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

- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1%96. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALY, one week, by carrier. Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail. Dally and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. 3. Daily and Sunday CAL, three months by mail 1.50 Dally and Sunday CALL, 6ne month, by mall.. .65 Sunday CALI, one yesr, by mail... 1.50 WXEKLY CALy, one year, by mall. 1.0 THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country on a vacation ? I# 40, 1t 18 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to pour address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss 1t. Orders given to the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt attentions NO EXTEA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, 0, California. Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. .Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 630 Montgomery sireet, corner Clay: open until #:30 o'clock. $39 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 713 Larkin street; open untll 9:30 o'clock. W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open wntil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open untll 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. FRIDAY APRIL 24, 1898 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. ——e e e e e e Unpledged delegates will take the cake. The funding bill rush will end in a cave down the bank. oS AL NERN The next thing we hear fall in the direc- tion of Cuba may be Havana. ‘Whenever Harrity holds his tongue the Pattison boom ceases to be'heard of. Olney ought to have enough vigor in his foreign policy to make Bayard come home. The Democratic search for a candidate is not so hopeless as the search for a plat- form. e Very few Populists are in favor of hitch- ing their apple-carts to the Democratic donkey. Instead of preparing to stump the coun- try this year Democracy finds itself stumped. Democracy cannot get the tariff out of its way, but it can get out of the way of the tariff, The next thing we know Chicago will be inventing & means to use the X-ray in kiliing hogs. The time has come for the Republican party to shoot Kelly and Mahoney into the rubbish pile. California will have big interests at St. Louis, and it will take a delegation of strong men to carry them through. Itis hard to see what Kelly and Ma. honey expect to make out of their little trick after every one has got on to it. The size of Kelly and Mahoney may be estimated from the fact that it takes the two of them together to make one bust. In the wreck of his carriage Cleveland seems to have deported himself with as much calmness as in the wreck of his party. Mr. Cleveland’s gold-bug trocha has had no visible effect 1n stopping the movement of silver Democrats in any part of the country. The only way to make sure that the Cali- fornia delegation will have a voice in nam- ing the winner at 8t. Louis will be to send it unpledged. One of the bad effects of the British sur- plus has been the delusion of some Lon- don editors into the belief that England can safford a war. If there ever was a time when Democ- racy was capable of a still hunt it is this year. There is not a boom nor a brass band in the party. Dr. Stebbins summed the situation up in a phrase when he said, “The habit of instructing delegates to National conven- tions is & localism.” The sentiment in favor of an early ad- journment in Congress is doubly good, inasmuch as it will help to defeat the funding bill scheme. The Indianapolis News asserts that if the proper emergency arises in the St. Louis convention Mr. Harrison will recognize it and bow to it gracefully. It is now evident that so long us we have the Cleveland hoodoo in the White House .even a Republican Congress is powerless to help the country. From the duliness of the news from the Soudan it would appear that when the Mahdi proclaimed a holy war he had no other idea than thu, of taking up a collec- tion. The way in which General Weyler is capturing Cuba bears a close resemblance to the way the Democratic tariff has en- abled us to capture the markets of the world. —_— Having everything to show from a queen of .beauty to a Chinese aragon Los An- geles may fairly claim that her fiesta leads the festivals of the world in picturesque variety. _— In putting forward a certain John Hipp as a candidate for President, the Denver Prohibitionists may have reasonably ex- vected that the name would be followed by a hurrah. It isone of the most striking peculiari- ties of the political situation that Massa- chuasetts and Pennsyivania have taken the lead in offering candidates for the Demo- cratic Presidential nomination. It is even betting that some Los An- geles boomers are taking a census of the Pplace this week and claiming every visitor in sight as a citizen on the ground that all are making themselves at home. Mr. Russeil may be pleased with the in- dorsement of his Presidential boom by the Democrats of Massachusetts, but it is safe 1o say he has not thought it worth while to arrange for much hotel room in Chicago. From the standpoint of a Democratic office-seeker it is good politics to put as much of his load into the Populist wagon as possible, but no Populist can hope to make any headway by attaching his Wagon to the Democratic donkey, FOREQLOSE THE MORTGAGE. Senator Morgan’s plen tq force the Cen- tral and Union Pacific Railway companies into a fairand just settlement with the Government is a good one, because it pro- poses to deal justly with thecorporations and at the same time protect the Nation, The more direct the Government moves in the premises the better the people will be satisfied. The people of California demand the adoption of the simplest and most di- rect way to secure to the Government its rights, and to oblige a recapitalization of the properties upon the basis of their ac- tual value. The whole matter should be resolved into a common-sense business proposition and transaction, and con- ducted upon exactly the same lines of pro- cedure as a merchant or money-lender would undertake the collection of a debt which the debtor wasresorting to question- able methods to evade the payment of. These railway companies owe the Gov- ernment a given sum of