The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1896, Page 20

/ THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 38, 18Y6. B S S P 0 SCHMBRHOI S L v B s b S SIS e o B IR R B T TR e e CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprletnr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: i+ and Sunday CALL, one weck, by carrier..§0.18 Poily and Sunday CAvx, one year,by mail.... .00 BUSINESS OFFICE 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Felephore....... .Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Lelephone... .. Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 530 omery street, corner Clay; open untll #:80 o 4 7 859 Hayes street; open until §:30 o'clock. 713 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o’clock. 8W. co ock. Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. Ninth sireet; opep until 9 o'clock: OAKLAND OFFICE : ©08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: 116 Rooms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. | DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. INDAY THE CALL S was a cold day for us once, but nshine now. htening, crops are ripening In political whist the game must be won by honors and not by trick: ing has shaken winter from her lap and begun to fill it with flowers. rest comes to you with- teasy. To the questions of Senator Morgan the replies of Mr. Huntington don’t answer. State Committee should art off on the other foot. The R meet epublica in and However hot 1t may be in politics there ways a comfortable place in it for a an politics started a in this campaign, but it is ght now. next thing Europe knows King im a Monroe doctrine There is no instance on record of any han who abstained during Lent from ter bonnets. at prese closed the results of the ntal war are glory fcr Japan, reform hina, and the stakes for Russia. dent the students ot Spanish are sadiy in need of something 1 in which to let off has loaded up the administra- ith C resolutions, but the ey has laid his ears back i won't budg By and by the monopoly will learn that ption wins not more than honesty, i then if it does not repent it will at t feel sorry for itself. Dr. Brown's commendation of THE CaLL for giving fair reports of his trial will be indorsed by the public. Truth-speaking Jopular with all classes. All divisions of the Republican party coming together. and, what is more, are making their reunion on a plat- 1 broad encugh for all without crowd- g Menelek has demonstrated to the world that as soon as a race learns to use modern rifles it ceases to be barbarian and The next instructive surprise party ope receives may come from Central 1. There are good weapons and good ters over there as well as in Central Africa. The latest expectation of the cathode ray is that it may be so used eventually as to dispense with the need of vivisection and thus be made to serve the purposes of mercy as well as of science. Dr. Jordan’s statement that intellect #s superior to instinct inasmuch as it is “‘an ability to make a choice” leaves us decid- v up a tree when we get into a position there isn’t any choice. Europe by the Abyssinia shows that a battle The effect produced news from blow s makes the war drums tshrob from the steppes of Russia to the British isles, If science asserts, as Dr. Jordan says, that freedom of the wili comes under the same category as the free kiss, Grundy is going to have her opinion of science after this and keep an eye on it. Russell Sage has been required to pay $40,000 to the man who saved his life, but it must not be assumed that the jury es- timated Sage’s life to be worth that much. It was on the in ow that the estimate of damage was based. Some schemers in New York are trying to get an act through the Legislature re- quiring a proof of criminal intent in pros- cutions for the sale of adultsrated milk, if there were any proof needed that a man who has slop milk for sale intends to sell it. Lo In saying the Pacific Coast would rather have a representative in the Cabinet than in the Vice-Presidency Mr. Harrison Gray Otis is right. It isa cbaracteristic of the men of the West that they would at ail times rather be in the band-wagon than ing round waiting for a funeral. The death of Prince Henry of Battenberg is said to have occasioned in England a widespread discussion cn malarial dis- eases, and, as a result, it is more than likely such an increase of knowledge will be gained that the life of many a poor man will be saved because of the death of the Prince, ror Sixteenth and Mission streets; open ’ k in anv. quarter of the globe | Mrs. | THE STATE OOMMITTEE. The confusion resulting from the recent meeting of the Republican State Central lCommiuee seems to render it necessary | that another meeting should be held at an early date. This result comes not so rauch | from what was done as from what was | left undone. The vacancy caused by the | death of Mr. Boruck is to be filled, the de- tails of the apportionment of delegates to | the State Convention are to be fixed, and | other matters of a somewnat similar na- | ture are to be attended to. A careful consideration of all the cir- | cumstances of the situstion has led to a general agreement on