The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.15 Dally and Sunday CALL, one year, by mall.... 6.00 Daily and Sunday Cary, six months, by mail.. 8.00 Daily and Sunday Cava, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CaLr, one month, by mail.. .65 Bunday CALL, 0ne year, by mail., 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, One year, by mall. 180 THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country ona vacation ? It *90, 1t 1s no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to four address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt attention. KO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Pelepbone...... PR Main-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: B17 Clay Street. +eeseees MAIN-1874 Felephone.... BRANCH OFFICES: 580 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:80 o'clock. 839 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street: open untll 9:30 o'clock. EW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open wtil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 116 Minih sireet; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. TUESDAY cieeveene. MAY 5, 1898 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. e e e e e Free silveris the cry. Put California to the front. ‘We are for measures and not men. Protection is safe. We must now save silver. All the music in the air will end in har- mony. To-day the convention mweets the oppor- tunity. Great principles are the first thing in polities. e The one pledge shonld be fidelity to free silver coinage. Better have cabinet pudding any day than cold soup. Hippodrome politics makes a great deal of noise but it never wins. California at St. Lounis should stand for measures more than for men. There are conventions, congresses and festivals all around the horizon. The California grizzly should not be sent to 8t. Louis with his head in a bag. Now is the time for the Republican party to dump Martin Kelly into the dust bin. ‘The woman’s suffrage movement should march with the Republican campaign to victory. California Republicanism is too big to be tied to the tail of any candidate’s Presi- dential kite, California Republicans should be guilty of no favoritism among the great leaders of the party. B It will be poor politics to sacrifice the interests of California in order to obtaina Cabinet office for Oregon. Read all the proceedings of the Woman’s Congress. Every step to be taken there concerns the public welfare. The man for California to support at St. Louis is the man who will do most to sup- port the interest of California. The Sacramento convention could hardly get a better money plank than that pro- posed by the Sacramento Bee. €alifornia bolds to-day a winning posi- tion among the States and the Sacramento couvention must not give it away. The idea of pledging a delegation to a particular man is & localism that should have no place in National politics. Democrats who are eager to see the Re- -publican convention take a leap in the dark are going to be disappointed again. On the broad principle of loyalty to all and hostility to none, California will merit the favor of every candidate at St. Louis. There will be no cut and dried nomina- tion at Bt. Louis, and there should be no cut and dried indorsement at Sacramento. Claiming everything in sight will be good politics when counting chickens be- fore they are hatched becomes good busi- ness. Asa State we are interested in advancing California toa place of power in the Union and not in the political fortunes of any favorite son. There is much interest in the Sacramento convention, but no anxiety, as the people know that Republican conventions always do the proper thing. No loyal Republican ought at this june- ture to countenance any cause that implies antagonism to any of the great leaders of the Republican party. The financial plank of the convention should declare explicitly for free coinage and the delegates sent to St. Louis should be pledged to sustain The intelligent people of this Stste learned too much from boom methods of doing business to take any stock in boom methods of doing politics. By the exercise of political common- sense the Sacramento convention can as- sure the cause of bimetallism and obtain a Cabinet office for California. The St. Louis convention will be a delib- erative body and the California delegation should be free to act for the welfare of the Pacific Coast in all issues that arise. The State convention at Sacramento, the ‘Woman’s Congress in this City and the rose carnival in San Jose will keep every- thing on the jump to the end of the week. ‘Whatever candidate is nominated at 8t. Louis will carry California, and there is no need for the State Convention to try to forestall the action of the National Con- ‘vention. TrE CaLy is Republican in season and out &f season and stands up for silver, for that reason it urges a strong untrammeled delegation to tight for California and free coinage at the Republican National Con- vention. THE DELEGATION. A National convention should always be a deliberative body. The delegates from every State should go with hands and voice free. To go otherwise is to deprive them of influence. To pledge a delegation in advance to do certain and only certain things is to practically eliminate it from the deliberations of the