The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1896, Page 6

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SATURDAY THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. The Platt form of New York is good no matter which way you take it. Europe has begun to find out there is many a nigger in the African wood pile. Leave orders for THE SUNDAY CALL to- day and make sure of good reading for to- morrow. Study our advertisements every day and you know where to get the best spring bargains. Judge Morrow’s decision in regard to Zante currants is zood law, good sense and a good thing. Those who demand protection for home industries should also demand home products when they are making their pur- chases. War is a great teacher of zeography, and now that the Fillibuzzis are on the war path, we shall soon learn who the “Filli- buzzis are. The honest dollar i ing everything its own way at the platforms, but the dis- honest dollar may have a fighting chance at the ballot-box. Every fight against the monopoly weak- ens it to some extent and sooner or later it will be too weak to stand in the way of progress anywh Now that Senator Allen has introduced another silver bill into the Senate even the most patient have a right to complain that the thin, etting monotonous. From the way the Santa Clara County rose festival is growing thereis a proba- bility that when 1t blossoms out it will be big enough to take in ail San Francisco. The demand from Constantinople for a full explanation of the expedition up the Nile was expressed in the voice of the Sultan, but the words were those of the | Czar. If Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Depew really came across the continent simply for recreation they should stay long enough to take in all the carnivals and have a big time. These are certainly promising times and even the Southern Pacific feels enough in v with them to promise a better e when the new depot is com- Asan American painter has been elected a member of the Royal Academy it is evi- dent that some of our brushes with the English are friendly enough to make a pleasant picture. By agreeing to the original Senate reso- lutions on Cuban affairs the House has sawed the debate off short, and it will now be Cleveland’s turn to come to the front and speak his little piece. With San Francisco and Portland both eagerly reaching for her trade Eureka feels herself the center of things and is talking of getting a transcontinental railroad of « ‘her own and setting up for herself. Now that a pian to give the State Uni- versity a grand main hall has been put into shape an opportunity is offered for some one to start a plan for raising the money that will get a move on itself. If the Fillibuzzis had only made them- eelves known as Fulloboozes, there would have been a considerable American con- tingent to sympathize with them on the score of having been there themselves. Where a particular kind of education is needed by the greatest number of people is the place where that education should be given, and on that principle San Fran- cisco claims the Wilmerding School for the training of the children of her work- ingmen. The report thatthe Chinese have granted Port Artbur to the Russians as a terminus for the Siberian Railroad certainly needs eonfirmation, and yet the whole drift of things in Asia vends to confirm it. If the report is not true of to-day it may be of to- morrew. The scheme of some Kansas darkies to hide a French citizen 1n a cave and hold 2im as a hostage until France pays an 1n- demnity to Waller may be very good di- plomacy from a Kansas standpoint, but it will make the Massachusetts blood of Mr. Ouney curdle in his veins. Ex-President Harrison was right in say- ing that “being drafted and volunteering are two different matters,” but if any of his friends think the St. Louis convention will have to draft a candidate for the Presidential nomination they bave not studied the signs of these times with any great skill. s Public sentiment in favor of arbitration of all disputes between this country and England is very strong at present, as has been manifested by important meetings held all over the Union from Boston to 8an Francisco, but if we ever have a seri- ous dispute with England the chances are public sentiment will get fighting mad and arbitration won’t have a show. Senator Perkins’ bill providing for the appointment of s non-partisan commis- sion to coilect information concerning the need of protection to American industries is good enougzh in itself, but why bother the President to attend to that work, when the people will elect this fall a Con- gress that will do it more thoroughly and . more effectively than any non-partisan ' commission would ever think of doing? LOTTERY NOTIOCES. President Andrews of the Brown Uni- versity gives, in the current number of Scribner’'s Magazine, a deserved credit to the members of the Fifty-third Congress who were instrumental in bringing about the passage of the anti-lottery bill, which, as he says, ‘“was carried through Congress in spite of perhaps the most powerful and enterprising lobby influence ever organ- ized.” The credit given to the advocates of the bill is well deserved, and yet it is apparent to every observant person that the battie