a daily boat during the berry season it could work up a big frmit frei@u business from this section.”” The San Bernardino Times-Indez, while asking what has become of Major Coolson of San Diego and his proposed railroad from Ban Diego through Manvel to Salt Lake, calls attention to the fact that K. B. Anderson has sold his interest in the Ne- vada Southern Railroad to the California Eastern Railway Company, & new con- cern organized at Denver w ith a capital of The great argument used before the $1,500,000. Its intention is to operate a railroad from Blake, on the Atlantic and Pacific, to Goode Springs, Nev., running through Manvel, Vanderbilt, Dry Lake, State Line to Goode Bprings in Lincoln county. That is, the company proposes to extend the Nevada Nouthern a distance of about forty miles. Nothing is -said about building further east than that point. The Modesto Herald says that Charles Tullock has arranged to generate electric- ity at his flour mill at Knights Ferry and transmit it twelve miles to Oakdale for the purpose of lighting that town. Thisisan instance of using the surplus water power of one industry for generating electricity for other purposes. That Oakdale is on the road to prosperity is shown by the an- nouncement in the Leader of that place that an election has been called to vote on the proposition to incorporate the town. The rapid growth of Santa Clara County is thus indicated by the 8an Jose Mercury: ‘8o rapidly have the Morgan Hill and adjoining sections grown that another school district is needed there, and it will soon be set apart by the Supervisors. The frequency with which new school districts have been established in the county dur- ing the past few years is a clear demon- stration of the steady growth of the county.” The city authorities of Stockton and the Board of Supervisors of San Joaquin County have become so deeply interested in the subject of good roads, as the result of the meeting recently held at Stockton to hear the views of the State Bureau of Highways, that steps are being taken, according to the Independent, to secure crushed rock from the Folsom plant and make greatly needed improvements in streets and roads. The Western Mining Record is a bright new paper started at Salt Lake. The Saratoga Item gives evidence of its prosperity by increasing its size. The Stockton Record is preparing to have a handsome and commodious builaing of its own. Although W. J. Deater has assumed con- trol of the Fresno Watchman the versatile genius of ex-Senator Goucher will still find ample room for expression in the editorial columns. The Fresno Republican announces that fine deposits of fuller's clay exist on the west side of the San Joaquin. The Placerville Nugget makes its bow in northern interior journalism. It is pub- lished by Robertson & Walling, two young men who seem at least tc have good taste in their profession, for the Nugget is neat typographically and up to date. R. V. Robertson, the editor, was at one time con- nected with Tre Carr’s local staff. His comments and leaders in the Nugget are bright and timely. There seems to be an excellent advertising clientele, and if the Nugget fairly reflects the public pulse of Placerville then Placervilie is a very lively and go ahead city. — PERSONAL. Judge J. W. Turner of Eureka is at the Russ. Dr. James Blood of Portland, Or., is in town. Dr. James J. Hogan of Valiejo 1s at the Bald- win. ¢x-Judge J. M. Walling of Nevada City is at the Russ. Mr. Abrahams, & Santa Cruz merchant, is at the Grand. N. T. Whitton, & stock-raiser of. Lakeport, is at the Russ. D. Frieat, a mining man from Grass Valley, is at the Lick. Lee Jenkins of Centralis, Wash., is at the Cosmopolitan, Lloyd E. Cochran of Portland is registered at the Cosmopolitan. J. B. Libby, a merchant;of Port Towsend, Wash., is at the Lick. Louis Gundelfinger, & merchant of Fresuo, is staying at the Palace. B. Weatherwsx, 8 lumberman of Aberdeen, Wash., is at the Grand. George N. Martin of Sioux City, Idaho, is registered at the Baldwin. D. D. Fagan, a merchant of Whatcom, Wash., has apartments at the Grand. H. Newhouse, one of Fresno's business men, is at the Grand for a few days. Thomas Wells, treasurer of Tuolumne County, is a guest at the Cosmopolitan. William England, the Marysville druggist, is at the Grand with his daughters, M. C. Wilkinson, U. 8. A., from Fort 8nelling, Minn.,, is registered at the Palace. 