The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. CALL, six months, by mail. Daily and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Dally and Sunday CarL, one month, by mal .85 Bunday CALL, one yea WEEKLY CALL, oD y THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the conntry on vacation * It 40, it is no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt attentions NO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Californis. Felephone............. <ieeeen..Main-1868 EDITORIA‘L‘ROOMS H 517 Clay S! Felephone.......... BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Montgomery sireet, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. 389 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 713 Larkin street: open until 8:30 o’clock. £W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open wntil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Niut street; open untll 9 0'clock. .. Maln-1874 OAKLAND OFFICE : €08 Brondway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Speci; SDAY THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. S —————c——————— An unpledged delegation means fair play for everybody. sick about Senator There is nothing Morgan's argument. It is full spring tide at Los Angeles, but vou can’t see anything n there. Asara about as good as the old-f What Democracy really needs at this juncture is not a leader but an under- taker. producer the new festival seems ioned picnic. All California will unite in the wish that Senator Morgan may live to see the fund- ing bill dead. Spain promises antonomy to Cuba, but Cubans demand the guarantee of ependenc:. . California can wait the coming of the fonding bill fight with serenity. She has vietory in sight. It is evident that in the cause of justice even a sick man can getin a knock-out blow on corruption. The proposed combination of Democrats and Populists will be only another mon- key and parrot affa There is nogood argument for a pledged delegation, and no good one against a delegation unpledged. ‘Why make any new laws relating to the debts of the Pacific roads when the pres- ent laws are sufficient? The great American industry this sum- mer will be that of bouncing Democracy and turning out Grover. There is no qaestion but what balmy spring has come, but decidedly the weather isn’t living up to From the far East comes the faint sound of somebody trying to start a Presidential boom for Russell of Massachusetts. In the Democratic Junta both tha dog and the tail are wagging, but it is not yet certain which is wagging the otner. There will be no rushing through of the funding scheme at one fell swoop. The people’s rush line is very strong itself. If Cleveland cannot make up his mind what to do about Cuba he might as well make up his fishing-tackle and take a rest. 1f Waller can live on the hope of getting an indemnity from France he is very ikely to live about as long as Methuselah, As Congress is not doing much in the way of legislation an adjournment in May would s2em to be about as good as one in June. When Huntington reads the minority report on the funding bill he will come to the conclusion thathe is a sicker man than Morean. The advocates of the Wilson tariff can point to the British surplus as a conclusive proof it has been a great developer of foreign trade. Unless a candidate comes forward very soon Democracy may bave to adopt “My Sweetheart’s the Man in the Moon” as a campaign song. About this time Carlisle has begun to fizure out how to make a treasury state- ment for April that will show something besides a deficit. Senator Morgan was right in saying of the refunding scheme: ‘“We cannot afford to pay salvage to men who have conspired to wreck the ship.” As time passes it becomes evident that the prospects the Democrats saw when Whitney visited Washington was only a mirage of the desert. As no Populist farmer would undertake to plow his field with a foundered donkey, why should he try to do politics with old broken down Democracy ? The services of Senator Morgan in the contest against the railroad monopoly are most acceptable, but it would have been more satisfactory to see a Californian leading the fight. In one shipment yesterday $400,000 in gold was cent from New York to Europe and all we will get in return for it will be a lot of imported goods that should have been made at home. A delegation of strong men, free to use their strength and infiuence for the ad- vancement of the State and the Pacific Coast, is what the Republicans of California should send to St. Louis. The communication we publish this morning from General N. P. Chipman on the subject of an unpledged delegation to the 8t. Louis convention packsintoa brief space one of the most thoughiful and con- vincing considerations of this important issue that has yet been published. It should be carefully read and weighed by every California Republican. It points the way to achieve the best results, both for the party and for the commonwealth, and the State Convention would do well to follow its guidance, A WORTHY EXAMPLE. The “Banner Republican County” of California has held its Republican County Convention and decided to send unpledged delegates from the Third Congressional District. It is somewhat unfortunate that Alameda County did not hold its conven- tion earlier and impress the weight of its example upon other counties in the State. This regret is expressed in view of the fact that some of the remoter counties have in- structed their delegates to the State Con- vention 10 support some favorite candidate for President. It