convention, be- cause the bounds of its power and infiu- ence arealready fixed and determined, and it is not invited to varticipate in other du- ties, the fruit of which isa platform and the selection of a stanaard-bearer. A pledged delegation must do exactly what it is bidden to do by its constituency, how- ever much ecircumstances may subse- quently make its freedom to take advan- tage of unforeseen conditions of vital im- portance to its constituents, There never was a National convention that conducted all of its business upon lines and by rules laid out and established in advance. When men from every com- munity meet to devise ways and means to accomplish a given purpose, those and only those who are free to agree, disagree and finally harmonize differences are looked to or invited to lead. A pledged man is in honor bound to stand immova- ble upon his instructions, even if he sees that it is the very worst thing he could do for his own State or community. But pledging delegates in advance to ad- here rigidly to instructions is something quite new in party life in this country. Until a few years ago delegates met in convention {o compare notes and listen to appeals from the several sections of the country for thisor that policy. By that method the needs and wishes of every State were made known to every other State, when a platform could be so devised as to give each State the fullest possible protection, encouragement and considera- tion. Inthose days a platform declaring what the party would do if given the con- trol of the machinery of the Government was considered to be the highest and most important duty of the convention. After that was done the convention would select a standard-bearer to lead the party to vic- tory, but never was the standard-bearer considered bigger than the party and the party’s declaration of principles. Until recently the leaders of the Republican party would not agree that any man was absolutely necessary to the party, but they did insist that the party was necessary to all the people of the country. One need do no more than look over the figures which thus far stand for States that are pledged to men rather than principles to be convinced that the unpledged will not only hold the balance of power at St. Louis, but that they will be in position to successfully demand extraordinary ad- vantages for their States when it comes to formulating a declaration of principles for the party to indorse at the November elec- tion. Thus far no one candidate has se- cured enough pledges to claim the nomi- nation, por will any one, but enough is known to satisfy every observer of events that the unpledged delegates will have it in their power to combine and not only decide the nomination, but to see that their respective local interests are fortitied at every point. No delegate from any State need to be pledged to hold steadfast to the underly- ing principles of the Republican party, for from the highest to the lowest member every member of the party is always loyal to them. The principles of the Republican party declare first, last and all the time for the betterment of all the people, but how these principles are to be applied during the next administration isa question of interest to every locality. This isa fact without room for dispute, but it stands to reason that only such delegates as can face the convention free and clear of the entanglements that must necessarily hedge about those who are pledged to the for- tunes of this or that man, and demand that the good of their constituents be con- sidered, will carry enough influence to shape the work of the convention. But aside from all that, to pledge a delegation to anything except to the general good of the party is always a political blunder. Thne records of both the great partiesin toe last few years prove this fact clearly and distinctly. THE EASTERN OUTLOCK. All reports that come to us from politi- cal authorities in the East show how im- possible it is at this time to make anything like an accurate forecast of what will be done by the St. Louis convention. Men who from their positions in the party are able to obtain the fullest information and who from their long experience and their politizal sagacity are best fitted to ap- preise such information at its true value differ widely in their conclusions. The wisest among them do not pretend to prophesy the result and content them- selves with a statement of facts showing that any prophecy at this time would be futile and foolish. The fullest summary of the situation based upon information derived from high authorities which has yet been published was that contained in THE CALL of yester- day. There were elaborate statements, with detailed tablesin several instances, from J. 8, Clarkson, Thomas C. Platt, Manly of Maine and Grosvenor of Ohio. The estimates varied from that of Grosve- nor, who claims for McKinley 495 votes already elected, to that of Manly,who con- cedes to the Ohio champion only 275 votes in sight. Of these two diffefing estimates it seems clear that of Manly is the more nearly correct, inasmuch as it is supported by the nearly concurrent estimates of Platt and Clarkson, while that of Grosvenor is entirely unsupported and, morever, ac- cording to hi? own statement, is based upon claims to several delegations whose seats will be contested. As the situation stands to-day it is cer- tain no candidate will have a majority on the first ballot at St. Louis. That is the only fact which can Le foreseen at this time. According to the table given by Clarkson there will be 918 delegates in the convention, of whom 136 have not yet been elected. 