the conclusion that the best and promptest way to find relief from the confusion that prevails is to have the State Committee meet again'nnd ro- vise its work. That plan offers an easy means of settling all doubts concerning the situation by submitting them to the highest authority of the party in the Btate. In response to this feeling which has | been brought to the attention of the com- mittee it is very likely that the proposed meeting will be called without delay. Such at any rate is the outlook at present and to the party generally it will be gratifying. | This is a Republican year and must there- fore be a vear of Republican harmony and unity. Any step that tends to that end will be good, and loyal Republicans will approve whatever plan most speedily brings organization out of confusion and | replaces argument by action. | THE CLIMATE UNOEANGED.' | A favorite belief cherished by some of | the unthinking among us is that the cli- | mate of San Francisco is “not what it used to be’’ and that the winters are grow- | ing colder. This can be true only because | the sun may be steadily falling into de- crepitude or the axis of the earth is going astray, and if that is so then the climate of the whole world is growing delirious. The least knowledge of the causes wHich pro- | duce our climate will convince even the | most thoughtless that it is a physical im- | possibility for the climate of San Francisco | to have undergone any appreciable change | whatever since its acquisition by the civil- ized world and that it would be a physi- cal impossibility for human ingenuity to measure any change that could occur in a period short of millions of years. The sole reason for this is that our cli- mate is absolutely independent of changes possible to the hand of man. Itis con- ceivable that the climate of a city situated in the midst of a vast region of forest might be cted by the destruction of the trees, for extensive forests have a definite effect on thermal and other conditions, but in this locality the climate is manu- facturea by a gigantie machinery so t in its organization and so stupen- dous in its force as to be incapable of change by any conceivable human inter- ference. ! Tnhe crude material of our climate is produced by the Pacific Ocean, itself an exceedingly complex machine for the manufacture of climate, and its ally is the trade winds. For the purpose of present- g us with the best material which it has at hand, the work of our ocean begins at the tropics and ends in Bering Sea, and by a very wise and nice adjustment of these extremes, employing immense and unal- terable currents in the process, it gives an admixture of the two in such a way as to abolish both summer and winter at San Francisco. Thus the great Japan current, bearing the warm water of the south, flows northwardly along the eastern coast of Asia, ngs across the ocean toward us, takes in some of the cold water coming down from the Arctic sea, and then turns southward and flows down our coast. That 'is & gigantic scheme, and its ef- ficiency is heightened by the trade winds. When all this raw material for climate is thrown egainst our coast it encounters an- other stupendous and independently act- ing machine in the shape of great moun- tain ranges separating the coast from the main body of the continent. Thése, work- | ing in connection with great air currents, | generated over broad areas, manufacture the raw material of the ocean and trade | winds into the graceful finished product | which makes life in California a luxury, It will be observed that the conditions under which our climate is produced are as stable in their working as anything on this earth can be. Not until the trade winds are degraded to doldrums, the Pa- cific Ocean dried up and the mountain ranges of the western coast are leveled need we expect the least change in the ! climate of San Francisco. RAILROAD FIGURES. A number of years ago, when the Cen- tral Pacific was the servant of the public instead of its master and tyrant, Charles Norhoff, the well-known descriptive writer, wrote a long and manifestly in- | spired article for Harper's Monthly, in | which, among other things, he asserted | that the total contribution of the firm of Huntington, Hopkins & Co. to the railroad | building fund was $30,000. Then Mr. Nordhoff went on to show how bonds, subsidies, donations and subscriptions were bestowed upon the road, and how the business talent and sagacity of the in- corporators were displayed i: securing the construction of such an immense under- taking with the outlay of so little indi- vidual capital. The question 3 if Mr. Nordhoff knew the figures of original investment so well when he wrote his article—and, obviously, | they must have been supplied to him— how does it happen that C. P. Hunting- | ton is, or professes himself to be, unable | to tell what his original investment was? { In reply to a series of questions put by Senator Morgan, Mr. Huntington said he could not teil how much he and Hopkins | had put into the building of the Central Pacific, but the contributions embraced | money, real estate and merchandise. He could not say how much, but it was con- siderable; always enough to pay the debts when