would not be difficult to trace all the hardships borne by California to a lack of uniformity in action of its people. The spirit of wise co-operation has not yet spread its wings over this singularly com- plex and heterogeneous people. Evi- dences of its absence have been painfully abundant from the beginning of our State organization. It has never yet happened that our delegation to Congress were able to ‘work harmoniously for the good of the whole State, and as a consequence Califor- nia, which so greatly needs the assistance of the Nation, has never received the con- sideration for which its necessities call. Our harbors and rivers have had no gen- erous appropriations so greatly needed. Our splendid fruit industry is not suffi- ciently protected. Dissensions have per- mitted the growth of an almost invincible monopoly of transportation that has grown incredibly rich at our expense. Great industries have each other by the throat. Ouf ocean commerce has been lost to the dependencies of Great Britain because we were not sufficiently united to demand such a mail subsidy for our ships as would enable us to compete on equal terms with the heavily subsidized vessels flying the English colors. Now, when the greatest opportunity in the history of the State has arrived for taking legitimate advantage of a political situation, we find minor evidences of a lack of concerted action. In the very heat of the action comes Alameda, the great Republican county of the State, and declares its wisdom by electing delegates pledged to no Presidential aspirant, real- izing the fact that all the candidates thus far proposed are worthy men, that a Re- publican candidate is sure of election, and that an independent attitude offers the only hope for California to demand just recognition at the hands of a great Na- tional party. ' It seems unnecessary 10 say that, as the Republicans of Alameda County are in intimate touch with the needs of the State and have a wise under- standing of the advantage which the pres- ent sitnation offers, its example is emi- nently worthy to be followed by other counties, Let the intelligence centered in the Republican party of California show that it has the ordinary political shrewd- ness to make the most of this opportunity and the patriotism to employ it for the good of the State. A BUNKO GAME. The attempt of some of the leaders of the Democratic party to make a combination with the Populists in tLe Congressional districts this fall should not be overlooked by those earnest and sincere Populists who believe in principles more than in the spoils of office. Populism as a political organization has nothing to gain from such a combination, whatever individual office-seekers might hope for. Democracy is laden this year with all the disasters of free trade, all the offenses of the Cleveland administration, al! the blunders of Wilson, Morton, Smith and Olney,and is involved in a thousand faction fights. What can honest Populists hope for in making a common cause with such a demoralized gang as that? To the Democratic bosses hopeless of carrying a single Congressional district in California on a straight contest, any scheme that will gain votes here and there will seem good politics. Every Populist vote they can get for a Democrat will count as an indorsement of Cleveland. It will be recorded as an approval of the Wilson tariff, the goldbug money system, the wreck of American industry for the sake of foreign trade and all the evils of defi- cient revenue, syndicate bond deals, gold exports and the increase of the public debt in a time of profound peace. If the Populists can be induced to cast votes for Democrats in the face of the rec- ord of this Democratic administration, they will have to give up all hope of ever being recognized as an independent party. By holding a straight course they have now an opportunity to take the place in our political system wnich the Democrats have forfeited by their blunders and follies. Only an ordinary degree of sagacity and courage is mneeded for organized Populism to east more votes in the West and in the Mississippi Valley this fall than the Democrats will cast. This would mean for the Populists a prestige that would enable them in suc- ceeding elections to absorb Democrats in- stead of being absorbed by them. No wonder then the Democratic leaders and office-seekers in -California are willing to make the combination. These office- seekers have in fact so much to gain by the trade that the thing looks very much like an attempt at a bunko game. PRESERVING THE LAWS. Senator Morgan’s efforts to secure friendly assistance in urging his views on the railroad funding bill have so far suc- ceeded that his report has been presented, and it is difficult to see how they can be smothered, even though the veteran Ala- bamian is helplessly ill. His plan is to in- vest the Courtof Appeals of the District of Columbia with jurisdiction in the rail- road cases in order to furnish judicial ma- chinery for carrying out the other provi- sions of the scheme. All outstanding first mortgage and subsidy bonds are to be re- funded with 3 per cent thirty-year bonds and the President is to appoint directors for managing the properties and turning over the earnings to the Government on account 6f the debt and for the liquidation of the refunding bonds. Senator Morgan thus explains the foun- dation of hisplan: “In brief, I propose that no rights of the United States or of any bondholder, stockholder, creditor or em- Pploye of these corporations, under existing laws, shall be