against the evil has been but half won and the lotteries are not vet suppressed. Evi- | dence of their existence is to be found con- spicuously displayed 1n the advertising or i the news columns of every newspaper ex- i cept the few which, like THE CALL, honor law more than money and refuse to pro- mote an illicit traffic, by advertising it for the sake of gain. If, therefore, credit is due to those who struck the first blow at the evil, still more credit will be due to those who devise & measure that will crush it altogether. It is not creditable to American journal- ism that newspapers aspiring to have good repute and influence in the community should consider themselves justified in taking advantage of a defect in the law 1o advertise a trade which it is 2 criminal of- fense to varry on. To do this is to make journalism the resort of professional swindlers and the deceiver of the public. It is to violate the spirit of law while pro- fessing to keep the letter and to afford a means by which a trafiic that otherwise could be confined to the slums and hidden places of the City can find an entrance into every household and be a temptation to the inmates of every home. Of course, our lottery advertising con- temporaries do not sin for nothing. The men who were able to concentrate at Washington “perhaps the most powerful and enterprising lobby influence ever or- ganized” are equally sable to diffuse throughout the country a corrupting in- tluence hardly less powerful. Lottery no- tices command the highest prices for ad- vertising that are paid. There is big money in them for those who publish them. THE Carr knows very well the pecuniary sacri- fice it makes in refusing them. The very greatness of this power, however, is all the more reason why it should be opposed at every opporiunity, by every means and by every citen, for the fact that it can af- ford to pay so high for notices is a proof that the trade continues to flourish and make enormous profits, despite the law that condemns it as a crime. In the absence of a law mdking the pub- lication of lottery notices an offense sub- jecting the publisher to a heavy penalty the only recourse the law-abiding people of a community have against the intro- duction of the corrupting evil into their homes is to refuse to receive there any paver that publishes such notices. Police officials have repeatedly stated that if they could stop the advertising 1t would not be long before they would be able to rid the community of the evil altogether. It remains, then, to be seen whether such publications cannot be checked by the e of the moral force of the com- If the decent homes of the City will reject the lottery papers Tue CaLL will not long stand alone in its fight for the law. That rejection should be made without hesitation. The homes, the churches and the press should unite with the police and the courts to uphold the law of the land and suppress the swindlers, USING THE GOVERNMENT. All the dispatches from Washington agree that the House Committee on Har- bors and Rivers has pledged its members | to secrecy and agreed to embody in the bill a large appropriation for the improve- ment of Santa Monica barbor. There is a disagreement in the news concerning’the appropriation for San Pedro harbor, one telegram intimating that such an appro- priation is to be made, another asserting positively that it is not. 1t is not at all mended for Sants Monica that one will be recommended for San Pedro. The question of an appropriation for Santa Monica barbor would never bave been raised had not the Southern Pacific “built a wharf there at a cost of $1,000,000 and demanded that the Government should make it useful by building a breakwater. The wharf runs out into the open road- stead, for, as a matter of fact, there is no harbor at Santa Monica in the proper sense, There is no bay or shelter of any kind. During the winter months the safety of the wharf is threatened by storms and ships cannot tie up alongside with- out great risk. A breakwater would render it comparatively safe. San Pedro has a well-sheltered harbor inclosed in a snug bay, but the inner har- bor is too shallow for all purposes and would need extensive dredging in order to be usefu! for general shipping. If prop- erly improved it would be open to all. The improvement of S8anta Monica would place all shipping at the mercy of the Southern Pacific Company’s wharf and would serve to increase the business and revenues of the company. "It would be of far greater benefit to the company than to any other interest. It may be assumed that the Southern Pacific chose BSanta Monica instead of S8an Pedro in order to get the Government to make an improve- ment which would give the railroad com- pany a monopoly of shipping in the scuth- ern end of the State. This presumption is borne out by the fact that all- the Government engineers and commissions sent out to inspect the two barbors always and invariably re- ported in favor oi San Pedro and against Santa Monica. None of the California delegation recently appearing before the House committee asked for an appropria- tion for Santa Monica, but all asked that San Pedro beimproved. The report from Washington that Santa Monica is to be vreferred has an ugly look and calls for prompt