they became due. ‘What a shiity, evasive and unconscion- able raseal this man must be. To pretend that he does not know how much he or his firm was worth when the railroad project was set on foot, or how much the firm putinto the enterprise, is as unlikely as that one should forget his own home or the place of his birth. There are some things that cannot be forgotton, and when the partners in a hardware firm in the then little city of Sacramento took their money out of the business and put It into railroad building, be it much or little, it is impossible that the amount so diverted could escape the memory of any party to the transaction, unless he had softeniny of the brain or some cognate form of brain lesion. Collis P. Huntington refuses to remem- ber because he does not wish to remember. He knows that his enormous personal for- tune and the fortune of his associates sprang from the very smallest beginnings, and that from the very start the plan and scheme was to get something for nothing, and never to pay a debt until the last ex- tremity was reached. When he told Sena- tor Morgan that he was doing the best he could, and that he must be given the credit of being honest in his replies, he knew perfectly well he was saying the thing that is not, and there is every reason 1 believe that he did not deceive Senator Morgan for a moment. Whatever may be the fate of the funding bill, C. P. Hunt- ington will have gone upon record as a man wholly unworthy of belief, and one to whom the sanctity of an oath is as meaningless as the blowing of the wind. Perjury is a harsh term, but when a wit- ness displays such a remarkable and as- tounding lack of memory as Mr. Hunting- ton has done, it comes perilously near an offense which is covered by the criminal law, and is justly held in reprobation in all law-abiding communitie: THE YOSEMITE' ROAD. The announcement that a strong com- pany composed of responsible San Fran- cisco capitalists has been formed to con- struct a steam railroad from Merced up the Merced River to the Yosemite Valley will be welcome news to Californians in particular and the tourist worid in gen- eral. The present 60-mile stage road from Berenda to the valley means a long, weari- some and expensive trip and the cessation of travel during the greater part of the year. The projected railroad, running on a much lower level, will be easily kept free from snow, and will be operated all the year at acost to travelers very much less than the present. Besides this it will 1ap the mother Jode and pass through one of the richest gold-mining, timber and scenic sections of California. Comparatively few persons have ever beheld the winter glories of the Yosemite. The valleyis so much lower than the stage road by which it is reached that by the time the road is open for travel every vestige of the winter wonders of the valley has passed, and long before the season has closed the splendid waterialls have dwin- dlea to insignificant ribbons. More than that, the greatest number of transient vis- itors in California come to spend the winter months and must return without a view of this incomparable natural wonder. Those who have seen the marvelous ice formations at Niagara Falls -may form a faint conception of the strange beauties which the Yosemite takes on in- the cold season. Hardy photographers, willing to remain prisoners in the valley through the winter, have given us pictures of these marvels, and they almost surpass credi- bility. Prodigious icicles, mystical tar- reted castles, solemn domes, echoing ice caverns and a thousand other grotesque formations possible to rivers plunging over a great chasm nearly a mile in depth, are the ordinary accompaniments of - the win- ter months, and the scene is infinitely varied by the abundant trees and smaller plants decorated with the freezing mists | which issue from the falls. With the opening of spring and the melting of the vast fields of snow on the contizuous mountain heights the rivers become tre- mendous torrents and in falling present a sight of unparalleled grandeur. The win- ter aspect of the valley is immeasurably more impressive and unearthly than the summer and wholly different. A common explanation of the absence of adequate and economical means of reaching the valley is that if it is made too convenient of access it will cease to be re- garded as a wonderful thing that every one must see. That has not been the expe- rience with Niagara. On the contrary, the railroads have produced an enormous and steadily increasing travel and caused the erection of numerous great hotels for the accommodation of visitors. That, surely, will be the result at Yosemite. For there is only one Yosemite; nothing can degrade 1t, and its opening to the world will add immeasurably to the fame and progress of California. AN INCORRECT " REPORT. Two German newspapers, Germania and Die Deutsche Warte, published at Mil- waukee and enjoying a large circulation among Germans, who are very numerous in the Northwest, contained on the 15th ult. a letter from a California correspond- ent, written in response to a request to in- vestigate and report upon the merits of a German colony scheme which has been projected in Nevada County on