chénged in the least degree. The lav's stand to regulate these rights without alteration. They are sufficient as they stand for all purposes of justice, equity, governmental authority, the pro- tection of the people and public policy.” That is exactly what the people of Cali- fornia are contending for. The present legal provisions for collecting the debt by foreclosure ana sale are ample, and to set them aside and with them the principles upon which they rest would be to introduce a new and dangerous element into the laws affecting the reciprocal rights of the ‘Government and private corporations. The only change from existing powers that Senator Morgan provoses is thus ex- plained by him: “I propose to add a power that is not now provided by law that will enable the Government to liquidate the debt that is falling due on the subsidy bonds and the first-mortgage “bonds of these companies, and to provide for the collection of the debu paid for interest upon the subsidy bonds and to apply the income of the corporations to such pur- poses. To do this we have to deal with the property of corporations whose char- ter powers have lapsed, and all their prop- erty is forfeited to and invested in the United States under existing laws. We have to administer on the estates of two corporations that have ceased to exist under those laws for the forfeiture of their charters to the power that granted them, and can continue to exist only with the consent of Congress.”” Hence the pro- vision in his scheme reviving the corpora- tions is for the purpose of administration on their estates and for no other purpose. This is a very different revivor from the one proposed in the funding.bill which Mr. Huntington has caused to be intro- duced. This bill is a complete revivor, re- storing wholly & condition and a power that have lapsed, and in restoring them the Government will sacrifice every prin- ciple which their creation represented. It is hoped that Senator Morgan will yet be able to appear in person and make the fight on the floor of the Senate. THE DOCTRINE OF PROTECTION. The productive possibilities of the United States are bevond measurement, but the genius and energy of our people are su perior to any dema:d the development of the resources of the country could make upon them. The wealth of the nation as seen in our agricultural industries and in commerce, vast as it 1s, is little more than a reflection of that which liesin possibility. There is no article of necessity, convenience or luxury the raw material of which is not waiting the skill of our people to transform it into a merchantable com- modity. Hill, valley, forest and stream abound in undeveloped wealth, but since March, 1893, the leading forth of materials that they might be transformed into fabrics and wares for the people’s use and good has been seriously retarded, first by threats of interference with the processes of the Nation’s growth, and later by a most vicious assault upon our industries by the Wilson tariff act. The philosophy of the Democratic party’s political economy, s clearly taught and demonstrated by theexisting schedule of custom-house charges, is that inter- national trade exchange on the basis of holding this country continually in debt to other nations for goods and wares is the best possiple condition of existence for the people of this country. It is home con- sumption of the product of foreign mills and factories rather than home consump- tion of the product of home industries. The fallacy, or stupidity we might better say, of such an economic policy is seen in tne operation of the Wilson act. It is sufficient to say that the failure of the act to provide revenue for conducting the affairs of the Government is conspicuous. The books of the treasury show that Democratic tinkering with the Nation’s sources of revenue has already increased the Government's interest-bearing debt by more than $200,000,000, besides a deficit in the current accounts of the treasury of anywhere from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000, and caused the resumption of the control of our commodity markets by foreign manufacturers. Itis a historical fact that the United States was barren of industrial plants prior to the ascension of the Republican party to power, and it is also a histori- cal fact that for thirty y2ars thereafter, by a sound and wise policy of protection to American industries, the increase in in- dustrial enterprise was phenomenal, and meanwhile the public debt grew less from year to year. Our own factories and mills supplied us with all kinds and qualities of goods, wares and machinery; besides, they gave permauent and highly remuner- ative employment to hundreds of thou- sands of skilled and unskilled working people, as well as provided profitable home markets for farm products and pro- visions. One need only to look over the country to see what wreck and ruin has been wrought in the mill, the factory and upon the farm in the last three years. The folly, the criminal folly of Democratic effort to let foreign industrial concerns override and overturn our business insti- tutions is seen everywhere in the enforced idleness of armies of men, and in country- wide commercial depression. If such asevere and costly lesson was needed by our people to teach them the true value of home protection and Ameri- can institutions, the enormous losses in money and comforts which they have been forced to sustain in the last three years are not too great if they were needed to open the eyes of the people to the im- portance of ever