The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Pafly and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.15 Dally and Sunday CALL, one yeat, by mail.... 6.00 Dafly and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Dally and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CaLL, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday CaLL, one year, by m . 150 WEEKLY CALL, ODe year, by " .50 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Pelepbone.......... .Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street, BRANCH OFFICES 580 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open untll 30 o'clock. 839 Hayes street; open unti 718 Larkin street; open unti SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open entil § o'clock, 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 8 o'clock. QOAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadwsy. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Bow, New York Oity. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. .Maln-1874 TUESDAY MARCH 24, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. _— It is now ‘‘Greater Los Angeles,”’ and here is luck to the combination. Even when thrown into the sea the busi- ness records of the monopolies won’t wash. The work of the Senate on the Cuban question seems less like getting up steam than blowing it off. It seems the monopoly cinch did drop one twenty-dollar piece, but 1t took a cir- cus to get away with it. Germany seems to think that England is helping Italy, but it may turn out that England is only helping herself. There are some refunding schemes that are worse than others, but it was evidently a hard strain on the bosses to devise them. New York Republicans will stand for protection, reciprocity ‘and’ Morton and are sure to win atleast two out of the three. Democratic leaders may flirta little with the Presidential nomination, but none of them show any great desire to be wedded to it. A unanimous vote in Congress for coast defenses and naval expansion would be the best way tocap the climax of the war talk. The new refunding bill to be drawn up will be new in nothing except the dress, and that will probably serve it for the funeral. Unless something unexpected happens this will be a dull week in Congress, as sue in sight has had the edge worn off long ago. Every day Bayard stays in office after receiving the censure of the House of Rep- resentatives will add to the censure he gets from the people. The oscillation in Nicaragua has begun to swing forward again at a great rate, and may manage to get around the circle and make a revolution after all. The Spaniards have about arrived at the conclusion that the expenditure of money to enable €olumbus to discover the West Indies was a financial mistake. If Democracy can find no other Presi- dential bud that will blossonfa trial should be made of Dan Lamont. He appears to be a daisy that would bloom anywhere. The British proposal to settie by arbiira- tion all disputes with the United States is bardly comprehensive enough. It should be made to includedisputes with all Amer- ica. Whitney’s unwillingness to make the race for the Presidency isno reason why he should not accept the Democratic nom- ination. The man who acceptsitis not going to be in the race The President of the Swiss republic has been so often calied upon to act in the set- tlement of international disputes that he will probably begin to regard himself after awhile as the natural arbiter of the na- tions. Some enterprising fellows over the border have set up the cry of *‘Free Canada,” but while it sounds about as well as *“‘free Cuba’ it has not been shouted loud enough yet to make the welkin ring or rouse the gleeping lion. . The City Hall gang in Chicago, which has been swindling people by forged assessments, ought to receive the highest penalty known to the code. When - the poor taxpayer has been already fleeced by law, it is absolutely fiendish to skin him by fraud. The next big debate in the Senate will probably be on the report of the commit- tee recommending an amendment to the constitution providing for an election of Benators by & directvote of the people, but 1t 1s not likely, however, to be anything more than a debate. As revorts come in from Republican conventions held in various parts of the Union it becomes more certain that the party platform will declare for bimetal- lism as well as for protection, and that the candidate who leads on tke first ballot will hardly be the leader on the ast. It seems evident that the British exve- dition up the Nile for the relief of the 1talian colonies wouid not have been un- dertaken without the assured support of Germany and Austria, and out of this agreement there may yet come an alliance strong enough to take steps for the relief of Armenia. A proposal in Congress to cede a large area of land in Nebraska to that State on condition that a system of irrigation be provided has been denounced by cattle- grazers as a land-grabbing scheme, and it probably is, but it would be better to have it grabbed, irrigated and. settled than left arid and tenantless. Before we talk any more of the decay of American eloquence let us pause and con- sider that passage in the speech of Willis of Delaware in wbich he spoke of ‘‘the sunburnt American farmer with his bronzed cheeks, painted with pigments of the sky, his nerves and muscles as strong as those of Hercules, his every sinew hardened with honest toil, his blood as pure as the waters of Castalia, with feet as winged as Mer- cury’s_as he goes to his morning toil, brushing the dew off the grass by the hedgerows, filled with the ozone of God and feeling himself a man.” ORIENTAL COMPETITION. Colonel John A. Cockerill, who has been traveling in the Orient as a correspondent of the New York Herald, gives an account of such adegree of manufgcturing progress in those countries as renders it certain they awill seon- be making all the goods,they neea for home use and before long