the narrow- gauge railroad connecting Colfax and Grass Valley, The letter so grossly mis- represents that section and the fruit in- dustry of California and is calculated to work so serious harm to the State that it cannot be permitted to pass unnoticed. TrE CALL is not in possession of any direct information concerning the parti- cular colony concerned, but it has a general knowledgs of that region, of the fruit in- dustry and of the successful working of colonies in California. The assertions made by the letter are in brief these: That the land in the colony is not worth $40 an acre; that in the winter heavy storms of rain and snow occur, the snow seven years ago having failen to the depth of eight or ten feet; that ten acres in fruit cannot support a family, as the people of the sec- tion have their own fruit trees; that spe- cially favorable situations are required for growing late vegetables: that in winter the thermometer ranges from 18 to 28 degrees above zero; that the correspond- entdoes not see how a town in the pro- posed locality can exist, as ‘‘the fruit business in the whole State is very rotten and does not pay many farmers the ex- penses”; that Grass Valley and Nevada City can exist oniy through gold mining, which the correspondent thinks is a most excellent business for persons or com- panies with capital. He winds up with a warning to avoid colonization schemes. Of all the farmers who have established themselves in California the Germans have been the rost successful. They seem pos- sessed of a special order of intelligence that enables them to accomplish wonder- ful results, and they can prosper on a smaller tract of land than any' other people. This letter ignores that fact, and does the race an injustice thereby. It attempis to create the impression that only a home market for fruit exists, de- liberately or in ignorance ignoring the fruit unions.that handle frui¢ in the Eaet- ern markerv and the further fact that only a small part of the product is intended for local consumption. It is true that the fruit industry has been under a cloud, but that was because of the lack of intelligent co-operation in seeking an Eastern market. This machinery is constantly expanding and improving. It is a gross misstatement of fact to say that the fruit business of California is “‘rotten,” Even in its temporarily de- pressed condition it is far more profit- able than any kind of farming in any other part of the United States, and is re- garded as poor simply because the enor- mous profits of a few years ago have been greatly reduced; but they will be surely restored in considerable measure. The foothill region of the Sierra has only re- cently begun to be developed for fruit- growing, and it is found to give astonish- ing results, Hardly any irrigation is required, lands are as yet comparatively cheap, and' the brightest prospects await those who engage in the industry. ‘With regard to colonies, it may be said, in a general way, that the price of land within them must always be higher than that of outside lands for many reasons, including easy terms to purchasers, heavy expenditures for the community interest and other items of expeyse. . The fact that the price of colony lands is comparatively high has no value unless many other fac- tors, including the honesty of the man- agers, is taken into account. THE RAISIN INDUSTRY. The raisin-growers of Fresno have at last realized that there is something wrong in the discrepancy between the prices at which their raisins are seld to Eastern consumers and the amountreceived by the | growers. It is evident the condition of the industry could be greatly improved by turning this discrepancy to the benefit of the growers, and that is what they are now attempting to do. Of course the only way to do this is to organize. Many attempts to accomplish that end have been made in the past, but there has been heretofore a failure to make the agreement binding on all the members, The new plan obviates that difficulty completely, for it is based on the idea which has made the associa- tion of winemakers so strong, raised the prices of their product about 100 per cent and insured a sufficient market with com- paratively small expense in reaching it. ‘Phe plan consists in incorporating the growers, pooling the raisins, establishing one central head for controlling and mar- keting it and abolishing the consignment | plan. This does away with middlemen and commissions. The raisins are to be graded by the central body and the pro- ceeds of sales are to constitute a common | fund, to be distributed in proportion to grade and quantity. Losses, if any, are to be similarly shared. An excellent fea- ture of the plan is to make advances when needed on the delivery of the crop. This will assist picking and the other expenses. Likely it was the early prospect of the Valley road that gave the growers heart to lift their heads and strike for the prosper- ity which the Southern Pacific monopoly has prohibited them from enjoying. The burdensome charges which have been levied were not confined to the rates which the growers had to pay on their product, but of course extended to their supplies and labor. By reason of these exorbitant