investigation. The improvement of San Pedro would benefit California; that of Santa Monica would be in thé in- terest of the Southern Pacific. GUARD THE REGISTRATION. County Clerk Jordan of Alameda County has discoverea the facility with which per- sons of foreign birth may get their names placed on tie great register by swearing that their fathers were naturalized citi- zens. This practice is permissible under the law, but heretofore, by reason of the indifferent safeguard provided against fraud, a simple affidavit has been accepted as sufficient to procure the registration. It is obvious that unless a much stricter practice is started the great register of ail the counties may be abused. It is the duty of the leading committees of the par- ties to take the matter in hand and ascer- tain what may be done to put some check on the possibility of fraud. The cases in which wrong may be per- petrated in the absence of & very strict in- spection are those in which foreigners live in communities and adhere closely to the language of their native country. This produces a-narrow circle of interests and erects a barrier against outside inspection. Under these circumstances it would not likely if an appropriation is to be recom- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1896. be difficult for young men recently arrived to be fostered by naturalized voters as their sons. Thus the difficulties ¢reated by the educational qualificaiion made by the con- stitutional amendment adopted at the last State election could be easily avoided and adopted sons placea on the great register without being tested concerning their knowiedge of the constitution in the English language! That this is an im- portant matter has been recently proved in Alameda County, where large numbers of foreigners have been refused natural- ization by reason of their inability to com- ply with the requirements of that amend- ment. LABOR AND CAPITAL. The resolution adopted by the Building Trades Council on Thursday evening com- mending Claus Spreckels for his action in giving the contract for the 2200 tons of steel to be used in the construction of the new CALL buiding to alocal manufacturer (the Pacific Rolling Mills) exhibits one of the aspects of the relation between labor and capital that is too often overlooked. It shows that in one point, at any rate, there is a harmony of interest between the two, and that whatever tends to the advancement of home industry finds ap- proval from the more sagacious repre- sentatives of both. Mz, Spreckels’ devotion to the industries of California has been demonstrated in too many instances by the strong arguments of accomplished facts to be doubted by any one. Itisneverthelesspleasing to seethat what he has done in the way of advancing the local welfare has been recognized by the workingmen of the City and State. Labor councils are often required to criti- cize the actions of capital, and it is therefore all the more fitting that they should be equally prompt in giving commendation where good work is “done. The resolutions adopted in this case are a credit both to Mr. Spreckels and to the Building Trades Council. They manifest a sympathy be- tween the workers and the capitalist in the common purpose of upbuilding Cali- fornia and all her industries, and we count it a good omen that this display of harmony between labor and capital has been occasioned by a step in the work of erecting that stately building which is to be the permanent home of TmE CaAvrL, whose aspiration it is to be the ever stead- fast champion of all Pacific Coast interests and all Pacific Coast men. WHERE COMPETITION HURTS. Judge Morrow’s decision that Zante cur- rants are dutiable from whatever foreign source they come means a great deal of money in tae pockets of California raisin- growers. That the board of appraisers could ever have placed any other construc- tion upon that clause of the tariff law was a matter of surprise. The small raisins commonly called Zante currants and so largely consumed in this country are pro- duced successfully in California, as well as in Greece and its islands, and now here else to so great perfection. In the absence of the import duty of 134 cents a pound it would be impossible for this great indus- try to be profitably conducted in Califor- nia against the competition of Greece, for the reason that the expense of production and trapsportation here 1s 80 much greater, The curious part of the matter is that this import duty was provided in the Wil- son bill and without any idea of affording protection to an important American in- dustry. That measure merely provided for raising a revenue on an article of large consumption in the United States. It happened that California had developed a special adaptation for the preduction of raisins of all grades and varieties, and that the duty on Zante currants operated un- intentionally as a protection of an indus- try growing out of a natural advantage. It is true that the transportation eom- panies controlling the industrial interests of California have the power to adjust their charges so as to overcome any special pro- | tection that an import tariff charge may afford to any particular industry, but it is nene the less comforting to reflect that in a broad sense