8. M. Spedon, the caricaturist, is at the Grand and is registered from New York. W. J. Coaksley, City Treasurerof New West- minster, B. C., is at the Occidental. H. W. Crabb, a fruit-grower of Oakville, is in town and is registered at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. MacBride and Miss Mac- Bride of New York are at the Palace. C. C. Powning, & newspaper man of Reno, Nev., is among the guests at the Palace, W. F. Crossley, manager for Eugene O'Rourke and John L. Sullivan, is registered at the Bald- win. Frank T.Wilson, a well-known attorney of Nevada City, is making & short stay at the Lick. James Benderson, & railroad man from Winnipeg, is registered at the Occidental ‘with his wife. W.W. Freeman, mansager of ‘The Rallroad Ticket Company,” is at the Baldwin with a ma- jority of the troupe. Lew D. Williams, County Clerk of Reveille County, Mont., is in town for a short visit. He is registered at the Russ. E. McCormack, the well-known lumberman of Winnipeg, Manitobs, s a guest at the Cos- mopolitan, accompanietl by his wife. H. 8. Turner, ex-treasurer of Humboldt County, and now one of the largest dairymen 1n Californis, is registered at the Russ. L. W. Bhinn, who is interested with Lane and Hobart in the Alaskan mining properties, is registered at the Grand from Seattle, Wash, William B, Fisher, connected with the Parke- Lacy Company at Denver, is at the Palace. Mr. Fisher is soon to be married to Miss Rickard of Berkeley. John F. More, a Santa Barbara rancher and brother of the late Alexander More the mil- lionaire owner of Santa Rosa Island, is regis- tered at the Palace with his wife. Cyrus H. McCormick and wife are at the Palace. Mrs. McCormick was & Miss Rocke- feller, and her marriage will be remembered as a particularly romantic event in Chicago’s highest social circles. ¥ Samuel Weilheimer, Adolph Ehrhorn, Percy Milbury, M. Musconi, C. McPherson and W. A, Clark, a party of Mountain View cyclers, were in town in uniform last night, and left about midnight for a fast run home with the wind behind them. 4 J. P. Prindle, vice-president of the Plano Manufacturing Company of Chicago and a member of the Newton Wagon Company of Batavia, is at the Occidental with Mrs. M. C, Prindle, Miss Martha Prindle, Mrs. Lucy P, Foote and Fred H. Beach,all of Batavia, 111, The “party is making & pleasure tour of the State, and incidentally Messrs. Prindle and Beach are observing the agricultural pros- pects with a view to establishing agencies for harvesting implements. Anna Eva Fay, the Georgia wonder, 8o known and styled in publie, but in private Mrs. D, H. Pingree of Boston, srrived on last night's overland and took apartments at the Baldwin. She is a petite blonde withia slight girlish figure and only her uncomminly bright gray eyes and her energetic,almost impulsive manner of conversation give any indication that she pos. sesses some inexplicable magnetic power that makes {t possible for her to liit great weights by simply placing her hands upon them. This is Mrs. Pingree's second visit to this coast, her first having been made three years ago, but in the mesntime she has made many professional tours of Europe, and purposes soon to mak another. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1.—Californians in Washington: H. Herz and M. Rosenthal of San Francisco are at tne Hotel Normandie; Edgar J. Depue and wife of San Francisco are at the Shoreham Hotel. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. Still in the Ring. Solano Courier. Silver may be a little disfigured, but it is still in the ring. The Foundation of Prosperity. Contra Costa News. The foundation of the prosperity of the American farmer and the American laborer is the continued operation of the American fac- | tory. A Strange Course. Bacramento Bee. In the face of the acknowledged fact that this Nation is now subject to a deficit of about thirty million dollars annually it seems strange that the Senate should defeat the tariff meas. ure to remedy this evil. Prosperity With Strings on It. % Oceanside Blade. The “prosperity” that came—on paper—last year appears to have so completely disappeared that no one can be found who will admit ever having seen it. The trouble with it was, it had sirings on it, 1ike the gold reserve. The Wrong Will Be Rectified.; Astorian. The farmers of the United States were just beginningto find an enlarged foreign market for their products under the reciprocity policy when & Democtratic Congress came along and smashed it. This great wrong will be rectified as soon as Republican rule is restored. Advocates Universal Disarmament., Kern County Echo. The Federal Government and about all the State and Territorial governments have set the stamp of disapproval on prize-fighting, Mean- while the pistol in the hip-pocket pursues the even tenor of its way unmolested. More Small Farms Needed. Los Angeles Times. It is not from our great ranches that Califor- nia is to realize a prosperous future. - She will find a firm basis for her growth when the divi- sfonof her immense ranches is accomplished Afigdnur small farms are iudefinitely multi- plied. Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers. Stockton Record. California wild flowers are commencing to bloom, and soon the fields will be covered with the lovely blossoms and the air heavy laden with the exquisite perfume. The sunny skies of Italy are not to be compared to_the perfect weather which has blessed the San Joaquin Valley in the past three weeks. Huntington Will Be Reminded. San Jose Mercury. Mr. Huntington may be too busy, as he says, toread the Pattison report, but Senator Mor- gan will see that he finds time to deny or cor- roborate the statements made in_ that report. As Senator Morgan significanty said, the coun- try, the Senate and the House will be under the necessity of taking that reportas containing the truth in full. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Queen Victoria last year had to append her signature to some 50,000 documents. When traveling privately the Duchess of Connaught assumes the name of Countess of Bussex. When the Prince of Wales alludes to his mother His Royal Highness always uses the words, “My mother, the Queen.” The Duke of York he invariably refers to as “My son, the Duke of York.” Jchn P. Whiting, aged 23 years, one of the youngest Mayors in the United States, left Somerville, Mich., 1o attend college. He en- tered the Ann Arbor law department, but will return once & week to try and perform his duties as Mayor. Since its foundation, in 1768, the British Royal Academy has had only eight presidents: Sir Joshua Reynolds, Benjamin West, James Wryatt, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir Martin Shee, Sir Charles Eastlake, Sir Francls Grant, and the fate Lord Leighton. Count Leo Tolstoi is a vigorous hater of England. He says the Bnglish and the Zulus should be herded together as the two most brutal nations of the earth. His chief regret, be declares, is that he cannot spare the time to write a book about the English people. Congressman William H. Crain of Texas, who died the other day, was one of the best classical scholars ever sent to Congress, He knew the Iliad and the great Greek tragedies almost by heart, and yet he kept his English pure and idiomatic in a marked degree. As commanding general Joubert receives a salary of £3000 a year. He is a mighty hunter and atshot. He has no grand uniform, but usually appears in a light shooting jacket and with a felt hat, and a cartridge belt round his waist and & rifie under his arm, It washe who led the Boers at Majuba Hill. Captain Jackson, an English seafaring man, is trying to raise funds for an exploration of the northeast passage to China and America, to see whether it can be made practicable for merchant vessels. If the money for a ship cannot pe obtained he will start out nextjsum- mer in his 37-foot sailing boat, the Venture. CURRENT HUMOR. The shoe worn by & horse is a wrought iron shoe; but when the horse loses it from his foot it then becomes a castiron shoe.—Spare Moments. Nansen can't bring the pole home. He's hemmed in by ice. It’s nonsense to ask why he don’t use the axis of the earth to cut it.— Philadelphia Times. ‘Weary Wiggins—Wot's Ge matter wid Tatters? He don’t look well. Tired Traddles—He’s feelin’ so 1azy jest now dat he can't sleep.—Truth. ‘‘Has the new Council doue anything for the city’s good?’ “Yes, indeed; it has established French classes forall the policemen.”—Chi Times-Herald. o % Chonee Penurious—Gamsley never treats anybody, does he? “Treat? When he’s thirsty himself he just gets out his telescope and looks at the Dipper.”’—Chicago Record. ““You are not so hot,” remarked the shirt- bosom. “I am on to you,all the same,” re- torted the sadiron. However, the laundress maneged to smooth things over.—Indianapolis Journal. . ‘‘Are you doing snything with your camera now, Madge?” “Yes, indeed; a burglar got into our room the other night and Nan held him while I'tcok his photograph by flashlight.— Chicago Record. Buzzfuzz—That saying, “Marry in haste, re- pent at leisure,” is all wrong. Sizzletop—Think so? Buazfuzz—Certainly, After Y he bas no leisure. e il WHICH TOOK WHICH? Did the President take the Maple or did the Maple take the President? The unshrinking admirers of Mr. Cleveland’s every act have tentatively put this question before the publio in the hope of spreading a kindly doubtas to the true nature of the latter’s junkets on board of several lighthouse tenders belonging to the United States. the President has only watched the official movements of these ves- sels, of which his speciai favor has made the Maplé a type, and sailed only when ner duties required her to sail, the Maple has taken the President. If he has fired up this gallant craft and oraered her forth so that he might enjoy another -hunt for ducks and another period of absence from the stifling atmosphere of an un. obsequious Ce the President has €Hi o privaie ust 1h o daner Fhowing oty & manner gro m snx more brazen from habit. % e which began last Sun- little over two months, The Maple’s vonfa day, the third within conclusively precludes the theory thet this articular vessel could have been engaged in er reanhr rounds for hug:mon and supply. 1‘!