borrowed money whichissecured by mortgage. They notonly refuse to pay the debs, but they are making every effort possible to practically fleece the Government out of the entire sum due as weil as that to become due. Now were the Government an ordinary business man he would immediately proceed to foreclose hislien and sell the property by auction. If the mortgagor were able and willing to buy in the property at a price that would cover the indebtedness and expense of foréclosure all would be well and good. Butf he did not, and there were no other bidders offering enough to justify a sale, why the mortgagee would himself bid in the property and thus cancel his claim. There is no need of red tape or mysteri- ous circumlocution in this matter, and above all, there is no occasion whatever for 'any kind of a refurding act or fora compromise. These railroad companies are not objects of charity that the Nation’s bowels of compassion should be turned 1n- side out for their accommodation. They are enormously wealthy corporations; the debt is a just one; it is due; the payee has itin his power to collect the debt; the property is worth a great deal more than the debt; the law makes the process of collecting it speedy and simple, therefore let the mortgagee proceed forthwith to send the property to the auetion block. That is the business way of doing things. SUGEESTIONS ' ON PAVING. While the Merchants’ Association and the wheelmen are working soindustriously for the repaving of Market street, it is well that a few simple suggestions in con- nection with the subject be considered. There has already apveared the possibil- ity of a clash between the City and the tramway companies regarding the repav- ing of the space between the tracks and for two feet on either side. The question has arisen as to whetler the City can com- pel the companies to repave these parts of accepted streets so as to make them con- form to a style ot pavement different from that which the company has put down. As that is alegal question it may be dis- cussed in the courts. Aside from its legal | phases, however, there are practical mat- ters to be eonsidered, and they are of the greatest importance. The cable companies long ago laid be- tween their tracks a pavement composed | of basalt blocks set in concrete. The ab- solute rigidity of this pavement is an ex- cellent preservative of the underground works of the roads, but as a pavement for general traffic it is one of the worst that could be devised. The sole tronble is its perfect rigidity. It is one of the most dur- able of pavements; but it 18 highly de- structive to wagon’ traffic, although it is smoother and better looking than any other form of block pavement. The question is, Would it be advisable to pave Market street with asphalt or bi- tuminous rock and leave the spaces be- tween and for two feet on either side of the tracks as they are at present? That would make an odd-looking street, One of the results of the plan would be to throw wagon traffic upon the smoother parts of the street, thus reducing the wear on the parts required to be kept in order by the street railway companies. If the horsecar tracks at present existing outside the cable tracks in Market street are per- mitted to remain we shall likely find it impossible to maintain a smooth pave- ment in Market street. Sansome street offers an instrnctive ob- ject lesson. It will be observed there that achannel has been sunk in the bituminous pavement where the wheels on one side of a truck run along the car rails and those on the other side' are kept in a definite course outside the track. This will be found to be the case in every street which® has car tracks and a bituminons pavement, and it represents the one great drawback of this kind of pavement. In streets where there are no car tracks this difficulty does not appear. Whether to lay a course of granite to receive the outside wheels of wagons in case bituminous rock is used for paving, or lay the entire pavement with bricks or basalt blocks in a bed of bi- tuminous rock in order to obviate this di: ficulty, are considerations that should te- ceive attention in all plans for the repav- ing of Market street. KELLY AND MAHONEY. The almost undisturbed harmony which prevails in the conduct of the Republican campaign in the Fourth and Fifth Con- gressional districts is a striking illustra- tion of the value of honesty and fair deal- ing in politics, Every movement made by the regular authorities of the party in these districts to provide for the election of delegates to the State Convention was so fully in accord with the best traditions of Republicanism and was so clearly di- rected to the end of obtaining a fair ex- pression of the sentiment of the voters that the results have been hailed with sat- isfaction by the whole mass of that intelli- gent body of citizens who constitute the dominant element of the party. In these districts we have that fullness of Republican barmony which assures victory. Against the result of the regular primaries there is no contest, no formally entered protest of any note and scarcely even an intelligible voice of dissatisfaction. One ugly blot, however, mars the fair pros- pect of this sitnation. Outside the regular proceedings of the district committees there was another proceeding undertaken by men who unfortunately are in a po- sition to claim to be Republicans. This was the farce known as the Kelly-Mahoney primary—a farce not yet played to the end and which it may yet be left tothe State Convention to deal with. Kelly and Mahoney are among the worse specimens of that class of low poli- ticians who thrive by the gang of voters they can control and whose widest reach of politics extends no further than from a slum barroom to a municipal office with perquisites attached. Their highest wis- dom does not go beyond a belief that they can obtain places for themselves and their benchmen by making trouble if they are not placed. It was with this idea they started their bogus primaries and by stuffed ballot-boxes showed something like a vote for their dummy delegates. They believe in their self-conceit that they can and are making trouble for the Republican party. They do nbt see how easy it is for the party to get rid of them, how cleanly the State Convention can sweep them out of the door, how promptly from that position they can be dumped into the rubbish heap. The regular Republican party of San Francisco has not found 1t worth while as yet to deal seriously with these would-be bosses. 