The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor- e T ! SUBSCRIPTION RATES-—Postage Free: j i ne week, by carrier. .$0.18 one year,by mall.... 6.00 ix months, by mail.. 3.00 . three months by mail 1.50 . one monh, by mail. .66 v . 150 . 150 | BUSINESS OFFICE | 710 Market Street, | San Francisco, California. i Telephone.... : =t Main—1868 ‘> EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. felephone. ... Maln—-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 550 Aontgomery street, corner Clay; open until #:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 8:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. SW . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open antil 8 o'clock. | 2518 Mission street: open nntil 9 0'clock. 118 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clocie. OAKLAND OFFICE : €08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York Oity. DAVID 'OLT special Agent. | APRIL 3, 1806 THE ZALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. _—_— On the Roentgen ray mystery California says to the world “Eureka!” If the fight against the funding bill 15 well kept up it will come out on top. After this bungling administration the | muain issue before the people is to turn the fools out. When Vining doesn’t get a roast for his street railroad mismanagement he calls it 2 cold day. By and by Jir. Rainey will come to the | conclusion that the Junta isa fire and try to put it out. Democracy will never be straightened out until it is ariven to a good strong wall and nailed there. There is no more use to discuss a fund- ing bill than to discuss a rattiesnake—the thing is to kill it. There is a chance that the local Demo- cratic campaign song may be something like Lanigan’s bawl. et Mr. Depew will understand we expect | him to tell the people in the East that San Francisco is a peach. It is even betting whether the Cuban resolution or the Cuban revolution will make the quicker finish. The Dygart incident gives Cleveland a chance to write a message on Cuban affairs and say something strong. on the funding scheme ceds is to enforce the law | faulters out. The only poli that Cali and turn the The next socia! volcano to break loose in something like a war is just as liable to be in Manitoba as anywhere else, SR | Germany was first on the trail of the elusive X ray, but California is the first to | track it to its lair and capture it. Senator Chandler finds something to 1; scold about even in his own State, so the | Senate needn’t complain any more. S 5 | It is an easy prediction that the attend- ance on the Lanigan ball will be slim if it should happen to be a Rainey night. | It would be better to have the business | of the country set in motion by a silver crank than stopped by a goldbug plug. =it | y and by New Jersey farmers will just | sitdown and wait for ocean steamers to | come along and plow the soil for them. | i | Cleveland evidently regards his syndi- | cate bond deal as a sleight-of-hand per- formance, and objects to giving it away. The proposed bridge across the bay is | one of the things that will have to be | talked over a long time before it is walked | over. If Mr. Vanderbilt will look closely he will see that the only thing lacking to the prosperity of this City is a competing rail- road. The only way to get the monopoly out of the politics of the State is to make it take its monopoly grasp off the industry of the State. It will not be safe to declare that Harri- son is permanently out of politics until we see how he acts when the honeymoon is over. New Hampshire doesn’t agree with Mas- sachusetts on the money question, but she agrees with the country, for she stands for bimetallism. According to French reports, the Drei- bund is willing that England should help Italy out, but is not willing that England should stay in. It was the Huntington hand that dragged the appropriation from San Pedro, and by and by that hand will get hit with a pile-driver. Arizona isa little bit happy with her new Governor, but it goes without saying she would rather be a State and have a chance to elect one for herself. The Pacific roads’ debts will never be settled until they are settied right. To re- fund the debt would prolong the fight, but the people will win in the end. | The Boers will help the British fight the Matabeles, and the white conquest of South Africa wil! go on as if those engaged 1n it had never had a squabble. Congressman Bowers’ resolution for the expuision of silver men from the House was a very good 1illustration of the effect- iveness of irony in a contest with brass, if the Vanderbilt and Depew combina- tion expect us to believe they came here solely for recreation they will have to stay over until the festivals open and see the whole show. Europe has now nothing to do but sit down and wait until Russia makes up her - mind whether she wonld rather have a war this year or go on and complete the Sibe- rian railroad. It has been demonstrated by Berkeley scientists that cathode rays positively electrify any tolid upon which they im- pinge, and cousequentiy the Republican varty being solid will be elecirified by the cathode rays of politics this year, while flabby Democracy will show up only asa biur on the background. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. The Republican County Central Com- mittee met last ewning and resolved itself into committees for the Fourth and a part of the Fifth Congressional dis- tricts respectively. The commuttee repre- senting the Fourth District then pro- ceeded to call a primary election to be held on April 15, at which the Republi- cans of San Francisco may express their preferences for delegates to the coming State Convention. The committee repre- senting the Fifth District will undoubt- edly follow the example. This action is in accordance with the letter and spirit of the resolutions of the Republican Na- tional and State Central committees, aud is also in harmony with the popular idea as to the proper method of opening a po- litical campaign. The primary election is a safeguard to liberty of political action. It is the peo- ple’s place to make their influence felt in the very framework of political party or- ganization. Its honest conduct insuresa | large degree of independence in the con- ventions which succeed it, and discourages | the aim of the unworthy to rise to power in defiance of the popular will. The mem- bers of the County Committee have there- fore actea wisely in resolving that an honest and open primary election shall be held in San Francisco this year. A study of the call which has been adopted and is issued justifies the hope that the coming primary election will be open, honest and fair. Especial precau- tions appear to have been taken to insure | these conditions and to guarantee to every voter thereat the right to have his ome ballot peaceably cast and honestly counted for the delegates of his choice. The char- acter of the leaders who are at the helm of the Republican party of California is an added assurance that this guarantee will be fully and exactly kept at the coming primaries. The City of San Francisco may well felicitate herself with the fact thatan era of honest politics has fairly dawned for her people and that the winter of her discontent is past. BRIDGING THE BAY. The suggestion made by Lyman Bridges of a bridge across the bay from the foot of Folsom street to the nearest point of the Alameda peninsula is certainly attractive. That a bridge will some day span the bay may be taken for granted. At present the commerce of the whole State suifers a heavy tax by reason of the necessity for ferrying freight across the water, This gives Oakland a large natural advantage over San Francisco, though the absence of adequate water-front facilities nullifies the benefit.. In the eventof a favorable de- cision on the suits pending for the Oak- land water front the absolute necessity for a bridge across the bay will arise. Before this will occur, however, a vast amount of capital and many years of time will be re- quired to make the Oakland water front suitable for the shipping of the harbor. | All these things are likely to come about in time, and hence it is proper to discuss the briaging of the bay as a serious propo- sition. The question will be, Where should the bridge be placed? Mr. Bridges' suggestion makes the bridge bisect the traffic of the bay. South of the line connecting Folsom street and Alameda Point are the large steamship docks, the warehouses of the Southern Pacific Company, the terminus of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail- | road, the Union Iron Works, the Arctic Oil Works, the great slaughter-houses of the Potrero and Baden and extensive sugar warehouses. In fact, all the heavy trafiic of the bay would be cut off from the Golden Gate by the Folsom-street line. It is true that Mr. Bridges’' scheme contem- | plates ample drawbridges, but if these can be avoided an important point would be gained. A bridge running from the Potrero to Alameda would seem to come nearer the necessities of the case. South of the Po- trero the bay is shoal, and. is little fit for deep vessels. A bridge at that point would terminate. near the railroad ware- houses, and that would be a convenience. Mr. Bridges’ idea is clearly to bring the bridge as near the ferry depot as possible. That would be an advantage so far as pas- senger traffic is concerned, but freights would not be similarly affected, and it happens that the burden on the State’s traffic comes through freight ferriage, and not passenger. The saving on passenger traffic wouid be little or mnothing; on freight it would be in the neighborhood of §$1 a ton. Hence, all suggestions for a bridge to span the bay must regard treight before passengers. This consideration, taken in connection with the fact that a bridge from -the foot of Folsom street would hinder bay traffic to a considerable extent, seems to indicate the neighbor- hood of the Potrero as the best starting point for the structure. A DISGRACEFUL AQT. The people of California will never be satisfied until some explanation is made of the extraordinary course of the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors with regard to San Pedro and Santa Monica, It is said that the committee has decided to reduce the appropriation for the inner harbor of San Pedro from $392,000 to $50,- 000, to do nothing tor the outer harbor and to cut out the appropriation for Santa Monica altogether. Congressman McLach- lan is said to be angry because Congress- men Bowers, Maguire and Barham opposed the Santa Monica eppropriation and thus caused the committee practically to strike out both appropriations. This is a guarrel among the California Congressmen that will have to be explainea. Aside from that, it is clear that Mr. Huntington was behind the whole trouble. It was evident to him that any appropria- tion jor San Pedro would destroy the value of the Southern racific monopoly of | Santa Monica, and hence he preferred that Santa Monica should wait rather than see San Pedro improved. So long as Santa Monica is‘dangerous and”inadequate and San Francisco has a safe harbor the Southern Pacific can carry the traffic of Southern California 500 miles by rail and charge & round sum for the service. This would bedone away with in the event that cither San Pedro or Santa Monica is im- proved. Mr. Huntington can_well afford to wait for a harbor in Southern Caiifo rnia. That it was his influence that secured this extraordinary action on the part of the committee no one in this State can be made to doubt. His power has already fin shown in the ‘matter of the funding ill. The question of an appropriation for these.harbors is not entirely settled, as the decision of the committee seems