hereafter being watehful and vigilant lest the enemy of the peace, the happiness and the prosperity of the community, of the family and of the in- dividual again break through and destroy the opportunity for home making. The doctrine of protection to all the interests of the people of the United States is doubly vindicated by the operation of the economic theories of the Democratic party; but the signs of the times are more encouraging, confidence is being restored, and there is a feeling abroad in the land that the country is on the eve of a long period of satisfying prosperity, all of which is attributable to the avowed determina- tion of the people to return to those sound principles of Americanism which will be re-enunciated by the Republican National Convention at St. Louis in Judle next. AN EARNEST THREAT. The Western tour of Senator Tillman of South Carolina is attracting so much at- tention that it is time to inquire into the reasons for the fact. Tillman deliberately prepared for this campaign by making a savage attack upon President Cleveland upon the ficor of the Senate. The burden of that remarkable speech was that Cleve- land had betrayed his high public trust to the bondholders and gold monometallists who exercise so strong an influence on the administration. After laying that founda- tion Tiliman started out on his career through the West, where he is urging Democrats to be prepared to bolt in the event of the nomination of a gold Demo- cratic candidate for the Presidency. In an interview at St. Louis on Tues- day he said: “If the Chicago convention does not declare for free silver I shall walk out, and I think all the delegates from my State will do the same thing. The people are tired of golabugs and straddle-bugs, and they are not going to be dictated to any more by the plutocrats of Wall street. I1f Mr. Bland is nominated I will certainly support him. I will try to get the South Carolina delegation for him. ‘We want no jelly fishes. We want men who are for silver and who will stand by us. If we go to Chicago and secure a declaration-of 16 to 1and then nominate a straddle-bug 1t will simply be to hang out.an emblem of defeat. For all the loss we should sustain by the defection of gold- bugs we would gain more by additions from free-silver Republicans and the Populists. The time has come for a new alignment and we want it made right now.” The aggressiveness of this does not ex- aggerate the determination of free-silverad- vocates in. all parties to make silver the overshadowing issue in the pending cam- paign. As the tariff is a vital issue with the Republicans and Democrats and cannot be permitted by either of those parties to be lost in the silver struggle, it behooves the leaders to cast about fora solution of the difficulty. At this time the only plan that seems available is a recog- nition of the demands of the silver advo- cates. e ) FOR A CABINET OFFICE. Crockett Record. There is a chance for California to have & Cabinet officer in the next administration, if she works for it. Senator Perkins says the Proper way to secure it will be to send an un- pledged delegation to the Nutional Republican Convention, ———— FAIR-MINDED MEN. Hanford Sentinel. We want fair-minded men to go to the Na- tional Convention, who will not turn cranks all one way or not at gll. There are four or five good candidates for President, and it is no use to get s0 strongly “stuck’” on one that you can't be fair with the rest. WOULD LEAVE US FLOUNDERING. Redlands Citrograph. An unpledged delegation at St. Louis for any man, but a platform of three planks—protec- tion, reciprocity and free silver, ought to win for the Pacific Coast a proper recognition in the political pie division. A pledged delega- tion to any one man will leave us floundering in the tureen in the same old fashion. THE ONLY PLEDGE. Escondido Times. To back up this almost unanimons senti- ment of the Republicans of California & dele- gation should be sent to St. Louis that is pledged and can be trusted to work and vote for the recognitition of silver both in the National platform and by the nomination of a candidate not hopelessly in the hands and un- der the control of the goldbugs. This is the only pledge that should be given the dele- gates. To put on them thelbadge or ‘“‘collar” of some particular Presidential aspirant before they startin is to turn the party of the State over to the “machine” and kill the influence of the delegation in the convention o far as advancing the cause of bimetsllism is con- cerned. A delegation pledged to McKinley or any other candidate might just as well stay at home and send the proxies to the “manager” of the respective candidates to be voted “solia” at their will. Every county convention in the State, pretending to represent the people, should declare against such proceedings. The proper course for the Republicans of California isclear. Itis toshow their colors and stand by them. THE NEXT IMPORTANT 'STEP. Stockton Graphic. The next important step to be taken in the campaign, and one that calls for prompt action is, “Shall California send to the St. Louis convention & pledged or en unpledged delegation ?” Every earnest Republican has been cogita- ting over this pertinent question for days and ‘weeks, and soon the time for definite decision will be athand. Let that decision be such as to send free delegates to St. Louis—not shackled, bound and handicapped representa- tives. Send no delegates to the National Con- vention this year with their hands tied. A free, untrammeled delegation would ac- curately