1t has expoggd their tricks, re- vea'ed the fraud of their forged proxies, shown the silliness of their so-called primaries, but having in this way ren- dered them harmless has not stopped to fight them furtner. It may, however, be yet necessary to doso. There is a degree of impudence that comes close to being an insult, and it is that kind which Kelly and Mahoney are now venturing upon. Republicanism cannot much longer permit these fellows to insult her by pretending to represent her, and men who wish to stand well with the party had better cease to give them even a color of support. STRONG MEN NEEDED. It is of the utmost importance that the Republicans send men of conspicuous ability to the St. Louis convention. This cannot be done unless the Congressional districts make careful selection of dele- gates to the State Convention. The char- acter of the men representing California in the National Convention will measure the extent to which the State shall receive consideration. The great need of Cali- fornia is that its value to the country should be properly understood. The col- lective Eastern mind is unable without persistent and intelligent instruction to appreciate the magnitude of the National interests centering in this State. Some occurrences have happened lately to ex- pand Eastern understanding, among them the fight on the railroad funding bill, but even in that case the opposition to the bill is not properly understood. The St. Louis convention will offer the greatest of oppor- tunities for California to impress itself upon the country, and this can be done only by men of highest ability and char- acter. The sending of an unpledged delegation would more than double the power which such men could wield. Ifunpledged they would be an uncertain quantity that must be reckoned with, and if able they will know how to employ the advantage for the good of the State. In an interview published in Thursday’s Carr Colonel W. R. Smedberg, who with other leading Re- publicans has a thorough comprehension of the situation and insists on an un- pledged delegation, recalls a historical incident that bears on the present case. When Lincoln was up for nomination the first time California had an unpledged delegation in the convention and cast its first ballot for Seward. Had it been alert and quick it would have swung to Lincoln at the first indication that his nominationr was likely, but instead of seizing the op- portunity it permitted Ohio to slip in and secure the glory. We need a deiegation that would know the value of such a situ- ation as that and be able to turn it to the best account. A delegation tied up with instructions would be helpless in such an emergency. As Hugh Craig, president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, has pointed out, California comes third in the rollcall of States, but party success is | hardly expected in the two States which precede it, Alabama and Arkansas. ‘‘Cali- fornia,” be says, ‘is in the Republican column, and for that reason our eighteen votes may count for considerable.” If unpledged they have a superior advantage, by reason not only of representing the first Republican State called, but_ also because at any moment they can change their vote and lead the victery for the candidate whose nomination seems as- sured. It is encouraging to find so many able Revublicans taking this wise view of the situation, SANTA OLARA SUPERVISORS. The accusation filed against four of the Supervisors of Santa Clara County, charg- ing them with illegally auditing claims and allowing sums on contracts in excess of bids, is evidently one of those emana- tions of spite and malice which come so easily from men of little responsibility and against which even the best officials cannot be assured, no matter how faithfully they perform their duties or how much they may be esteemed and respected in the community they sexve. Of the four accused Supervisors two, S. F. Ayer and Adolph Greeninger, have served the county for many successive terms. Their course of official conduct has been again and again submitted to the arbitrament of the people, has been studied in the fierce light of political campaigns and has been invariably approved by the unequivocal indorsement of a re-election. To the work of these two men is largely, if not mainly, due that excellent adminis- tration which has given Santa Clara County so enviable a reputation througi- out the State. The superb highways, the handsome public buiidings and the well- kept institutions of the county are all monuments to their energy, their fidelity and their honesty. With such attestations of good work performed, Supervisors Ayer and Greeninger are nou likely to be dis- turbed by the futile charges against them. The other accused Supervisors—John Roll and George Elmer Rea—have not been in office so long, but they are haraly less well-known in the county. Roll is one of those sterling workingmen who consti- tute one of the best elements of American life and is so personally esteemed that although a Democrat he was elected from one of the strongest Republican districts in the county. Rea is one of the foremost of the younger business men of chat sec- tion of the State and he, too, was elected Supervisor by a vote which exceeded his party strength. In official life they have increased the esteem in which they were held before the election, and proven by the unmistakable proofs of good work done their zeal in tbe public service and their integrity in the performance of all duties. The motives which underlie the accusa- tion made against the Supervisors will sooner or later be made known. It will then be possible for the public to pro- nounce clearly concerning the character of the man who has made it. For a little time the report that such charges have been made against them may be injurious to the accused officials where they are not known; but it will not be for any great while. The trial which will confound the accuser will exonerate the innocent, and the people of Santa Clara County wili have further reasons to feel well satisfied with the votes by which they elected Ayer, Greeninger, Roll and Rea to the office of Supervisor. A telegram from Louisville informs the world that $900,000 worth of old Kentucky whisky has just been reshipped from Ger- many to the Blue Grass State. It would seem that the oid term of ‘‘sending coals to Newcastle” is more than matched by this occurrence. The way to get Eastern men to assist in promoting Pacific Coast interests is for Pacific Coast men to pat themselves in a position to grant favors as well as ask favors. . UNPLEDGED DELEGATES. The Voice of the Press on the Issue Before Republicans. It Would Be Best. San Jose Mercury. It will be best for Calitornia to send to the 8t. Louis conventiop a delegation that knows enough to work for the interests of the State without being instrueted. | Why Not a Monkey ? Colusa Sun. ‘‘Delegates who have to be pledged are, asa rule, hardly worth. pledging.”’