protection is welcomed as the beginning of prosperity. This decision will have a very pro- nounced effect on that branch of our raisin industry which had been coming in competition with Zante cnrrants, As Fresno 1s the center of the raisin industry and as it will have in the Valley road competition in transportation this year, the outlook is exceedingly bright. Raisins of all kinds will receive the benefit. THE SUNDAY CALL. Distinctively racy of the soil is THE Sun- pAY CArL, and that is why every Califor- nian who wanty his Eastern friends to know what California is and who wants to give the State a lift always sends them a copy of Tue SuxpAy CArn. The paper is not modeled on the lines controlling East- ern journalism. It is distinctively a Cali- fornia publication and is as welcome abroad as at home, The Salvation Army is attracting special attention at present, and hence.a group of sketches, showing the experiences of local workers in the cause, will be found accept-~ able. This article, which will appear in to-morrow’s issue, will have the additional charm of presenting scenes peculiar to the slums of 8an Francisco, as they are known so intimately by the patient and persistent workers in the Salvation Army cause, The varied experiences of Orrin Hickok, the famous trainer and driver of trotting and pacing horses, will form a carefully prepared study that will interest a large number of readers. An addition to the series of articles de- scribing the lighthouses of the coast will be one devoted to the lights of Qakland harbor, in which some very important hi]s;ury bearing on current events will be told. Adeline Knapp, in an article entitled, “Our City’s Approaches,” will present a picture that could have been painted only by a combination ofartistand philosopher. A clever sketch-writer will offer an inter- esting study of character in a dissertation on the habits of the human wharfrats who tKhril\.n at the Eastern base of Telegraph il ‘W. C. Morrow will relate a personal ex- perience indicating a source of enjoyment in San Francisco, concerning which few residents seem to have an adequate knowl- edee. The general departments special to the Sunday issue will receive the careful treat- ment which has made them so valuable in the past. Although the regular summer season in fashionable circles has not yet opened, it will be interesting to read of the contemplated movements of the select. Equally interesting will be the department discussing fashionable clothes for women and men. As children are always coming into the world and in time will become the governors of human destiny, their im- portance is recognized in a special depart- ment devoted to their elevation. Books and magazines still are published, and likety will continue to be published a few years longer, and 80 a wide-margin de- partment is devoted to them. As the tendency of the age is toward X-rays and other startling achievements ‘of scignce, the department devoted to odd, interest- ing and instructive things that the cathode eye can discover will receive very particu- lar attention in to-morrow’s CALL. * FUEL OIL IN THE SOUTH. Within the past week dispatches from Los Angeles have reported a heavy short- age in the oil supply of that section and a consequent increase in the price of that commodity, with a prospect of a further advance. These developments are purely local in their effect. The oil referred to is obtained from wells in the immediate vi- cinity of the metropolis of the southern part of the State, and is suitable for fuel purposes only. . The shortage is due rather to the in- creased consumption of the product than to any lessening in the supply. Neither the refined product, used for illuminating purposes, nor the fuel oil obtained from other sources, has been in the least affect- ed by the rise recorded on the Los Angeles 0Oil Excbange. Aside from the direct pe- | cuniary profits resulting from the present situation, it will undoubtedly tend to greatly stimulate this valuable and grow- ing industry. NO CABINET BIKES. The ladies of the Cabinet Are weeping briny tears, . And sounds like those of martyrs’ cries Fall on the nation’s ears, A shadow 23 of blasted hopes Has fallen on their lives, And they regret with might and main ‘That they are Cabinet wives: Because, forsooth, the Prssident Has stated that he feels 1t’'s ot the proper thing for them To fiy around on wheels. And lnylhluw. says must be ‘The law in Washington; A sipgle word from him’s the Ten Commandments bunched in one. He knows the streets of Washington Have power L0 entice The blkesters, till they think they're oo The streets of Paradise. And yet, desplte the charm, he say8 They must not ride, Alack! Are women cowards, not to hif The tyrant in the back? They do not ralse a band to strike! Their courage is a clam ! Ye gods! and do our women think “Slc semper” is a sham? 3 2 It must be so. We only hear These ladies weep an' wail, As every woman tamely hangs Her bloomers on & nall. —New York Su RELICS OF AN EPHEMERAL STATE. The short-lived republic of Formosa was equipped with & good many of the appliances of civilization, although it was established by Chinamen and presided over by a Black Flag chief. It was called into being when the Chi- Dese Taotai left the island