to have been taken in a moment of anger and pet- ulance, and vartly because the California Congressmen had worked at cross-pur- voses. Mr, McLachlan’s position seems to have been one of witlingness for the Santa Monica appropriation as a concession to the Huntington forces, and through fear thatSan Pedro would be neglected. Messrs. Bowers, Barham and Maguire seem to have opposed the Santa Monica appropriation | because it was manifestly wrong and was opposed by the united sentiment of Cali- fornia. Hencé it does not appear either that Mr. McLachlan was working in the interest of the Southern Pacific or that the others were willing to sacrifice the inter- ests of the State in order to balk theselfish grab of the railroad. The simple truth very likely is that the Southern Pacific was willing that both appropriations should be stricken out in order that San Pedro should not be improved and the possibility of a monopoly at Santa Monica destroyed. It behooves the entire Califor- nia delegation to arrive at a clear under- standing and work' harmoniously to undo the harm that is threatened. STATE INVESTMENTS. Attorney-General Fitzgerald seems to have made a clear explanation of the charge that he has opposed the invest- ment of State school funds in the bonds issued by various counties of the State. His position asstated by himself is that he has opposed such investments only in the cases of bonds which he deemed to bave been irregularly issued, and that he strongly believes the State should in- vest in home bonds in preference to those issued by the Government, so that the interest may be kept at home. The contention of the Sacramento Bee, which made the charge against him, is that he has passed adverse judgment on bonds which had already been accepted as good by responsible banks. Clearly that fact could have no more weight with the Attorney-General than to make his in- spection of the bonds all the more thor- ough and his iudgment all the more relia- ble. At the same time it is assumed that the banks have invested only after their attorneys have passed on the securities. In such a case it would be merely a differ- ence of opinion between attorneys, and that is not an extraordinary thing. Tue real point in the whole question is why the Attorney-General, charged as he is with so grave responsibilities, should ever have had occasion to question the manner in which county bonds have been issued? When we reflect that the bonds were issued under the sanction of the Dis- trict Attorneys of the counties, and ap- proved by the attorneys employed by the purchasing banks, the weight of authority is against the Attorney-General, and his responsibility is no greater than’ that of either of the other sets of attorneys. Still his position is more conspicuons and his advice of a more far-reaching influence. When be advises against the bonds of any county the situation is very serious and requires study. Were it not for the fact that several counties have acquired an unpleasant no- toriety for misusing the public funds the subject might be easily dismissed as one of a difference of opinion between lawyers. But that fact ‘alone creates a presumption in the Attorney-General's favor. Califor- nia has already suffered seriously from that cause. - One of the reasons why it would be difficult to bond San Francisco for improvements that would be a wise in- vestment is a fear that some irregularity would appear in the handling of the funds as well as tne issuance of the bonds. The State cannot expect to prosper until that drawback has been removed by resort to better politics. LOWER CAR FARES. In its adoption of a resolution favoring a reduction of the streetcar fare to 3 cents | the Point Lobos Avenue Improvement Club has set in motion an idea that should receive the indorsement of every organiza- tion and indiviGual interested in the wel- fare and more rapid development of San Francisco. Thereis no doubt that such a reduction can be made by the railways without interfering with fair profits being returned to the stockholders. It was only the other day that a dividend was announced by the Market-street Rail- way Company of 60 cents for the quarter ending March 31, 1896. This is equivalent to an annnsal dividend of $2 40 on each $100 share of stock. stock has been issued, and as this stock is now quoted at $47 the dividend declared is equal to about 5 per cent per annum on the investment. But when it is known that this $18,000,000 worth of stock is in reality three times as much as what it actually cost to construct and equip the 180 odd | miles of single track of this road, it will be seen that the stockholders are now en- joying more than a fair return for the in- vestment. Then this company has within the past year put considerable of its profits into new electric roads and in the conversion of some of ite horse and cable lines into electric railwavs. Not only has thistended to largely diminish the immediate divi- dend fund, but it has added much to the future dividend possibilities. The new lines will bring new traffic and the con- verted lines are cheaper to operate. A reduction in fares will also stimulate traffic, and the increase in travel can be taken care of with a comparatively less ex- pense to the company, as the cost of roll- ing stock and the pay of the increased force of men is but a small investment compared to the cost of constructing a road. What the actual profits of opera- tion are is shown by figures obtained from offidial sources in reference to the Market- street Railway Company. The annual in- come from fares is about $3,000,000, and out of this it has been found possible to declare a dividend equal to $500,000, or about 17 per centof the gross earnings, and this, too, in spite of the burden of making extraordinary improvements and additions to the system. Low streetcar fares and an adequate ser- vice will do more