—San Francisco CaLL. True. If a man is not to think why not send the pledge on by a monkey? If brainsare worthless why bother about who %o as dele- gates? The Proper Policy. Fresno Republican. As & general rule i is poor policy to pledge the delegation to a National Convention, hows ever strong the tide of popular favor may be running in the direction of any candidate. It is impossible to tell in advance all that is likely to occur ina convention, and & delega- tlon should not be so bound by piedges that it cannot act intelligently if unex- pected conditions arise. McKinléy is very plainly the first choice of California Republi- cans; but they also have their second choice, which is Allison, and would also have a third choice should the contingency appear that would make such a choice necessary. The proper thing to do is to select a delegation which can be depended upon to faithfully represent the wishes of the party and leave it free to act as patriotism, intelligence and cir- cumstances may dictate. Unpledged Delegations. San Francisco Post. We heartily agree with our esteemed con- temporary, THE CALL, in nearly everything it says concerning an unpledged delegation to the National Republican Convention. Thisis aduty we owe ourselves, as THE CALLin its “unpledged delegation” talk is merely reiter- ating what we said a week or two ago. This State, having no favorite son for Presi. dent, could gain nothing by sending to St. Louis a delegation pledged to the favorite son of some other State. When the latter came to distribute the favors, in the event of his nom- ination and election, he would naturally tell the delegates that their constituents ought to be satisfied with the knowledge that he was grateful. Having promised everything to the unpledged States, he would, if an honorable man, fulfill his obligations and let us slide. Divested of some of the romantic buncombe with which it is surrounded in the school- books, the ‘“great act” of a sovereign people assembled in convention to choose their ruler, is nothing more than a quadrennial distribu- tion of the Federal patronage. The “great leaders” who appear in the convention are there either looking for an office for them- selves or their friends, and if any State dele- gation takes a higher view of 1ts function than these men it usually is sent home empty- handed, but with a large stock of valuable ex- perience. It is the duty of the Californians who will go to St. Louls to bring back some game. If they can do this by voting for McKinley they should vote for him. If it appears that McKinley is to be defeated by the practical politicians who are combining against him they should notlet sentiment govern them, but should crawl be- neath the victor’s tent without delay. Califor- nia ought to have a man in the next Cabinet, besides a minister plenipotentiary or two and the usual small things. But the Eastern poli- ticians will not concede anything unless the coast combines and creates the situation neces- sary to get it. PERSONAL. J. M. Mannon of Ukiah 1s €pending a few deys here. W. H. Hatton, a prominent attorney ot Mo- desto, is at the Lick. Helene Bartells of Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, is at the Occidental. : R. M. Shackelford, a wealthy resident of Paso Robles, 15 nere on a brief visit. Gustave and Carl Zapp and W. Wolff of Dusseldorf, Germany, are at the Palace. Samuel Horr of Massachusetts, accompanied by bis wife and daughter, is t the Palace. Dr. O. H. Simons of Chicago, who is inter- ested in mining near Redding, is in the City. C. D. Fearon of Canton, China, was among yesterday’s arrivals. Heisat the Occidental. Hon. J. H. Shine, State Senator from Tuol. umne, Merced and Calaveras counties, is at the Cosmopolitan. Johannes F. Eckardt, Superintendent of the Queen’s Hospital, Honolulu, arrived here on the Alameda yesterday. J. M. Murphy of Arizona, who has for many years been engaged in mining, merchandising and other business there, arrived yesterday. Philip Princevalle, agent of THE CALL at Redwood City end one of the up-to-date busi- ness men of that thriving place, came to town yesterday. Linn L. Shaw, editor of the Santa Ana Her- ald, is in the City. Mr. Shaw will be one of the delegation from Orange County in the Repub- lican State Convention. Captain T. K. McDonnell, a Mexican War veteran and member of the Grand Army of the Republic and Celifornia Pioneers, has returned from Tucson, Ariz,, and is at the Cosmopoli- tan. Professor G. Wharton James, who is connect- ed with Professor T. C. Lowe in his cogwheel railroad, hotel and publishing enterprises, ar- rived here yesterday with the visiting hotel men. Major J. B. Lauck, district passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad, arrived here yesterday with the visiting hotel men, whom he is looking safter during their stay on the Pacific Coast. Among the prominent arrivals at the Palace is City Attorney R. C. West of Chicago, who is here for a short vacation. He has been visit- ing Chinatown and seeing the other sights hereabout for two or three days. Rafael Guirola, one of the Ministers of Presi- dent Gutierrez, of Salvador, was among the arrivals here on the Zealandia. Notwith- standing the report of Dr. Pena and Dr. Keith, a8 given recently, that the Government was 1n danger of being overturned, he says the politi- cal condition is quiet. Walter G. Betts of Spokane, the partner of James F. Wardner in the Gates Concentrating Company, which has been establishing a plant at the Utica mine at Angels and others at the Carson Creek, Zeilla and Kennedy mines, in Amador and Calaveras counties, for treating the tailings, is at the Lick. The plant at the Utica has just been putin. Itisa large oae, capable of handling 600 tons of tailings a day. These tailings will be from the Utica, Stickels and Madison mines. The process seems 1o be a great success, CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 23.