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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily ahd Sunday CALL, oneweck, by carrier..40.15 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mall.... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALE, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday-CaLL, one year, by mail.. WEEKLY CALL, One year, by mall THE SUMMER MONTHS. | ATeyou going to the conntry on s vacation? If | 90, 1t 18 110 trouble for ns 1o forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt sttentions NO EXTRA CHARGE BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Pelephone.... Main-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 617 Clay Street. Felephone..... BRANCH OFFICES: 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open untl ):30 oclock. 839 Hayes street; open until 8:30 o'elock. 713 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. £W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open intil § o’clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 118 Ninth sireet; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE 808 Brosdway. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. WEDNESDAY .., ... MAY 6, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Give us a free delegation. California should not tie her own hands. There is as much fun at a festival asata political convention. ——— . The party of freedom should be always represented by free men. THE CALL speaks for all the people—for the women as well as for the men. e g The Garden City and all its loveliness will belong to those who take it in. The Senate has decided to talk every- thing out on & thousand lines if it takes all summer. It looks as if Huntington had pocketed his funding biil, but he may have merely slipped it up his sleeve. Democratic papers are as busy with Re- publican politics as if they had none of their own to think about. A deficit tariff was bad enough without adding deficit coast defense and naval bills to harmonize with it. The chances are that after this cam- paign Democracy wiil be too dead even to kick itself for its blunders. Kruger is the only potentate now en- gaged in a fight who wins victories over the telegraph wire of the enemy. Little by little the noise of the campaign for free Cuba is getting lost in the roar of the campaign for home protection. The one popular movement the monop- oly can neither stop, baffle or misrepresent is the movement of the Valley road. It is evident that when the Senators talk | the work under the +| thoughts. of war they mean aggressive war, for they ere unwilling to do anything for defense. 1t is about time to iransfer the experi- ment with the new transfer system to some other city where it is not so costly to the people. Help the woman’s suffrage movement during the campaign and you will have greater pleasure when the time comes to rejoice in the victory. et S As the Democratic party is wholly with- out & platform this year the Presidential candidate will have to provide himself with a barrel to stand on. s e Circumstances haye given California a commanding position in National politics st this juncture and the Sacramento con- vention should profit by it. As the latest issue of Sound Currency is made up of an article on “Silver and ‘Wages,” by John G. Carlisle, it is virtu- ally a back number already. Instead of sitting around waiting for the Senate to catch up with the work the House should get in and begin digging away at the Nicaragua canal. People who do not think much of woman’s suffrage may be opposed to it, but those who are capable of thinking of it intelligently are in favor of it. SrESdrrenl 1 Now that the festival spirit has revealed its beauty so near as San Jose we can haraly fail to catch the inspiration and begin planning a midsummer frolic of our own. Chairman Harrity has very appropri- ately called the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee to meet on Friday. It will bea good day to do its execution by hanging itself. el iy It is perfectly clear now that when Chamberlain exultingly promised the British a vigorous foreign policy he was entirely unaware how many Africansthere were in the African wood-pile. Every motion made in the Senate to in- vestigate the bond deals puts the tongue of Senator Hill into motion, and somehow the original movement always gets dis- tanced and is out of sight when the fracas ends. A journal that represents the thoughts and sentiments of but one sex—the sterner sex—cannot be said to speak for all the people. Asa matter of fact, it speaks for but half the community—and not the better hali, either. There are men who do not hesitate to predict that the winner at 8t. Louis will be a dark horse, Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey, but then the men who make the prediction live in New Jersey and are en- gaged in grooming the horse. Our esteemed