‘::‘:” ?lf! cummlndln‘g 3 hbfi:onu district 80 manage it wo & 1O the history of the lighthouse service, Tl Mr. Cleveland took the Maple. Why did he {fi.ni‘ ? h‘r’;h- same nunon that 'Iafly took Arrow bone—because he wan! 1t wasn't his.X. Y. Sun. veb il HAS SAVED MANY LIVES. How BrLLY SANpERS KrEps PEOPLE FROM DROWNING IN THE BAY. The man who keeps watch over the Clay- street pier at night is known as “‘Billy” San- ders. He has been there for ten years, and in addition to his duties as watchman, Billy has done a great deal of work as a lifesaver. He has had abundant opportunity, for Clay-street pler is open all night for the accommodation of those who have business with the Stockton boats. Just how many people Billy has pulled outof the water is more than Billy can tell. At first he used to keep count, but for a while they came s0 fast he lost track of them, but knows there must be over a hundred. There are three kinds of people rescued from watery graves by Billy, viz: Would-be suicides, intoxicated men and those who accidentally fall overboard. Those who contemplate sui- cide are the most numerous, howeyer. 1t is a lonely job, that of Billy’s. There is not a sound except the gurgung: the water as it rushes between the piles. Suddenly there is & p] and in an instant the watchman 18 rushing to_the point trom which the sound roceeds. Perhaps there is a cry of despair, ut Billy don’t mind that. He is used to it. spla: “Billy” Sanders, the Life-Saver of Clay Street Pier. [Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.] He simply gets the person located and decides on the bést way to rescue him. If near the wharf, he fishes for the unfortunate with & boathook, provided the tide is not too low. If it is a large man on the other side of the ull}). he lowers his boat. It it is & woman, he simpl plunges in after her and soon has her s: ore. ts hard, nasty work,” said Billy when speaking of it tho other night. ““There 13 nothing brave about it,and I don’t get paid for doing it, but i% ain’t any man’s hature to stand by and see another one drown. A great many meu would be a deal better ofi ifIlet them go to the bottom, but that of conrse ain’t humanity, and I would do my best to geta man out no matter how worthless he was.” “This attempted suicide business aiways comes in lumps,” Billy continued. “That 1is, there are always several in a few days and most of them are women. They come down here and jump in expecting the water to be warm and dry. Instead, they find it cold and wet, and if the tide is very low, mighty bad smelling. Then they holler and I come alon and fish them out. That is all there is to it.” Billy then went on to explain that most of the women when rescued were sorry they had attempted their lives, and asked to be sent to their homes. This was aiways done. If the could give no aceount of themselves Billy al- ways locks them up in a room and sends for the police. Whst becomes of them aiter that is_something he knows nothing about except what he reads in the newspavers, In appearance Mr. Sanders is a fine physical specimen of manhood. He is about 40 years or age, of medium height, but l0oks as if he was all muscle. He is afine swimmer, and is al- ways ready to jump into the water to help those in need of his assistance. He has every- thing about the wharf fixed for life-saving. His boat is arranged so that he can lower it in an instant, and he has plenty of ropes and boathooks where he can put hishandson them. In all the years he has been on the wharf less than half & dozen of the many people he has attempted to save have drowned before he could reach them. Mr. Sanders is very modest about all he has done, and says, “Oh, that's nothing,” just as if saving & human life was an every-day occur- rence. Many people have thanked him for pulling them out of the water, but the greater number have gone away grumbling because be meddled with them. THE NEW WOMAN. A braver, fairer one I have not seen;, A man in courage and & maid in grace; In soul & god. With lust’rons eye—love’s beacon of her face— She views with dauntless heart and brow serene, The chast'ning rod. Time has but graven dimples on her cheek, Which fear has never blancned. Fell sorrow's touch ‘Has been 50 light It gives a mellow radiance to her such As summer sunsets give when shadows seek To herald nignt. False messengers! For hope’s electric sparly Makes of her life one glad, eternal day. Shonld 1t be 50 That clouds of mortal cares can dim the raz *Twould only give to transitory dark An Arctic glow. For see how coolly she can mount her b'ke, Bestride her steed, and drive her four-in-hand, In skirts remote; TTest liquors and cigars of choicest brand; Straight from her alabaster shoulder strike; Demand a vote, J.Gourrp. San Francisco, February 22, 1896. GIRL'S DRESS WITH ETON JACKET. The dress shown here has a blouse front, which is put on a lining which buttons be- hind. The skirt is gathered to this. The jacket is entirely separate. For a girl's best dress crepon makes up pret- tily, wivh a contrasting color of light-weight silk for the blouse front. A rose-colored crepon, ‘with a rose and green glace silk vest, is pretty. A dull green crepon, with ecru linen for the blouse and revers, is very stylish. A suit of biue wool might be made very styl- ishly by using this material for the skirt, blouse andsleeves, which should be sewn to the lin- ing instead of in the jacket, This latter then to be made separate af Astrakhan fur. A gown of plaid in many colors had the jacket of old blue velvet, with rows of gold on the edges. 