'Of those elected 298 are for Mc- Kinley, 403 for other candidates, and in 81 instances there are contests. Itis not likely that the delegates to be elected will ma- terially alter the proportionate strength of the various candidates. As a result there will be prolonged bailoting at 8t. Louis. This is a good year for California to send an uninstructed aelegation and a strong one at that. A BILVER PLANK. The Sacramento Bee has wisely urged that the Republican State Convention adopt a free silver platform and send dele- gates to St. Louis pledged to its support and to the support of the Presidential candidate who will indorse it. This isa straightforward and simple Pproposition, and as it embodies the true sentiment of California and the Pacific Coast and will protect one of the greatest interests of the ‘West the Republican State Convention cannot afford to ignore it. To run any risk of turning the West over to the mercy of the enemiies of silver will be to commit a grave blunder. It is not alone the wel- fare of California that is involved. The superior number of delegates which this State will send to the National Convention | out tear. gives it & power greater than that of any other Pacific Coast State, and tbis fact invests the Republicans of California with a very grave responsibility extending far beyond the borders of the State. A pledge of this kind would give the Cal- fornia delegation extraordinary powerat St. Lounis. It would be a notice to all the friends of silver in the convention that they know where to find unflinching sup- port, and would weaken the fight of the gold monometallists and simplify the task of bringing them to terms. It would be an expression of Western determination to see that Western ideas and interests are respected, and hence, in a second ary sense, wouald strengthen all the demands that California is prepared to make. Theseare numerous, urgent and vital. To present a united front on the proposition of free- silver coinage would open the eyes of the country to the importance of the West, both in politics and wealth of natural re- sources. There is nothing in such a course op- posed to Republicanism. The last two National platforms of the party declared for bimetallism. The last two State plat- forms prior to Presidential elections de- clared for the free coinage of silver. More- over, no President has ever been elected on a gold platform. Free coinage is Na- tional. Monometalilism is sectional. The Bee deserves congratulations for this patriotic suggestion. Unquestionably the prosperity of the West is linked with silver, and the responsibility rests upon the Sucramento Convention to give it the hearty support of the Kepublicans of Cali- fornia, Now is the time for the party in the West to assert itself and throw its forces with the great Eastern movement to remonetize silve: NO NEW EXPERIMENT. In giving every help its influence may command to promote the campaign for suffrage in California, TEE CALL is not urging upon the people the undertaking of any new and untried experiment. The issue has been before the American people in one form or another for more thana generation. ‘It has been tested again and again in_different States under a great variety of conditions, and the results of these tests are matters of comron knowl- edge. Wherever limited suffrage has been given to women experience has strengthened public sentiment in favor of extending it. Wherever full suffrage has been granted experience has justified the venture and made it a matter of pride to the community where it exists. It is a matter of gratification that in this great reform movement the West has led the East. While the older States have hesitated in their slowly stagnating con- servatism, the younger West has gone for- ward toward the full realization of a State whose people have an equal voice in the government. Wherever that equal voice has been given to women as to men there has been a distinct improvement, not in politics onlv but in the whole social structure. Those who prophesied evil re- sults to the home, to society and to poli- tics have seen their predictions refuted by the unanswerable logic of accomplished facts, and those who foretold good things have been rejoiced by the attainment of even better than they predicted. ‘We do not have to go to far countries to find illustrations of what woman suffrage accomplishes. Our own sister common- wealth of Wyoming furnishes us with the example and contributes also the moral to be drawn from it. Her Legislature in 1893 declared: The possession and exercise of suffrage by the women in Wyoming for the past quarter of a century has wrought no harm and has done great good 1n many ways: it has largely aided in banishing crime, pauperism and vice from this State, and that without any violent or op- pressive legislation; it has sccured peaceful and orderly elections, good government and a remarkable degree of civilization and public order; and we point with pride to the fact that after nearly twenty-five years of voman sui- frage not one county in Wyoming has a poor