will be large: dompetiters in-/th& marketsiof the world. Describing in a trecent letter the activity | that prevails at Shanghai Colonel Cockerill says: VA bit of real estate which might have been picked up three years ago for a matter of $100 wiil sell in the open market to-day for $1000. Three years ago there were only three silk filatures in Shanghsi. To-aay one finds thirty, employing from 800 to 2000 people each. Al- ready the city is blagk with the smoke from cotton factories, shops and foundries, and four big mfils are in.processof erection. The Inter- national Cotton Company, which is practically the American Trading Company, is well ad- vanced with & new mill, which will operate 40,000 spindles. The cotton-raising industry has been greatly stimulated and, thanks to the liberality of Japan in the making of the Shi- monoseki treaty, Eastern China will soon hum with machinery if governmental stability can be secured. The facts thus stated are interesting as the report of the latest observer, butin the main they embody nothing new. It has been known for a long time that China has been forging rapidly ahead as a man- ufacturing country, and some of the abler British . consuls in the Orient have repeat- edly warned the manufacturers of Great Britain of the coming competition. Some of them have done more than that. They have pointed out the advantage possessed by China and Japan in the use of silver as the standard of monetary value, and have given the Brtish peopleé full notice that unless the Indian mints were reopened for the free coinage of silver it would not be long before the Indian mills would be closed and the manuifacturing for the Orient would be done exclusively by silver- using people. The predictions of these astute consuls who have studied the rivalry between the industries of the gold standard and the silver standard countries on the ground where they come into closest competition and struggle hardest for supremacy are nearing fulfillment. There have been de- pressions, hard times and industrial dull- ness in every gold-standard country, and, on the other hand, where the silver stand- ard prevails, even when the people are among the least enterprising of races, there is activity, progressand an unwonted prosperity. This condition of affairs has a plain moral for the American people. We must have the free coinage of silver as well as a protective. tariff, if we would maintain the welfare of our workingmen and advance our industries. The issue may be’ postponed for a time, but it must be faced in the near future, and the sooner it is prepared for the better. WHITNEY'S CHARGES. Caspar Whitney, a sporting gentleman who constitutea himself an ‘investigator and judge of amateur sportsmanship in California, has been expressing himself freely in the East regarding what he de- clares to be unsportsmanlike practices of the San Francisco Olympic Club. His ad- verse criticism, when reduced to its essen- tials, is that the club is too liberal a patron of baseball and football, and that the club’s football nine is composed of profes- sional players and is not an amateur club in the highest sense. It is pleasing to note Mr. Whitney’s high commendation of the sports fostered by the State and Stanford universities. Mr. Whitney might have said many things to the advantage of the Olympic Club while showing so earnest a disposi- tion to attack it on trivial and disputable grounds. It is presumably the custom for ball clubs to employ expert coaches and some players whose skill will increase the club’s efficiency. That is bardly worthy of discussion. Some matters of far greater interest present ihemselves for considera- tion. Before the Olympic Club attained to its present dignity and importance San Fran- cisco kad an unpleasant reputation asa center for ‘‘slogging matches.”” Disgrace- ful meetings politely called glove contests, and sometimes resulting in brutal fights and the death of a contestant, were of too frequent occurrence. The community was in revolt. A true sporting sentiment, de- termined to abolish the stain on the repu- tation of the City, concentrated in the Olympic Club. The membership rapidly increased and soon embraced many of the leading men of town. The club erected one of the handsomest and most com- pletely equipped clubhousesin the United States, and near the park bought ‘and fitted up extensive grounds for athletic games. The heavy dues and assessments made membership in the club something of a luxury, but the elegance, comfort and completeness of the club constituted it the focus of fine and wholesome sportsman- ship and crushed out the nalf-shady or- ganizations which had given San Fran- cisco an unpleasant notoriety. An im- portant subsidiary enterprise growing out of the club’s organization was a heavy in- vesfment in a plant for pumping salt water from the ocean into the heart of the City, and it was this that made the Olym- pic and Lurline salt water swimming baths possible. If the Olympic Club has pursued an offensive course the most enlightened ele- ments of our population have not discov- ered the fact. The club is not an object of criticism by any of the religious, moral and good government organizations of the City. It is regardea here as a useful and wholesome institution, embracing in its membership many of the .best citizens. The work of its skillful instructors in ad- vancing the physical culture of the people is déemed an'excellent thing. Mr. Caspar Whitney would have to search long before he could find a club which has accom- plished so much for the health and pleas- ure of iis community. THE RAILROAD BILL. It is evident that the sub-committee of the House Committee on Pacific Roads will report to the general committee, and that the general committee will report to the House, a bill for the funding ot the debt that will embody the salient features of the Frye ana Smith bills. Such is the fore- cast of THE CaLl’s Washington corre- spondent, and it is what has been expected in