contemporary the Chron- icle has evidently permitted itself to fall into a fantastic fright that somebody wishes to kill it, for it shrieked out yester- day: “The San Francisco Allison boom should be carefully watched at Sacra- mento, or it may commit insecticide,” The Stockton Mail is in error in saying “TrE CALL 1S not sincere in its treatment of the tariff 2s the same relates to the wel- 1are of the farmer.” THE CaLy is sincere in all that it advocates, and in nothing is it more sincere than in its desire to help the farmers of California and to see the Mail work vigorously along with it for the same object, SEND FREE MEN. The Sacramento convention has fulfilled the hopes of all loyal Republicans in pro- ceeding to its work with due delibera- tion, instead of endeavoring to rush impulse of first Never was deliberate and careful study of a political sitnation more important to California Republicaus. From the reports that come to us from the East itis clear that the divisions .in the party over the Presidential coniest are such that a comparatively few votes will determine the result at St..Louis. Here is California’s opportunity, and it depends upon the convention at Sacra- mento whether she will make the most of it or lose all. Btrong efforts will be made to stampede the convention into sending to St. Louis an instructed aelegation. It has been the policy of all who have this object in view to rush things from the start and prevent any deliberation. Certainly they can gain nothing by delay that gives time for dis- cussion. Every argument pertinent to the occasion or based on existing conditions favors a delegation uninstructed, untram- meled and free. The position of California is now one of great advantage. Between the contending factions in the East she holdsalmost in her own hands the power of deciding. In alliance with unpledged dele- gations from other States she can virtually frame the platform, define the policy of the party for the next four years and de- termine which of the great Republican leaders shall be the next President. Itis of great importance that California should take full advantage of the power which circumstances bave thus happily placed in her bands. The maintenance of great measures, as well as the fortunes of great men, will be at stake at St. Louis. It cannot be doubted that efforts will be made to drag the party from its historic platform of bimetallism and pledge it to the gold standard. These ef- forts must be baffled and California must take a leading partin the contest. She cannot afford to sacrifice a single advan- tage that would weaken her amlity to maintain this great principle. The convention will meet this morning, having had full time to consider the whole situation. There ought to be no difference of opinion among intelli- gent, practical politicians concerning it. The issue is great and must greatly met. The Sacramento con- vention must rise to the occasion. It should send to St. Louis a strong delegation to stand for the historic Republican policy—to stand for the National welfare, for the interests of the great West, for free silver coinage, for the advancement of California, and it should send that delega- tion untrammeled, unhampered, unre- stricted, potent in the vigor of an absolute freedom. RAILROAD OBSTINACY. A strong argument in favor of foreclos- ure by the Government to recover the debt owing it by the Union and Central Pacific roads has been furmshed by the Union Pacific in its refusal, together with the Rio Grande roads, to give Ogden the benefit of low local distribution rates throughout Utah in order that San Fran- cisco merchants may be oun equal terms with those of Chicago in bidding for the Utah trade. It will be remembered that the Traffic Association of San Francisco has been laboring diligently to secure such & concession, as the discrimination now practiced by those roadsagainst San Fran- cisco and in favor of Chicago makes it im- possible for this City to compete. Should the Union and Central Pacific be put up at auction under foreclosure they would be the most tempting bait in the whole country to cavitalistsdesiring a val- uable railroad property. Under the pres- ent system the Union and Central Pacific are in mutual rivalry, and as a resuit the income of both is impaired. The South- ern Pacific deliberately diveris traffic from the Central Pacific to the Southern in or- der to secure a longer haul, and of course this diversion cripples the business of the Union Pacific. In return for this the Union Pacific now refuses t® make an arrangement; which would give the Central Pacific some of the Utah business which the Union Pacific controls. If the two roads were under the same ownership this injurious rivalry would not exist. Of much greater ulterior importance than the losses which these roads suffer by reason of this rivairy is the effect of the antagonism on the welfare