charges and a low import tariff it has been impossible for some years for the growers to make any money out of what should have been one of the most profit- able industries in California, ana it was this hopeless condition of affairs that | largely explains the inability of the grow- | ers to effect a strong combination in the past. The advent of the Valley road will put an entirely different complexion on the industry. Fresno will be enabled thereby to reach tidewater and the ocean, and that means an exemption to a large extent from the transportation burdens which it has borne in the past. The pros- pects are that the Valley road will reach Fresno in ample time to handle the entire raisin crop of this year. But it is not alone the raisin-growers who will receive the benefit. The outlook for Fresno is ex- ceedingly flattering, and there is every in- dication that it will resume the incom- parable prosperity of a few years ago. PERSONAL. J. Lamson of Shanghel is at the Palace. J. W. Drysdale of San Jose is in the City. Judge S. 8. Holt of Sacramento is in town. Juage 8. F. Geil of Salinas is at the Occiden- tal. P. H. Mack, an attorney of Inyo County, is at the Russ. B. F. Tillinghast, of Davenport, Iows, has ar- rived here. F. D. James, a business man of Japan, is quartered at the Palace. W. R. Louttit of Stockton, ex-Deputy Btate Treasurer, is in the City. Ex-Judge J. M. Walling of Nevada City is recent arrivals here, Prouty, a leading resident of Des . C. Moines, Iowa, is at the Occidental. Schmidt and wife, Charles Stegmaire Forne, all of Wilkes Barre, Pa., are srand. | H.F. Allen, the grocer and commission mer- chant, left on the Monowai yesterday for a visit to Honoluiu. L. 8. Ainsworth, Mrs. Ainsworth and Miss Ainsworth, who have been here for several weeks, will leave for their home in Portland to-morrow. s Captain J. E. Hansen, who has lgng been connected with the Alaska Commercial Com- pany, and who has been running one of the steamers in northern waters, returned here yesterday, after an absence of several months in Europe. Among the arrivals at the Palace last night | was a party consisting of General A. R. T. Dawson of Deadwood; E. W. Giddings Jr., s leading business man of Cripple Creek, and William Lamox and Alton L. Dickerman, wealthy residents of Colorado Springs, who are | interested in Cribple Creek mining. —_— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 7.—Among recent arrivals are: Z, Eldredge, Windsor; C. F. von | Bergen, Morton; G. Chamberlain, Plaza; E. A, Gemble, Coleman; H. R. Piuhl, Gilsey. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. “Every man should give his wife a regular and liberal allowance,” said rij 1y. “Yes,” was the reply. *“It gives s man some place to go and borrow between salary days,”"— Washington Star. Little Boy—Please, I want the doctor to come and see mother. Doctor's Servant—Doctor's out. you come from? Little Boy—What! don’t you know me? Why, we deal with you; we had a baby from here last week.—London Tit-Bits. Bridegroom—My friend Meekes says he is afraid you didn’t like his wedding present. Bride—Certainly I did! Why, I keptitawhole month before I exchanged it.—Puck. A member of a rural school board visited & school under his jurisdiction. When asked to make ¢ few remarks” he said: “Well, children, you reads well and you spells well, but you hain’t sot still.” —Harper's Bazaar. Where do I hear that you have stopped calling upon Miss Roxy,” said one Piitsburg young msn to another. “Yes; the old man kicked about it,” was the reply. “I wouldn't mind that.” “But you don’t know the weight of his foot.”—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. “What is & good way to attract attention?” ‘‘One of the best ways I know is to leave the front door of a streetcar open on & chilly day."—Detrolt Free Press. “Tommy, do you ever play hookey?” No'm; I can’t.” ‘Why can’t you?” “Teacher boards at our house.”—Chicago Record. ; ““Madge, what is a Lenten musicale?"’ “It is & concert where the music is so bad that it drives the audience to seek religious congolation.”—~Chicago Reeord. “‘Who generally gets the last word when one of your conventions gets into an argumeut?” And the lady orator locked pityingly at the mesculine inquirer, and answered: a “There isn’t any last work.”—Washington tar. ‘‘Fannie, 1 have told you time and again not to speak when older persons were talking, but wait until they stop.” “I've tried that already, mamma. They never stop.”