inorder to surren- der it to the Japanese, On the departure of | the Taotai the literati of Tainanfu sent to Liu Yung Fu, the Black Flag chief, who was then at Takow, and asked him to come to the City with all his available forces and defend it against the invader. Liu came, and a Parlia- ment was at once elected. Seven Senators were formed into a Cabinet, and the Presi- dency of the republic was offered to Liu. At the end of a few weeks the republic passed away. The Japanese planted their A{] at Tainanfu, and Liu fled no one knows whither. Among the relics of this ephemeral state .are | a considerable quantity of paper money-Tow | very depreciated—and two issues of postage stamps, which are at a high premium. Th2 post- age stamps are all of one design, & fac-simile of which isreproduced from the Chinese news- paper Hupao. This is & 0-cent stamp of the face value of 100 cash. On the top are characters in ancient Chinese for ‘“Re- Pubun of Formosa”; on he right, in modern Chinese, ‘‘One hungrea cash,” and on the left Stamp of the Formosan “Stamp,'" or sitan, a pho- Republic. netic rendering _for stamp —* B cupying about three-fourths of the surfac of the stamp, the emblem = of th republic—a tiger. According to_the Hupao the first isue of tliese stamps was all bought up by foreigners from Hongkong, Amoy and Foo- chow, and the present one is a representation of the second issue. Philstelists will no doubt be interested in further particulars of this very curiousissue of stamps, The first of the two issues were impressed from a locslly cut silver die, and were printed on -thin tissue paper unperfor- ated. About 5000 only of these were issued. The colors were green, violet and red. The die | was then melted and attempts made togeta more perfect one stamped, Failing this a new die was obtained from Canton, and a new issue of stamps impressed from the Canton die made. These were also in_three colors, blue, violet and red, but sre all perforated. The face values of the different stamps were for both 1ssues three, five and ten cents respect- ively. Itshould be noted that the legitimate manufacture of Formosan stamps ceased with the existence of the republic, and it is neces- sary that ver{ careful precautions be taken to avold forgeries, as already the demand for first issues especially has called the forger into the field. Liu decreed that ell Chinese letters posted through the local offices should be stamped, and the bags were duly vised to insure this having been done. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEQOPLE. Representative ;Vood of Illinois has listened to every speech made in the House since the present session begdn. Extracts from the European newspapers are read to King Menelek of Abyssinia by one of his nephews, who studied in Paris. ‘William E. Gladstone has never been fond of speaking French, but he delights to make use of the Italian tongue, with' which he is thor- oughly conversant. . The portrait of General Harfison, recently added to the White House collection, is con- sidered one of the best works ever done by Eastman Johnson. ‘The Crown Princess of Denmark is over 6 feet 2 inches tall,, She is a granddaughter of Mme. Desiree Clary, who was the first sweetheart of Napoleon Bonaparte, and married Bernadotte. The statue of John Bright, recently unveiled at Westminster, is highly displeasing to the dead statesman’s family. They have written to the Duke of Devonshire protesting againsi the work. Ex-Governor John P. St. John of Kansas, the Prohibition leader, has formally joined the Populist party. He will seek the nomination to Congress from the Second Kansas District on a free silver and prohibition platform. Cecil Rhodes came near having a novel expe- rience in London, as one of his former danc- ing masters, who advertises to teach all society dances, particulary the skirt dance, tried to get up a dinner in honor of the great African. Truth heard of it and made fun of the project, and the enterprising master of the dance came to grief. Here are President Cleveland's measure- ments, taken from a Washington tailor's ‘books: 1895. 1896, Walst, 51;2 0% 9 50 50: 0 Arn, inside. 0n - 5 Arm, outsid 4% Those Railroad Bridges. Alameda Telegram. It is earnestly to be hoped that the Govern. ment will take action in $he matter of construct- ing a substantial bridge to take the place of the two naw-punnx“the harbor between Oakland and Alameda. ese bridges ere totally inade- q‘uu, and a decided impediment to naviga- tion. ~We are surprised that they have been al- lowed to remain so long as they have. A New Egg Testor. Pomona Progress. If the new system of photography could ‘be uiilized in photographing grocery eggs to dis- cover their contents before breaking them, how much unpleasantness it would sometimessave. \ Why They Are So Qulet. National City Record. m”‘i',‘:’““"é the mess of crow in sight for e Democratic party this fall it is small won- der that nemoc&‘ua aspirants to the ’Flflllfllll' chair keep & discreet sileuce. A AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Yesterday an odd-looking old gentleman, his head bound around with broad, white bands, and from the side of whose face was a protuber- ance, indicating toothache, boils, carbuncle or what not, as the imagination might: suggest, walked into the Palace. Leaning against the counter he intently studied the pages of the register for a few moments, and then grasping & pen he wrote: ‘WiLL H. ANDERSON. Call at Russ House. Having done this he leisurely contemplated his writing, as though entirely satisfied with it, | and walked up and down by the desk. The | arched eyebrows, and other symptons of sur- common in Greece, ?rficnlmy Thessaly, and in Rome under the Emperors. They are still a pastime in Spain and Mexico. Fights of this character were abolished in Spain by Carlos 1V, but were, a3 a matter of rol\cy. Te-estab- lished by Joseph, the brother of Napoleon. In Madrid the bull-fighting season commences in April and does not terminate until November, and during that time at least one afternoon a week is devoted to that sport. DELAWARE—C. E. C., Lodi, Cal. The bound- ary of the northern part of the State of Dela- ware forms a part of a complete circle. That part was created by drawing acircle in a radius of twelve miles from the center of the Court- house, then standing in the center of Newcas- tle, for the purpose of securing to the State of Delaware sole jurisdiction over the Delaware River and Delaware Bay from low-water mark on the Jersey side over & mile north of where Nasmans Creek,on the western or Delaware side, enters the Delaware, extending soutbward 24 miles to & place a short distance from where the Silver Run Creek flows into it from the Jer- sey side, The 0dd Traveler From the Town of Garner, Who Was Determined to Be Found by His Friend, W. H. Anderson. [Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.] prise which were molded in the face of Clerk Rucker, indicated that this experience was of a novel oharacter. He braced himself, how- ever, and asked, as though to break the ice and get some sort of a reason for the queer act: “Da you wish a room, sir?” “No,"” was the reply. “I merely put my name down there so that my friend Anderson will know where to find me in case he comes to this hotel.” Mr. Rucker asked why he had not left hima note for his friend instead of making & bulle- tin board of the register. In an acerbic tone he told the old gentleman that now he must be put to the trouble of scratching that out. +Oh, ’11 do it," said the old gentleman, and he proffered his services, but Mr. Rucker was wolified and proceeded to scratch it all out himself. “This is the worst vet,” he went on. “I've had most all kinds of experiences hitherto, but it’s the first time I ever had a stranger walk in, make a bulletin board of the register for his friends and walk out again, all the time stay- ing at another hotel.” 1t turned out afterward that the odd visitor with the white bandages was a tourist from Garner, Iowa, who had got here ahead of his Jowa neighbor, Angderson, who was slso from the same town, Mr. Anderson diseovered Mr. Brockway later at the Russ, where he regis- tered himself, and all was serene again. The two Dromios were as contented as the Athe- nian travelers, who asked of each other about taking their ease in their hotel. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. ‘Want Clean Politics. San Joss Mercury. The San Franciseo Republicans are making & good fight for clean politics. Happy Santa Ana. Orange County Herald. Plenty of raim, crops insured, prosperous year ahead, what more can we desire? Autocrats Not Wanted. Berkeley Gazette. The United States no longer has any use for & man who considers himself above the people. An Intlmation for Husbands. Los Angeles Express. Noman was ever hauled hefore a divorce ju:ldge who always agreed with what his wife said. Under False Pretenscs. San Jose Mercury. Every time a member of the Kentucky Legis- lature draws his week’s salary he is guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses. How It Works in England, ‘Ventura People's Advocate. According to General Booth’s “Darkest Eng- land” there are 5,775,500 people in poverty and wanc in that country, or one-nfth the en- tire population, What the <old standard has done for England it is doing for this country and all gold-standard countries. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ‘WorTH TEN CENTS—Roy, Santa Cruz. A dime of 1877 is worth 10 cents. TwiN Peaxs—D. B. C., City. The highest point of Twin Peaks is 905 feet above base. The base line is seven feet and eight-tentns above ordinary high ude. A POLICEMAN'S WIDow—J., City. If apolice officer of the City meets death while in the dis- charee of his duty his widow receives a pep. sion eaual to & third of the salary her husband If a policeman dies from natural causes- after he has neen on the force for ten years his widow receives $1000 from the pen- ston fund. wm a pensioned officer dies his pension dies with him. ¥ ‘Two Poems—J. M., Sonors, Cal. “Afiermath’ was written by Henry W.Longfellow. This poem, placed last in the book, gave title to the volume published in 1873, which 1ncluded the third part of “Tales of a Wayside Inu” and the third “Flight of Birds of Passage.” The co: pietion of *“Tales” on his sixty-sixth birthday may have given rise to this poem. Longfellow m- | yesterday. also wrote, in 1846, a poem entit! “The Builders,” in which oceurs the following: Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen; Make the house where God may dwell ‘Beautiful, entire and clean. PADEREWSKI—J. G., City. A biography of Paderewski published in the latter part of 1895 says that the famous pianist was born in Po- dolia, Poland (Russian), November 6, 1860; that he began playing the piano at the sge of | 38 years, and received instruetions from local | leaders until 1872, when he went to Warsaw and later to Berlin and continued his atudies in both cities. When 18 years of age he was a rofessor in the Warsaw University, In 1884 e abandoned teac] and took a three-year course under Lescheti t{i He made his de- gmfoulon-l pianist in 1887 in Vienna. In 1891 he commenced a tour of the United States, adding to his fame and his wealth, There is no mention of marrage. BULL-Frouts—O0. 