of California. The Southern Pacific is hardly entitled to credit for its efforts to induce the Union Pacific to surrender some of its business, seeing that the Union Pacific could not have been expected to make the sacrifice while it observes the Southern Pacific fattening at its expense. It would be advisable to call this recent occurrence to the attention of Congress and show how the earning capacity and value of the two roads could be greatly increased by providing for their operation 2s one line. In such an event it would be impossible for the Southern Pacific to in- jure the two roads by choosing to send the bulk of the California traffic over the Southern Pacific, and equally impossible for the Union Pacitic to prevent San Francisco's competition with Chicago and thus retard the growth of California. In any view of the case it is monstrous that the whole power of determining the pros- vperity of any city or State should repose in the hands of railway companies. DEMOORATIO LITERATURE. The leaders of the Democratic party bave organized a literary burean with headquarters in New York and branch bureaus nearly everywhere. The first purpose of the bureau appears to be to work up a feeling among the rank and file that enthusiastic attention to the business of the party will be sure to put the Repub- licans first on the defensive and lastly in the abyss of defeat. On the face of current political events there is nothing whatever to inspire hope in the breast of even the most sanguine Democrat, but the party’s organization maust be kept aglow with the utmost possi- ble enthusiasm, for money will be needed for campaign purposes, and the spirit of plunder must not be allowed to put on the robes of despair. The bureau has sufficiently outlined its programme to warrant the belief that for boldness and daring it has reached the acme of hypocrisy and falsehood, and that without waiting for a competitor the high- est premium for audacity may be safely awarded to it. Expert statisticians have already prepared exhibits to show by alleged official figures of the treasury that the country is very much stronger finan- cially and commercially than it was atany time under the Harrison administration. Figures are treated to show that when the be - tariff act of 1890 took effect there was a surplus in the treasury of about $105,000,- 000, and that when the Wilson act became operative 1t was found that what is called the McKinley law nad not only exhausted the $105,000,000 to make good deficils.in revenue, but an unprovided for floating debt of $89,000,000 had been created. This lie is so brazen, weak and stupid that the only refutation it needs is the statement of the fact that up to date the Cleveland administration has not only exhausted the surplus it found in the treasury upon the retirement of President Harrison, but it has incurred a bond and deficit debt of over $300,000,000, besides costing the trade and traffic of the country several thousand million dollars by destroying commercial confidence. 1f Democracy is to accomplish anything in the coming campaign it will have to adopt different tactics from these. l\to literary burean can erase from the public mind the lessons learned in the school of experience during the disastrous years of this administration. Even if the people could forget those lessons the deficit tariff remains to remind them of what free trade means. The bureau might as well be paid off and abolished. The people ‘vill vote this year for protection and prosperity. THE FARMER AND PROTECTION. The esteemed Stockton Mail declines to accept THE CALL'S reason why protection is better than free trade for the American farmer, but that is because the Mail looks at economic questions as through a glass, darkly. Its political bias obscures fora time its mental vision, and hence it drifi from point to point in the ocean of nolit}- cal economy without knowing where it is “at.” A quarter of a century ago the grain- consuming countries of the world were obliged to look to the United States to make up their deficit in breaastuffs, but since then quite or nearly 15,000 miles of railway have been constructed between the coast and the wheat lands in India. The wheat lands of Argentina have been put under cultivation and transportation facilities to ocean shipping provided. Russia has already become a large wheat- producing country, and will be still larger as the Siberian railway is extended—over 6.000,000 bushels baving been marketed last year from regions hitherto inaccessi- ble to markets. These countries have driven America out of the markets of Europe as the chief source of breadstuff supplies. Not only 8o, but wheat is pro- duced cheaper in those countries than in this. Now, the consequence of all this is, the American farmer is drawn upon by Europe for wheat only when the countries named fail to supply the demand, but thedemand is not