The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1896, Page 6

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If these Kansas cyclones would blow the people West instead of Kast they might be of some use to the country. Sonslowgene: S It is not always the biggest festival that furnishes the most fun, and Santa Rosa may be as gay as Los Angeles. California Republicans speak with many voices for the one sentiment in favor of an uninstructed delegation to St. Louis. The cyclones of Kansas put on a great deal of bluster, but it is worth noting that none of them ever tackle Jerry Simpson. Many a man who still calls himself a Democrat has become a convert to protec- tion and will vote his conversion this fall. The free market begins to look like a sure thing, and producers and consumers may as well begin to congratulate one an- other. California has had more festivals than all the rest of the country put together, and it is not a good spring for festivals either. Now that Omaha has begun to call her- self the center of the Greater West, it is time to demand that the line be drawn somewhere. Californians are not tied to any particu- lar candidate for the Presidency, but they are tied to their State and must work for its interests. So long as the Democratic deficit tariff prevails the great money question to many people of this country will be where to get work and wages. The motion to investigate the bond deals hangs firein the Senate, but all the same the charge is still there and may be ex- ploded any moment. Massachusetts asks the Presidential nomination for Russell, bui Democracy can get him for the Vice-Presidency if she wishes to bid on him. If Carlisle has any nerve left in the slack of his jaw he had better answer Alt- geld’s letter before the people come to the conclusion that he can’s The best way for Californians to ad- vance the interests of their favorites at St. Louis is to send a strong delegation with a free hand to work for them. The Venezuelan question is undoubtedly an irritation to England, for she keeps on scratching 1t with a vehemence that threatens to make a big sore of it. At the rate money 1s being withdrawn from the treasury Cleveland may have an opportunity to oblige his friends by an- other bond issue before his term is over. By burning the plantation crops and hoyses the Cuban insurgents are rapidly putting every man in the island in a posi- tion where he must either fight or starve, The celebration of Grant's birthday is becoming one of the established customs of the American people, and it requires no statute or public holiday to establish it either. . Since it has been made known that William R. Morrison lives in a town called Waterloo, his evident fitness for the Democratic nomination can no longer be questioned. 1t looks as if the funding bill wonld be held back until the Santa Monica scheme is carried out. One job at a time is as much as the monopoly can manage now even if it is an octopus. There are good prospects that the ine crease in mining will more than make up for the loss in the fruit cropand California can still call herself the Golden State when she strikes a balance at the end of the year. The Columbus (Ohio) Press sizes up the political situation very accurately in say- ing: “Opportunities for various unpledged Btates to advance local interests in re- spect to candidates, the platform, future legislation, appointments and all the myriad details of politica! preferment will, therefore, await the delegates of such States at St. Louis in far greater number than those which will be given the pledged delegations.” THE SAN FRANCISOC CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1896. TO ALL REPUBLIOANS, Tre CALL has received a communication signed by the chairman and secretary of the Mahoney and Kelly combination in the Fourth District, charging that gross frauds were commitied at the regular primaries beld in that district, and claiming that the Kelly-Mahoney delegation is right- fully entitled to seats in the State Conven- tion. A copyof the communication was un- doubtedly sent to the other papers of the City. The object of the authors is plain. The State Executive Committee meets to- day and the Kelly-Mahoney combination seeing its chances are desperate has re- sorted to the publication of these chargesin the hope that they will have some effect upon the committee and be instrumental to some extent in determining its action. TrE CALL is not in the least surprised by the attack nor by the form in which it comes. When we undertook to maintain the cause of pure politics and honost primaries in this City we were well aware that we would have to fight all those whose interests lay in corruption and fraud. We knew also beforehand whaf' that fight meant. That all forms of abuse, misrepresentation and deliberate - lying would be resorted to by the gangs, was foreseen. In the interest of reputable politics and of the great mass of Repub- lican voters we were willing to face that fight. We meet it now without hesitation and it shall be conducted to a finish. The charges made by the tools of Kelly and Mzhoney will be investigated by the executive committee at its meeting to-day, but the investigation will not stop with those charges. It will include all the pro- ceedings of the gang from the time Kelly and Mahoney held their midnight meet- ing, and, by forged proxies, attempted to get control of the party machinery, down to the time when they held their farce primaries and selected a bogus delegation to the State Convention. The results of that investigation will be made public, and the people can then juage for themselves what action loyal Republicans should take in the matter, In conclusion, we have but one thing to say. We have never made charges against the men who compose the so-called Kelly- Mahoney delegation. We have admitted that