—At thé Cosmo- politan, J. J. Becker; Holland, B. Heeht, F. J. Carolan; Grand Union, Mrs. J. Schmitz; Belve- dere, Mrs, H. H. Taussig; Bartholdi, A. Frasier and wife, the Misses Francis; St. Denis, Mr. and Mrs. A. R, Fritsche, A. R. Fritche Jr., W.'B. Glidden; Westminster, Miss M. I. Potter, WORTHY OF IMITATION. Berkely Advocate. A study of the motives that direct the actions of the average man has evidently been made by the officials of the S8an Mateo Electric Rail- Way to some purpose. Heretofore the only method in vogue on anyline toward the check- ing of carelessness and inefliciency on the part of employes has been summary dismissal for cause. The cause, howevei, could not be es- tablished until after the damage had been done, and the remedy was very much like locking the stable-door after the horse had been stolen, b The San Mateo company takes the opposite course and instead of waiting for the damage rurpm to lead the emploves of their own vo- ition to such a standard of efficiency that there will be no dereliction of duty and no need of punishment. Prizes are offered as in- centives to motormen and conductors, which will be awarded after a record covering six montlis of service. The prizes range from $40 in cash to $10. | Under this incentive every employe will strive to meet all the 're?uuemsnu to the ut- most of his ability. Accidents will be averted by the motormen and passengers will be more courteously served by cohductors. Every em- p'l_n{e has something to look forward to and will give his entire attention to duty. Every person concerned will be the gainer—the em- ploye in his ambition and pocket, the patron of the road in the gratification afforded him by travel over a line insuring both safety and courteous attention, and the wmgflny will be very largely the gainer from all the results. It is to be hoped that the ex{)erlmenl will be observed with profit by other lines. RECIPE. Most paths unto greatness Are deviously tormed, But here 1s a highway Thav's easlly learned. Remember while seeking Position or power, To thiuk of the minute And talk by the hour. And then, when you've gotten Astride of fame’s peak, Keep still when the pubilc Expects you to speak. —Washinkton Star. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. NO DEAL WITH DEMOCRACY. AN EARNEST POPULIST PROTESTS AGAINST A SUR- RENDER OF PRINCIPLES FOR THE SAKE OF OFFICE-SEEKERS. SAN FrANCISCO, April 22, 1896. To the Editor of the San Francisco Cail—SIR: Inoticein your morning issue a certoon and editorial oa the rumored unholy alliance of the Populists and Democrats. I can hardly be- lieve such a thing poesible, and sincerely hope you may be mistaken. Should the Populist varty merge its individuality in the putrid carcass of the Democratic party thousends would desert it, whereas should it spurn with contempt such a proposition, to its standard would come many voters from both the old parties. Individual ambition should be sub- servient to the weifare of Government, and when to gratify it all principle and decency is lost sight of, then a long farewell to the party genmmnz the sacrifice. Asa humble mem- er of the People’s party the very talk of such & proposition fills me with disgust. Let us stand by our principles, which are preserva- tive of the rights of the masses and political purity. BEN MORGAN, THE UNCERTAIN SOUTH. San Diego Unlon. It looks very much as though the South were to be a doubtful factor in the coming Presi- dential election. Already there are ample indications that it will not be solidly Demo- cratic as in days of yore. In Georgia the Re- publicans and Populists have perfected a plan for the capture of the State at the next elec- tion. They intend to fuse in the interest of fair elections, the plan being to give the Re- | ublicans the Governor and the Populists the nited States Senator. Moreover the breaks in the ranks of the Democracy in Alabama and the Carolinas are widening, and fusion on one basis or another is likely to be the watchword during ghe next few months. How far the Republicans may profit by this general break- ing up remains to be seen. They have every- thing to gain by it if they will. THE THEATER HAT. The women of this town may be possessed of more than the ordinary share of good sense which belongs to the feminine sex, but they ere doing their best to abolish the high hat.— Cleveland Leader. There is & new theater in Paris to which only women are to be admitted. Now we shall see the hat question fought out on its own ground without prejudice.—St. Paul Pio- neer Press. What is the use of legislating against the big theater hat? Such hats are now worn only by old women, and surely some concessions may be made to’age.—Chicago Dispatch. IN THE POLITICAL SWIM. Upto date neither Mr. Platt nor Mr.Quay has succeeded in finding the switch by which Ar. Reed’s boom may be backed off the side- track.—Chicago Record. Instead of burying their differences at the grave of Jefferson, those Democratic pilgrims seem to have exhumed a fresh supply of trouble.—New York Journal, It is very kind in :General Grosvenor, M. C., to permit Mr, Reed and the other candidates to have a few delegates of those thus far elected.~Indianapolis Journal. Who the deuce is Hobart of New Jersey, and why shonid he loom up for the Vice-Presidency more than any other respectsble citizen of the United States 7—Boston Herald, The time that tries the soulsof political candidates is close at hand. The arithmeti- ciens must soon have the delegates before they count them.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The elements that believe in protection, plus reciprocity, are going to control the gathering at St. Louis after all contests have been set- tled as the. National Committee will settle them.