to build up the outside sections and enhance their value than all other factors combined. The Point Lobos avenue people should receive the necessary backing in the movement they have in- augurated. DIAZ ON THE DOOTRINE. The able address of President Diaz to the Congress of Mexico isan open and hearty acceptance of the Monroe doctrine and an earnest recommendation that it be made the policy of all the American re- publics. How this is.to be done President Diaz does not presume to say, but mani- festly the proper procedure would be an alliance of all the American republics for defense against European aggression. Such an alliance might be extended in 'its operation to cover other idterests that are common to the republics. An important consideration in any alli- ance among these countries is a total ao- sence of fear that the United States would seek to secure undue advantage in the way either of enlarging its territory at the expense of its neighbors or of advancing its commercial interests on selfish iines. ‘Although nothing ever occurred until the raising of the Venezuelan question to bring about sympathy among the Western republics, the lesson of that difficulty is that some kind of political and commer- cial alliance would be wise. - The Pan- American congress was productive of no Some $18,000,000 | $18,000.000 worth of | 08 Coolgardie, arrived here yesterday. Ho substantial results, but that was merely' because the time wasnot ripe and the re- publics ‘had not yet recognized the im- portance of concerted action. President Diaz unqualifiedly accepts the Monroe doctrine as one that does not concern the United States alone and says the Unitea States should not be expected to support it unaided. The doctrine is even more vital to the weaker republics than to the United States, for this Nation, unlike the others, is physically able to hold its own against any European power. It would be exceedingly ungracious on the part of the southern republicsto leave the United Stat es to support alone a principle that is more vital to them thanus. As Mexico is the greatest of the republics next to the United States it may be ex- pected that the example set by President Diaz will be cheerfully followed by the smaller states. The next important thing to be done is such action by the Mexican Congress as will invest the acceptance of the principle with the whole dignity and power of Mexico. The questions of tariff and finance that are so serious for the people of the United States will becomes equally grave with the southern republics when they shall have developed their natural resources to the point attained by us. That is merely a question of time, but it would be well for these republics to profit now by the mis- takes which have been committed in the United States and thus avoid the evils upon which we have fallen. Upon return of the Republican party to full power it should be a leading idea to amalgamate the interests of all the American republics by means of a comprehensive agreement that shall look to the protection of the in- dustries of all the American republics as weil as resistance of any attempt on the part of Europe to secure a political hold on this continent. PERSONAL James Gleason of Towa Hill 18 at the Russ. G. W. Mock of El Dorado is at the Cosmopol- itan. M. Dinkelsplel, a business man of Suisun, is here. George W. Horne of Mill Creek, Utah, is on a visit here. Walter Mills, & mining man of Grub Gulch, is in town. Jesse D. Carr of Salinasis registered at the Occidental. J. M.Reuck, the newspaper man, of Stockton, is in the City. Harry Wagnper, a merchant of Astoria, is at the Cosmopolitan. A. W. Morrison and wife, of Sacramento, are in the city for a brief visit. H. D. Mackenzie, M.D., of Dunedin, New Zealand, is at the Cosmopolitan. Johnson Bherrick, a wealthy resident of Canton, Onio, arrived here yesterday and is at the Grand. 3 J. W. Kelly, superintendent of the Bodie and other mines at Bodie, was among yesterday’s arrivals bere. Samuel D. Lewis, the pressed brick man- ufacturer of Philadelphia, is a guest at the Cosmopolitan, D. C. Lane, owner of a productive gold prop- erty at Darwin, arrived here yesterday for a few weeks' stay. Thomas G. Yancy, 8 business man and mine- owner of Newman, Cal., is at the Lick accom- panied by his wife. W. Wright, who is representing. a London syndicate in the purchase of mines and real estate, is in the City. John H, Martin, who is the representative of Frank Mayo, isin the City. Mr. Mayo began his theatrical career in San Franeisco. 0. H. P. Noyes, the well-known wealthy busi- ness man of Yokohema, who is largely inter- ested in the tea trade, is at the Palace. C. M. Lawler, general manager of the Phila- delphia, Reading and New England Railroad, witn headquarters at Hartford, Conn., is at the Palace. Miss Eva Duke of Salvador, the daughter of the millionaire banker J. Marion Duke, who is known by reason of his great wealth as the Jay Gould’ ot the southern republic, is at the Palace. Captain Barfield of the bark Alexandra, who was recently hurt by an explosion aboard his vessel,-and who has since been confined to his room in the Commercial Hotel, is slowly re- covering. He 1s, however, not yet able to be about. James Crownan, a mine-owner of Rossland, B. C., the new and booming gold camp in the Trail Creek country, where 7000 or 8000 people are now gathered, and which, accord- ing to its advocates, is to eclipse Cripple Creei wants to enjoy himself for a time in a milder climate. Some Chicago people, noted for their signal prominence in different lines, and for the cumaulation of large wealth, reached here yes- terday and will spend some time in California. Among them are; Norman Williams, general counsel of the powerful monopoly, the Western Union Telegraph Company; D. R.Cameron, ex-president of the Chicago Board of Educa- tion; Richard T. Crane, president of the Crane Bros. Manufacturing Company, and Andrew McNally, president of the widely known pub- lishing house of Rand, McNally & Co. They are here for pleasure. All are at the Palace, T.T. Wills, who & few years ago was asso- ciated with the Donahue Railway passenger department, and who afterward married an heiress of Santa Rosa, is in the City, after over two years’ absence. He has been in various mining camps of the north, including those of Trail Creek, Boundary Creek, Kootenai, the Okanogan country and other places, and tells hopeful stories of the extraordinary wealth of these regions. Wills has claims staked out by the dozens and some of them he dignifies with the name of mines, and predicts the future fortunes of all who labor with the pick there, He says he will go back aftera few weeks in California. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YOfiK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aprii 2.—At the Grand Union, S.Fosterand wife; Sturtevant, G. W, Leslie; Murray Hill, W. T. Doyle; Holland, K. Mn;!dox. J. Macownsky; imes, L. Hatchett. WHO HAS DONE -AS MUCH? Santa Cruz Sentinel. Claus Spreckels has given the county a strip of land forty feet wide and some miles long leading from the public road to the Aptos beach to be used asa public road. Who of all the men in this county who hate rich men be- cause they are rich, sneer at them, elur them, attack them, assauli them in the public press, work the public against them, has done as much? If there is such a man let him stand forth. If too modest to do so let his friends do 80 for him, A rich man is no better than any other man equally good who is mot rich, heither is he lnz ‘worse. If there is any county in the world that needs the introduction of wealth it is this county, and if there isany city suffering from s lack of capital it is this city. Did you ever think that there is not a man in Santa Cruz who has $100,000 in money on hand, now or heretofore? Did you ever think how few residents of this county there are who are each worth $100,000? You can count them on the fingers of your hands, and you won’t bave to count your fingers twice. Could ten men worth $100,000 each. be in- duced to move into this county and invest their $1,000,000, we, who hate them through envy of 'their wealthi, would clap our hands with joy, aud some of us would -at once com- mence laying our pipes o get in on the deal, As business men we would want to get in, and if we did not get in how some of us would jump on the rich and denounce as pets and favorites those who did get in. 4 —_— They Pull All Together. Oakiand Tribune. A One reason assigned for the prosperity of Los Angeles is that all residents there ‘have a good word for their own city. They talk for it, plan for it and act forit. It is the pull alto- gether that does the business. Alas! the Poor Farmer. Lewiston (Mont.) Democrat. The cinch bug eats the farmer’s grain, the bee moth spoils his honey, the bedbug fills him full of p-ln! but the humbug gets his money, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Alfred Rosenholz, a Swedish electrician, for some time conmected with the Union Iron ‘Works and frequently seen in the corridors of the Palace, has made a discovery which his friends think ought to make him known around the globe. It is in reference to the differenge of temperature of heavenly bodies. Rosenholz admits that he has gone a good way off to make his discovery, but thinks he had as good a right as Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton and the Test of them. “It is the discovery of a law which exists in nature,” he said, “not before known.” He added: ‘“This law is in reference to the solar heat and the lower temperature of the planets, and what relation temperature bears to atomic affinity. “The difference of temperature of any orb and its companion or companions in the uni- verse is in relation to the distance or weight of the mass, which opposes by its motion the force of gravitation. “Merecury, the first planet outward from the sum, if he constitute terrestrial matter in pro- vortion, it follows by the above law that the density is much greater than that of the earth. The density is believed to.be about two anda hali times greater than that of our globe. “The planets increase in temperature as the diameter of their orbits is increased. Mars has its orbit outside of the earth, con- -sequently his velocity and density is not so great. “Owing to the great distance of the giant planet Jupiter from its central orb, the planet Alfred Rosenholz, Who Says He Has Dis- covered a New Law in Nature. must be in a hot state; a red-hot fiery nucleus, part of which is occasionally seen whenever a nortion of one of the great cloud zones'is for & time dispersed. “Saturn must have a still higher tempera- ture; in all probability Saturnis composed of materials similar to those of our globe, yet we find that the density is so small that it would float in water. “That this law will also hold good in the sidereal heavens with the millions of suns and their planets is evident beyond any reasonable | doubt. “When the stars are closely examined from time to time it is found that & number of them alter in brilliancy. Such stars which change in brilliancy from maximum to minimum are orbsof nearly the same weight revolving round one another; their orbit is necessarily elliptic; the higher temperature and brillianey are man- ifestea when they are farthest apart. Stars of other have the same temperature; but of three the same weight which revolve around each orbs of equal weight, the onein the center ‘would be a bright star, while the orbs in mo- tion would be dark globes. Such must be the condition of the star Algol, which in general shines as & second magnitude star; once every sixty-nine nours, however, it slowly decreases in brightness. Each time one of the dark com- companions to one of these