house; that our jails are almost empty, and crime, except that by strangers in the State, is almost unknown; and, as the result of experi- ence, we urge every civilized community on the earth to enfranchise its women without dela; Testimony equally clear, strong and convincing could be given from every other State in the Union that has made the experiment. Nor is it our own coun- try only that has gone forward in this move- ment and can bear witness concerning it. The entire English-speaking worid, from old England to New Zealand, has felt the impulse toward the accomplishment of this finabfulfiliment of universal suffrage. California can safely trust herself io this great, world-wide, liberal movement with- She snould be in the van of progress. Let her then be the next State to establish this true equality of govern- ment and law. CONDITION OF FRUIT. Owing to the fact that the fruit crop of California for the current season has been sufficiently affected by unwonted climatic conditions to cause a difference of opinion regarding the extent of damage done, it is advisable to give the exact status of the matter. The assertions of some Fastern newspapers that our orchardists have met with disasters approaching a total failure of the fruit crop is unreasonable and in- correct. The State has experienced un- seasonable frosts, and while the results have been disastrous in certain places the general result has not proyed as bad as even the most. alarmed of our own people bad feared. The frosts in the early days of March were unexpected and grave predictions were made regarding the result. But the only marked injury ascertainable was on the east side of the Sacramento Valley, north of Biggs, and in the extreme upper end of the San Joaquin Valley. In those sections serious injury was suffered by almonds ana apricots, The frosts of April were moru general and did injury in all sections of the State except some parts of Southern California. While this damage covered a very wide extent of territory, it was severe in but very few localities. Extreme harm was suffered only by early crops of the tender- est navure planted on bottom lands where “frost ponds” exist and air currents are prevented by the local configuration, ‘While the frosts of April 16 and 17 did sufficient injury to the grapes of the Fresno region to be clearly visible, it was soon discovered that only the tenderest shoots were affected and that the damage s less than at first appeared. The damage to fruits in the San Joaquin Valley was scattered, and while grapes suffered con- siderable the general harm to all fruits was not serious. The frost of Sunday night, Apnl 19, was very severe in Sonoma and Petaluma counties and did some injury along the west side of the Bacramento Valley. Al- though many orchardists and vineyardists in Sonoma report their crops practically ruined, a study of the entire county shows most of the orchards and vineyards are situated on hillsides above the frost level, end that they never showed a brighter prospect than atpresent. The rain in the latter part of April did much good, en- abling the injured sections to recuperate to & considerable extent and bringing great benefit to the section which had not been visited by frost, besides proving richly beneficial to hay, grain and pastures. In short, as Tae Cain has hitherto pointed out, the extraordinary diversity of crops, situations and climates in Cali- fornia makes 1t vractically impossible that any untoward olimatic visitation should work anything like general harm, and under any circumstances the State is bound to have a good average of crops. e e e THE OANAL NEOESSARY. Celifornia is more aeeply concerned over the Nicaragua canal than any other State of the Union. No other State has so grievously felt the burdens of monopoly in transportation, and no transportation companies in the country have been so arrogant and have fattened so prodigiously as those which have dominated the indus- tries of this State. No other State pro- duces valuable articles of consumption that are procurable elsewhere only in for- eign countries. No other State is in a po- sition by reason of unique advantages to reap splendid benefits from & wise Na- tional policy. The Nicaragua canal, aided and controlled by the Government, would break the monopoly which now assists in hampering the settlement and checking the prosperity of Californis. More than that, it would open up the whole Euro- pean market to our products, and that would mean an unlimited demand. California is now in a position to de- mand of the Republican National party that it support the Nicaragua canal pro- ject. Buch a demand, however, would be utterly ineffective if the California delega- tion to the National Convention goes pledged to any Presidential candidate and be ready to be pocketed and forgotten by him. If the delegates take that position of independence so becoming in intelli- gent men and so indicative of their appre- ciation of ovportunity and duty they will go unpledged and able to demand that California’s desire for the Nicaragua canal be granted. Republicans of California expect the Sacramento convention to put forth s strong platform of principles emphasizing the importance of Wéstern interests and to send to 8t. Louis a strong delegation of able men known to be advocates of the principles of the platform, in