California. Such a bill will likely pro- vide for a re-funding of the debtat 2 per cent interest and for gradual extinction covering a period of fifty years, the prin- cipal and accumulated interest to consti- tute the basis of the re-funded debt. In other words, it seems reasonable now to assume that the bill will be entirely in the interest of the Southern Pacitic Company. A considerable time must elapse before the House will take final action on the | measyre. This, however, presents the best -opportunity for making a stand. Most of the Congressmen from California may be d;pended upon to stand vigorously for the right, and the others may not be expected to destroy their political prospects by ex- fare of their constituents. There will un- | doubtedly be such a rattling of dry bones hibiting a violent opposition to the wel-|. on the floor of the House as has not been witnessed in many a day. Those who are loyal to rightcannot afford to miss this brilliant opportunity for distinguishing themselves. In the Senate committee & wide breach has occurred. Even though the majority may report a bill fayorable to Mr. Hunt- ington, Senator Morgan undoubtedly will present a minority report, and that will precipitate a conflict. No disposition has yet been made of hisresolution in the Sen- ate directing the committee to report a bill favoring Government control, and a con- test must first be had on that measure. Thus, while- the House committee will probably have plain-sailing, the Senate committee is bopelessly divided and is blocked by Morgan. Mr. Huntington’s victory is not yet in sight. The great thing for California would be the introduction of overland com- petition. Mr. Huntington's assertion that this already exists falls before the fact that because the three great arms of his railroad system center in Cali- fornia he can and does maintain absolute dictatorship over the ‘‘competing’ lines that nibble at the heels of his traffic. He is master of the situation, beyond any question. In the exercise of tnat power he renders the development of California slow and uncertain. Should the Government, unhampered by any Congressional interfer- ence, proceed to foreclose its debt and in pursuance of that course offer the delin- quent roads for sale, some great Eastern company unquestionably would buy them. That would break the Southern Pacific monopoly and relieve California of the burden which prohibits its progress. ON BEHALF OF RECIPROCITY. ‘The third section of the tariff act of 1890— the McKinley bill—contained a provi- sion to this effect, that with a view to se- cure reciprocal trade with countries pro- ducing five specified articles then on the free list—namely, sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides—if such countries should impose any undue exactions upon Ameri- can products the President should be authorized to remove any or all of the five articles named from our free list, and that thereafter import duties should be imposed according to a schedule fixed in the sec- tion referred to. This piece of legislation wascommended in the highest terms by publicists in nearly every country in Europe, though the exporters 1n such countries objected, but solely on personal and selfish grounds. The dignity and standing of the United States were preserved by the making of an offer which might be accepted or rejected, and the wisdom and shrewdness of the plan were shown by almost immediate re- sults. Our trade with the countries south of us grew at once at an unprece- dented rate and a market was found for our home products beneficial alike to the producer and the consumer. This plan was so successful as to excite Democratic jealousy, and for no reason possible to conceive except the desire of the Democratic party to undo all that the Republicans had accomplished for the good of the country, this reciprocity clause was repealed in 1894 by the free- traders, and the result was a serious loss to the producers of the United States, especially the farmers. Now comes a petition to the subscom- mittee of the House Committee on Ways and Means, from the American National Association of Farmers, signed by T. C. Zarich, which makes interesting reading for those who are interested in the pros- perity of this country. Mr. Zarich points out that before the act of 1890 Spain, in order to control the trade of her West Indian colonies, imposed a duty of nearly $5 50a barrel on American flour, or about 100 per cent, but under the convention which resulted from section 3 of the Mc- Kinlev bill, the duty was reduced to $1 per 220 pounds, large reductions were made in the duties on other breadstuffs, the duties on fifteen leading commodities were reduced one-half, and about forty articles were added to the free list. Thereupon our trade with Cuba ad- vanced by leaps and bounds, so that un- der the three. years of the McKinley bill our export trade increased some $8,000,000, and our mmport trade $14,000,000. The moment the law of 1894 was passed abro- gating this treaty or convention Spain ad- vanced the duty on flour to $4 75 per 220 pounds, which is almost a prohibitory rate. Nor does Mr. Zarich confine himself to the producers of farm products. He shows that among those directly interested in reciprocity are manufacturers of carpets, drugs, streetcars, engines, iron steam gene- rators, linseed oil, mattresses, silk, agri- cultural machinery and tricycles, and this we may be certain by no means exhausts the list. The simple truth is that there never was a more monumental exhibition of Democratic ignorance and stupidity than the repeal of the so-called reciprocity clauses of the McKinley bill, and whatever else the present Congress may do it should restore those clauses or an equivalent to the tariff law, and throw the respousibil- ity of disapproving them, if he dare take it, upon a Democratic President. THE TUOLUMNE RIVER. The legislative act which gave Boards of Supervisors authority to declare the streams traversing their counties