stars passes exactly between us and the star a partial eclipse takes place. Itis well ascertained that those dark globes in mass are nearly equal to the center orb, which is a bright star. “How would science with the present theories of heat and light and atomic affinity explein this contrast? Still more, How will they account for the enormous light and heat given out by similar bodies of matter which travel through space and are shorn of their brilliancy when they pass the sun and regain their luster as they again extend their journey { out in space ? “Science has investigated the source of heat, but has ignored atomic affinity, assuming it 1o be a force that matter possesses by virtue; its relation to ethereal menifesiations is not well comprehended. “The comet of Newton, which appeared in 1680, approached the suriace of the sum as close es one-third of the solar diameter, and was accordingly subjected to a heat over 2000 times greater than the temperature of red- hotiron. Under the action of this enormous heat the comet appeared to decrease, a result which would not be expected, as the effect of an increase of temperature is rather ‘to expand the mass. Itis plainly in accordance with my discovered law that, such intense heat would under ordinary conditions exist- ing on earth convert a globe of platina or carbon into gas if no other force had come into play during the time the comet passed the sun. “Professor Chambers says in his Cometary Statistics: ‘It should be remarked that the real dimensionsof comets are found to vary greatiy at different periods. There is no doubt that many of thése bodies contract as they ap- proach the sun snd expand again. as they recede from it,a fact first noticed by Kepler. Enckle’s comet in 1838 when approaching the sun was on October 9 281,000 miles in diam- eter; the 17th of December it had contracted t0 8000 miles in diameter. This must be the condition of all matter which moves in an elliptie orbit round the sun; as it gets nearer to the sun its weight and velocity become greater,and as a consequence there is a lower temperature, or a greater attraction between its atoms and molecules. “Thus, I think, the above manifested facts are sufficient to show that as long as there is a motion there will be a difference of tempera- ture, providing there is a difference of motion. Every orb or massof matter in the universe depends on every other mass for its laws of attraction. One orb alone cannot come into existence, as there would be no gravitation, no affinity, or law. The phenomenon we call heat ‘would have reached its maximum, while mat- ter would suffer a further division and form a neutral fluid diffused throughout space, while the ether would form worlds and solar sys- tems, with a temperature and laws under a reverse condition.” PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Miss Alice Rothschild’s collection of roses ia valued at $50,000. The four. King Georges of England all died on the same day of the week. Sir John' Millais, the new president of the Royal Academy of London, never paints a por- trait for less than $15,000. Moreover, he has 80 many clients that he can make his own choice of subjeets. Emin Pasha’s daughter Ferida has won her case against the claims made by his Constanti- nople wife, and by the decision of the court will ‘obtain through the Foreign Office an estate valuea at 26,000 marks, Nearly all the membersof the royal family of England are cyclists. Princess Victoria of Wales, the Duchess of Fife, Princess Louise, the Marcnioness of Lorne and Princess Henry of Battenberg all ride and are enthusiasts, Osman Digna, who in the uprising of the Mahd: performed such prodigies of valor and ‘was continually reported dead, and is now re- ported as a leader in the new holy war; is the son of a Freuch nobleman, and was educated in the military schools at Cairo. Sir W. Foster, M. P., speaking at & banquetat Derby, said that if they had Mr. Giadstone’s clarion voice ringing through the British isles to-dey it would scatter. the bloody emblems of {on the second finger of the Turkey and make such atrocities as they had heard of impossible of fulfillment. When Dr. Jameson, the famous South African adventurer, was hunting and prospecting 1 Montana some ten or twelve years ago, he fre- quently remarked that this country was 100 slow for him. He wentto Africa for a more stirring life, and appears to have found it. Emperor gVilliam of Germany finds it diffi- cult to obt#in suitable designs for the monu- ments to the rulers of the empire to be erected in the Sieges Allee of the Thiergarten. He told the competing artists not to give the people @ chance to crack jokes at the monuments. A CONSERVATIVE. The garden beds I wandered by One bright and cheerful morn, When I found & new-fledged butterfly A-sitting on a thorn, A'black and crimson butterfly, All doleful anfi forlora. Ithought that life could have no sting To intant ubtterflies, 80 I gazed on this unkappy thing With wonder and surprise, While sadly with his waving wing He wiped his weeping eyes. Said T, “What can the matter be? Why weepest thou 5o sore? With garden fair and sunlight free Ana flowers In goodly store—" But he only turned 2way from me And burst into & roar. Cried he, “My legs are thin and few Where once I had & swarm ! Soft fuzzy fur—a joy to view— Once kept my body warm ! Before these flapping wing-things grew, To hamper and deform ! At that outrageous bug I shot ‘The fury of mine eye: Said I in scorn, all burning hot, In rage and anger high, - “You ignominious idiot ! Those wings are made to fiy " “I do not want to fly,” said he; “I only want (o squirm {” And he drooped his wings dejectedly, But still his volce was firm; I do not want to be a fly ! I want to be a worm ! O yesterday of unknown lackt To-day of unknown bliss! 