order that they may be advanced and honored at the National Convention. The Senators are not as eager for an early adjournment as the members of the House, They like to talk pretty well at all times, but chiefly do they like to talk in the Senate itself and have all their words printed at the expense of the Gov- ernment. No man can foresee what will be the situation when the Republican convention meets at 8t. Louis, but it is certain that delegates who go there unpledged will determine who is -to be the next President of the United States. It is about time the parsimonious Demo- crats of the Senate were reminded that this is a billion-dollar country, and the vast needs of its immense energies cannot be cut down to fit the petty revenues of the ‘Wilson tariff. PERSONAL. Dr.J. A. Glass of Paso Robles is here. George Henry of Idaho is at the Occidental. A. Weill of Mexico is 1n town for a few days’ stay. C. G. Betts, the mining man, of Spokane, is at the Lick. R. C. Miner,an attorney of Stockton, is at the Lick. F. C. Lusk, the attorney, of Chico, is ona visit here. The Rev. F. Miller of Bakersfield is at the Occidental. . The Rev. S. McGowan of Fresno Flatsis a visitor here. D. P. Durst of Wheatland came down to the City last night. F. C. Lumby, a business man of Los Angeles, is in the Ciry. J. C. Stlverstein, a merchant of St. Helena, is at the Russ. E. A. Aggeler of Ferndale is reg istered at the Cosmopolitan, L. M. Keiser, the merchant, of San Luis Obispo, is in town. A. M. von Merkhoff of Austria is among the recent arrivals here. L. T. Hatfield, the attorney, of Sacramento, arrived here yesterday. A. Rubstein, a general merchant of Fresno, arrived here yesterday. 0. P. Moore, a general merchandise dealer of Pleasanton. is at the Russ. J. C. Hall and family of Atlanta, Ga., are staying at the Cosmopolitan. Warner M. John, editor of the San Luis Obispo Tribune, is at the Grand. Among the arrivals at the Lick yesterday was Captain N, E. Boyes of Sonoms. George H. Fancher, president of the Bank of Morced at Merced, is here on a brief visit. Colonel John Bradbury was among the ar- rivals at the Palace. Mrs. Bradbury is with bim. Among the arrivals here last night was R. 3. Bhackelford, the proprietor of Paso Robles Springs. 0. F. Paxton, an attorney of Portland, and oneof the political bosses in that city, is at the Palace. J. D. Dowell, & fruit-grower, with a ranch near Sonoma City, 1s at the Russ, accompanied by Mrs. Dowell. Ex.Governor Lionel A. Sheldon of New Mex- ico is here from Pasadena, his houe since his term of office expired. F. A. Manrico and wife and A. G. Rivera and wife, delegates from Los Angeles to the Grand Court of Foresters, are guests at the Cosmo- politan Hotel. E. 0. Mayfield, editor of the Omaha Worla- Herald, is in the City on a pleasure trip. He will leave to-dav for San Diego, where he will remain & short time and then proceed home, Ex-Judge Richard Rising, who for many years presided over the District Court at Vir- ginia City, Nev., left fora visit to South Africa by the last Australian steamer. He is accom- penied by his daughter, Mrs. Vail. George C. Beckley, one of the directors of the Wilder Steamship Company, Honolulu, has written Major Hooper of the Occidental, say- ing the crater of Mauna Loa broke out on Mon- day, April 21, at 1 p. M.; and was very active. Among the delegates bound to the Republi- can State Convention at Sacramento are the following from Humboldt County, Who are at the Russ: E. B. Barnum Jr., Bridgeville; F. R. Horel, Arcata; W. Wallace, Eureka, and John Dinsmore, Grizzly Bluff. 8. F. Thorn, president of the California Hotel Association, yesterday receivea this dispatch from H. B. Bohn, president of the Chicago Hotel Association: “The Chicago special train reached homeat 7 this morning, with all on board well and happy. As manager for our delegation 1 desire to wire this last aaieu and to express once more our heartfelt thanks for the magnificent courtesies bestowed on us.” E. Hoppock, agent Standard Oil Company at Freeno, and chief ranger of Fresno County of Foresters, and his friend, E. L. Sherman, chief ranger of Hanford Court of Foresters at Han- ford, Kings County, are staying with thetr {riend, Major William Fahey, proprietor of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, and being delegates to the Grand Court of Foresters at Watsonville, leave for that place this evening on & special train. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORE, N. Y., May 4—At the Gilsey, Miss Bowen; Broadway Central, J. Franklin; Sinclair, W. Gunson; Park Avenue, E. B. Rombe. Bailed per sieamship Spree for Bremen and Southampton: Miss Marie Holts, George Quentin, drs. W. D. Schmidt and child and M. Keuchler, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. H. G. Trowbridge, & noted well-borer, who has been for some months past at Singapore and in Java, is at the Occidental. Mr, Trowbridge formerly sunk some deep wells atLucknow, India, and on the island of Curacoa, one of the Dutch West Indies, forty miles off the coast of Venezuels, in the Carib- bean Sea, He has been probing into the earth both for ofland water. In all cases when the latter ‘was the object the borings have been for arte- sian wells, Mr. Trowbridge, who arrived on the Doric, is just waiting for a telegram to see whether he willgo to Peru or not. He has been boring