public highways has given rise to a perplexing condition of affairs with reference to the Tuolumne River. This question might never have arisen had 1t not been for the fact that a lumber company has applied to the Supervisors having the exercise of this power to declare the river a public high- way in order that it might be used for floating logs. The company—which, it is asserted, is composed of Eastern men having no interest in the development of California—has acquired large timber in- terests in the mountains and is trying to find an easy and inexpensive means of sending the logs to market. Asa conse- quence a feeling has been roused in Tuo- lumne County, and the probabilities are that trouble will come out; of the affair. Tue CavLy has no particular information regarding the merits of this controversy, but it is sufficiently aware of the broader needs'of California to be able to state cer- tain general propositions which deeply concern the permanent welfare of the State. The difficulty which has arisen over the Tuolumne River proposition covers the following matters: 1. If the declaring of a river to be a public highway should cause its use to be prejudicial to more important interests which would be served by not declaring it to be a public highway, then such{declara- tion would be manifestly unwise. 2. The declaration that a river is a pub- lic highway would not necessarily mean that as such highway, the river should be used for floating logs. 8. Those rivers in California which are |. | dog. ‘I've tried a dozen times to give him not adapted for vessels employed in the transportation of ffeight and passengers, oreither, might yet serve a very usefnl purpose in furnishing irrigation facilities’ and the generation of electrical energy for industrial nses. RS 4. In any particular case, therefore, it will be a question whether, if the riveris declared a public highway for the purpose of permitting it logs, such- use is river migh} be put, In.other words, if it would be better for the peoplé whom the Tuolumne River serves to have lumber than irrigation and electric power, then there might be a rea- son for turning the river gver to a lumber company. As the upper hes - of the Tuolumne bear an important relation to mining and the lower to agriculture, and as irrigation is unmistakably the prime consideration. in (aliforma_farming, it] seems that ‘those having the Tuolumne Riverin charge have a serious responsi- bility which no local ' governing -body tp be used for floating ‘the best to which the | should be permitted to exercise without some Sort of restrgint. - — s "~ PERSONAL. D. R. Bender of Carson is in town. ~ ~ Dr.G. B. Cole of Medford, Or., is in the City. | ~J. W. 8mith of Los Angeles it at the Cosmo- politan. “H. Prince, s businéss man of Monterey, is m the City. ; Dr. J. F. Hartley of Antioch is among recent arrivals here. A. Heineman, a civil engineer of Portland, isat the Russ. S.T, Brutch a merchant of Reno, is at the Cosmopolitan. J. W. Brown and M, A. Farmer, merchants of Los Angeles, are at the Grand. Tom T. Lane, superintendent of the Utica mine at Angels, is at the Palace. J. W. Brin, a wealthy cattle-owner of Wil- 1iams, Ariz., is here on a business trip. R. P. Keating, the mining superintendent of Virginia City, was among yesterday’s arrivals here. H. W. Gorham of Gola Hill, Nev., who for- merly resided in San Franeisco, arrived here yesterday. Nellie McHenry, well known on the Califor- nia stage, returned here yesterday. Sheisat the Pelace. ‘Dr. E. B. Perrin, who has extensive landed interests near Fresno and at other placesin the State, is at the California. Mrs. Clara Foltz, the well-known lady attor- ney, formerly of this City and now of N York, is here on a flying visit. m.\ Superior Judge J. D. Goodwin of Plui County is here on a leave of absence from high altitudes, and is stopping at the Occidental. A prominent party of Chicago people, con- sisting of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buhl and Mrs. Conrad Sepp and Miss Elsa Sepp, are af the Palace. W.R.Cody of Portland, traveling agent of the Cosmopoiitan Hotel of this City and also of the Quimby House of Portland, is &t the Cosmo- politan. George W. Wheeler, a wealthy resident of Farmington, Me., is atthe Occidental, accom- panied by his wife. They are in California for pleasure. W.R. Suape and R. D. Warm, business men and claim-owners of the booming camp of Cripple Creek, are in the City. They have been on a visit to Southern California. R. C. Sargeant ‘of Stockton, who has exten- sive areas of San Joaguin lands and many other interests, and who lately offered a large site for the location of the Wilmerding School at Stockton, is at the Russ, Lloyd Tevis has returned here from New York after a long absence. He says his partner, James B. Haggin, who has for some time past been ill, is now able to get about on crutches. He says Mr. Haggin is improving rapidly. E. C. Farnsworth of Bradley & Farnsworth, the prominent attorneys of Visalia, is at the Lick. Heis a firm supporter of the Valley Railroad, and believes it will do great things, not only for Visalia, but for the whole of the San Joaquin Valley. He will be here several days, CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 23.—Miss Arthur was among the passengers who sailed on the steamship Etruria for Liverpool. 'Aug. Berg, Miss Virginia Dusenberg, J. Louis Feitchmann, Louis Kahilbaum and Miss'A. Widemann were among the passengers who sailed on the steam- ship Havel for Bremen. Among recent arrivals are: 1. H. Brice, Windsor; W. B. Bradford, Imperial; J. N. Day, Grand; C. J. Swift and wife, Park Avenue; M. L. Bronson, Plaza; M. 1. Calin, Imperial; Rev. 8. Daborich, Coleman; the Misses Hopkins, Miss M. 8. Scott,W. P. Scott, Holland; J. P. Morgan, Continental; J, F. Val- entine, Ashland; R. Williams, Sturtevant; W. 