many of them are honest men who have been deluded into a false position. We repeat as much now. We desire the harmony of all good Republicans in the general interests of the party and have no fight against any man who is honest. Our fight is against corruption and against all who practice it. THE MINORITY REPORT. Except Senator Morgan’s resolution of instruction, which has not yet been con- sidered, the first direct attack upon the railroad funding proposition has been made in the form of a minority report presented by Representative Hubbard of the House Commitiee on Pacitic Roads. The fight is now formally opened. Hub- bard’s essential points are that the fund- ing bill presented by the majority of the committee offers more than the rail- roads asked for; that in the hear- ing the railroad side was more fully represented than the Government’s; that the bill would strengthen tend the monopoly already existing, and that it runs contrary to the pro- visions of the California constitution limit- ing the life of corporations to fifty years. In place of the bill the report recommends the passage of the Morgan-Brice bill, which provides that the lien shall be placed for collection by foreclosure in the hands of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. An 1ncidental suggestion in the report is that a commission be appointed to ascertain the exact status of the debtor companies and report to the next Con- gress. It intimates that the provision in the Morgan-Brice bill for the separate sale of the roads under foreclosure is hardly advisable in view of the fact that if sold as one they would be far more valuable as properties and more tempting to bidders, especially when we take into account the assertion of one of the Government di- rectors of the Union Pacific that abundant capital stands ready to bid on the Union and Central Pacific as 8 whole in order to secure a continuous line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. The issues for and against funding are now clearly defined as a simple business proposition. As yet certain ethical ques- tions, involving the condonement of a policy pursued many years for the pur- pose of defrauding the Government and evading the discharge of just obligations, have not entered into the matter, nor has the question of the general welfare affected by the perpetuation of a eigantic trans- portation monopoly which rules the des- tinies of millions of people been consid- ered. Asa matter of fact, these are of far greater importance than any question of the settlement of a delayed debt, for they lie at the very root of National integrity and the rights and interests of the people. These questions will likely be raised in the discussions that must occur over the conflicting measures now before Congress. There are certain indications that the pendency of a Presidential election has induced a sense of caution that was not observable at the beginning of the strug- gle. Itis very likely that Representative Hubbard’s suggestion for the appointment of a commission to report to the next Congress is a slyly made opening throngh which the advocates of funding are in- vited to escape. The issue will be riper for the next Congress than for the present. The opponents of funding will miss a great opportunity, however, if they fail to pre- sent their views in general session, where they will be a part of the record and can- not be mislaid, stolen or forgotten. —— SANTA ROSA’S CARNIVAL. The next of the flower festivals held in California this year will be the one at Santa Rosa, which opens to-morrow and closes Saturday night. The formal open- ing to-morrow evening will witness the advent of the beautiful and gracious queen whom the people have selected to wield the rose-scepter over them. The grand parade will be on Friday, the games on Saturday and fireworks Saturday evening. Experience acquired in preceding years has greatly enlarged the scope of the present undertaking, and as this charm- ing valley of Bonoma wears its most pleasing aspect at this time of the year the strangers who witness the pageant and observe the superb natural beauties of the region, the refined elegance of its residents and the exquisite taste with which they conduct this imposing festival will see California life in its most pleasing aspect. Some matters peculiar to Santa Rosa deserve particular attention. A sharp bitterness of feeling was engendered be- tween factions of the people some months ago as the result of differences of opinion concerning certain public affairs. It is gratifying to learn not only that these disagreements have been forgotten in a united desire to make this festival an ex- ceptionally brilliant affair, but also th.nt the effort will produce a lasting effect in solidifying popular endeavor to gdv-nc:a the best interests of the city. This spirit of cordial co-operation has gone so faras to cause groups of merchants occupying adjoining houses to employ their buildings collectively in the development of a single decorative design on an imposing scale. The idea, so far as we are infornred, is entirely new and will undoubtedly be productive of splendid results. The im- portant consideration, apart from the large decorative effects to be secured by this plan instead of a bewildering kaleido- scope of individual and inharmohnious house decorations, is that festivals of this kind bring the people into close relations of sympathy and purpose and enable them all the more effectively to work intelligently for the good of the com- munity. Santa Rosa is specially fortunate in sev- eral ways. Its situation on the floor of a smiling valley, backed on either side by handsome mountaius, gives a rare oppor- tunity for panoramic effects, and these su- perior natural conditions are made perfect by a climate which in itself is a perpetual luxury. But of a value equally great