now urgent enough upon the country to set aside prices that are fixed upon the basis of the cost of production in Russia, India and South America. Hence it is that while our farmers may continue to find a market in Europe for their sur- plus produce, they are obliged to accept prices that are satisiying to their cheap labor competitors, or not sell at all, Such are the conditions under which American farmers must seek buyers in the produce markets of Europe. If the Mail is aware of the fact that these new grain-producing countries have not only made our farmers last but not abso- lutely necessary suppliers of breadstuff for European consumers, it should frankly admit that it is the duty of our Govern- ment to come to their reliet. But how can the Government create a home market other than by encouraging the erection of individual establishments which would employ enough consumers of farm prod- ucts to make a permanent home market? And, again, how could the building of mills and factories be encouraged unless they are protected against the same kind of foreign competition, cheap labor, that is driving our farmers to the wall? It has already been demonstrated suffi- ciently clear, one would think, for the Mail to understand that the salvation of the American farmeris to be found only in increasing the consumption of his products at home in,a way that will at once protect the consumer and himself against a competitor with whom neither could successfully compete, except by adopting his methods and manner of liv- ing. In other words, our farmer cannot be successfully protected against the pau- per farm labor grain-raisers of Russia, India and South America in any other way than by such an economic policy by the General Government that will beyond peradventure increase as well as protect buyers at their own door. This is the rational, the logical and sensible solution of the whole matter. It is certain that upon a careful reconsideration of the sub- ject the Mail will see that the producer and consumer must stand together upon the solid ground of mutual protection against & common enemy or both must fall and perish. A BRILLIANT EVENT. The Santa Clara County Carnival of Roses, for which so careful and extensive preparations have been made, will open at San Jose to-morrow and close Saturday night. An idea of the splendor of the festival may be inferred from the fact that nobhing haphazard will appear, but all will be the product of the co-operation of leading citizens of both sexes, of thorough organization and the painstaking working out of en elaborate and harmonious scheme and of months devoted to prepara- tion. In the single item of flowers alone the committee having that branch of the work in hand planted over 100 acresin flowering plants, besides securing several carloads of blooms from the generous resi- dents of neighboring towns and cities, The general and individual decorations have been made on a magnificent scale, The electric tower in the center of the city, 200 feet in height, will be a solid mass of color. The enthusiasm animating the general committee has spread to all the residents, who are decorating their houses with a lavishness never before observed. The great pavilion where the indoor exer- cises will be held and the booths estab- lished will be a brilliant spectacle. All the public schools will turn out their pupils in the parade, and each school will be represented by a gorgeously decorated float. An outline of the programme is as fol. lows: Thé fermal opening of the carnival will be held at the pavilion at 10 o’ciock this morning with addresses, a grand con- cert and the like. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon will occur the grand fioral pageant and a review by the beautiful queen of the carnival, Miss Lillian Rea. At 8 in the evening a grand concert and dance. On Thursday at 2:30 o’clock will be a polo game between the Burlingame and Riverside clubs. At 8 o'clock grand display of fireworks. At 8:30 o’clock con- cert and grand ball. Friday, at 10:30 o'clock, the Stanford and Berkeley base- ball teams will play a game. At 2:30 | the seeker after o’clock general field sports with Stanford against the world, and at 8 o’clock in the evening a stage entertainment by the Stan- ford students, followed by dancing. Sat- urday afternoon there will be a great bicy- cle meet and contests for prizes. The evening will be given over to King Cole and his lawless band of maskers in a pa- rade, followed by a mask ball. That is certdinly a rich programme. San Jose wears its pleasantest aspect at this time of the year, and the ordinary beauties of the place will be enhanced a thousand-fold by the intelligent efforts of the people in the way of decorations and generous hospitality. Not only is San Jose itself surpassingly beautiful, but all the country thereabouts, accessible by the finest roads in the State, is a