represent the prevailing sentiment of California Republicans and be more potent to advance the interests of our great State gener- ally. The rank and file of the party arein favor of sending unpledged delegates, and the wishes of the majority should receive candid attention from the perhaps more powerful minority. Every true Californian must necessarily see the importance attaching to this question and must, with equal necessity, be urgent in his advocacy of sending unpledged ' delegates. Looked at from a partisan standpoint no good Republican can fail to observe the fact that only an unpledged delegation can truly repre- sent all Republicans of California, “because a delegation pledged to a particular candidate would be antagonistic to all othersand the great mass of the voters of the party in this State are not opposed to any one of the illus- trious leaders who have been named as candi- dates for the Presidency.” The injustice of sending delegates pledged to one candidate will be readily understood when it is understood that should either Alhson, Cullom, McKinley, Morton, Reed orany other aspirant be nominated the Republicans of Cali- fornia will loyally and enthusiastically stand by the nominee. Hence, to put delegates (by sending them pledged to one man) in an atti- tude of arbitrarily opposing any man who is likely to be nominated would be a most short- sighted and impolitic proceeding. Let the delegates go to St. Louis as free men, unpledged ard unshackied,and the very best results will follow. LOVE ON THE ROAD. In an’ out of season Love is on the way; Will he give a reason?® Nay, good lovers, nay! Stavs he for the rarest Kose around his feet? Nay! tolove, my dearest, Every rose is sweet. Cares he for the bending Of & sky of blue? Love with art unending Fashions worlds anew! Let him lure andlead thee— Master he and knave! Haply he may need thee For his prince or slave, FRANK L. STANTON in Atlanta Constitution. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE, Lord Rosebery is considered one of the hand- somest men in England. ‘You cannot make a caricature of Rosebery,” remarked an English cartoonist recemntly, ‘His features are too regular.” Prime Minister Salisbary is a direct, ponder- ous and earnest speaker. He never attempts oratorical flights. He weighs nearly as much as President Cleveland and wears as large a hat as “Tom” Reed. General Saussier, military governor of Paris, who, in case of war, would act as commander- in-chief of the Frenmch army, though he has reached the age limit, has been continued in office by the Ministry for three years longer, Crawford Marley, who has just diedin New Zealand at the age ot 83, is believed to have been the last survivor of those who haa a ride on Stephenson’s No. 1 engine when the Stock- ton and Darlington Railway was first opened. General Joe Shelby, United States Marshal for the western district of Missouri, is busily engaged now in accumulating material for a book on his personal experiences and cam- paigns. He was one of the most picturesque and dashing commanders of the Confederate armies. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Twynn—I suppose you never heard of the Keeley motor? Triplett—What makes you suppose that? Twynn—You sare so fond of remarking “everything goes.”—Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Dogood—It seems strange to encounter a beggar in a strong, healthy man like you. Dusty Rhodes—I tried being blind, and sick, and one-legged; but it'was more trouble than it came to.—Puck. Maud—Mr. Blarney paid me quite a compli. ment the other evening. He said I had arms like the Venus of Milo. Ethel—I suppose he meant they were out of sight.—Harper's Bazar. Mistress—That young man who called to see you last night, Jane, stayed very late. Jane—It was my brother, mum. ‘‘But, Jane, I have noticed thirty-seven dif- ferent men in your company within the last two years, and each one, you said, was your brother. ““Yes, mum;. poor folks allers have large fam ilies, mum.”—New York Weekly. Browne—That's a good detective story, isn't 34 it Whyte—Well, it's interesting, but it isn’t true to life. Browne—Why not? White—Well, for one thing, the detective finds the criminal.—Somerville Journal, 1596. e ———————————————————————————————— PERSONAL. Captain W. A. Nevills of Sonora is at the Palace. H. H.Knapp of Napa is visiting friends in this City. J. Marks, a merchant of Stockton, is at the Cosmopolitan, B. F. Nouce, amerchant of Pomons, is at the Grand. He came up on a business trip. Ex-Superior Judge Charles F. Lott of Butte County was among yesterday’s, arrivals at the Lick. Genersl N. P. Chipman, chairman of the State Board of Trade, is in town, & guest at the Palace Hotel. W. 8. Bury, an extensive farmer and orange grower of Lindsey, Tulare County, is at the Cosmopolitan. E. Carl Bank, superintendent of the State Industrial School at Ione, Amador County, is at the Grand Hotel. Editor Lee Fairchild of St. Helena stopped work on his weekly long enough yesterday to get to the City. He is at the Lick. H. Watson Webb, at one time Justice of the Peace of San Francisco, but lately of Seattle, Wash,, arrived on the Walla Walla yesterday and is staying at the Cosmopolitan. J. N. Hiller, a prominent Democrat of Santa Barbara and his commandery’s delegate to the Grand Commandery of the Knights of Pythias, to be held here this week, is at the Grand. Mr. Hiller is an ex-Councilman of Santa Barbara. Mrs, Addison Ballard, wife of Alderman Bal- lard of Chicago, who has been on a visit w0 Southern California for some time, arrived