—Texes Sifter, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. D.T. Davies, general manager of the moted Carbonado coal mines, at the town of’ Car- bonado in the Cascade Mountains of Washing- ton, is at the Palace. ' These important mines belong to the Paciflc Improvement Company. They are near the Carbon Rigyer, one of the wildest at certain seasons of the year in that region of country. ‘The river has its rise among the glaciers in the vicinity of grim Mount Tacoma. The coal lies in enormous beds, and is of unusual qual- ity. Several hundred men are constantly em- ployed there. A Mr. Davies has had charge of the mines for h cut flowers as they could buy from the ;?ecxlclnl. He saw his opportunity and went to work systematically to import such trees and plants as his experience told him would do well here. He knew just where to get them and his first order was -aimost & shipload of rooted trees, slips and seeds. . To Mr. Rainer belongs the credit of introducing in this State most of the trees and flowers that | were mot indigenous, although now quite common. The beautiful boxwood hedge was his' importation and alsc the magnolix. Ho imported at least a dozen varieties of fruit trees and 2 large number of grapevines. In the way of flowers he brought the first real camellias here and also tulips, fuschias and several dozen varieties of roses. For the first ten years he was here nearly every ship brought him some new variety of plant. For D. T. Davies, the Widely Known Manager of the Big Carbonado Coal Mines. [Sketched from life by a “Call ™ artist.) over'a dozen years. past has been at Tacoms, where the coal is brought by rail for shipment on the Pacific Improvement Company’s steamers. The veteran miner has acquired a considera- ble fortune, partly by reason of investments in Tacoms town lots, when Washington was a Territory and Tacoma scarcely able to be dig- nified by the name of & town. He was at the Palace yesterday conferring with his friend, S. B. Doty of the Pacific Im- provement Company. Jack Deolittle of the Gonld & Doolittle mine and others joined them and they held quite a levee, for several of them had not met for a long while. Mr. Davies is down on a business trip. He will remain several days. He is widely known over the coast. The Carbonado River is at certain seasons filled with salmon and as bears are fairly abundant in the neighboring woods they feast on the salmon, literally, according to the stories of the pioneers, lifting them from' the river with their paws, so plentiful are the fish. MAKING HIS PILE. Early and late he's a-working— Says that's his natural style. He wasn’t cut ont right for shirking; And they say he’s a making his pile. “Married, of course,” I sngzested, Vith fiabies to climb on his knee? : too many doliars invested— H¢'s never had leisure, you see. “No hand for sports—isn’t active; And ask him to go to the play And he'll say it's mighty atiractive, He'd be glad to—on some other day, 1+And suppose you suggest that he's losing The joys that make living worth while; He declares your ldeas are amusinz And asks: “Aln’t I making my pile? “No wife to disoute my dominfon, No children to go to the bad: Give me cash, in my humble opinion, The best friend a man ever had.’ “1¢ you speak of the pleasnres of giving, e puts on a cynical smile, And remarks that ‘you'll learn more by living.’ Poor #0011~ but he’s making his pile.” FRANK PUTNAM in Chicago Times-Herald. CALIFORNIA’S OLDEST FLORIST. The first florist to arrive in California during the height of the gold excitement was Edward Rainer. That was in 1852, and he is still liv- ing in this City at the corner of Folsom and Twentieth streets. He is a hale and hearty man nearly 75 years of age, and entirely wrapped up In his business. In fact, it was his love for his business that resulted in his coming to California. He was born in Ger- many of well-to-do parents, and aiter receiving a first-class education, including a special course 1n botany, was appreuticed fo a florist in Berlin. After his time was up he was given charge of the estate of a prominent Ger- man nobleman, and he did his work so well that in less than @& year he Edward Rainer. [Sketched from lifc by a “Call” artist.] wasmade overseer of the Government Botanical Gardens in Berlin. He studied his work care- fully snd made several mrs for the purpose of !pmnq new specimens of trees and flowers, 'ou:s Rainer was highly pleased and con- tented with his lot, but one day was horrified to learn that he had been drafted to serve four ears in the army. The idea of war was revolt- ng to his nature, and the service also meant separation from his beloved flowers and trees, wbich was unbearaole. He determined to for- sake friends and country, and mede his escape 10 Belgium. There he had charge of several large botanical gardens, and in a few years went to England, He worked in the famous Kew Gardens for over a year, and came to the United States in 1849. Mr. Rainer’s first work in this countr; laying outthe grounds for Governor Morris’ residence in New York. That took him overa year, after which he had several other pieces of work and then came to California by way of the isthmus, When Mr. Rainer arrived in this City in’52 he was surprised to finda t demand for flowers. There were & cou f men in the business, but they simply sold at high prices was His home for some time | everything he brought out he found a reaay sale at any price he had a mind to ask. Peo- ple wanted flowers in profusion and wanted them everywhere. At many of the parties given here between 1835 and 1865 the rooms would be decorated with thousands of dollars’ worth of flowers. Besides raising and selling flowers Mr. Rainer gave considerable attention to laying out rivate grounds, and could make his own price or the work. Nearly all the fine gardens in the City at the time were laid out by him. He also designed and laid out Captain Weber's place at Stockton, Flood's place at Menlo Park, the