wells in many strange parts of the globe. He wanted to take a look at Los Angeles, where there is now so large a product of oil, but does not know that he will have time. “I was boring for an English company in i spearean authority in either house of Con- gress. He has a hobby for rare editions of the great dramatist’s worksand is the author of & volume entitled “Shakespeare and the Law.” Miss Frances E. Willard notes it as a token of the progress of temperance reform in the South that it is no longer considered bad form for & gentleman to decline a drink. Miss Willard at- tributes this change of sentiment solely to the influence of women. A small committee has been formed in Lon- don 1o raise about $600 for the purpose of pur- chasing a small bronze statuette, by Herr Lud- wig Cauer, of Sir Thomas Moore. There hes never been in England anything of the nature of a public memorialt o 8ir Thomas Moore. President Cleveland has directed the pre- eentation of & pair of binocular glasses to Cap- tain Norton Alexander of the British steam- ship Mexican, in recognition of his humane H. G. Trowbridge, Who Is Trying to Discover the Hidden Mysteries of the Earth, [Sketched from life by a “Call* artist.] ” said Mr. Trowbridge. “They had two concessions. I got some oil under the first and was beginning to get in shape, as I thought, to 2et oil on the other when the Government shut down on us. Something was wrong with the concession, it appears. “At the southeast of Java the Dutch have struck plenty of oil. *‘Iwas twoand a half years at Lucknow, India, where I was sinking for artesian water. Igot some, but not as much as I would like to have had. 1 used American machinery, which I took over and had to instruct the nativesin the use of it. “Théy were veryslow and used to worry my patience terribly, but at last I got used to it and took things just as easy as they did. It's no use to worry in a country like that. “1 have prospected for oil all over. Iputin many years in Pennsylvania and also put down borings in South Carolina, Georgis, Ala- bama and Florida. They have got some good oil country in Sumatra and from whatI un- derstand of it & very large supply will come trom there. “‘As regards oil, surface indications count for nothing. The only way you can tell is by put- ting down wells. “I have wondered that artesian wells were not surk on the great plains and plateaus more than they are. I think over most of them water could be found. They would bring millions of acres under cultivation and certainly those who would own the lands would make enormously from them."” Mr. Trowbridge has been representing American capital on his recent trip. He will be here for a day or two. LITTLE GIRL'S BLOUSE DRESS. A pretty shape for a little girl’s wash dresses is the blouse with bishop sleeves. It is made to fall very full at the bottom, being cut slightly circular. The skirt is straight, simply gathered into the band. There is no lining either in the sleeves or blouse, The new homespun linen and cotton faorics make extremely serviceable dresses for gen- eral wear. One of twine color and ruffies of light blue batiste. Another that resembled a wool cheviot be- ing woven in a wide diagonal of brown and white had a brown linen collar with ruffies of had the collar white embroidery. A dark blue and white cotton duck had white lawn ruffles. Ginghams are trimmed with ruffies of em- broidery or ruffles of thefabric. Aneffective and inexpensive trimming for striped, checked or other fancy ginghams is formed of ruffles of a plain colored gingham t» match one of the colors in the figured fabric. White lawn with blue, pink or yellow lawn collar and sleeve band is dainty. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Professor Michael Foster, the physiologist, says that fatigue is due to poisoning of the eer- ebellum, Elizabeth Cady Stanton says that the only drawback te her happiness s & child was her fear of the devil. Myron E. Henry, the well-known Western driver and trainer, has signed a five-year con- tract with the imperial stables of the Czar of Russia. It is said of Sir Winfred Lawson, the noted teetotaler, that he was once disconcerted at a political meeting, “I must tell you,” he shouted with emphasis, “that I am & party men.” Shrill voice: “Yes,a tes party man.” Senator Davis of Minnesota is the best Shake services in rescuing the captain and crew of the American schooner, Driske on October 6, 1891, R.P. Goodsell of Geneva, New York, who is now in his eighty-fifth year, stili carries on a harness-shop. His friends are yrying to per- suade him to take a rest from life’s busy toils and enjoy the balance of his days in ease, but he will not listen to them. He commenced apprenticeship at the harness business in 1825 at the age of fourteen and has been at work at his trade continuously for seventy-one years. DON'T GRUMBLE; KEEP STILL. Each road has {ts rocks, every pleasure its pains; This existence no hope will completely fulfill. But it’s useless to angrily tug at your chains— Don't grumble; keep still. The world doesn’t wish to be gloomed with your woes— Bach soul has enough of its personal Il And your troubles pass quicker if nobody knows— Don’t gramble; keep still. If you want to be cailed to fair fellowship’s feast— e recelved at the board with a hearty good will— Bring your happier thoughts to the fore; or, at