here last evening, accompanied by Miss Judith Ridgeway Todd of Santa Rosa. Theyareatthe Grend. The Rev. George K. Irie and the Rev. Y. Honda, missionaries of Japan, and Professor E. Asada of the Anglo-Japan College at Tokio, left here last night for the East to attend the Gen- eral Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, R. C. Sargent, the millionaire, of Stockton is on & visit here. Mr. Sargent is an extensive land-owner and a large wheat-grower. He also owns much property in Stockton and is inter- ested in many enterprises. His visit will only be for a day or two. A. L. Piper, of Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co., the steamship owners, has gone to Stockton to take a look over the Valley road prior to start- ing work on the Santa Clara Railroad from Alviso through the Santa Clara Valley. Hehas just received between 8000 and 9000 tons of rails for the road. J. B. Overton, superintendent of the Virginia City and Gold Hill Water Works in the fam- ous Comstock district, Nevada, is at the Russ. Mr. Overton is one of the pioneers of Virginia City and has held different positions of trust during his long residence there. He is here partly for business and partly for pleasure. L C. Steele, the creamery king of Pasadens, who owns large areas of land on which graze many bands of cattle, is at the Russ. Mr. Steele has been running dairies and making butter in large quantities for many years. Ow- ing to the heavy fogs along the beach the &rass is very heavy at almost every season of theayear, 50 that it s a great milk and butter country, Mr. Steele’s son, G. H. Steele, is with him. Senator 8. R. Buford of the ola and famous gold camp of Virginia City, Mont., is in'the City. He has been on a visit to Southern Cali- fornia. Yearsago Senator Buford was exten- sively engaged in freighting goods to different Montana mihing camps. He is now engaged in banking and in growing cattle and sheep. Heisone of the rich, solid men of the new commonwealth. Senator Buford has had rheu- matism in his shoulders and came here to get it out. He says he has been much benefited by the change, Postmaster S. B. Buckman of Bodie, who has been & resident of Mono County since 1879, and followed many occupations, is in the City. He has mined a good deal, but for several years past has been the projector of & general merchandizing business, Mr. Buckman was ap- pointed Postmaster by President Cleveland three years ago. He is here as adelegate to the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Buckman says Bodie is unusually lively,and that the cyanide process is doing & great deal for that high camp in the Sierras. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 21.—At the Grand Union, H. Arkell; Astor, B, J. Techan; St. Cloud, W. Kennedy. LADY'S WAIST. A charmingly simple waist is shown here. It is one of those useful waists that look well per- fectly plain and are yet susceptible of elabora- tion in any dress. To make a meager wardrobe seem extiensive it is appreciated by every woman, for if made of fancy silk it may be varied indefinitely by simple devices of ribbon, lace, net, etc., with n\ifht expense. The revers of lace are & novel ides, being & half-yard fix;gghlnl:ne:‘ydgnh'eu& &t one end. l}’]md at extending toward the sl clling trimming {s a piece of rib- bon eight inches long and g)ur l?r five wide placed along the shoulder from the collar and extending over the sleeve. This is edged with a rufle of black net, lace or chiffon. Fancy ribbons are most used, and a_folded collar of the same with an i i coll-!lplete!thfl oumnmmense bow in the back arge collars of batiste 1n plai cool-looking waist These l‘;e nnfl?:fi:l&l‘:,l&fi : ribbon collar, ora collar to match the waist With turnover collar of the batiste, Fichues of net, chiff Aafty and dreary. on, liberty silk, etc., are — OCEAN TOWAGE. The Standard Oil Company is abo: tempt towing from Philadelphia to Eur:;:oo::e‘ of the schooner-rigged tank-barges, capacity 15,000 barrels, which have been for some timein service between that port and Maine, Modern devices for regulating the strain on tow-hawsers make it possible now to under- take, with reasonable prospect of success, an operation that would have been risky a few years ago. In the eventof a hawser’s parting these tank-schooners are competent to take care of themselves under their own sail. The interesting incident has suggested to some of our rhiladelphia contemporaries the hasty conclusion that itmarks the final ending of IhTe ;Aumg-?hiv. AR Ak e 0! long voyages worth s in which n{l 8ti} ho:gl its own groe tnnglt; xt!‘x: Horn and the Cape and across the Pacific. On the first two towage is not to be thought of. If, however, it should effect any mnta{ ‘economy in transportation it may become of importance on the Pacific. About only market now left in which American cotton and American ofl can look for increased sale is in the Farthest East. As soon as the te; road -and its terminal harbor shall be prepared to receive trade on the scale contemplated the fiuumc ‘fi?}' l' ga%d for ;ny' ;ly‘min( barge ansportation that may by that time have j\nmred its existence. y # There is no doubt that the barge and tow will come into freer use in time, es ng.on the eoasts of calms. But it is also to be observed that those coasts pertain for the most part to sections of the ear nning but small trade of any sort and where time is not worth much to the inhabitants. The nearer the line the slower man and things change. For the time being it is quite enough to view the pro- posed trans-Atlantic tow for what it is in itself without reference to its remoter influence upon ships except as this may come to connect itself with isthmus transit. Successful now, Wwe may expect to see tows next proceeding up the M’ednernnun and through the Suez canal. In a direct way they will encroach but slightly on the limited fleld now left to sailing ships.