is the superior quality of its settlement. ‘Where to perfect natural conditions are added social attractions of the highest order we find everything good that life can offer. NEEDLESSLY ALARMED, The leaders of the Democratic party are apprehensive that there will be a split on the silver question at the Chicago conven- tion which may jeopardize the party’s chances to remain in power, but they can rest their souls in peace. It matters not whether there is a split or not, the people decided long ago that they had quite enough of Democratic rule. The country has had a good deal of very expensive experience with Democratic ways and methods since 1893, and the people are not at all disposed to longer dwell upon the edge of bankruptcy as they have been dwelling since Cleveland’s panic was sent over the country to devastate and devour. The people will not forget that the administration now running things at Washington has already saddled them with an additional interest-bearing debt of considerable over $200,000,000 and that it has succeeded in piling up a current expense shortage of an amount equal to about one-third of the sum of the new bond debt. A total deficit of nearly $300,- 000,000 in three years, which is a debt that the people have to pay, is not well calcu- lated to commend the Democratic party to the conntry. In fact the people have lost all faith in the honesty, integrity and business sense of the leaders of the party, and no one is heaping condemnation upon them more than the intelligent rank and file Democrat. But enormous as is the sum total of the bond issue and expense account deficit it isa very small matter in comparison to the losses to the people by the operation of the Wilson tariff law and other at- tempts of the leaders of the Democratic party to establish their economic and financial theories as the basis for National legislation. The importation of foreign manufactures has been enormous since the new tariff took effect, but it has been mainly at the expense of our own manu- facturing enterprises and their employes. How much this amounts to in dollars no one knows, nor coula one know, for when hundreds of thousands of working men and women are thrown into enforced 1d!le- ness for more than two years and thus de- prived of opportunity to earn wages, in order to compute the losses one must con- sider the farmer, the storekeeper and the other producers and dealers who have been deprived of the trade of these armies of working people because they have had no work, hence no money to spend. There is scarcely an industry that has not suffered seriously in the last two and a half years because of Democratic efforts to fasten free trade and gold monometal- lism upon the country. Of course, Atlan- tic Coast commission importers and Wall- strest dealers in foreign bills of exchange are profiting largely by the operation of the Wilson act, but the whole force, en- ergy and preSent and prospective National wealth of the people of the United States ought not to be made to stand still that a few bankers and importers, mostly citi- zens of foreign countries, may grow rich by stocking our market with the products of poorly paid mechanics and laborers of Europe. “THE WEEKLY OALL." Tue CALL is in all its departments rep- resentative of the West. It believes in up- holding the West and its industries. It labors for the West in the broadest sense of the word and knows no sectional lines. In addition to the telegraphic news of the world in a condensed form, the WEEkLY contains full reports of the mining in- dustry and gives to agricultural and horti- cultural interests extended space and care- ful consideration. Tre WEERLY CALL of to-day is not only a paper for the miner dnd the farmer, but covers 8o thoroughly a field so wide that it proves interesting to all classes of readers. —_— THE GOOD SHIP BERMUDA. The steamer Bermuda might as well ad- vertise herself as a regular liner for the transportation of troops and war material from the United States to Cuba. Yester- day she left Jacksonville, Fla., loaded down with men and arms for Pinar del Rio, and if her usual good luck attends her she will have landed her cargo and re- turned for another load by next Saturday. The daring of this craft is drawing all eyes to her. She makes trip after trip with ap- parently as much ease and comfort as any of the trans-Atlantic liners. The point and interesting fact about the Bermuda’s business is the per- fect ease with which she delivers cargo after cargo te the insurgents. General ‘Weyler has plenty of Spanish warships of various styles and shapes in Cuban waters, and he says himself that he has driven the ipsurgent armies into the mountains, nevertheless the rebels have little if any more difficulty in finding a landing and unloading place for the Bermuda than if she sailed into the harbor of Havana and Weyler himself helped to discharge her cargo into Maceo’s ordnance wagons. 1t would seem that Weyler is as power- less to prevent the landing of arms and re- enforcements for the insurgent armies as heis to prevent the rebels marching up and down the island at will. In other words, Spain has utterly failed thus far to even weaken the lines of the insurgentsat a single point, and not only so, but ‘Weyler, as was Campos, has been out- generaled in every effort to hedgein the whole or any part of the repel forces, If this sort of thing is kept up much longer the question of the belligerency of the Cubans will resolve itself into a question of the breadth, length and depth of Cleve- land’s blindness to the inevitable. Aside from right and justice the commercial necessity of recognizing the belligerency of Cuba is pressing. The nation that is first to do that is sure to obtain great and valuable trade advantages with the new republic. But Cleveland appears to be wholly incapable of appreciating the