Don't grumbie; keep still. L Fraxx PUTNAM. TUOLUMNE MISREPRESENTED. Union Democrat. In arecent issue THE CaLi, Chronicle and Examiner published on their first pages under display headlines what purported to be & true and accurate account of the gold bullion out- put of the State as reported by the Mint of- ficials. In the list of counties which are pub- lished Tuolumne is credited with producing only something over $650,000, and made to appear as the eighth in the State in point of production, when in fact it should be at least second or third, and is entitled 1o be credited with producing all of #1,00,000. When this njustioe was nioted by the Democrat, it set out to interview enougl of the promiuent mining men of the county who are operating produeing properties to as- certain as near as practicable how much the figures_were out of the way. Enough was learned to utterly disprove the accuracy of the report. One mine aione in this county during _ten months of 1895 shipped over $600,000 to San Francisco, that did not RO throngh Wells, Fargo & Co. For two months of the same year the express company handled for this same property nearly $100,- 000. That in itself is more than the whole county is credited with. That’s not the only place the shoe pinches. Take the Dead Horse mine &s an illustration. It isa high grade sul- phuret provosition and hasitsproduct treated at Angels, The mine is in this county. but Cal- averas gets the credit of its output. Takeall the placer gold taken from the Stanislaus River, und owing to the closer commercial re- lations existing with Angels and that section Calaveras is credited with all that too. Owin, to litigation, some of our largest producers wil not give out to the public the amountof bul- lion Dbeing produced at their properties, and hence 1o relisble and accurate account can well be kept, but with all the mines of the county—pocket, quartz and placer—it is safe to put their joint production for 1895 at $1,300,000, and” 1896 will see these figures added to by 75 per cent if there is any virtue or material good to follow placing the banner county in its true light as a producer before ‘the mining world. We want it and will kee) vegging away until we get it it it takes all summer. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MEDIONM HEIGRT—J. F. G., Byron, Cal. A man five feet six inches in height would be called & man of medium height. THE X RAY—A Patron, City. Recent articles on the X ray were published in THE CALL on the 25th of February and the 2d of April. PRILATELY—L W., City. Philately is the oc- cupation of making collections of postage stamps, revenue stamps and objects of curi- osity and interest. ANNTE MooNEY—H., City. Annie Mooney, 414 years of age, mysteriously disappeared from Belmont Park, in San Matéo Couunty, on the 15th of July, 1883. DEAX’S TRIAL—N., Mokelumne Hill, Cala- veras County, Cal. The trial of A. H. Dean for forgery has not {e! been had. Cannot say when the case will be taken up for trial. PLACER MiNING—C. W.and M., City. For in- formation as to placer mining in this sr:n apply at the office of the Caiifornia State Min- hr; Bureau in the Ploneers’ building on Fourth street. SIMILITUDE OF GREENBACKS—U. 8. D., Selby, Cal. The law that prohibits the making :f anything in imitation of greenbacks for the puipoltgnl adyertising was passed on the 10th of February, 1891. WILMERDING ScHOOL—M. I, West Berkeley. Cal. Yovr question about the location of the Wil=esiing School is one that calls for an opinion, and not a fact. Consequently, it can- not be answered in this department. JonN RUNE—A. O. S, City. It was Johnny Runk who killed Officer Cootes in this City, but while in jail he did not compose a song nor sing one on the gallows just before he was executed. FROZEN ORANGES—X., City. Frozen oranges are said not to be harmful, but theyare very insipid. A well-known horticu'turist says that it is a very difficult matter te distinguish a frozen orange by merely lookng at it. The test isin the cutting of it. SHrP BUILDING—Subscriber, City. The Gost of building a first-class vessel, steel, and equipped, is, in Engiand, about $35 per ton, so that a vessel of 3000 tons will cost, making an atlowance of $20,000 for extra, $125, ... In the United States the cost of & simllar vessel is about a third more. NEWSPAPER ARTISTS—L. W. C., City. This department has no desire to pass upon - the merits of the various newspaper artists notv in this City, but it goes without saying thatthe most talented in the art department &reon THE CALL. PyerListic WEIGHTS—J. F. G., Byron, Cal. In pugi bantam weight is 105 pounds and under; catchweight is weight at diseretion; feather-weirht is of the' class below light weight, which is 118 pounds; heavy-weight is 154 pounds and over; middle-weight is np to 154 pounds and over 118, and welter-weight is from 135 to 154 pounds. IN THE VALLEY—H. H. J.,, City. Thers are four roads leading into Yosemite Valley, the best of which is said to be the Raymond road. The toll on the road is: Passengers, $1 each; two-horse_team, $2 50; four-horse, $3 50 six- horse, $4 50; horsemen, $1; pack animalsand pedestrians, 50 cents. There is fish in all the but in what quantity-this e to state. lakes in the valley, department is unabl FARMING LAND—O. O. W., City. The .only way to ascertain what farming lands are open under the homestead