continuous succession of pretty gardens and orchards and artistic homes. THE SLEEVE. What Is 1t that in fearful size, That ever grows as time takes flight, 1in myriad si widespread rage, 13 quite the wonder of the sge? The modern sleeve, What Is it gives the best precexts For glances that reveal the neart. ¥or lover's nothiugs, whispered low, When into coat sleeve it must go? ‘The modern sleeve. What is it that makes social feuds, Embitters tempers once most sweet, When in last winter's jacket small Must go the largest of them ail? ‘The modern sleeve, What is it that promotes our trade And makes the merchant’s heart grow light? The ceaseless strife for fashion's sake, The countless lengths and breadths that make ‘The modera sleeve. What is it fills the theater seat, And at the concert or the play Oue rival has—tbe theater hat— And comes in size quite up to that? The modern sleeve, ‘What is it that will bring about An era of colossal things, 11 other parts must jashioned be In like proportions as we see The modern sleeve. JeANETTE E. FowLes iu New York Suu. PERSONAL. Maurice Walef of Paris is here. W. B. Farrar of Fresno is in town. Dr. R. W. Musgrave of Hanford isat the Bald- win. Dr. A. W, McFarlane of Philadelphia is at the Grand. A. 8. Jacobs of New York is staying at the Cosmopolitan. Ex-Mayor B. U. Steinman of Sacramento is on & visit here. The Rev., C. 8. Fackenthall of Pacific Grove is at the Occidental. A, C. Rosedale, & business man of Pacific Grove, is in town. W. V. Mattock of Oregon is among the arriy- &t the Baldwin. G. W. Harney, a real estate dealer of Marys- ville, is at the Grand. The Rev. W. A. Brewer of San Mateo is among recent arrivals here. J. W. Eden, a busimess man of Pocatello, Idaho, is at the Lick. W. H. Hatton, the attorney, of Modesto, ar- rived here yesterday. David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University, is here on & brief trip. R. B. Butler, the extensive fruit and grape grower, of Fresno, arrived here yesterday. Louis Kahn, the banker and extensive grain. dealer, of Oakdale, is among receut arrivals. Glen Miller of the staff of the Salt Lake Tribune is among the arrivals at the Occiden. tal. Lieutenant-Governor E. L. Jeter came up from Santa Cruz last night and is at the Palace. J. B. Curtin, the popular District Attorney of Tuolumne County, is registered at the Cosmo- politan. J. H. Hertsche, & raflroad builder and con- tractor of Oregon, is registered at the Cosmo- politan. Arthur Thomas of Raymond, on the road to the Yosemite, was among those who reached here yesterday. H. Millikén, & wealthy manufacturer of Massachusetts, who has been for some time in Southern California, is at the Palace. F. C. Nelson aleading electric railway man, of Ferndale, the dairy center of Humboldt County, is among the arrivals at the Palace, L. J. Burrell, brother of Governor Burrell of Maine, and a prominent railroad man of the Pine Tree State, is in the City. He has been making a tour of California. J. F. Gove, the widely known owner of differ- ent mining interests and buyer of lead and copper ores, will leave for Coulterville to-day, near which place he owns mining property. United States Marshal L. L. Willlams of Alaska reached here from Sitka last night. He brought down gome prisoners committed for small offenses, who ere to be confined at Alcatraz. O. F. Paxton, the attorney and Republican political boss of Portland, who has succeeded Jim Laten and Joe Simon and is dealing out politics according to new rules in the Webfoot metropolis, is in town. Charles Monroe of Los Angeles, who founded the town of Monrovia and made & large for- tune in those booming times when many men were making competencies, is among the ar- tivals here. He is at the Palace. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 5.—At the Astor, J. C. Bauer; St. James, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bee; Normandie, B. T. Lacy; Morton, W. L. Wright; Barrett, J. B. Eldridgé; Imperial, C. F. G. Laviolette. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. “Tommy, you must not interrupt me when Iam talking to those ladies. Wait till we stop and then you can talk.” “But, ma, you never stop,”—Pittsburg Dise patch. ‘Wicks—You and your roommaie look so odd together—he is 50 tall and yon so short. Why don’t you take one of your size? Hicks—I wanted to get one that wouldn’t borrow my dress suit.—Somerville Journal. Merchant—James! Clerk—Yes, sir. Merchant—Why don’t you pull down those curtains? Don’t you know that those goods in the window are warranted not to fade?— Roxbury Gazette. “Yes, sir; that man’s indolence has actually made him rich.” “How so?" “Well, his father left him a little property red lazy to spend the “Skiggs, what makes you look so blue?” “I think you'd look blue if you had changed your underclothing, and the weather had changed, and. you found yourself downtown without a cent of change. Lend me a dollar.” “Can’t do it, Iwas cleaned out on 'Change this morning myself.”