'W. Wilson and wife, Grand. A CALIFORNIA® IDYL. A road-runver aodged in the chaparral As a coin will slip from the band of a wizard; A black wasp droned by his sun-baked cell. While flat on the stone lay a Nile-green lizard, And a wolf in the rift of a sycamore Sat gray as a monk at the mission door. A ufiehen scratched 'mong the cactus spike, And high in the sky was the nodn sun’s glamor, ‘While steady as ever rose anvil-strike Came the rat-tat-tat of & yellow-hammer; And a shy guail lowered his crested head To the dust-lined sweep of adry creek’s bed. And out of the earth a tarantula crépt On his hairy legs to the road’s white level, With eyes where a demon’s malice slept And the general air of an unchained devil. ‘While a rattlesnake by a dusty trail Lay coiled in & mat of mottled scale. Then the gray wolf sprang on the sagehen there, And the lizard spapped at the wasp and caught him: ‘While the spider fled to his sheltering lair As though a shadowy foeman sought him; And the road-runner slipped from the wayside brake And struck his beak through the rattlesnake, 3 ERNEST MCGAFFEY.. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.: BAKER MONUMENT FUND. To the Editor of The Call—SiR: Now that we are likely to have that monument to Grant, af- ter many years, one of your subscribers would like to inquire about the Colonel E. D. Baker monument fund, which was raised many years 0. and suggest that it be "mAurmI 2 while there are yet living some of the original subscribers. Let the commiitee make some sign whereby the public. may know that at least they still live. B. Oakland, March 23, 1896. —_——— CURRENT HUMOR. #“Well,”” said Snaggs, “1 think many dogs have more sense than their masters.” “Yes,” chimmed in Craggs. “I have & dog like that myself.” (And yet he couldn’t make out why they laughed.)—Tit-Bits. “Her flancee is a pronounced brunette, is he not?” said one young womafi. ¢No,” replied the other; ‘“he is & Russian. He can be spelled, but not pronounced.”— ‘Washington Star. Robinson—How about that note I hold of yours, Brown? I've had it so long that ‘whiskers are beginning to grow on it. Brown—Why don’t you get it shaved, then.— Texas Siftings. “My dear. if you know how shocking some of your advanced ideas are to other people, I don’t believe you would offer them quite so freely.” % #¢Oh, Jahn! Are they, really ? That’s the first word of honest encouragement 1've had.”—De- troit News. 5 “I can’t understand why Jolliver gave up writing poetry. He was doing great work.” “He gave it up as soon as he saw the statues people erect to deceased poets. He was afraid they’d put up a brass cartoon of him if he kept on."—Harper’s Bazar, “My daughter sweeps the floor,” the mother 'was saying, when the young man interrupted her. “What a prize such a girl is in these degener- ate days! #“Yes; she sweeps the floor with her ball ‘dresses, while I stay at home to wield the ‘broom.”—Detroit Free Press. Hojack—I don’t know what to do. with that away, but no one will have him.. 3 ' Tomdik—Tried to give him away,did you? ‘That's no way to get rid of a dog. Ask $45 $50 for him.—Puck. R. R. Official—You may not believe it, but this dining-car cost $20,000. SRR Plajritree—How long has it been running? . “Just a week.”’ “Paid for lwself yet?”—Life, | alone. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Theodore Grneninger arrived recently from Guatemsla. Central America, where ne spent four months in looking about the country. He Teports considerable activity in railroad build- ing in that country. The Guatemalan Govern- ment has already completed seventy-five miles of the trans-isthmian railroad from the Atlantic side, its terminus being Livingstone, and ex- pects to finish the road to the Pacific Ocean in about twe years, the total Gistance from ocean 1o ocean being 850;miles. The Government has been aided in the work by Muller & Thompson of Hamburg, Germany, who'last November loaned to the Government £658,500, or $3,202,500, on 4 per cent bonds. El Progreso Nacional heads the an- nouncement of the loan in large black letters, with “El Ferrocarril del Norte. Su pronta con- clusion esta asegurada. La Republica es du- enade su porvenir.” . “The Railroad of the North.' its speedy completion is assured. The Repliblic'is mistress of her future.” - Collis P. Huntington owns a railroad in that gountry running from San Jose to Guatemala ana passing through Escuintla. He has now started in to build a switch road from Escuintls to Retalhtileo to tap the coffee plantations in that vicinity. Retalhuleo is on -a riyal line paralleling Huntington’s, sbout seventy-five miles away, and running from Champerico to San Felipe and Columbo. Huntington formerly owned the controlling interest in this line, which connects with the rich.coffee district, but German capitalists bought up the majority of the bonds and they noy own'the road, one- half of theroad being owned by a German Jew named Meyer. Native labor is cheap, farm laborers receiv- ing 25 cents per day and boarding themselves. They are allowed the use of & small piece of land, on which they raise be: nd from two to three crops of corn per year. Their diet is corn in the form of tortillas, or pancakes, and beans cooked with red peppers and called {frijoles. Germans have almost & monopoly of the business of the country. One planter named Hochmeyer shipped last year 15,000 sacks of coffee at $25 per sack, making the total value of the output $375,000. . Notwithstanding the low rate of wages. paid farm hands, it costs $5 a day for board and room in the leading hotel in- the city of Guatemala. Insecond-class hotels the board 18 $15 per week. Guatemala itself is a high city in the mountains, and the air is thin and bracing. Imported beer costs 62! cents per pint, and ordinary claret $150 per quart bottle. There are 80,000 inhabitants and no tramps there. During Mr. Grueniuger's stay he never heard of & crime of violence com- mitted in the city, and never heard & brawl or other public disturbance. £ The police wear blue uniforms and brass buttons, with belts and clubs snd revolvers. The penalty for feeling good and singing in the | streets at night is a fine of $20. The Guate- malsans are bound to have peace. A DRESS WORN WITH GUIMPES. | Dresses to be worn with guimpes are pre- ferred by many to those which are- entirely of the one fabric, as the white guimpes look daintily childlike. . The one shown here has a quaint little waist to which the skirt is gathered. Cashmeres are liked for these little gowns and may be had in many pretty shades. E Albatross is a soft delicate and yet service- able fabricin young children’s gowns. The mixed-wool goods of lighter weight are ed with trimmings of band lace on the waist and epaulettes. Cotton cheviots make service- able dresses and launder beautifully. Some of the new cotton crepons are shown in very deli- cate colorings which nevertheless wash well. ‘ VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. Let Bad Enough Alone. San Jose Mercury. Parson Brown has commenced it all over again, Why can't hé let bad enough alone ? The Long and Short of It. Portland Sunday Welcone. Some of ‘the tallest men of Portland these days are the “shortest.™ Advice From Russia. Santa Ana Standard. Russia ‘kindly advises Italy to let Abyssinia Since the last great battle, in which the Italian army was almost annihilated, it looks as though the advice was well timed. England Harasses America. Santa Clara News, The misfortunes of Mexico are continuous. Lord Sholto Douglas is going to infest that stricken country next. This is another ilius- tration of England’s disposition to harass weaker gonmmenu. ‘The Powerful Munadnock. Los Angeles Times. The monitor Monodnock offers a very small ‘mark for the guns of an enemy, while the pene- trating power of her own guns is sufficient to sink any snip afloat. The Monitor type of ves- sel will always have a place of tender regard in the minds ‘of Americans, as it will always have the hearty respect of its foes. Cleveland’s Campaign Material. Stockton Mail. The sdministration in adding $262,000,000 to the country’s interest-bearing debt has fur- nighed excellent campaign material to the— Republicans. By all means let us indorse the marvelous financiering of the firm of Cleve- land &. Carlisle. The country will never see its like again after those gentlemen retire. The Tale the Figures Tell. Bodie Mining Index. Careful statisticians estimate that duringthe first two yearsof Cleveland our national wealth has decreased almost $3,000,000,000, or more than the entire cost of the civil war. The his- tory of mank ind furnishes no parallel for this hldyeonl wrecking of & national prosperity. In its grim and ghastly enormity it stands soli- tary and alone. Only the immense wealth which thirty years of Republican rule had ac- cumulated saved the nation from uiter bank- ruptey and despair. Shoot or Give Up the Gun. Baden Enterprise. ‘When the Supervisors of this county granted the San Francisco and San Mateo Eleciric Railway a franchise on Mission road they made a bed bargain for the people. For months no attempt has been made to run the electric cars farther that Holy Cross Cemetery, and a shower of rain is sufficient to stop them at Cypress Lawn or Colma. This corporation should be required to run their cars to the end of their line apd to fulfill the terms of their contract ‘with the people in every respect, or.their char- ter should be forfeited. ' Must Pay Their Taxes. San Francisco Star. For many long years the Southern Pacific shifted its status as the situstion required. When. the laws of the State were to be carried out to its disadvantage, it was a Federal cor- poration, and when sought to be -reached or | through the Federal courts, it-was a State cor- poration. This d is now terminated and Phe Unitea States s reme Court says it mu: pay 1ts taxes. The nzxt prmedltg will bé-(wl: lnpnuupo ‘try and dodge them “by fresh suits in the State courts, as the Southern c's -‘motto is, “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.” We don’t “‘hooray” much over the decision, as the right of the people to tax the road is not a millionth partof the im- portance that it is to prevent the road from taxing the people. e AMSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. No PREMIUM OFFERED—S., Coluss, Cal. No premium is offered fora half dollar of 1819 or one of 1827. A M1LuioN STAMPs—W. D., City. The United States Government does not purchase a million ‘canceled postage stamps, as it is not engaged in the second-hand stamp business. FIrzstuyMONs—O. S, City. Robert Fitzsim- mons, the pugilist, was born in Elston, Corn- wall, England, June 4, 1862, consequently next June he will be 34 years of age. PALMER-PLIMMER—F. M., City. On the 25th of November, 1895, ‘‘Peddier” Palmer. beat Billy Plimmer for a purse of $2000 in fourteen {:u‘;lds in fifty-four minutes, London, Eng- nd. FITz81MMONS-CHOYNSKI—D. H., Benicia, Cal. The fight between Bob Fitzsimmons and Jo ‘Choynski took place 1n Boston, Mass., June 17, 1894. It was declared s draw, because after the fifth round the police interfered. For THE STAGE—J. Mec., City. If you desire to ‘prepare yourself for the stage you had better call on the manager of a theater and he will ®ive you the necessary advice. This depart- ment” cannot advertise those whu insiruct stage-struck people. BUREAU OF HIGHWAYS—A. 8., Stanford Uni- versity, Palo Alto, Cal. By communication with E. Myron Wolf, secretary of the State Bureau of Highways, State Capitol at Sacra- mento, you wfil receive all information about the report of the convention of that body held last month. VALUE oF CorNs—Inquirer, Encondido, Csl. Ten to 25 cents is offered for a half-cent (U. §.) of 1800. Dealers offer to sell five-franc pieces of 1822 with figure of Louis XVIIIat$1 75 to 50. The description of the other coins in {eur communication is too indefinite to locate hem in the catalogues. YELLOW CARNATION—E., Mount Bullfon, Mari- posa County, Cal. Yes: there are yellow car- nations, From the caryophylus, under the in- fluence of cultivation, have been’ derived all the splendid varieties