—New York Recorder. The Russell boom in Massachusetts certainly seems to be gaining an impetus which prom- ises to wreck the Olney boom when the col- lision comes. The prospect would be more ex- citing, however, if either were more substan- tially constructed.—Providence Journal. If there is any man foolish enough to sup- pose that Russell could carry Massachusetts he should be sent {0 s lunatic asylum, Massa- chusetts has got her fill of any sort of Demo- cratie ~ sdministration. Massachusetts is against free silver, but no more strongly than she s for protection. And Russell is a8 ardent against protection as he is against free silver. No, Willie, it won’t go.—Lowell Courier. —_— PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. W. W. Astor recently paid $7500 to an Eng- lish grower for the stock of & single variety of Tose tree. Japan’s field marshal’s name is properly pro- nounced Y-a-m-a-t-a. The g is silent, and the &’s are pronounced as in calm. An Englishman named Jefferson has started on a 6000-mile bicycle ride to Itkutsk, in Sibe- ria. His machine and baggage weigh sixty ‘pounds. Governor Coffin of Connecticut is good enough to say that reporters have generally been of service to him in reporting his speeches much better than he had delivered them. Calve has taken a particular charity to her great, big heart. Sheisa woman to the core and loves children. She has offered to help the New York French Day Nursery. She will sing and in addition will recite some of those deligious monologues with which she has de- lighted her intimates. Count von Caprivi, ex-Chancellor of the Ger- man empire, who has been living quietiy at the home of his niece on a large estate in Northern Prussia, is at work on his memoirs. It is announced that they will soon bein the hands of & Berlin printer. 1t is supposed that they will contain some interesting revelations. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe will be among the speakers at the Medfield Woman’s Club’s cele- bration of Hauneh Adame’ life and works in May. Hannah Adams founded & woman's literary soclety in Medfield before the Revolu- tionary War, and the exercises will be held in the church which she attendeéd in the quaint old town. The Emperor of China has two names, a pri- vate or personal name, ‘“Tsai-Tien,” which, however, according to tne demands of Chinese etiquette, is never spoken. It may be written, but in reading the reader must use a synonym in pronouncing it. The Emperor's public name is Kwang-su, which means “illustrious succession.” * M. Faure, President of France, is taking great interest in the welfare of the French soldiers. A few days ago he visited the bar- racks of some of the regiments in Paris, went to the kitchens and ate some of the food which is furnished to the soldiers. He summonedan active general and told him the food was not good enough. The President intends to see thatitis better. The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn has had unusual experience even for one who can count, as ner Grace can, 120 descendants. Within twenty-four hours she was presented with four great-grandsons, Lady Edith King- Noel and Lady Frances Gresey haying both given birth to sons on Wednesday last, while later on the same day Hon. Mrs, Frederick Anson gave birth to twin boys. All these adies are granddaughters of the Duchess. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MATcHW0OD—W. C. C., City. The wood used in this City in the manufacture of Celifornia matches is Oregon cedar, THE NATHAN MURDER—C. W,, City. The mur- der of Benjamin Nathan, a New York capi- talist, occurred on the 29th of July, 1876. PINE—W. C. C., City.—What 1s known in the lumber markets of this coast as pine is genuine pine. There is also fir, which is sold as such. CLEVELAND’S CHILDREN — C. M. F., North Temescal, Cal. President Cleveland has three d;gghltrfl. The youngest was born July 7, 1895. HARRISON'S WEALTH—C. M. F., North Temes- cal, Cal. The wealth of ex-President Benja- min Harrison has been stated all the way from $500,000 to $1,000,000. GERMAN CoNsuL—P. E. W.. Kelsey, El Dorado County, Cal. The Consul tor Germany at San Francisco s Adolph Rosenthal, and his office 1s at 318 Sacramento street. THE HEMENWAY EXPEDITIONS—R. B. J., City. This correspondent is anxious to obtain infor- mation of the Hemenway expeditions. Can any of the readers of this department tell him about them? ToM PAINE’S DOCTRINE—J. A. R., City. There is no church or congregation in this City that teaches the doctrines of Tom Paine, but there is & lecturer who presenis the doctrine of deism, more properly theism or natural re- ligion. 8ALE ON CREDIT—J. H., City. If a party sells a horse on credit and the purchaser does not ay, the seller’s remedy is in a court of law. ¢ would not have the right to take the law in his own hands to regain possession of the animal. MILE IN OAKLAND—J. A., Andrews Island, Cal. Persons wishing to engage in the milk business in Oakland, Cal., need not take outa license, but must apply to be registered at the office of the Board of Health. No iee isre- quired for such registration. THE LARGEST BABY—M. B. A., City. The largest baby of which there is any record was that of which Will Lennon of Macon, Ga., & painter, was the father. Twenty-four hours aiter birth the infant was placed on the seales and found to weigh one and & half ounces less than forty pounds. SrpHON—B. W., City. There is no explana- tion of the question asked about a siphon with the discharging limb higher than the bottom of a vessel to be emptied, emptying to the last drain the water contained therein. A siphon will empty only when the discharging limb is lower than the one in the vessel to be emptied. COUNTING IN CASINO—T. L., City. Whenin & game of casino the count depends on an ace to make game it is the rule that the first ace that counts is the one that corresponds with the suit of which there isa majority in cards. Without knowing what the majority in cards Was it is impossible o answer the question. NORMAL ScHOOLS—J. D., Oakland, Cal. There are normal schools in this State at San Jose, Los Angeles and Chico. Thersisa normal class in 8an Francisco. Persons resident of another State may be admitted upon letters of recommendation from the Governor or Super- intendent of Schools thereof. For further in- formation adaress the principal of either of the schools. CANALS—J, H., Decoto, Cal. By means