—Chicago Trib- une. A MYSTERIOUS SCHEME. The Amador Record. A leading editorial in Tuesday’s issue of the Sen Francisco CALL thus adverts to & pur- ported Amador County mining enterprise: ‘There has come 1 artistic little pam- phlet adve shares1a & yalable. mine ob the irest “mother lode” in Amador County. The shares are offered at 50 cents each, and the pro- Geeds are deaired to $xtend the development of thie mine, It can easily be seen how such schemes a3 this should be fostered, it being assumed that they honest. * * are Such plans offer & means for the St OF valwals poiies IChOUE e aid OF development of val thy porsons, but an unity for the profit- able investment of savings, and also pro- mote economy and thrift. knowingly of its merits or de- merits; but it is always a safe n to go by for those fluh-g to inyest money in any " minin yropoghson to fight shy of schemes which are hidden and unknown to Py T PR e o e landed en has & in the pros- ador County has so far, m&d illegitimaté mining specula! S, is no“d'uln on lh:' of haruul'tlnnl to try any experiment on that perilous sea of uncer- and wreck tain rations. For these nuo"u,u !’n::::‘n,mkmrflvm o setits mark of 2 r;:l'l sh: —mhu:h! of home investigation and is by this means found worthy of home approval. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. The marimba-players who arrived here s day or two ago trom Guatemala in charge of George E. Story.and James Neal yestoerday got their queer wooden instruments out of the Custom-house and brought. them up to the Russ, where they are making their head. quarters. There are five of these instruments and as many players to go with them. All these are natives of Guatemala. Arrayed in their native | costumes yesterday, a8 they knocked out the weird musie from the huge wcoden keys with their little mallets, they were & strange sight. It was by no means bad music, either. In fact everybody enjoyed it who heard it, and others who dropped in late wounld fain have heard more, if the playerscould have been persuaded t0 go on. The marimbe was invented by the rude In- dians of Central America so far back that his- , with yellow lace bands over it for trim- m 'y nufiu being of white ribbon. A ’m of cheviot had bands of light brown batiste, with belt, cuffs and collar also of the leather. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Anne Laurens Dawes, who is making quite a reputation as a magazine and news- paper writer, is & daughter of ex-Semstor Dawes of Massachusetts. In Mr. William Watson’s new volume of ‘poems, one of the finest, and the one to which Scottish readers will certainly turn most read- ily, is that called “The Tomb of Burns.” Jean de Reszke, it is announced, will finally marry the Countess Miramailli, who has been betrothed to him for some time, but conld not marry until she got her divorce from her hus- band. It is said the wedding will occur in The Cuwifous Guatemalan Indian Instrument Known as the Marimba, Which Was ‘Taken Out of the Custom-House Yesterday. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] tory knows nothing sbout it,” epparently. When adventurous Spaniards from the mother country came to Guatemala in 1576 and founded Antigua they found the Indians there had this instrument. They played it well, and Antigus has since been known as the place where the marimba was originated. Itisa wasp-like creation, or would be if a wasp were built on a gigantic scale and turned over on his back. The keysor boardson which the player beats with & rubber and iron ham- mer are from a foot and a half to two feetlong, approximately, and about three inches wide. Antigua, the native home of the marimba, was located at the foot of the volcano of Fuego, or crater of fire, and hard by was the Agua, or water volcano. In 1773 the fire volcano belched forth and destroyed Antigua, then the capital. Guatemala City then became the seat of government. The marimba is built on the principle of the xylophone. The keyboard contains five octaves, There is & Tow of pipes under the keyboard which multiplies the sound. The music is sweet and weird. There is none other in the world iike it. It has been said that the music is like that of the xylophone, but clearer and more piercing. The wood used in the manufacture of the marimba is only to be found in the forests of Central America, It is called ‘chicnipati” and it is almost as heavy asiron. Itisvery difficult to obtain, as the trees are rare and grow only where the rootsare submerged in water. The sticks or hammers have at the ends a knob of rubber, being, as it comes from the tree, hard, but very elastic. Of course the framework is made from mahogany or almost any of the native woods, but the keys are and must be from the *‘chichipati.’” The marimba is generally played upon by two or more, or several