situ- ation and foreseeing the benefit that would accrue to this country by openly and frankly telling the Cubans that the United States is ther friend in fact as well as in name. Meanwhile the good ship Bermuda will continue her regular trips between Fiorida and ports in Cuba. PERSONAL. G. M. Ransom of New York is at the Palace. T. J. T. Huteson of Nebraska is at the Palace. H. H. Richardson of the Placer Argusison a visit here. Frank O. Miller of Riverside is here for a few days’ stay. 8. C. Palmer of Marquette, Mich., is on & visit here. Mrs. C. Westcott of Portland is at the Cos- mopolitan. Peter Sweed, & business man of Honolulu, is at the Grand. Dr. Belle Reynolds of Santa Barbara is ameng recent arrivals, F. 8. Bulleck, an extensive fur-dealer of New York, 1s in the City. Dr. W. H. Campbell of Montana is among the arrivals at the Lick. 8. R. Howell, a prominent attorney-of Chi- ©ago, is at the Palace. The Rev. D. 8. Banks of Santa Cruz came up to the Bay City yesterday. J.F. Griffin, member of the Chicago Board of Trade, arrived here yesterday. Alva E. Snow of Fresno reached here yester- day. He isatthe Occidental. J. B. Sherman, & business man of Salt Lake City, is among recent arrivals. David Smithurst, a mine-owner of Red Lodge, Mont., is at the Cosmopolitan. H. R. Bernard, one of the officers of the State Industrial School at Ione, is in town. Hon. George Horn of Tasmanis, who has been visiting the East and England, is at the Occidental. Hoyt Sherman Jr., general passenger agent at Salt Lake of the Union Pacitic Railroad, ar- rived here yesterday and is at the Palace. Professor P. E. Wolff, who has been explor- ing and collecting ornithological and other specimens in Fiji and various other islands of the South Pacific, and who arrived here recent- 1y, will leave for Fiji, Samoa and Tonga to- morrow. Professor Wolff has for several years Dbeen collecting for the Governments of France, Italy, Germany and the United States and is yet representing them. It was he who found the ruins of ancient gecret temples in the in- terior of Samoa, as told in THE CALL on his ar- rival. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 28.—At the Impe- rial—J. J. Gottlob, A. Rosenburg; Gilsey, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wilson; Gerlach—Mrs, Bradley; Grand—C. A. Bray; Broadway Central—J. XKeegan; St. Denis—M. Logan; Belvidere—C. and L. Schwarzfeld. Ar- rived per steamship Aller from Bremen—Dr. end Mrs. 8. T. Hunkin, Miss Eliza Hunkin. Sailed per steamship St. Paul for Southamp- ton—Mrs. J. E. Birmingham, Miss Alma Bir- mingham, G. Claxton, George A. Grove, Miss Muriel Homan, Mrs. F. S. Kellogg, Miss Rolinda M. Kline, Miss J. Tucholsky, A, J. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson and infant. CALIFORNIA STILL THE BANNER STATE IN GOLD. From the Argonsut. The latest official figures on_the bullion pro- duction of California are at hand. The Mint statistician shows that this State, in 1895, pro- duced $15,334,317 69 in gold and $599,789 70 in silver, as against $13,863,281 89, gold, and $207,351 55, silver, in 1894. The gold increase of 1895 was $1,471,035 80 and the silver $302,458 15, a total of $1,773,493 95. We thus see that as & gold-ylelder California maintains herlead. Considering the noise made by the Cripple Creek excitement and the other dis- coveries of note in Colorado, it was to have been expected that that State would excel California by many millions. But, as a matter of fact, Colorado talls behind us, with an “esti- mated” $15,000,000 s her gold product and *‘estimates” rarely fall below the mark. Colorado has made a splendid advance, and the actiyity of her citizens in advertising and developing her natural wealth promise to do great things for her. But we have the ad- vantage of resources. Relatively to the known riches of California those of Coloradc are insig- nificant. Mining engineers and other experts the world over are aware of California’s nat- ural opulence. They admit1t, talk of it freely ifasked, but have grown into the habit of tak- ing it for granted that interest cannot as readily be aroused in_California mines as in those of comparatively new regions. Novelty and imagination form & powerful combina-~ tion. There is a tradition, too, that the in- vestor here takes unusual risk of falling into the hands of sharpers. This we owe lnrfily to the history of the Comstock lode, which is sim- ply the history of one long swindle. The Comstock Lode is in Nevada, and its product has been mostly silver, but in the world's mind it has come to figure as & repre- sentative California gold-field. That is our misfortune and one that only gradually is be- ing overcome. Writing will not make the truth known to moneyed men with coin to place, but the mines of California themselves are doinfi the good work of enlightenment. One good mine is worth more than 10,000 newspaper articles and all the mining con. ventions that could be held in twenty years. The kind of information that goes to capitalists and is believed by them is the news of divi- dends. The sort of activity noticeable at Angels Camp and at_ Coulterville tells the story of what is being done and has in it the Proj ha? of what is soon to be. The Utica’s enormous output has made capitalists everywhere envious, and the work of development, now in progress on an-exten- sive scale on the motner lode at Coulterville, has every prospectof being rewarded as richly. 