Ralston place at Belmont, ete. Mr. Rainer was the first person to train and trim the Monterey eypress into a hedge. Mr. Rainer made as much as $5000 a month out of his business in the old days, but now, he says, it don't pay at all. People don’t care for flowers as they used to. Wealthy men lay out their gardens in grass. and many ladies never know what it is to have a fine bouquet. In nature and disposition Mr. Raneir is kindly and gentle, with a strong love for everything in nature. His nursery out on Folsom street does not pay him, he says, and he only cultivates it for the pleasure it gives. He has had it for fiftecn years, and says he could not live without his trees and flowers. He works early and Iate, and looks upon every plant as a friend. Even the birds tnat make their nests in his trees know his feelings for them, for they are perfectly tame and will fly down and perch on his shoulder while he 18 at work. Mr. Raneir’s face has more the appear- ance of a student’s than a workingman’s. His eyes are deep set and thoughtful, and his com- plexion is bronzed by the sun and wind. He says he can do as much work as any man, and all because he has plenty of outdoor exercise. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. REFORM PRESS ASSOCIATION. MORE THAN HALF THE STATES REPRESENTED, RESOLUTIONS PASSED, The National organization of the editors ana publishers of People's party newspapers, known as the Reform Press Association, re- cently met at Dallas, Texas, and & majority of the States were represented. There are now nearly 2000 Populist papers,quite a number of them being dailles. The average weekly circulation is over 1600, making a total weekly circulation of & little over 3,000,000. As the campaign opens it is estimated that over 1000 new papers will be started, and by the Fourth of July it is probable that there will be not less than 3000 of these papers published, with an average circulation of 2000, or a total weekly issue of 6,000.000. Vast numbers of 10-cent pooklets are sold by these newspapers as pre- miums for subscriptions, and some of the more notable speeches of Senators and Representa- tives are issued at 1 cent a copy and circulated by the million. It will be of interest to the readers of THE CALL to have a summary of the resolutions passed by these editors as an indication of What thiey regard as the most pressing issues of the day. Disclaiming any autiority to for- mulate a platform, and congratulaiing the Frty “‘upon the unity and fraternity” of the eform Press Association,and expressing their pride in the “devotion to the principles enun- ciated in the Omaha platiorm” by all these newspavpers, they thus define thelr attitude toward the proposed union of the Populists with silverites and other reform elements: “We congratulate the noble rank and file of the People’s party upon the bright prospects for a union with all the reform forces of the nation without the sacrifice of a vital princi- ple,” and they “look forward to such a union as the brightest ray of hope for the producers and voters of the a; They “aunounce to the world' that they “are in favor of an hon- orable union,” and declare that their ‘‘doors are open to the North, South, East and West, to all who desire the emancipation of our in- dustries and institutions from the rule of the British gold power."” On the ballot, the school question and for- eign immigrs!lon they say: “We will continue to wage a determined fight for a fair ballotand an honest count, and we are a unit in favor of iree schools,” and “we unitedly derrecate the invasion of this country by the pauper labor of Europe, who drive free and honest American toilers from active em?loymem 1nto idleness, want and desperation.” o They “are ];noud of the fidelity, integrity and loyaity” of Populist “legislators, members of Congress and Senators,” and “suggest the die. cussion of the Coxey good roads and non-in- terest bond propositions as an object lesson to the people in gétting money into circulation by employing the unem‘yloyed in making pub- lic improvements and in abolishing usury,” ’_!heyeurxe a c?mpllele oxgnnlsntlon of the party in every precinct in every State, ofslivers ¥ State, and then say ‘‘We stand uncompromisingly in fav free and unlimited coinage olg!{lver by‘;;::}toh: ernment of the United States at the ratio of 16 le‘l’ll}ll:l’i‘lho“t Teference to any other nation on The next resolution is of so m tance, as inaicating the way 1y whiee illmg:ry- .':;5.:{ ;gewcure a nnlon‘;t all reform forces same time rai sue, that 1 give it in full: . — 0" *00 Vital is- R';nuiflng that many of our s the income tax, the referendum, electi, Senators by the people, ownershipof telen?:lyg: and railroads. one term of the tesident, can- not be accomplished without the revision or emendment of the Federal constitution. and that the document Las stood for 109 vears and been amended fifteen times, while all of the older States have changed their organic laws more than once, We recommend that our eqi. demands, such le study and discuss the advisa- favor of & National constitutional convention as preseribed in our Federal constitution. ‘he spirip which &nimates these men is further disclosed by & shori resolution which says: “In the name of ‘humanity and !