—New York Evening Sun. STRANGE GROWTH OF A HEDGE. On Bush street, near Mason, there is a hedge of privet that has attained a most unusual and remarkable prowth. Itis on the top of an otd stone wall that supports the garden in front of & row of residences that are at least thirty feet above the sidewalk, It is these that have fur- nished the conditions that hava caused the hedge to attain its present unusual growth. The hedge was planted a number of years ago, and for a long time it was trimmed and made to present & cultivated appearance, but as the residences grew old and were occupied by a poorer class of tenants it was gradually neglected, until it received no attention at all. As it is at present there is nothing beautiful about tcannot even be considered artistic, because it is in such bad proportion to the stone wall that it really presents a grotesque appearance. he top of the stone wall where the hedge was origiially planted is about nine feet above the sidewalk and entrance to the yards above is through a couple of stair gateways. The hedge has attained a growth above the wall of about ten feet. Being left to itseli it also grew in a horizontal direction and now reaches over Remarkable Growth of a Privet Hedge on Bush Street. [From a sketch.] the sidewalk for a distance of eight feet at the widest point. There is_1o place where it does not extend at least six feet, except at the sides, ‘where it slopes back to the wall. To enter the %nte is like going through a tunnel. As the edge grew outward it increased in weight and bent downward so that atthe outside edge it is hardly five feet above the sidewalk and estrians are compelled to bow their heads n order to pass beneath it. The whole under gorllon of the hedge is a mass of dead ranches. ‘That portion of the hedge that is within the yard has not extended in & horizontal direc- tion at all, and in that fact is the solution of the unusual growth of the other portion of it. "The hedee is on the north sideof Bush street, and the yard behind it rises at a rather steep angle. Asa consequence, the outside «of the hedge gets all the sulshine and also the re- flected heat from the sidewalk. The otherside is, of course, in shadow and at the same time shades the yard beside it making the spot very cold. The young leaves naturally turn toward the warmth and cause the hedge to grow all on one side. If the yard behind the hedge was level that A)oruou of it that the sun could reach would be warmed and diffuse its heat among the leaves, but as thingsare it is so high that it does no gooa. Two years ago when the hedge was much smaller it “presented an artis- tic appearance, but at presentitcan only be looked upon as an obstruction to the sidewalk. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS—J. 8. R., San Lorenzo, Cal. The population of the Hawaifan Islands is 89,990, that of Honolulu is 22,907, INTHE Navy—J, H., City. There is & pro- vision of the law regulating the navy of the United States that, like the army, enables an enlisted man to buy his way out after having served a certain time. A musician in the army is paid $32 a month. ARMY, NAVY AND GUARD—Subscriber, and Leo City. The strength of the army of United States, officers and enlisted men, is 27832; that of the navy, including officers, men and marines, is 13,460. The National Guard numbers 115,- 060 and the naval militia 2695. SYBIL SANDERSON—J. A. R., City. Miss Sybil Sanderson, opera-singer, daughter of the late Judge S, W. Sanderson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of California, was born in the city of Sacramento in 1865, that is according to one authority; according to an- other she was born in that city in 1869. A REcerpr—J. G., City. If you pay a debt on Sunday or any other day and are afraid of the party vou pay the money to, you - should al- ways have & witness, for while a receipt is eyi- dence of a payment, it is not always conclusive proof. It is, as a rule, accepted as evidence of payment unless the creditor gives evidence to the contrary. THE DAHLIA—S. J. W., City. The dahliais a native of Mexico. It was taken to Europe by a Swedish botanist named Dabl in 1789, and was named for him. The flower was first shown in Madrid, Spain, and in 1804 it was taken to England and cultivated in the French garden, Hoiland House, Kensington, but it ‘was not until 1834 that it became well known in English flower gardens. VLADIVOSTOCK—R. M., City. The most direct route from this City to Vladivostock, Siberia, the terminus of the great Siberian railway, is via Yokohama and the Japan Sea. The cli- mate of that place is not unpleasant nor rigor- ous. This de&nlment is unable to furnish the information desired as to the cost of reaching that point from San Francisco. THE MILK BUSINESS—J. A., Andrews Isiand, Cal. Any one wishing to ¢Stablish a milk depot in San Francisco must first obtain a per- mit from the Board of Health. For this permit there is no charge. To procure such a permit the applicant shall present to the Board of Health & written application, which must con- tain the name and business and residence ad- dress of the applicant, the source or sources from which the applicant will obtain supplies of milk, the number of cows in the possession of the applicant, if any, the average quantity of milk })rouured and the average quantity dis- posed of by the applicant and the manner and character of such disposition, the application to be made on printed blanks furnished by the board. ' The application must also staté the specific brand or business name, if any, under which the milk is to e soid, exchanged or dis- tributed. 