of carnations, whose flowers are of all possible colors and combina- tions of colors except blue. To Cooks INLET—H. B. E., Mill Valley, Marin County. An advertisement has appeared in the dally papers recently announcing the fact that a schooner was being fitted up for a trin to Cooks Inlet, but as this department does not advertise private enterprises, it cannot furnish the desired information. DURRANT'S SECOND TRiAL—L. G., Santa Rosa, Cal. Whether Theodore Durrant will have-a second trial is uncertain, as his case is now before the Supreme Court, and there is no knowing what that body may decide, nor is there any way of determining when a second trial will take place should he be granted a new trial, but it is safe to say that abouta year will elapse before & decision is reached. OCTAGONAL DoLLARS—N. B., San Jose, Cal. Gold dollars of octagonal shape were never coined in the mints of the United States. They were issued by private mints and jewelers in San Francisco. in the early days. Some were made as late as 1875. Collectors of coins do not make any offer to purchase any of these, but they have them for sale anc charge from $3 75 to $4 for each, according to date, variety and stateof preservation. BUILDINGS—C. A. J,, City. Whether the Mills and the Crocker buildings -will stand “being kept in constant repair, barring earthquakes and acts of Providence,” 200 or 2000 years answers to correspondents cannot say, not be- ing endowed with the gift of prognostication. There are no buildings that were erected 200 years or more ago of the same materials or combination of similar materials as used in the two buildings named by which you could form an idea as to how long these two build- ings might stand. QuoTATIONS—Gwendolyn, City. As you do not state in your communication the character of quotations you desire it is impossible to know exactly what you do desire. “Many Thoughts of Many Minds,” two volumes; “Familiar .Quotations,” by Grocott; “Latin Quotations,” ‘“‘Quotations From Greek Au- thors” and “‘Quotations From the German and Spanish,” with English translations by Tate, and “Familiar Quotations From French and Italian Authors,” to be had at the libraries, will furnish you more than 5000 quotations to select from. THE - PEMBERTON -DisasTER—Old Vet., Yount- ville, Napa County, Cal. The Pemberton Cot- ton-mills, in Lawrence, Mass., were built in 1853, had a capacity of 950 hands, had 650 looms, 29,000 spindles, and when in full opera- tion consumed 60,000 pounds of cotton per day. On the 10th of January, 1860, while the machinery was in motion, the main build- ing. without & moment’s warning, collapsed, and conflagration followed. There were 700 people in the bufiding at the time. Seventy- seven were killed outright, 134 were mere or less injured, and of this number 14 subse- quently died. CHINESE BRACELETS—C. K,, City. The brace- lets so commonly worn by Chinese are of nephrite or jade, a change of feldspar by & process of saussuritization which is a conver- sion into saussurite, a term used by some lithologists in deseribing certain metamorphic changes in various feidspars. The reason that it is so universally used by the Chinese is that they attribute to it a certain virtue, namely, that of being a preventive of renal disease. In ancient times it was considered a sure safe- guard against atiacks of nephritis, hence its name nephrite. These bracelets are a fad among a certain class of white people because they are Chinese. 2 STOCKHOLDERS—C., Napa, Cal. The law of this State says that each stockholder ina corporation is individually liable for such-pro- portion of its debts and liabilities as the amount of stock or shares owned by him bear to the whole of ‘the subscribed capital stock or shares of the corporation, and for a like pro- portion of each debt or claim against the cor- oration. In a recent case the Supreme Court eld that & stockholder could not be held li- able beyond the proportion of the.stock he owns to the capital stock of the corporation. An action’ against a stockholder should be commenced in the place in which the corpora- tion has its headquarters. A CoxTraCT—Steno, City. A contract be- tween an employer and an employe depends upon the language used at the time the em- ploye is engaged. If the employer should say “I'will engage you and pay you at the rate of $50 per month,” that would be one proposi- tion, but if he should say, “I will engage you by the month and pay you $50 each month,” that would be another proposition. In the first case he would have the right to dismiss his employe at any time and pay him only for such time as he worked. In the other case he would be bound by his contract and it is prob- able that & court would compel him to pay the employe a full month’s salery if he should discharge him without cause before the month was up. ENGLAND’S REVENUE—M. P. M., Oakland, Cal. The actual net income of England for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1895,was £101,697,305, which includes the payment to local taxation. The sources of revenue were from-(the amounts being in pounds sterling) customs 20,118,090, excise 26,050,000; stamps, including fee, etc., 14,440,000; land tax 1,015,000, house duty 1,535,000, fl'opert and income tax 15,600,- 000, postoffice 10,760, telegraph 2,580,000, crown lands (net) 410,000, fees and stamps 823,724, interest on advances 17,981, interest on Suez shares 394,995, other receipts from civil departments 1,042,652, loeal taxation 7,013,542. The gross amountof customs was 0,600,029. The ‘custom tariff is on beer, cards, chicory, chloral hydrate, chloroform, cocon, coffee, ‘collodion, confectichery, ether, ethyle (iodide of), fruit dried, naphtha, soap, spirits, tea, tobacco, varnish, wine. . . NATURALIZATION—A. C. R., Berkeley, Cal. An alien who has served in the army of the United States and who has been honorably discharged therefrom may become a citizen on his peti- tion without any previous declaration, pro- vided he has resided in