{ee' government we pledge our unfaitering fidelity to the cause we love and appeal to the lpoo;:fle to send to the National Convention delegates of approved loyalty to the sacred principles \]\e represent and who h\\'!llhnv:')isel, guard the in their 8. of Dallas and the members were recmvedbr'm guests on whom every clnurlles)’;a n;gx‘eigiu e s freely bes 2 Fogpie ol provme;g:[m ASBURY JOHNSON. 11 Essex street, San Francisco. ———— SENATOR - PERKINS' NAMESAKES. A Washington gossiper tells how Senator Perkins of California is in a heap of trouble; owing to certain rash promises that he an_cq made. Fifteen or sixteen years ago he was elected Governor of California, and & remsrk-. ably popular sort of Governor h(_e proved to be; 8o popular, in fact, that houncing baby boys were called by his name in each county. Gov- ernor Perkins heard of every one of these inci- dents. The fond fathersand mothers imaginea the rich young Governor was generously giving up hundreds of dollars in recognition of all these compliments. But, instead of settling on the spot, Mr. Perkins wrote letters to every pair of proud parents, in which he said all manner of nice things, and ended with a flour” ish of promises,.es follows: ‘“When George Perkins Smith is grown let me know, and [will send hiim to college.” He never imagined that he was going to be a Senator from California, with ambitions for_re-election, fifteen OF six teen years later. But there he is, and th letters are coming home to roost. Alr four young men named George Perkins Smith, Jones or something else have put in_ their claims for & college education at the expense of the former Governor. twenty or thirty more of them, “and Il have to honor the: bankrupts me."—New York drafts, even ribune. 15 PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Mme. Nordica and Mre. Clara Louise Kellogg Strakosch are learning to ride the bicycle. Philadelphia boasts of & successful woman ar- chitect. Mrs. Minerva Parker Nichol is her name. Mr. Rudd, one of the great money kings of South Africa, is said to be descended from the alleged father of Louis Philippe. He is proud of his descent from Chiappini. Colonel John 8. Cunningham of North Caro- lina is said to be the owner of the largest to- bacco farm in the United States. He had nearly 3,000,000 hills to cultivate and harvest last year. Among the jewels owned by Calve is a brooch representing a figure of Fame, with jeweled pinions, and the name Victoria in sapphires passing around it in a semicircle. The pin was a gift from the Queen. Fall River claims the smallest voter in the TUnited States in the person of James Gardner, who is only thirty-two inches tall. He was born in England in 1870 aud came to America in 1880, since when he has worked in a millat Fall River. Stephen Salisbury of Worcester, Mass., has given $200,000 with which to build a musenm of fine arts in that city. His desire to save the handsome Worcester Common has induced him to make offers of several other sites for the city hall, which the authorities intend to build on the common. A London journal asks Willlam E. Gladstone to give a satisfactory explanation “of his con- stant use of the article ‘an’ before a vowel which does not require it on the ground of euphony—for example, when he writes eg speaks of ‘an union,’ ‘an European,’ or ‘am useful place,’ ete.” The little King of Spain had for his lesson the other day the mottoes of the different Ea- ropean countries. He got as far as England, and promptly replied, “Dieu et Mon Droit,” and then abruptly asked, “What is the motto of America ?”” Count Z—, who happened to be in the room at the time, answered, ‘“Diea et Mon roe.” The London Athenszum says that Ppfessor Cowell of Cambridge, who has just conlpleted his seventieth year, was presented on his birthday with his portrait, which had been painted at the cost of fifty-six of his old pupils and others who in maturer years have con- tinued to work with him at any of the many languages—Sanskrit, Persian, Pali, Old Welsh, to say nothing of Italian and Spanish—in which he is thoroughly versed. AN ATTRACTIVE SHIRT WAIST. The high turnover collar is & stylish feature of this season’s shirt waists. The one shown above has a pointed yokeback, the fullness in front being gathered into the collar-band, When detachable collarsare desired the neck is simply finished with a straight band sn ineh wide when made: this is supplied with button- holes, corresponding buttonholes teing made in the collar. The cuffs can be arranged in the same way. There isa h_nc{ for different cuffs and collars to be worn with one waist. These may be white, pink, blue, or any color that fancy dice tates to harmonize with the figured goods which is chosen for many waists Jm Season. Some of the handsomest waists are made of all-over embroidered batiste. The detachable stiff cuffs and collars may be left off and sube stituted by a soft crush collar of ribbon. E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. * i e CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c 1b. Townsend's.® —————— GENUINE eyeglasses, 15¢ 1040c. 813¢4th, nr. barber. 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