5 A mixture of cheviot,jshowing almost every color, had a jacket and sleeves of plain brown cloth. % biain dark green henrietts had s jacket of t to match. - "’%’x‘.’."’clfli" collar was of rosy velvet, match’ ing flowers in_the velveteen. gy T T Y ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 1 B. FARGo's DEATE—J, C, H., City. Jerome Fargo of this City died on the 5th of January, 1856, suooTiNG oF Lincors—X. Y. Z.. Livermore, Lincoln was shot on Friday, &';'14‘::'0‘:1:;511, 1865, and died on the follow- ing day. BoArp oF HoRTICULTURE—W. C., Livermore, Cal. The office of the secretary of theState i Horticulture is in the Mills building, gla:kll’?!ocny, and B. M. Lelong is the secretary. P16EON BERRY BARK—H. McC., Gruzlybm:?, Mendocino County, Cal. Pigeon berry bark is Ane‘:runliem com{nerce end is used in medi- cine. Itsells wholesale for 15 centsper pound. SAN JoAQUIN VALLEY ROAD—A. M., Agnews, Cal. On the 20th cf February 25 miles of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail- road had been com lele?. Th:drg;g :lzll:e):.:et i 0 &l Baberahiela. The road will be Anighed 1n eigh- een months. Jonss HopkiNs—M. M., City. The given name of Johns Hopkins, the capitalist and philanthropist, who founded the university that boars his name, comes from the old Mary- 1and Johns family, of which he was a descend- ant. He was of Quaker origin on both parental sides, and they named him for the old family. MINET AND MINER&—V. W., Gonzales, Monte- rey County. This department cannot adver- tise men and brokers who are engaged in buy- ing and selling copper ores and mines. A let- ter addressed to the secretary of the State Min- ing Bureau, Pioneer build!n}z, this City, will be met by & response that will fu; the de- sired information. LEGAL AGE—A Constant Reader, City. A girl may legally marry at the age of 18 in this State. She cannot be legally married under that age without the consent of parents or guardian. . Nationality has nothing to do with the question of marriage or the consent of parents to & marriage. If by the ?ueutinn. “What is the age of consent in California?” you mean the age at which a girl may cousent in order that there may be no prosecution for felony, the age in this State is 14 years. CHICAGO AND NEW York—F. B., City. Ae- cording to the Daily News of Chicago the popu- 1ation of the city of Chicago was on the 1st of April, 1894, as per school census, 1,567,727, dividea as follows: Of all ages and_races, 1,667,727; under 21 years of age, 658.646. The population of New York, according to the New York World, was estimated on the first of the current year, the estimate being based on police regflr!l. at 1,906,438. The publication credits Chicago at the same date with a popu- lation of 1,750,000. ruish all CREAM Mixed Candies, 25¢ 1b. Townsend’s. * ———————— EPECTAL information daily to manufactursrs, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. * —————————— Miss Passe—How do you like my new photo- graph? Little Girl—It's perfectly lovely. really sit for it yourself?—Tit-Bits. ——e «1 HAD several pimples on my face and a large boll on one hand. I began taking Hood's Sarsapa- rilla and after using three bottles I was cured.” J. W. Johnson, 3 South Broderick st., San Francisco, ———————— CoRONADO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dry, soft and mild, and is_entirely frea from the mists com- mon farther north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days’ board as the Hotsl dal Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 per day. Appl 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. Did you T o g o v “Bridget, why didn’t you heat my room bet- ter. It's only 50 degrees.” “On, I thought for such a small room 50 de- grees would be enough.”—Fliegende Blatter. NEW TO-DAY. “Red Letter Days.” Second week. What! An enameled bedstead at ‘‘Red Letter Day” prices ? Why certainly ! Suppose they are new and stylish—nothing is too good for “‘Red Letter Days.” This is a sample : Enameled Bedstead. $13. Made of wrought metal; tubular—that makes it ight. Sinameled whit e, touched with bits of gold. T Knobs, top-rails: and ornaments of buraished rass. Strong woven wire mattress attached—quite an advantage—bedstead and mattress—$13. We have several of this pattern ; Some in single, Some in three-quarter, Some in double size. Your choice of size-——$x3.v There is a refreshing cool- ness about metallic bedsteads which invites repose. Besides, they are quite the style this season—who can afford to be out of style? $13. ‘‘Red Letter Days.” Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY (N. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street.