1ithat shall happen, capital wiil come to Cali- fornia plentifully. We cannot have too much of it, 0o matter where it hails from. Of course it would be preferable were home capital to appropriate the dividends, but home capital is timid and sluggish and will only follow at the heels of foreign courage. Consequently the more foreign capital there shall pe invested in our mines, the more home capital will seek them., Hencea double reason for welcoming foreign money. < A State that, since 1849 ng to and including 1895, has yielded $1,269,115,604 in gold, by official record, with’ many millions more that went away lfirouxh cbaunels no account of which could be kept has & right to claim B:lmwy in the mining world. Vast as has en the product, it is but an indication of what is left for money and brains and muscle to get. The opening of new mines and the in- coming of capital havesent out the prospect- ors and brought from neglect many properties that have lani lain dormant. New processes have reduced the cost of mining and corrected waste, as well as made practicable the opera- tion of mines that under old methods would have been unprofitable. Hydraulic mining will be resumed. Enterprise, stimulated by success, will venture experiments and take chances. The dazzling nature of the ]irlus thatare sure to be drawn by the more fortu- nate will do their part in spurring to emula~ tion. A great mining boom is in prospect. The boom may not come this year or the next, but it is not very far off. California, mineralized in nearly all her counties, pre. sents a domain for exploitation beside which all others now known, including Colorado and South Africa, are distinctly inferior. Itisa field in which, considering it as a whole, little has been done, notwithstanding its colossal yield. There are a hun veins un- touched for each that has been u&ped. The mountains are reservoirs of wealth watiing for capital. Experts, as we have said, know this. * Capitalists are certain to learn the truth presently. They are learning it now, and their agents who come to make inquiries and investigate reports are increasing in num- ber. Thissortof thing grows in geometrical mmflom Hence our confidence that & min- s m such as California never saw_before mpendlnfl It will be one accompanied by stock speculation, of course, but it will be grounded on mines and not on wildcats. There are not many in California who sre aware of the gro of interest in mining proflefllel in this State which has taken place within a lod of three years. Companies in London, New York and Chicago, composed. of men of wealth, have been quieily organized to make investments and their representatives are looking for producing mines regardless of t. Efforts have been made to purchase the Utica and other t u but the own- ers ver; nnnr-lm‘ © 1O B 1t is not too much to say that six gold large an small, are bein; workeflow in California for one in 1893, ree rs hence, if be relied on, there ':3 A‘ dozen 'ell"h R every one being operat n 1896. at wi be tils boom, and when we have i, Calit will renew her acquaintance with that pros- perity which is her birthright, A COWARDLY ACT. Santa Monica Outlook. If we send a pledged delegation to St. Louis ‘we might as well send just one man and done with it. Pledging is a cowardly act. A DECIDED IMPROVEMENT. Stockton Graphic. Very few metropolitan papers are served to their patrons in convenient form. It is disa- greeable to purchase a great big daily at a news stand or of a newsboy, and the moment You open it have a half dozen or more sheets blown sky-west and crooked. The San Fran- cisco CALL has obviated this trouble, and its large edition of thirty-two pages comes in only two parts. It is a decided improvement and should be adopted by other large papers. GROWING IN POPULARITY. Eureka Standard. THE CALL of the 20th inst. contains a well- written article on the overland mail service between San Francisco and Eureka, in which it quotes with approval an article from the Standard on the same subject. THE CALL of late has paid much attention to Humboldt County, and its subscription list 1n this county is on the increase. Itisalive paper and isin the field for California’s best interests—not for one section, but for all sections. The paper is growing in popularity, and it deserves it. —— AN INDEPENDENT VIEW. Guadalupe Standard. The Sen Francisco CALL in a recent issue asked for the opinion of the Republican press ot this State on the subject of whether Cali- fornia should send s pledged or unpledgea delegation to the National Convention. Al- though we do not come under the Republican banner, as we are independent in politics, we believe it would always be to the best interests of any State to send an unpledged delegation to the National Presidential Convention, as & pledged delegation is always a dead weight in such a place. BROAD AND LIBERAL. ‘Western Watchman, Several months atter THE MORNING CALL passed under the present management, and when the announcement of the intended con- struction of its splendid new building was glven to the public, the Watchman took occa- sion to commend the broed and liberal gauge upon which the new management was run- ning the paper, building it up and giving ita prestige that it had never before attained. We feel that THE CALL is still further broadening its sphere and ground for public appreciation in the course it is pursuing politically, for, while it is openly & Republican paper, it is admitting in its department “Letters From the People,” articles treating of reform principles from the Populist standpoint—strong, well- directed articles from that well-known Popu- list writer and erstwhite editor, J. A. Johnson, Esq. The articles are not partisan, treating rather of principles, but those principles are the very core of the reform movement, and THE CALL cannot be too highly commended for its marked liberality in this direction, for while it expresses its own opinions editorially, it gives the people who subscribe for and read its columns for the newsthey contain a chance to express their opinion. The broader the gauge of & great metropolitan newspaper the more people it is calculated to reach, and THE CALL is certainly molding its course to reach a very large proportion of the people. While the conservative and Republican