1f the party who wishes to establish & milk depot ‘bandles only milk produced by his own cows he need not procure a license, but if he handles milk })mducad Dby others he must obtain a license from the License Col- lector and pay quarterly a license in accord- ance with the amount of business done. RaBiEs—Subscriber, Sheep Ranch, Calayeras County, Cal. There was for a long time a dis- pute among some of the best authoritles whether rabies be occasionally spontaneous in the carnivora—the only animals in which it is undoubtedly inherent, or communicated solely by inoculation. Pasteur, the French Chemist, reached the conclusion that rabies is 8 disease that is transmissible from oue animal to another by inoculation of the latter with those various secretions and tissues of the affected animal in which the virus of rabies exists, According to Pasteur the virusisa living organism. "He found that it exists in the neryous tem and in the saliva, but not in the blood, Iymph, ete., hence inoculation into the blood “does ‘not convey rabies. But thereis a sure meansof communication, and is by introduction under the dura mater ;l;llthe slzrfmn of the brain of & liquid first sterilized in which a portion of the central nervous system of & rabid snimal has been soaked. Eabies is infallibly produced in this way, unless the animal under experiment is retractory to the disease. TATTOOING—G. M. C., Alameda, Cal. The term tattooing is of Polynesian origin, and is sa1d to be derived from a verb, ta, to strike. The cus- tom was universal in tbe South Sea islands until Christianity end eivilization put a stop to the practice. The tattooing instrument of the islanders is of bone toothed on the edge. These points are dipped in a mixture of pow- dered charcoal and water laid on the part of the body on which the marks are to be made, and the back of the instrument is struck with a piece of waod, the mixture forcing itself under the skin. Sailors of the present day in tattooing use needles stuck in & cork, which they dip in colored inks, accord- ing to fancy,and driveinto the skin of the victim. The color used by sailors is either red, blue or yellow, snd becomes permanently set under the skin. When charcoal is used the marks made show black on & brown skin, but are blue on the white skin of & European. Tat- tooing is & practice pronibited to the Jews, for there is in Leviticus Xix:28, *Ye shall not make any cutting in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you.” Tattooing is very pain- ful, and if done in a bungling manner is apt to produce serious, and sometimes it does produce atal, results. 1f you have an idea that you want to have tattoo-marks puton your body don’t, for if you do you will regret it. Loco-Foco—D. A., City. The name Loco-foco was that given by politicians to the radical branch of the Democratic party (1835-1837) ot the city of New York, though the name was afterward made National. The name was given to the New York faction on account of an incident that occurred in 1835. On the 29th of October in that year, at a meeting held in Tammany Hall, the Tammany Democrats wanted to obtain control, but finding them- selves ontnumbered the president retired and the lights were turned out. The radicals, who were known as the equal rights men, in an- ticipation of something of the kind provided themselves with candles and loco- foco matches, which were then being introduced to the public. Thev lighted their candles, went on with their business, and it was from the fact of using such matches that the name was given to the radicals or equal rights men. As to the origin of the term it is given by Bartlett in his “Glossary In 1834 John Marck opened & storein Park Ro New York, and drew aitention to two noveltie, one was champagne, drawn like soda water from a fountain, the other a seii- ighti with a match composition at the end. These he called loco-foco cigars. The method of getting ot the name is obvious. The word locomotive was then rather new as applied toan en d, and the common notion v t self: moving, heuce, as these cizars were self-firing, this queer name was coined. His patent for self {ight- ing cigars bears date of April 16, 1834. 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Ours is the only line that runs dining-cars ous of Portland. T. K. STATELER, general agent, 688 Market street Bt e el “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’’ Has been used over 50 years by millions of mothers for their children white Teething with perfect suce cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druge gists in every part of the world. Be sure and asi for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25¢ & bottle. —_——— CORONADO.—Atmosphere s perfectly dry, sott and mild, and s entirely free from the mists come mon further niorth. Round-trip tickets, by steam. ship, including fifteen days’ board at the Hotel dal Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomer) San Francisco. Tommy—Paw, isn’t man the lord of creation? Mr. Figg—Most of the time; but not when housecleaning is going on. No.—Indianapolis Journal. NEW TO-DAY. 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