1 left my fool in red and black; ‘The last I saw was this: The creature madly climbing back 1nto his chrysalis. CHARIOTTE PERKINS STETSON. e ——— > OUR SHARE OF THE SEEDS. The joint resolution of Congress authorizing the gratuitous distribution of seeds became a law, without the President’s signature, early in this month, and any gentieman who has 300 tons of seeds which he wishes to sell to Uncle Sam has until April 15 to send in his proposal. Each of the ninety Senators, 357 representatives and three Territorial delegates will be entitled to 15,000 packets of seeds. A mathematical genius in the Department of Ag- riculture has figured that each honorable will have a total “of one four hundred and fiftieth part of two-thirds of each variety.” Boston, through its two representatives, isen- titled to. 30,000 packets of seeds, to say noth- ing of such of the Senatorial packets as it can ontain. What beautiful farms we shall have, to be sure, and how cheap living will be this summer. There is a variety of thirty-five kinds, which we can pick irom, ranging {rom aspara- gus and Brussels sprouts to rutabagas and sal- sify. The 30,000 l)ncxeu ought to sow about all the vacant lots in the two districts. There is going to be a great deal of satisfac- tion in eating the products of these seeds, for the specifications demand that they must be true to their name and must be up to the re- uired standards of purity and germination. g‘or instance, if our Congressman sends us broceoli seeds, whose purity-is not 98 per cent and germination 85 per cent, or okra seeds, whose purity is not 99 per cent and germina- tlon 86 per vent, we can complain. Just what redress we can obtain is but vaguely stated, though we might be able to haye the Congress- man censured or the seed-seller put in jail. We certainly could get some new seeds and try again. 8:\3 we fondly plant our Government seeds ‘we can do so confident that they are free from “smut, bunt, ergot, the larve of insects or the seeds of the dodder.” If there are any resi- dents of the North End who think of cultiva: ing mustard, or any in the Back Bay with a longing for an onion field, who fear that the | Congressional seeds are not of the best, we beg | to set their minds at rest. Congressional seeds, | according to the requirements of Secretary J. | Scholasticus Morton, are allowed to contain no Brassica, Camelina sativa, Salsola kali tragus, Carduus arvensis, AgrostemmaZgithago, Bromus secalinus, Agrapyron repens, Thiaspi arvense or Allium vineale. What more couid you ask?—Boston Journal, H AN EFFECTIVE WAIST BESIGN. The new fancy velvets when made up into round waists need to be made on simple lines. The model shown here is ideal for the purpose. The bishop sleeve is one of the new features of those round waists. A charming one, when made of this fashion, was of Parisian design, with collar, sleevebands and shoulder straps of bright red velvet ribbon. One in velvet, showing red, blue, green and black, was exquisite with trimmings of Per- sian lamb fur, which formed the bands for the sleeves, for the shoulders, and was also laid in a three-inch band down the center front. ;l‘he collar was of the velvet, with points of the ur. Royal blue velvet with tails of the sable over the shoulders, around the neck and sleeve- bands was rayallz rich. The effect of & basque portion attained by tails sewn to the bottom of the waist at the back, from the under-arm seams, brightened the effect. A China silk, in a green tone, exquisitely trimmed with 'brown yelvet, was designed to be worn with & brown skirt. A waist of black satin made after this model, with detachable shoulder-straps, sleeve-bands, collar and bel: of China ribbon (a light green shade is a good combination)lmakes a serviceabe waist, for the accessories may be raised indefi- nitely. A white satin stock collar is one of the newest fancies, and with a round collar of lace or a square one of white batiste, makes an en. tire change. A fichu of black chiffon with an edge of white Brussels work mukes another very stylish trimming. This may be left hang- ing loose in front or tied around the waist in the back. ———— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. CRIPPLE CREEK PAPERS—A., Keswick, Shasta County, Cal. The Crusher (daily)and the g‘\’xfi,(weehy) are pubmnug in %rlpple Cg(e,lkd, CusToM-HOUSE—F. A. 8., City. tions for examination under the ciyil service rules for positions must be made at the tom-house, where blanks can be obtained, amination'will be made on the 7in of April, To BE AN ENGINEER—W. D, City. wish to become an engineer in the States navy address a communic: 9 ?ulry to the commander of the nc:llfi:: il:fp ndependence, Mare Island, celve all the information ddsire, 700 U Te- All applica- If you United HOPKINS INSTITUTE OF ART—Subscribe: - ley Ford, Sonoms, County, Cal. The u;i;)‘xll.x}- i edding s married she wears the w ;‘::egno:xhezhxe third finger of thet hfi!‘i "l“:: husband who desires to wear 8 wefld g iae should also wear it on the third fing left hand. 1 AssuMED Name—L. E. F., City. A man W when he enlisted in the army assumed a nun: not his own can, when his term of ualmmnml has expired or he is discharged for h?"’r‘lugc disability or other causes, resume u‘ l‘“ name. 1f there is any pension due him he would have to draw it under the name he Wi known by in the army. s i tter RATTLE AND BurtoN—E. W., Meridian, Sul County, Cal. The rattle of the rattlesnake consists of & number of thin, horny shells jointed together, each, except the terminal one, e eniorm and in_ great part covered gz that next to it. The terminal one is called :“‘ button. The number of joints in the ral ils increases with the age of the servent, 3 being added not every year, but ateach cas to of the skin. Theincrease is at the end atiac] to the body. — PECULIAR OPTICAL ILLUSION. he architects of the new City Hall dome colu‘X:i see their work only from the hill on the north side of MeAllister street, just beyong the streetcar power-house, they woula most likely be thrown into consternationm, as a peculiar combination of lignt and shade makes the structure look as if it was about to take a tumble on top of the Lick statuary. The causes for the illusion are not hard to find. It cannot be noticed in the morning when the sun is behina it, as that throws the vast pile into & of silhouette and gives no chance ior‘tha p!ol“y shadows that sre apparent in the afternoon. A first glance at the dome from the top of he New Appearance of the Dome of t City Hall from McAllister-Street Hills.]