element will un- doubtedly take pleasure in reading THE CALL'S editorial as well as news columns, the Watch- man urges its Populist readers to make a point of reading the most excellent and instructive letters from the pen of J. A. Johnston. THE CALL deserves the recognition of the people. IN APRIL. All the world Is young agaln; Tenderly and sweet Birds sound forth the old refrain ‘Where the branches meet. Every heart must have a mate Insuch days as the: Swingine from the garden gate, Orswinging in the trees. Madrigals that fill the air Rise from shore to shore; Eyery heing mocks at care, ‘Turning troubadour. Trustingly they questionfate With their melodies, Swinging on the garden gate, Or swinging in the trees. —Washington Star, AN EIGHT-GORED SKIRT. This design is very desirable for making up any of the wool materials, as it retains its shape better than any other cut. The back folds and the five gores comprised in the front and sides may be lined with hair cloth at the bottom only, either one-third the skirt length or even less. The lining of silk or cambric ‘should be cut exactly like the material, but should be sewed up separate. The edges of the hair cloth should be bound and overlapped, and all the seams in front and sides should be pressed flat both in the lining and the skirt. Then lay the seams together and the finish in the insideis 7/ the neatest possible. Turn up the edge of the skirt and cat-stitch it io the interlining of hair cloth, and theu turn in the silk and blind stitch it to the material. To save the edge, run a braid or cord of monair, on either of which is Ereter_ud to velveteen for this wide skirt. The ack is gathered at the top or laid in three box-pleats. The four seams are tacked to two pieces of elastic to hold the forms together in godet or cup-shaped folds, one piece being tacked at the bottom of the placket and an- other about half way down the skirt length. The neatest way ‘to finish the placket is to turn in the edges of ontside and lining just the depth of the_seam and blind stiteh them together, tacking @ strip four inches wide for a flap on one side, and hooking it to the belt on the other side. A placket finished in this way will not SIF Dresses of wash goods are made up very satis- factorily in this shape, and stri g00ds can be cut so that the stripes will form points at the seams by cnmns all the forms with the stripes straight up and down the center, which ‘brings both sides of each piece bias. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. J. Scott Hartley is to receive $75,000 for a monument to Jefferson for New York. Barney Barnato has purchased and donated ground for a park at Johannesburg, which is to be called after him. Napoleon III said to Octave Feuillet: «To one returned from America everybody in Europe seems to be asleep.” It is definitely stated that Lord Dufferin, the British embassador to France, will retire from diplomatic life about the middle of July. Manchester isabout to erect an equestrian statue to Sir Charles Halle, the musical con- ductor, who never mounted a horse in his life. drew Lang has been carrying his “Life of ufihm" rapidly to completion. It is an- nounced that this work first will be published 1n two costly volumes, Eight hundred thousand francs, $160,000, has been given to the Paris Academy of Medi- 1 @ine by a Mme. Audiffred, the income to be paid yearly to the man that discover: specific remedy for consumption, whether a French- man or a foreigner. Frau Dr. Juris Emilie Kempin, who began to practice law in Berlin about six months ago, 1s doing an excellent business, and has lately been appointed official interpreter at the Ber- lin law courts. Though she is German by birth she studied in New York. Guerrita, who 18 now the first bullfighter in Spain, has appeared in fifty-eight fights this season, and is engaged for nineteen more. He receives $1200 for each performance. His clear income amounts to more than $60,000 & year, besides the presents made to him. SMALL SMILERS. Carrott—Say, old man, you are looking 100 per cent better than you were a year ago. Barrett—Yes. I was worrying about my debts then. “All paid up now, eh?” “No. They have grown 8o that I know there is no use in tryingto pay. It isa greatload off my mind.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Mrs. Bubblejaw—I'm sorry sir, but I heard to- day that you never pay your bilis. Poet Overflow—It's only a rumor. Mrs. Bubblejaw—If you were only & roomer it wouldn’t be so bad, but you eat more than any one in the house.—Boston Traveler. The Count—I would do anytbing in my power to prove my love for your deughter. Her Father—Would you support her? The Count—My dear sir, Isaid “anything in my power."’—Puck. Examiner in Physics—What happens when a light falls into the water at an angle of 45 de- grees? Student: Itgoes out.—Tit-Bits. “Iknow that age is telling on me,” said Miss Sereleaf. “Yes, dear; but you needn’t mind so very much. It isn't telling the whole truth.”—Tit-Bits. Misunderstood. — Fiancee— Oh, Charley, 1 love you so much. You areall I have in this world. He—My gracious! If this is so I wll have to break our engagement.—Texas Siftings. The elder woman gazed long and earnestly and her eyes fell. ‘'ou have changed,” she murmured. s the younger one admitted. “Itlooked like rain this afternoon, and I went home and put on that lovely silk pair with the cute little clocks that I bought last week.’—New York Press. He—Tam told that your admirers’ name is Legion. She (blushing)—Oh, no, inded! his neme is Jones.