8. R., Wallace, Calavérss County, Cal. Combats of men with pulls for the entertainment of the public were quite PERSONAL. Claud R. Watson of London is at the Palace. Dr. J. W. Hudson of Ukiah is at the Baldwin. T. J. Waldron, an attorney of Ukiah, is in the City, ~ G’eerge A. Craw of Portland is at the Occi- dental. Albert Wagner of Leipsic is at the Occi- dental. Alex Keiller of Placerville is stopping at the Cosmopolitan. E. A, Ciarke, & capitalist of Sonors, is at the Cosmopolitan. J. E. King, a mining man of Forest Hill, is at the Cosmopolitan. G, E. Van Wort, a prominent attorney of Chicago, is in the City. G. Porter of Shanghai was among the ar- rivals by the Coptic last night. Dr. J. F. Christal and Dr. J, A, Maguire of Banta Cruz arrived here yesterday. C. C. Crow of Crows Landing arrived here yesterday and is at the California. A. McDowell and W. Murray, the horse-grow- ers of Pleasanton, are at the Grand. T.F. Loughlin, & wealthy grower of Dallas, Tex.. is among recent arrivals here. C. C. Ortega, Republican Congressional com- mitteeman from Sonora, is a guest at the Cos- mopolitan. Ira D, 8ankey, the singing evangelist, and his friends have returned here.and are at the Occidental. J. A. Strowbridge, owner of the Strowbridge block, Portland, and much other property there, is at the Lick. C. M. Gosling, an extensive fruit-dealer of Philadelphia, is at the Palace. He handlesa great deal of California fruit. F.E. Curtls, who manages the railroad eat- ing-houses at Indio and Yuma, arrived here He is at the Grand. Mme. de Valpincon and Mme. Languellier, of Paris, wealthy ladies who had been in China and Japan, are at the Occidental, J. W, Shannon and J. Shannon, English gentlemen of wealth who are touring the world, arrived yesterday om the steamer Coptic. George W. Lovie, a leading citizen and insur- ance man of Redwood City and secretary of the Republican County Committee of San Ma- teo County, was in the City yesterday. About seventy-five Raymond & Whitcomb excursionists arrived here yesterday and are at the Palace. They are largely irom New England and some of the middle Western States. W. G, A. Pattee, an attorney of Quincy, Mass., issojourning in San Francisco. He surveyed the City Hall yesterday and gazed upon the portraits of Massachusetts men iu the Mayor's gallery, General A. T. Gorham of Cincinnati, who was director-general of the Centennial Exposi- tion, is at the California, accompanied by a party of friends. They had been on a visit to the country. % D. Bernard of Denver, who formerly lived in Oalifernia and built & portion of the Southern Pacific road in San Luis Obispo County, and recently completed a railroad contractin Ja- maiea, is at the Grand. It is stated that the Chamber of Commerce ‘will hold a reception in honor of Chauncey M, Depew and Mr. Vanderbilt. Some of the social clubs will do likewise if the gentlemen will consent to it and the Mayor, it is expected, will entertain them at the Cliff House. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 27.—Among recent arrivals are: 1. R. Hall, Holland; F. M. Peindle, Hoffman; J. H. Borland, Imperial; D, F. Hatch, St. Cloud; E. Gellois, Stuart; -Mrs. J. Martin, Hoffman; G. A, Moore, Asto) - HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Customer—What is your outside figure for a dozen photographs? Photographer—Outside figure £4, 310 with cathode rays,—Yonkers Statesman. General Pompus—T am to speak at a banquet to-nightand I want you to write my speech for me. Scribe—What do you take me for—a gas- fitter?—Truth. Rev. Parsons—I hope there was something about my sermon which interested you? Mr. Knapp—Yes, sir; it was long to be re- membered.—Yonkers Statesman. Gentlemanly.—The Sheriff—You say that the fellow who broke jail left & message behind ? The keeper—Yes, sir; here it is on this paper—“Excuse the liberty I take.” —Truih, What did he expect?—*“Miss Jaysmith, have you done any Lenten penance?” 5 “Why, Mr. Cassock, I've heard you preach every day for weeks and weeks.”—Chicago Record. Miss Caustic—When I saw Mrs. Flainface the other dey her head was completely turned by finery. Miss Simplex—Why, I thought she never wore finery. Miss Caustic—She doesn’t; her head was turned to look at the finery of Mrs, Goitt, who had just passed. “Adsm may have been the uthor of original sin,” says a Nebraske clergyman, “but at least e was not guilty of inventing the o heogrin 3 mother-in. A coming prophet.