§ (From a sketch.} the hiil mentioned has a most startling effect on the observer. Not only does the structure appear out of plumb vertically, but all of the floors appear to slant down on the southern side. The ciner dome on the top looks as if ready to roll off and the bronze angel has the effect of getting ready to take a plunge into space, just as if it had slready become tired of offending the artistic senses of the people. g Tn% ;?flncipnl cause of the illusion is the polished copper dome, that so catches the glare of the sun as to be bmken:{p intoa number of planes of light and shade. The strong light on one side of the globe causes a portion of it to disappear from view. On the iop ot Devisadero-street hill & clump of poplars grow in just the right place to produce the effect of being the continuation of the line of the dome. They meet the edge of the dome at their tops and from there slant downward to the north and blend in with the other build- ings near by. gn the Ro\{m side of the dome a building, that is light in color, so cuts into the shadow of the dome as to produce the effect of bending the side line inwerd. The unbalanced com- position of the lines in the buildings over which the dome can be seen sre such as to strengthen the illusion. Only the upper portion of the dome shows above the Devisadero-street hill, which in it- self produces & somewhat frnlesque effect. The buildings of the City Hall proper seem to have melted into the ground. From the hill on the opposite side of McAllister street the i1 lusion is not visible. CURRENT HUMOR. “Will you think of me when I'm gone?” asked Mr. Linger, sentimentally, as the hands of the clock moved toward 12. «“Certainly,” smid Miss Kittish; “how soon shalll have an_opportunity to begin think- ing.”—London Tit-Bits. Mrs. de Stotle—Did you enjoy the opera? Mrs. Fusion—Very much. We had & box and the B'Joneses sat right opposite us in the circle. It was glorious!—Philadelphia North American. From the Plunkville Bugle: “We owe an apology to Mr. Biggenhall, our candidate for County Auditor, and an explanation to our readers. We attempted to say in our headline, *Biggenhall’s In It,’ and it was all the fault of the foreman that the line appeared ‘Biggen. hall’s Nit,” the first letter of the seecond word having dropped out.”—Indianapolis Journa:. “It is sad,” said one girl, ““that many men nowadays have a great deal more money than brains.” “Yes,” sighed another, *‘and so little money at that.’’—Washington Star. Higgles—O01d Bilson called in four doctors in consulitation over him the day he died. Miggles—There's no danger of his being buried alive.—Brooklyn Life. PANORAMA eggs very cheap. Townsend’ CHOCOLATE cream eggs, 2 for 5¢c. Townsend’s* CANDY bacon and eggs, 10c, Townsend’s. * EASTER cream candies, 25¢ 1b. Townsend's.” vmnuntmmmxmnd’t . — The Huntington Policy. Santa Cruz Press. Honesty may be a very good policy, but the Huntington policy is a sure winner. —_————— CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c 1b. Townsend's.* ———————— LisERAL disconunt on eatable Easter eggs to Sunday-schools. Townsend’s, . T GLACE pineapple California cherries an fruits, 50c pound. Townsend’s. » - ORNAMENTED chocolate and cream Esaster eggs, 5¢; worth 10c. Townsend’s. . ———————— BuY your underwear, hosiery, corsets, ete. » at Pioneer Dry-goods Store, 105 Fifth street. * ——————— GENUINE Eyeglasses and Specs, 15¢ to 40¢. 814 Fourth. Sundays, 738 Market, Kast’sshoestore® ——————— EFPECIAL information daily to manufactursry, business houses and public men by the Pry Clivping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. —————— 3 C. W. R. For, the senior member of C. W. R. Ford & Co., of 522 Market street, terday in Los Angel: here hy VgilF e rday in Los Angeles, where he has it ét‘a)rnfl:‘? pn:l.st four ye;r?. Tge l?;:si;_nes; :vel?ldi‘: ued same as before 's. Fol i partner, Jacob M. Schnelde¥ e ""‘ Inequitable Tax. Porterville Enterprise. We think that the State poll tax fs very in. equitable in its practical workings. About 50 per cent do not pay such taxes, and that leaves the other half to pay twice as much for each one. Furthermore, the cost of collecting the mnndlyp%l‘:rt;xmfi):m o(inll reason. Most cer- State'and county ia expensive. " "¢ 00 for To purify the biood, resto bulld up the whol o o sppedieana e system take Hood's Sarsa- parilla. The necessity of ediet universally admits Ak S e i ted. “Take oniy Hood's. . o ‘‘Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’” Has been used over 50 years by million, s of mothers for their children white Teething with perfect suo- cess. It soothes the child, softens the allays :lln. cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and Institute of Art is open every day in the week except Sunday. On the first each month no ld&ulon fee u? l:hnfi‘e‘}l.yb:{ ou other days the admission fee is 25 conrs. Lo mtuds “RiNG8—J., City. Ifagirlis willing to marry, but is not engaged, she should wear a ring m; the index finger of the lefs hand; if engaged, same hand, and remedy for Diarrhceas, whet 1rom teethiug or other causes. For m?fy‘gnn‘ gists in €very part of the world. Be sure and "lxl'.k for Mrs. Winslow's Sooihing Syrup. 25 a boitie, Ron -t ahip, tucluding fitteen s poarackste. by sieam: ronado, $60: longer stay 4 New Montgomery sp. mmm- Apply