—Brooklyn Life. WHAT AN ADVERTISEMENT DID. ‘When the present writer announced the ar- rivalof a son and heir in the birth columns of one of the dailies the other day he had no no- tion that he possessed as many friends as he certainly does. Congratulations poured in from various well-known commercial houses, and these were accompanied in many instances by substantial presents. There were abouta dozen different kinds of soap, nine samples of various infant foods, three bottles of beef ex- tracts, & Powder puif ana seven boxes of violet wder, four or five different kinds of night ights, eight babies’ bottles, three elaborate works on how to bring up young children, specimens of linen and flaunel for infant at- tire and advertisements innumerable of eve: thing that a baby could possible need. Besides these there came proposals from a dozen in- surance_companies to nsure the life of the beby and the whole family on_ especiaily ad- ‘vantageous terms, prospectuses from a Califor- nia emigration society anxious toship the baby d the restof the family to the land of peaches and pumpkins at the lowest possible rates, leaflets from private gentlemen who wanted to lend any sum of money from £5 to £50,000, on no security whatever, together with advice, sympathy and good wishes enough to lasta family a hundred years.—London Fame, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE EIFFEL TOWER—R., Philo, Cal. The height of the Eiffel tower is 985 feet above the river Seine. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT—M. O°C., City—The answer s to imprisonment for debt appeared in THE CALL of April 20 STREET CARs—Barber, City. The cars of the Omnibus Railroad Company first ran along Montgomery street in 1863. PETER MAHER—M. H., City. Peter Maher, pugilist, was born in Galway, Ireland, in 1869, His height is 5 feet 113 inches. EARL OF LEITRIM—M. S., City. The Earl of Leitrim, his clerk and driver were shot dead near_the Earl’s lodge, Manor Vaughan, Done- gal, Ireland, April 2, 1878. THE CITY OF CHESTER—M.J. B,, City. The collision between the Oceanic and the City of Chester in the bay of 8an Francisco occurred on the 22d of August, 1888. EASTER, 1896—R., Philo, Cal. The rule for finding Easter Sunday and the reason for Easter Sunday being observed this year on April 5 were gived in THE CALL of April 21. FrrzsimmoNs-MARER—A. R., Wieland, Amador County, Cal. The fight between Fitzsimmons and Maher at New Orleans came off on the 2a of March, 1892. Twelve rounds were fought. MARRIAGE LICENSE—A. R., City. Residents of San Francisco may go to Oakland, orany other part of California, obtain & marriage license and be married anywhere in the coun- ty in which the license is issued. For that matter they can go into any other State and get married if they feel so inclined. CHANGING A NaME—S. H. F., City, There is no law that compels a man, say William James Lux, to ask any one authority to transpose the Ei\'en names and call himself James William ux, but if such a change is liable to affect material interests he should go before the Superior Court and have tne change legalized. USED IN MEDICIN B. McC., Grizzly Flat, Mendocino County, Cal. The leaves of the poison oak, spruce piteh, the root of cotton- wood, & subsidiary root of the fern (rhizome of the male fern) blackberry roots and the root and stems of m: e, are used in medicine. The other substances named are not used in medicine. AMERICANS UNDER GUARD—Subscriber, City. The Americans whowere placed under guard for alleged participation in the movement of the reform committee in South Africa are: John Hays Hammond of California, H. V. Clement of Idaho, Charles Butler, M. King and Captain Mein of California, and Mr. Lingham of Washington. HIGE BUILDINGS—F. M. B., City. The ordi- nance regulating the height of buildings in San Francisco was adopted November 25,1895, and the discussion on the subject was carried on for two or three months preceding that {l]:ise.c?"l’mdd::um::nlzi hx?“‘g‘%f u}‘ obtain in s ata as mit of height i cities, if there is any such. o Car HORSE AND BICYCLE—J. D., City. The fastest time ever made by a horse has been beaten by ; man ‘onbn bicycle. The fastest time by a orse is by Salvator, who ran_a mile i 1:85%. The fastest time on & bicyols wes made in Livermore, Alameda County,s few months ago by W, ‘dwards. He rode one mile on a straight track in 1:35 2-5. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH SHIPPING—W. F., City. England is credited with having 8892 sailing vessels, 3,485,590 tons, and 5735 steam ves. sels, 9,706,976 tons, making a total of 14,627 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 13,19 5633' Ahe United States is credited with 16, nh’n‘ ng vessels, 2,427,817 tons; steam ves. ;2,208,143 tons: Vessels; tonnage, 4,635,960, C° 60 28,240 CUSTOMS SERVICE—J. J., Gold Run, Cal. of the day inspectors of the customs nrvixml: San Francisco are paid $4 a day and oth, é:x'xi:ctx“fi v‘v,:‘l‘ghe;s u;o paid £1200 a yeneni?l?é . 5 the begrflbl'y ’ln w‘hic‘g gle“ Protnao el signed, and "see that nothi: 2t is dutiable and also to inspec enters without paying duty, merchandise and {unun {xom foreign ports, i If & young man has the A)l;’nn—L W., City. ability to draw from life, is ra; id and duce good pictures, he’ cetu‘i)nly nhn;‘\:l‘:il,;: that talent under instruction of some t;lchar. If competent he would h. g0 e n ulmgm; t1.10;1 that there is such a demand for 0T newspa; asitustion. " About teatrens pin her AinnE the desired information by applying to the secretary of the Hopkins Institute of Art. MaNAGER KRUTTSCHNITT—F. B., Milton, Cala- veras County. Before his promotion J. Kruttschnitt was manager of the Atlantic branch of the Southern Pacific Company, vnp headquarters at New Orleunl,; l’)l'mmoni altxl:]n. late A. N. Towne in this Ehe2 Ahen rowne. disd Krustsennitt wis transferred from New Orleans and made gen- eral manager of the company with jurisdiction over both systems, the Atlantic and the Pacific. E~TITLED 10 VOoTE—L. L. M., City. If “a boy born in this City would attain hig majority at 5 o'clock on the morning of the next general election,” he would be entitled in this State to vote for Prasidential electors