instruments may be played simultaneously. The native Spanish music sounds best when played on the marimba, the jerky character of the music fitting exactly with the tone of the instrument, although it is perfectly possible to play operatic music on the marimba and to hear it at its best. “La Paloma’’ can be ever recalled if once heard played on this instru- ment. LADY’S ROUND WAIST WITH FITTED LINING WHICH MAY BE OMITTED, A shape equally popular for wash goods, silk and woolen fabrics is shown here. It has s fitted lining, over which the goods is seamless; smooth across the top of the back, with a few May, and that Jean will leave the stage soon afterward. Young King Alexander of Servia has got the mitten again, Princess Marie of Greece, whom be wanted to marry, having become engaged toGrand Duke George Michaelovitch of Rus- sia. King Albert of Saxony prefers the pipe to the cigarette, his former indulgence. Both King Humbert of Italy and the Emperor Joseph of Austria patronize the cigar. The King of the Belgians always smokes a briar pipe. M. Siegler has won his suit against Prince Henry of Orleans for 275,000 francs. The case was tried in Paris, Themoney was the amount of “open credit” given to the Prince for his use by Siegler some tim 0. Wilhelmina I, the girl Queen of Holland, rises at 7 every morning, winter and summer. She breakfasts at 8 and at 9 o’clock her lessons are commenced. Thestudy she enjoys above all others is history. At11:30 the morning’s work is completed, and the Queen goes for a drive, always in an open carriage, however severe the weather may be, — A POOR FIGURE. Stockton Graphic, Californis bas had the glory of sending Pledged delegates to National conventions, but the price she has paid for that glory has been altogether too much. This vain {folly has ;){h::ed‘:mr ‘grlen State at the tail end of ation: itics, and allowed oth (with nnpledged delegaton to, the eorenrin) ::;;:g:mlis“:eugt]ul our jur:drlgm& while our ay manac! prevent the mbb{ry. nbori 10 ;‘l)tfi:xgel.ofi'y has oginven us I‘ll inferior y, among_our sister S reflecte on our %olmul u:fxmen‘?k!\"‘; n:“}: with the tail cut off” in politics long enough. Let us send free delegates into the field this year and at least make an honest att birthright, empt to regain our A DEAD WEIGHT, Guadalupe Standard. '{hs ‘Scnt:‘rmlmo CALL in s recent issne asked for the opinion of the Repub! of this State on the subject o .fifii’.&%’.‘r‘i fornia should send a pledged or an unpledged delegation to the National Convention. Although we do not come under the Republi. can banner, as we are inderendent in politics, we believe {t would always be to the best ja- State to ‘send an un ledged t'imiu“fl m’h N, elegation to the National Presi al vention, as & pledged candidate ?:“.'mgfini such & place. dead weight in —————— A HOBBLED HORSE. Stockton Graphic. Did you ever see a hobbled horse in s field Wwith & number of nnhobbled nags? Well, | gathers at the walstline, and gathered at neck and waist in front. Over this fullness in front three bands are laid, which may be of 1 embroidery, ribbon, spangled net, embroide: chiffon or jet, according to the fabric em- ployed. These bands meay be made separate, sewn tostrips which are hooked to the neck- band and waist line, thus making it possible to Weer other trimming with the same waist, such as a batiste collar or a fichu of mull. Th sleeves are the stylish bishop shape, fitted lining. For wash dresses the lining in ‘waist and sleeve both may be omitted. The turnover collar and cuffs may be made sepa~ :te, 50 ribbon collar and cuz may be substi- A dress of batiste with white lines had bands ! done with it. of insertion edge with frills of 1 3 the ‘same lace and insertion trimmed ot and cuffs. A whiteleather belt was worn with this chic gown, of which the skirt was perfectly: A Dresden silk waist had bands of em- broidered batiste, with cuffs and collar olagn A dress of blue mohair had white satin mib- s that’s the position ey exmll;. you put a pledged delegat WOULD BE COWARDLY. Santa Monica Outlook. 1 we send a pledged delegation to St. Louis we might as well send just one man and have Pledging 1is a cowardly act. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Bsifl SEA l:mnn—d. W., City. The best sea. stories are those written by Clark Captain Marryat. 4 _" Fopct e WARDEN HALE—W. A. 8., Fresno, den Hale of the:penit Quentin is & Repubhean " 2FY 8t MICHAEL REESE—W. W. A., City. Reese, the California millionlin, d{ed lgol:lol plexy at Wallenstei ‘August, 1878, u, Bavaria, on the 24" of us, 0, first class is 50, second cly less. The time in s ass $10 more than five days and apais® P 18 il it e To TIDEWATER—W. A, 8, Fresno, Cal, distance betwee: e oL e, at mum'-'n’&'m‘fi" ud",’,:'f; several maps, between nine and ton. mllel. pb e b A CoLD DAY—W, presbion, It's Gy ameds, Cal. The ex. 8 cold day when I get left,” its origin in freeze-out voker, fi lh'::' g::% each player buys a certain number of Cchips, I I Cal. War. Point San The fare {0 Colum- and, when he loses them, can buy no more, but is frozen out, or, more idiomatically, is “iroze out.” The froze-outs are the subjects of facetious inquiry as to thestate of the ther- mometer, and the winner's gle generally takes some such form as this: “It may bea cold day for you fellows, but it w! .