the United States at least one year previous to his application ana 1s of good moral character. It has been judi- cially decided that the residence of one'year in a particular State is not requisite. The ap- plicant. must prove by witnesses that he re- sided in the United States one year before he applied for naturalization papers. A man who. served three xem in the army, was honora- 1 e%kfi)hl“ and has since his discharge re- tain his T8 on application at any time, he must have besiaes his dischargs papers i’ nesses-to-prove that he resided at least one year in the United States before making his application. ' i = THE MARKET-STREET ROAD—J. W., Thermalito, Cal. The San Francisco and Market-streat Railroad Company, the first street railroad in San Francisco, was incorporated in 1837, the work of grading was commence 1 in May, 1859, the first rails were laid June 7 and on the 4th of\July, 1860, the first experimeatal trip was | made from the terminus at Valencia and Center street, a:w Sixteanth, to Market, near Drumm. Afew days railroad was opened for 've years in San Francisco can ob- | traffic” thereafter the cars ran bejond regular 1! mtrance to the Wil- fii‘!‘v’:.gl:gle:;fi:g fi\ae“;: fil&on streel b.t?;:: Tighteenth and Twentieth. The cars 8! inutes from 6:30,4n th f::'z; fl"?g T:“nmc.' and it was estimated hat the trains_ran 102 miles between the {:onn named. It was originally intended :hat the cars of the company should be moved by horse power, but before the road was com- pleted the comp%ns obtained fi ission to use steam for a limited period. e use of stéam as a motive power was discontinued Marca 5, 1867. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. In 1887 & London firm published a pictute representing the “Jubilee/Celebration’in West- minster Abbey.” It had considerable popu. larity, and the melancholy fact is now re. ported that of the Princes figured in it nine have since died. All the Princesses represented arestill living. The Spanish troops in Cubs are exhibiting remarkable devotion to & beautiful young womsn who marches with' them and shares their hardships. Her name is Elsie Tobino, but the title which has been bestowed upon her and by which she is always recognized is ‘Gmughter of the Army.” rles L. Tiffany, head of the Tiffany house in New York, celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday the other day. He is hale and hearty and attends to bsitess affairs every day of his life with clockwork regularity. He began bis career by opening & little stationery and fancy goods shop over sixty years ago. Major George F. Robinson, Assistant Pay- master of the Department of Colorado, who has just retired from active duty, is the man who saved the life of Secretary Seward when he was attacked by the assassin, Payne, on the memorable nightof April 13, 1865. Payne's knife and the gold medal giveu to Robinson by Congress are heirlooms in the mejor’s family. N When the Rev. Dr. Henry Y. Satterlee as- sumes the bishopric of Washington he will have among his parishioners some of the lead- ing men of the country. Chief Justice Fuller, Secretary Herbert, Judge J. C. Bancroft Davis, Recorder of the Supreme Court and ex-Minis- ter to Germany, and Senator Sherman are among the public men who are afiiliated with the Episcopal church. King Otto, the insane monarch of Bavaria, recently celebrated his forty-seventh birthday —or rather it was celebrated for him. Since his accession to the throne the mad sovereign has never left the Castle of Fuerstenreid. Once a year his Prime Minister pays bim an official visit in accordance with a certain law. His latest report says his Majesty's physical condition leaves nothing to be desired, but that his mental condition is simply pitiable. CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townsend's.* ————— EPECTAL information daily to manufacturecs, business houses and pubiic men by the Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. .* ——————— HusBAND'S Calcined Magnesia, four first prem- ium medals awarded. More agreeable to the taste and smaller dose than other msgnesia. For sale only in bottles With Tegistered trade- mar} 2t f Virginia S. Washington and Mary L. Wash- ington of Portsmouth, Ohio, representing themselves as descendants of George Washing- ton, have written to the Secretary of the Inte- rior offering to sell the Government 8 number of relics of Washington. Among these is a snuffbox presented to Jefferson by Washington and later returned to the latter's heirs. To purify the blood, restore the lost appetite and build up the whole system take Hood's Sarsa- parilla. The necessity of & spring niedicine is universally admitted. Take only Hood’s. ““Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’’ Has been used over 50 years by millions of moflers for their children white Teething with perfect suc- cess. It'toothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reguiates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. Forsale by Drug- gists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25¢ a bottle. g No well ‘regulated household should be without a bottle of Dr. Siegert’s Angosturd Bitters, the celebrated appetizer. — For relieving THROAT DISEASES AND COUGHS use “ Brown’s Bronchial Troches.” “You are not to hang!” shouted the messen- ger, bursting into the prisoner’s cell and smil- ing brightly at the same time. “Aw!” said the heretofore condemned one; “that is no noose to me.” The messenger wept bitterly that he had not delayed his coming until after the execu- i incinnati Enquirer. NEW TO-DAY. FREE CREAM CHOGOLATE A Package Given Each Customer FREE ‘With Our MONEY-SAVING TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES. +seesees..CoBt 75¢ elsowhere Cost 60c elsewhere Cost 50¢ elsewhere +++.Cost 40c elsewhere Cost 35¢ elsewhere -Cost 30c elsewhera EXTRA PREMIUMS GIVEN AWAY. Great American Tmporting Tea Co.’s 1344 Market st., S. P, Market s 965 Market st.. 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