or any other can- didates provided he had been a resident of lha! State one year next preceding the election, of the county ninety days, of the election pre- cinet thirty days, that he had been enro led fifteen days before the election, and that upon beiug registered he made aflidavit that he “would be an elector of the county at the next succeeding election.” EASTER SUNDAY oF THE Furure—M. F., City. The following table will give you the dates on which Easter Sunday will fall for thirty years from and including next year: THE OREGON—C. W., City. The steamer Or- ived i i he first time egon arrived in San Francisco for t on the 31st of March, 1849, She was ?g-e;lfn.x trio of steamers belonging to the Pac Mt Steamship Company—the Californis, the ama and the Oregon, used by that cnmpb:'ly to fulfill its contract with the United Su‘fi: Government to carry, for $200,000, ;h: ln'\n = semi-monthly between Panama and Astofs via San Francisco. The California was tho first of the vessels to make the wip, A% TG was followed by the Oregon. The last namc left New York City and steumed_lmP e Horn without passengers, reaching Fepiie in the latter part of February, 1849. ThES she took on three hundred g-ssengers,dn . wiom had come from New Orleans and Sr75r from New York via Chagres and tho Jsthm across. Of the master of this vessel S berrr? . in his “Memoirs,” says: “Captain Robert H Pearson, who brought out the Qm:onx.ne“ second of the Pacific Mail Steamship’s Stamert, did & very smertthing on his arrival, IB3tCHC of anchoring near the town and giving Hhis men a chance to desert, as those of the b} fornia had done, he ran up alongside of the line of the battle-ship Ohio, at Sausalito, and obtained the privilege of leaving his crew a8 prisoners on board until he was resdy sea again.” DEPTH OF CCEAN—F. G., Home of Rest, Beu- lah, Cal. As yet no experiment made has proved that there is & 1imit to which a weight will sink in the ocean. A weight dropped in the water will decrease in rapidity of descent according to the density of the water through which it passes in its downward course. :'h‘: deepest water of which there is any recor m‘i 10 the east coast of Japan. In 1875 the officers of the United States steamer Tuscorora took soundings there to the depth of five and & quarter miles, the lead taking over an hour to reach bottom. A trial was made with a heavy sounding weight in & chasm near the Japan current, but the lead did not fetch upatall. Asthe depth of the ocean has not been fathomed, it 1s impossibie to tell to what depth & sounding lead will go. Some of the deepest_soundings are as follows: North At~ lantie Ocean, 4651 fathoms; South Atlantic Ocean, 3284; North Sea, 442; Baltic Sea, 233; Mediterranean Sea, 2405; Black Sea, 1431; Caribbean Ses, 3,427; Indian Ocean, 3393; North Pacific’ Ocean, 4665; South Pacific Ocean, 4428; Bering Ses, 2146; Sea of Japan, 1640; Arctic Ucean, 2469; Antarctic Ocean, 1975. There is no limit of time for bringing up the lead. A NIcE present for Eastern friends—Town. send’s Cal. glace fruits, 50c1b. 627 Marketst. * ———————— BPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e gt The threatened foreclosure of Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague’s homestead, Edgmere, Wash- ington, has been averted by the raising of & trust fund, to which Senator Brice and Repre- sentative Sorg of Ohio each contributed $5000. The amount, all told, is sufficient to lift the mortgage from Mrs. Sprague’s home and to enable her to spend her remaining days in comfort. MaRcH, April, May are the best months to purify the blood and build up the system. Don’t neglecs such an important matter. Take Hood’s Sarsapa- rilla with the advent of spring. i e SRS IMPORTANT CHANGE OF TIME—The 12th ‘inst. the Northern Pacific Railroad inaugurated adonble daily passenger service between Portland and St. Paul, making u saving of ten hours between Port- 1and and Chicago. These are the fastest and finest equipped trains that ever were run out Of the Pa- cific Northwest. The superior accommodations in our passenger equipment recommend our line to sl Ours is the only line that runs dining-cars ous of Portland. T. K. STATELER, general agent, 638 Market street San Francisco. e ““Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup'* Has been used over50 years by millions of mothers for their children whiie Teething with perfect snc- cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allay: Pain, cures Wind Collc, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other csuses. For sale by Drug- gists in every part of the worid. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25¢ a boitle. —_————— CoRONADO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dry, sof and mild, and 1s entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days’ board as the Hotel dst Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 perday. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Fraacisco. ————— “Any quail about this neighborhooa?” in. quired a tourist who was abcut to register at & Western Texas hotel. “Quail!” said the proprietor, with an indul. gent smile; “they have got to be 'a nuisance. The cook complains that she can’t throw & piece of toast out of the back window but four or five fat quails fight to see which one shall get on it.”—Texas Sifter. NEW TO-DAY. Price and Pride both should decide you to buy our shoes; price, be=« cause they are, quality considered, the cheapest. Pride, because Californi- ans should take pride in wearing California made Shoes. BUCKINGHAM & HECHT Is stamped on every pair of these California made Shoes. Kast's 738-740 Narket St. WILL SUPPLY YOU. limbs, B umungooduthognmflne. . If you waat a sure relief for ~ains in the an Allcock’s BEAR IN MiND—Not one of the host back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster of counterfeits and imita~ f