“hu‘s to be a great deal colder before I getleft. FoLx—B. L. J., Vallejo, The word “folk” means people, considered either di_snncnvely or collectively, is applied to people in general and is used in a plural sense eitber as folk or folks. In the Bible (Mark vi:5) is found, “He 1aid his hands upon a few sick folk and healed them.” In anold English work there is, “So, when they came to the door, they went in, uot knocking, for the 1olks use not to knock at the door of an inn.”” The term is also applied to persons classed as a group, with & qualifying adjective, as ‘“‘the old folks,” “the young folks,” or “the poor folks,”” but this is merelx colloquial. Fielding, in “Joseph Andrews, has “Some folks rail against other folks be- cause other folks haye what some folks would be glad oL.” MARRIAGES AND Birtus—J. P. L., Sunnyside, Cal. The law of 1893 did not require the pub- lication ot marriage notices in this State, but it did then, as now, require that all who per- form the ceremony of marriage shall keep a register of each marriage and file a certified copy of such record with the County Recorder at stated periods. When there was a marriage by contract there was no need for a license, but a license is required for every form of marriage at this time, as _contract marriages are no longer recognized in this State. Every physi- cian and midwife who, professionally, is pres- ent at a birth must keep a record of such birth and file a cony of the same with the Gounty Recorder. If there has been neither physician nor midwife in attendance, the parents must register the birth at the office of the Recorder. ORANGE Brossoms—Subscriber, City. It is impossible to tell how far back the custom of wearing orange-blossoms by brides runs, but the Saracen brides wore the blossoms as an emblem of fecundity. Occasionally the same emblem may have been worn by European brides since the days of the Crusades, but the general adoption of wreaths of orange-blos. soms for brides is comparatively a modern practice, due to the taste for the flower lan- guage. In that language the orange-blossom means “chastity’” when used for a bride and “your purity equals your loveliness” when sent by an admirer to ‘the idol of his heart. The subject of bridal decoration being made a stu(‘l?' and the orange flower being found suita- ble, from the use made of it by the ancient Saracens, it was introduced by modistes as a fit ornament for brides. The notion once planted, soon became & custom, and is adopted by all bridles who study the conventions of society and follow the accepted fashions. CAPTURE OF JEFF DAvis—J, F. G., Byron, Cal. Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Con- federacy, was not shot at the time he was cap- tured. The story of his capture, as told by Horace Greely in his “American Conflict,” is as follows: Mr. Davis had even separated, for greater safety, from his family, but on an alarm of peril to which they were said to be exposed from a conspiracy to Tob'them of the gold they were subposed to be rrying off he rejoined them over night, when his ivan encampment hear Irwinsville, Ga was struck by Lieutenant-Colonel Pritchard, Fourth Michigan Cavalry, who, upon advices that what remalned of the rebellion was working its way furtively southward through Georgia, had been dispatched by General Wilson from Macon in quest of him, 88 had also the First Wisconsin Cav- airy, Lieutenant-Colonel Harden. These two com- mands moved by different roads dowa the Ocmul- gee. Pritchard struck at length the trall he was seeking and followed to the encampment afore- said, which he surprised at early dawn, easily tak- ing ‘captive Mr. Davis. his wife, her sister and his children; but beiug directly thereafter mvolved in a fight with the First Wisconsin, which was clos- ing in on the quarry irom another quarter, and, each taking the other for enemies, the two com- mands opeaed a reciprocal fire, whereby two men were killed and several wounded before the mu- tual mistake was discovered. The dead were borne sadly to Abbeyville and there buried; the wounded, ‘With the prisoners, were conveyed to Macon, whence Davis was taken, vis Sayannah and the ocean, to Fortress Monroe. This was on the 10th of May, 1865, and those directly concerned in the capture were Lieu- tenant J. G. Dickinson and Corporal Munger of Colonel Pritchard’s command. The reward of $100,000 was distributed among the sol- diers who arrested Davis. 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