law in California, and suitable for farming, is to write to each of the following land offices, and for one dollar each office Wlfi furnish a plat of public lands, show- ing which are open to settlement: At Hum- boldt, Independence, Los Angeles, Marysyille, Redding, Sacramento, San Francisco, Stockion, Susanyille and Visalis. . For A MiEe Race—L. A. M., Golden Gate, Cel. No general rules can be laid down to govern one who wishes to train for & mile foot race. What might be good advice in one in- stance might be injurious in another. No one should undertake to train for such an event without consulting a proiessional trainer. Heg aiter examining the party will be able tojudgs ‘what is best for him to do, the amount of ex. ercise he should take and how be should dies himself. To TRAIN A DoG—E. A., Fruitvale, Cal. To train a dog from a pup, the trainer should be kind to him, but at the same time be suffi. clently stern to give him to understand that he must do what he 1s told to do, providing, ot course, that the trainer does not attempt to force the animal to do anything beyond his capacity. Care must also be m{en that the animal is not over or under fed, and that he has enough exercise and is kept clean and has good, clean bedding. MECHANIC'S LIEN—T. D., North Temescal, Car. Under the law of this State, when a mecnantc’s lien is filed ageinst property the owner is responsible, unless three days after he has be- come aware that imflrovemenu are being made on the property he posts notice in writ- ing that he will not be responsible for such, The mechanic’s lien law is a very long one; and its workings cannot be fully explained it the epace allowed to this department. Itsopera- tion is to be found in the Code of Civil Proce- dure, which can be seen at any of the libraries. 8cEOOL Houses—C., Chittenden, Cal. There have been rulings to the effect that school houses may be used for other purposes than teaching school, provided thatin no case ghall the school house be used for any purposs which necessitates the removal of any schéol desk or any other furniture. A section of the school law says that upon & petition signed by & majority of the heads of the families resident in the district the Board of Trustees may call a meeting of the ?unlified electors of the district. t0 do certain things specified, and that such a meeting so called shall be competent to in. struct the Board of Trustees, in regard to -the location or change of location of the school house or the use of the same for other than school purposes. FOR THE PARTY ONLY. Stockton Graphic. John D, Spreckels has silenced his traducers by coming out with one of the fairest and most manly statements that ever emanated from a leader of any partyin any State, and this statement confirms in every particular every claim his friends haye made for”him since he consented to enter the political field asaleader. He was pérsnaded by the honestele- ment of his party to take a hand and help weed out corruption and aid in purifying the poli- tics of this great State, and for that purpose, and solely for th urpose, he went into the field and is in it y. For the best interests of the Republican pl.r!{ in Califoruia John D. Spreckels is spending his valuable time and means and any insinuation that even suggests impliedly that he is actuated by a selfish motive is false and those who make such in- sinuations know them to be false when they make them. Stockton Graphic. Unpledged delegates will enter the politicai arena at the St. Louis convention armed, like knights in full armor, for the fray. Pladged delegates will represent knights who have left their armor and spears and battle-axes at home. SR Kingmen (Ariz) Miner. THE CALL advocates the sending of an un- ledged dal:sluon to the 8t. Louis convention. 'his is a good idea. The usefulness o a dele~ gation is always hampered by pledges. > HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Watts—I guess it is a fact that there isno difference between genius and insanity. Potts—There is some, anyway. Man g¢an't very well get out of a murder scrape on the plea that he isa genius.—Indianapolis Jour- nal. Younglove (admonishingly) — Now -that you've opened a bank account, you must bear in mind that the checks must not be signed with any of your petdiminutives. Just settle on one name, and usé that and no other. Mrs. Youngiove (plaintively)—All . right, dear. I'll just sign “Maude;” but I don’t see how they’re going to identify me by thatl— Puck. “Haven't had & peanut thrown into. my trunk for more than an hour,” complained the elephant., “Well,” said the monkey, “I wouldn’t de- spair. I'd just keep on sticking it out, old ‘man.”—Indianapolis Journal. o “Your wife is a very talented womem, I should imagine, Mr. X.” “falented! Ishould sayso. Why, she even talks Greek in her slee] -Brooklyn Life, Around the lady of his choice Just now each poet weaves A web of romance that surrounds All of ber but ber sleeves. —New York World. CALIFORNIA glace fru.ts, 50¢ 1b. Townsend's.> —_—— The Kalser is said to be the best dressed monarch of modern times. He is most punctil- fous as to the details of his attire, but much of the credit that he receives for this 1, in reality, due to his wife, who looks after her husband’s clothing with an assiduity that no valet could equal. 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