of the Sorel or Richelieu River and the Chambly canal, large vessels pass from the St. Lawrence River to Lake Champlain. There s what is known as the James River and the Kanawha canal, with terminus at Richmond and at Bu- chanan. There is no mention in the gazeteers or books of reference that treat of canals, that any canals exist between the other points asked about. TEN BROECK—O., Oakland, Cal. Ten Broeck has two records in Louisville, Ky. Match against time, two miles, 8:27}4, five-year-old, 110 pounds; May 29, 1877; four miles, match against time, 7:15%;, four-year-old, 104 pounds. On July 4, 1878, Ten Broeck ran in a mateh at Louisville, Ky. The heat was intense, and Mollie McCarthy was distanced in the first heat, nearly falling from exhaustion at the end of 23 miles. MoTHER AND CHiLD—T. C. B., City. If a widow marries again whatever property she is possessed of at the time of marriage is her separate property, and after marrisge she is as {ree todo with it what she pleases as if she had not married. If she had any children by the first marrigge and also had children by the second, unless she disposed of her property by will, the children would sll_have an interest as heirs in the property. FrA6s—M. D. B, Oakland, Cal. There are a number of organizations that have adopted flags, as for instance the Masons, Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of United Workmen and others, which are floated from flagstaffs whenever these bodies meet or whenever it is desired to display the same at half-mast asa token of respect. Itis notimproper that such be dis- Elu_\-ed without the American flag or streamer oating from the masthead. MARIE CORELLI'S WORKS—R. A. M., Redwood City, Cal. The works of Marion Mackay,whose nom de plume is “Marie Corelli,” have been published in the following order: *“A Ro- mance of Two Worlds” and ‘Vendetta” in 1886, “Thelma” in 1887, ‘‘Ardeth” and “My Wonderful Wife” in 1889 and “Wormwood,”” “The Soul of Litith,” “Barabas” and *““The Sor- rows of Satan” since the last given date, the last two named being her latest books. EVENING ScHOOLS—J. N., City. The following is the name and location of each of the publie evening schools in San Francisco: Business school, souti: side of Bush street, east of Stock- ton; Hamilton, Geary street, between Scott and Pierce; Horace Mann, Valenciastreet, between Tyenty-second and Twenty-third; Lincoln, Fifth street, near Market; Potrero, Minnesots street, between Napa and Sierra; and Washing- ton, southwest corner of Mason and Washing- ton streets. RIGHT-HANDED PEOPLE—W. - McC., City. “Why are most people right-handed?” was an- swered some years ago by an Americen phglichn who had made a study of children and their habits. He said: *“Infants use both hands until they begin to try to speak. The motor functions are contained on the right side of the body and the first right-handed motions are expressive motions, tending to help out speech. As speech grows so does right-haudedness.” GARDEN OF THE Gops—T. W., San Jose, Cal. About four miles northeast of Colorado Springs there is a tract of land that is called “The Garden of the Gods.” It is hemmed in by mountains on the north and .the west, bory dered by ravines on the south and on the east by a line of red sandstone cliffs. It is reached by passing through & narrow gorge between tall cliffs. A peculiar feature of the garden is a number of isolated perpendicular forma. tions of brilliantly red sandstone, a numper of them over 300 feet high. DaGo—A. D., City, The term Dago was orig- inally applied to one born of Spanish parents, especially in Loulsiana, and used as a proper name. Itisnow extended to Spanish, Portu- guese and Italians. It is also said to be a cor- ruption of the name Diego, which is Spanish for James. Griffes in his work on South America, published in 1887, says: In Spanish-America “Santiago,” “ " “Tago” and “Diego” are such lriqneng;zeendmg vocables that Yankee sailors call pative: countries Dago men or Diegos. ol MiNING Laws—Novice, Diamente, Riverside County, Cal. To publish the law under which one may take up mineral lands would take up more space than this department can devote to one subjepm A person can take up more than one claim in & placer district, and there is no law to prevent parties from taking u more than one claim on & lode, The miners] lands are governed by the United States and local laws of the distriet in which they are located. = You should apply at the nearest United States Land Office f::r full information. All that a good Prospector needs is a pick and :23;:1 and a sbort pinch bar in the way of KRAG-JORGENSEN RIFLE —National Guards men, City. Tests made with the Krag-Jorgen- sen rifle, the new arm adopted by the United States army, show that & 30-caliber bulletwith 220 wrains of powder has an initial velocity of 2:‘?0 {eet r;‘ l:eond‘ At thirty yards from the zzle & bullet penetrated 24 inch oak that had been seasoned !ore'.;;;e’n:l;n:g zoon{nrdn it went through 45 inches o1 poplar gla_ $;at the same distance it went through 0 inches of hard pine; at 2000 yards it passed entlrelf through a horse’s body end at 2800 yards it penetrated 4 inches of deal plank. ‘At 8200Aylrdl it still had power enough,” says the Army and Navy Journal, “to pass Hmnal e samms ooy e Fedlie,” can: e authority, “are well verifiea or they would be almost beyond belief.” MAYDAY—A. 8., Oak » Cal. Mayday dates back to the days of the ancient Romaus, for the feeling of the times found vent in Floralia, or Floral games, which began on the 28th of April and lasted several days. Nations taking their origin from Rome settled on the 1st of May for fetes of the same kind. In the six- teenth century in England it was the custom iadle and humbler classes to g0 forth ?trstl):':ymmorn to gather flowers and hawthorn branches and bring them home about bl:nrlu with accompaniments of horn and tal rfla all possible signs of joy nd merriment. 1 o hawthorn hlossom was given the nam “% May 'and the. ceremony &l uded to was calle “bringing in the May.” The fairest maid of the village was crowned with flowers as the Queen of May and lads and lagsies met on the gen ana danced. A conspicuous feature of Ehefestivities was the erecting of a Maypole in every town and village, on which on .