—Mrs. Wabash—1Ishall not be in the least astonished if Johnny develops clajrvoyant powers. . Mrs. !u-xson-PnFn-lndgoM «Yes, He istheson of & nvn_plh husband, you know."—xpdxg’n-po\is Journal. s, Fussy—And your husband has never re ferred to his mother’s cooking? 2 Mrs. Bland—Never; John was brought up in 8 hotel.—Texas Siftings. 1If Edison is anxious for an untimely death all he has to dois to invent Roentgen photo- graphs of the humen brain with phonograph attachments,—Philadelphia Ledger. Actress (angrily)—Did you write that eriti- cism which said my impersonation of the ahandoned wife was & miserable failure? Critic—Ye-e-e-s; you see you looxed so irre- sistibly beautiful that it was impossible to fancy that any man could abandon you.—Tit- Bits. LADY'S NIGHTGOWN. "The gown shown here is & shape that wears extremely well, for the part that usually gives ‘way first (the yoke) is made double. It may be worn with a small turn-over collar or may be trimmed with a large collar of the goods, or embroidery. For muslin gowns a collar of the same with & rufile of Hamburg embroidery sewed on with an open work border makes a negt and inex- pensive trimming. A band of insertion with an open, bead edge let in between the rumle and collar makes & dainty looking gown. The insertion is best joined at the corners by cutting off square and omrhnndinf the edges together carefully, If the pattern is in zigzag lines it is better to cut it cornerwise and join the edges in the same ‘or dainty gowns of batiste the collar may be exquisitély trimmed with a frill of Valeu- ciennes or “point de Paris” Jace, by rolling the edge of the collar between the thumb and fore- finger, and sewing the lace right on the edge, the stitches holdjng the tiny roll and the lace. It takes but a little patience to learn to do this, and then one can make at home, at little ex- pense, comparatively (excepting time), ve exquisite gowns, such as come from the Frenc! convents. Heavy lawns with a tiny dot in pink or blue are_used for night dresses. Collars of plain pink or blue lawn make a pretty triXiming, CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townsend's SoLIp chocolate cream egss, @ 50, Townsend's® hAmmixmwnund'u » CREAM Mixed Candies, 25¢ 1b. Townsend’s. ® et CHOICES1 cream bonbons, glace fruits and nuts, 50¢ 1b, Townsends, 627 Market, Palace. ¥ e e e — EPECIAL information daily to manufacturersy, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * C e That Syndicate Contract. ‘Woodland Mail. Now let Congress go to the bottom of that private syndicate contract WHEN so many people are taking and deriving benefit from Hood's Sarsaparilla, why don't you try it yourself? It will builld you up. Hood's Sarsaparilla will make you strong. ——————— FoRr BRONCHIAL AND ASTHMATIC COMPLAINTS, ' Brouehicl Troches” have remarkable properties. Bro: curative Dx. S1xGERT'S Angostura Bitters Is known all over the world as the great regulator of the di- gestive organs. NEW TO-DAY, REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Mages & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” 4 Montgomery Street, ‘UNION TRUST BULLDING, CORYER MARKET. NEW PROPERTY. Fine, new, just finished residence: ment and attic; basement, billiard-room and laun- dry; main floor, saloon parlors, dining-room and kitchen; upper floor, 4 bedrooms and bath, porce- lain tiled; attle, 2 bedrooms: facing ' public square on Steiner st., bet. Hayes and Grove; street bituminized ; price $8000: terms to suit. Grant ave. business property; rents $490; close 0 Market. Twenty-fourth and Chattanooga: 117:6x65 to analley; 2 corners and 3 fronts: good 7-room cot« tage: electric line passes; $7500. (A sor. Fillmore and Filbert; 24x100, sud cot- age . DNE. cor. Castro aud. Army ste.; 35:6x114; ouly $800. INVESTMENTS. Make offer; Ellis-st. corner; rents $27a 50; $30,000; 90x125; covered with 6 2-story dwellings and 9 flats; both' streets in good order; must be sold to close an estate. Geary-st. business corner. mear Taylor; rents $142 50; near Taylor: $25,000. $50,000—Rents $185: Polk st., near Californi fine 3-story bullding: stores below an rooming-house above. Sixteenth-st, corner; best business part of the siaeet; large 10t and good. bullding In stores; $17. NW. corner California, h:xand Laguna: 53x80, and ¢ two-story and planked basement houses in finesi order: ¥1800 just spent on them; reuts, 8120, price, $17,500; always rented. Cla} -8t., near Davis: brick building: rents $150: govd frontage; only $28,000. Near East st. and'Market; 75x119:6: two fronts! rents $225: fine investment; only $40,000. HOUSES AND LOTS $3000 AN » OVEF- flwl!ofgwié?‘dlen“’ I'velbfil na; ":: ne nel 3 e lof o 6; nificent view; ’95“0..“ % b i and 2-sf¥ :6x77: $800 just spent oo &3 360 Liberty-st. house and lot, 26x11, 2-story; bet. Valencla and Guerrero finest residence streets of the Mission; $4000. Shotwel] st., west side, near Twenty-second: 36X 96:6 and 2 coitages, 5 rooms and bath each; 830: fine street; $5000; make offer. 000; Bryant st. near Third; cottage acf 10t 22x80 to rear lane. Stevenson st.: rents $60; 3 2-story and baser ‘ment houses and lot, 50x70; $8500. limbs, 1f you want a sure relief for an Ilcoc BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of counterfeits and imi®e K’s tions is as good as the genuine. "ains in the back, side, chest, of' ‘Porous ‘Plaster