\Iuy Torning there were suspended wreaths of flow- ers. Around these the people formed rings and danced nearly the whole day. Priorto the date given ladies and gentlemen and even the King and Queen condescended to mingle on that occasion and join in the Mayiug festivi- ties, 1 CURRENT HUMOR. 1 don’t believe it is wicked to chew wf:élcl:.— Nellie—Why, Willie! Willie—Well, it ain’t, 1 triea it and it made me sick, Wicked things is sall good.—Cincinnati En- quirer. : erchant—What, beck agein so soon? n:\i'er knew you to do an erun'd 80 quickly as that before. Messenger-boy—No, I guess you didn’t. I hung on behind a hearse.—Somer- ville journal. ; ¢ ¢ handsome Dealer—Yes'm; thatis a mighty parrot, but I will be honest with you.find tell you he swears like a sailor. Mrs. Watts—I— ah—guess I'll hire him for & week, if you will permit me. I've got to clean house.—Indian« apolis Journal. i i I was Miss Sweetly—How did you know going to wear my hair curled this eévening? Mr. Plainman—I saw it in the papers thig morning.—Brooklyn Life. “T see that the Austrian Government has granted a pension to & man and his wife who have just completed the one hundredth year of their married life,” said Happicus. *Dear me,” cried Cynicus. ‘“Are these war pensions never to stop?’—Harper’s Bazar. +By the way,” said Jonah, as he made him- self comfortable, “haven’t I seen you before?” “Where?” snorted the overfed cetacean. “I have an impression that yon are-the fish that broke a line and got awsy from me one day when I was fishing off a deck in Nineveh."— Truth. Tommie—What 1s a tailor’s goose, pop? Pop— Isuppose it is what he makes duck irousers on.—Yonkers Statesman. Mr. Henpeck—The true heroes of thejring are not the pugilists, Mr. Singleton—Who are they? Mr, Henpeck (sadly)—The married men.— Philadelphia Record. Boggs—I see the Weather Bureau has put i a typewriter. Foggs—Well, that means that we are about to have a bad spell of weather.—Yonkers States- man. His Exclusiveness—You don’t reaa novels as much as you used to, Mr. Beverly? “No, There are so few women in fiction nowa- days that are it to associate with."—Chicago Record. Sympathetic friend—Your lawyer's charge was very high, I presume? Convicted murderer—Yes, but the Judge’s charge was what finished me.—BSomerville Journal. Bell—Why did the old novels all end with “And they lived happily ever after?” Nell—Because the new woman Was Dot known then.—New York Herald LADY'S WAIST WITH JACKET FRONT. A novel sleeve is shown here which will be appreciated by the woman who wishes to keep in advance of the styles. Itis closely fitted, with a circular cape-like top. The jacket front is also much liked, allowing variety in the shape of vest and blouse effects. The sim- plicity of the shape is & relief from the revers and large collars. A dress of plain black mohair had & vest of yellow crepe with rows of black insertion put on lengthwise, A frill of lace to match was set on the edge of the jacket front. A dress of dark blue ecanvass cloth, through which an emerald green silk lining glimmered, had a blouse of the green silk. Three buttons of emeralds, with a setting ot thinestones, were set on either side of the Jacket above the bust. A frill of cresmy guip. ure lace hung from the edge of the jacket, being tapered towered the %onom, where it ended at the darts. A waist of black satin to be worn with a skirt of black and white check, bad & vest of whits chiffon gathered very full. At the side, ap- parently set under the jacket, were frills of white lace. A folded collar of brilliant green ribbon was worn instead of the flaring collar here portrayed. The waist has the usual forms in the back, with one dart in front. The lining has two darts on either side, over which the vest is gathered, fboth opening in the center, The vest may be made separate by putting a nar- row band at neck and waist. e BTRANGERS, take home Townsend’s California Glace Fruits, 50c 1b. 627 Market, Palace Hotel, — General Dragomiroft, ywho represented Russia at the French autumn maneuvers, has pub- lishea & flattering crticism of the French soldiers. He finds that & great advance has been made since 1883, when he saw them last, Doth in material organization and in the qual- ity of officers and men. ————— SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clippiug Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e THE North Patific Coast Raflroad via Sansa- m,olen-yr\msthroug‘uthemua;chnmingcoun- try in California. No overcrowded boats and nolsy Sunday picnie crowds to mar the Ppleas- ure of families and private parties. . —————— Edward Wortley Moatagu, the eccentric son of Lady Mary; is said to havepossessed more snufl-boxes than would' suffice a Chinese idol with a hundred noses—a collection which, per- haps, was never equalled, unless by that of King George IV, whe was not less extravagant and recherche in snuff and souff-boxes than in other things. B . STRONG muscies, steady nerves, good appetite, result from blood made pure by Hood's Sarsapa- rilla. This is proved by what thousands say about Hood's. Itis the ideal spring medicine. ———— IMPORTANT CHANGE OF TIME.~The 12th {nst. the Northern Pacific Rallroad inangurated a dpubla daily passenger service between Portland and St Paui, making u saving of ten hours between Port. land and Chicago. These are the fastest and finest equipped trains that ever were run out of the Va- cific Northwest. The superior accommodations 1 our passenger equipment recommend our line to all. Ours is the ouly line that runs dixing-cars out of Portland. T. K. STATELER, general agent 688 Market street. San Francisco. ————————— “‘Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap'” Has been used over 50 years by millions of mothars for thelr children whiie Teething with perfect suc- cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures W'nd Colic, regulates the Bowels and 1s the'best remedy for Diarrhcess, whether arising from teething or other causes. Forsale by Druz- Bists in every part of the world. Be sure and as< for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap.” 25¢ a boitle, —————— CoRONADO.—Atmosphers 1s pertectly dry, soft and mild, and is eniirely free from the misse com mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, lucluding fifteen days' board ac the Hots! dal Corenado, $60: longer stay $250 per day. ADY tgomery st., San Francisco. -3