The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 18, 1896, Page 6

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OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Park Row, New York Citg. Special Agent. _MAY 18, 1896 | MONDAY THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. In the present campaign of education experience has done the teaching. The early adjournment is off. Congress seems to have caught its second wind. The greatest my stery of the season is' what the Democrats are to harmonize for. It is pretty hard just now to tell the difference between a Democratic politician and a howling Dervish. Gorman seems to have gone so com- | pletely into retirement that he has practi- | cally wiped himself off the slate. It is about time for the Eastern gold bugs to explain how “Western mining- camp States” can beat them buiiding ships. It is time to remind the people that | Decoration day should be a solemn | memorial observance and not an idle frolic. The Tennessee Democrats have de- clared for a National income tax, thus standing pat on a hand that doesn’t count in this game. | There is so much smoke emanating from 1 | £0, it is no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to | the Junta leaders a natural suspicion is aroused that they do their talking through stove-pive hats. The Republican Executive Committee can be counied on to assure victory. Itis made up of men who know how to win | and are bound to do it. The Junta leaders were counting on big | chickens from the eggs of official patron- | age, but Cleveland’s civil service order | hatched them with an ax. | It would be a good enough joke on Grover if the Democrats would go right along and nominate somebody else with- | out giving his fatness a chance to decline. From the way things are going now it may be the delegate from Alaska who casts the deciding vote at St. Louis and names the next President of these United States. There is a chance that Hill will makea fight for the Democratic nomination this year in the hope that it will be considered a self sacrifice entitling him to another chance lo‘ur years from now. The chief object in life to the scientists of Texas should be to devise a means of making cyclones come at the right season, | harvest the crops instead of the houses ' vloyed operatives who made the market and deliver them in Chicago instead of scattering them all over the wila prairies. | Itis fairly pleasant to hear the Queen Regent of Spain speek of the correct aud friendly conduct of our Government to Spain, but the people would like it better if the administration were a little more correct and friendly toward the Cubans who are fighting for independence. It is worth noting that in all the rivalry for the leadership at St. Louis there has not been a bitter word spoken by the par- tisans of either favorite against another and no matter who is nominated, the whole party will support him cordially from the first day of the campaign to the great victory on election aay. The proceedings of Congress are rapidly becoming of such little interest to the peo- ple in comparison with the Presidential campaign, that unless the bond deal in- vestigation should begin at once or the funding-bill contest be precipitated the public will soon cease to care whether the session ends this month or continues all summer. A contractor has offered New York City $245,000 a year for the exclusive privilege of picking over the collected rubbish, ex- cluding the garbage, ashes and street sweepinge. As he islikely to get it, those who have made a living by rubbish- picking will be thrown out of employment, and thus will another small industry pass into the control of capital The talk in the Democratic camp is mainly about Carlisle, Pattison and Rus- sell, but there are some expert politicians in the East who have noticed the great activity and vigor recently displayed by the gold-bug wing of the party, and have drawn from it the concitusion that the secret council of the leaders has been moved by Whitney and the Standard Oil barrel. Dun’s Review in noting the export of $5,- 850,000 of gold for the week ending May 9, says: ‘It does not matter whether the gold is required for Russia or anywhere else, it wouid not go from this rather than other countries if there were not balances to be met.”’ That is an exact statement of the situation, and as long as we have the Demoeratic tariff it will remain un- changed. If the South Africa Cumpany is found guilty of abetting Jameson's raid into the Transvaal Cecil Rhodes will not be the ouly man to suffer, for the chairman of the company 18 the Duke of Abercorn and the vice-president is the Duke of Fife, son- in-law to the Prince of Wales, and there are several more dignitaries hardly less in rank who would have to pay a part of the indemnity demanded. | | A STRONG OOMMITTEE. The personnel of the new executive com- mittee of the Republican State Central Committee guarantees not only an active campaign in California, but a sweeping victory for t' e State and National tickets. The committee is composed of workers in whose judgment and ability the rank and | file have full confidence. Nothing so stim- | ulates a party to enthusiastic participa- tion in campaign work as assurance that the leaders know their business, and that they may be relied upon to perform to completeness every duty that is imposed upon them. In that respect the party’s organization is now amply fortified at every point. The admitted fact, too, that the new committee fully represents the whole party and will have no difficulty in har- monizing the several factions is a matter for sincere congratulation, for the very essence of a political party’s strength is in oneness of purpose in winning victory over the enemy. The welfare of the party should be the first consideration of the leaders, and when it is impressed upon the minds of the rank and file that the executive head of the party is working for the promotion of the party’s best interests on principle, there should be no fear of apathy or lukewarmness anywhere, and it is because those essen- tial qualities of true leadership are pos- sessed to a conspicuous degree in the new committee as a whole and as individuals THE CALL most heartily congratulates the party But the executive committee can only devise, plan and 1ay out the work of the campaign. That it will do that thoroughly | and well there is n> doubt whatever, but the final victory rests with the rank and file. The rank and file must execute in detail the plans of the committee, and in proportion as that is done will victory be assured. It will not do for the rank and file to content themselves with simply a | Victory in November. It must be a victory sooverwhelming to the Democracy that not only will it not soon rally for another trial but that the moral effect of such a pound- ing may be felt by Republcans in all the States, and thereby be encouraged and strengthened to resolve that never again shall the commerce and the industries of the country be put in jeopardy by a Demo- cratic administration. AN ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE. Nothing could be widerof the truth than the assertion of the Democracy that pro- tective legisiation is legalized favoritism. is a seli-evident fact that the effects of legislation, be they good or ill, do not ex- haust their influence unti! every business interest is involved. The unwritten as well as the written laws which govern in all the avenues of trade interchange could not if they would build up one industry, or strengthen the position of another, and exempt all others from participation in the consequences of such favoritism. There is necessarily mutual dependence between all business enterprises in a | country like the United States, where no one enterprise greatly predominates. This is not altogether an agricultural, manu- facturing, mercantile. mining or mechan- | ical country, nor does either one of these vocations conspicuously transcend any other. In their direct and personal ope- ration each one is wholly independent of every other, but it is very different when | they come to dispose of the product of their effort. The farmer is free to sow and reap in bis own way, but w.en he comes to marke: the product of his fields he must first gather up the threads that bind him to the | distanc consumer, and should the strength of the thread which binds the consumerto the source from which he gathers that which enables him to buy thke farmers’ vroduce be weakened or broken, not only is the market of the farmer closed, but all the facilities that are emploved by him to reach the distant consumer are crippled, and not only so, but all intermediate in- dustries and individuals are involved. The Democratic party says it would be better for the farmer to continue his jour- ney in search of a consumption marke: across the ocean to Europe, because the i dustry which makes a home market for his produce is protected against foreign competition at the expense of the farmer. Assume, then, that free trade prevails and the home market is destroyed by reason of the suspension of the industry which em- for the tarmer’s produce. To reach con- sumers in Europe he is now obliged to em- vloy additional intermediate forwarding and transportation agenctes which swell the cost of marketing the yield of his fields. But that is not the most discour- aging condition of supply and demand which confronts him between his barn and the European consumer. When he offers his breadstuff and provision in, say, the Liverpoo! market he is told that vrices are fixed by the cost of raising cereals and provisions in Asia and South America. Thus does iree trade bring the American farmer down to the level of something worse than the pauperism of Europe. That is the truest economic principle, so far as the farmer and his market are con- cerned, which most reduces the distance, and hence the cost of transportation, be- tween himself aud the consumer of his produce. The closer he can induce em- ployers of men to establish their enter- prises to his fields the greater will be his profits. This economic truism does not, however, apply only to farmers. It is necessarily the fundamental principle of true political economy, and until it is per- manently adopted the Nation’s prosperity is bound to be spasmodic and unstable. A NEW LABOR FEDERATION. The federation of the six leading orders of railway employes is significant, tie more so because the resolution which brings these great unions together refuses to identify the oreanization with the American Railway Union. It is not un- derstood that there is or will be a purpose to antagonize the effort of the Railway Union to secure more satisfactory relations be- tween employer and employe, but to de- mand arbitration instead of resorting to strikes when employers refuse to do full justice to their employes. It is expected that other labor organizations will follow the lead of this federation of railway em ployes and rely upon the sense of justice of employers and public sentiment to ad- vance their interests, and resort to the he- roic remedy, the strike, only after every other meansand measure has been entirely exhausted. The numerical and moral strength of this new federation of labor unions will be better appreciated when it is known that it includes the conductors, the trainmen, theengineers, the firemen, the telegraphers and the switchmen. Undoubtedly it will be the most powerful labor organization in the world, both as to numbers and for in- fluence for good, when its machinery is in full operation. The leaders in this move- ment do not pretend to say this or any other labor organization couid always avoid the strike remedy, for when the issue beiween employer and employe is nar- rowed down to where labor must either maintain or abandon the underlying prin- ciple and basis of the rights of labor, it is then unavoidable. As capital grows less greedy, and labor becomes more thoughtiul, cause for revoit, the one against unwarranted aggressive- ness on the part of the other, obtains less and less. The natural relation between employer and employe is becoming better understood. The employer is be-inning to understand that faithful and enthusias- tic interest in the work of securing sucress for his enterprise comes of the recog- nition of the importance of the skillof his employer to him; that it has rights which cannot be denied or trampled upon withont the injurious consequences of such attacks upon it being reflected in the quality as well as in the quantity of the productof his enterprise. He is beginning to see that the incentive to faithfulness of service is recognition of the natural rela- tion between employer and employe, which is mutual effort to secure the best possible results that the condition of all directly concerned may go from good to better and to best. It is to recure such relation between employer and employe that these six powerful railway labor unions have united in one federation, and the almost bound- less ramifications in the public transpor- tation service of the country, together with the great conservatism of the organization will, no doubt, exert so muc : influence for good in the labor world that both em- plover and employe will be benefited in every way. Atthe very outset the feder- ation, in insisting that the rights of its members shall be respected by the railway companies, freely admits that the railway companies have rights which members of the federation are bound to respect, and hence, generally speaking, no differences wouid be likely to arise which could not be amicably adjusted and harmonized by arbitration. This is a long step in the direction of relegating labor strik es very far to the rear. WAITING TO SEE. The Madrid order that postpones the execution of the Americans who were convicted of piracy by the Cuban authori- ties for being on the Competitor does not necessarily mean that they will be taken outand shot to death later on. It simply means that if the Washington Govern- ment does not tell Spain in s0 many words to turn them loose or get ready to fight the United States, the Spanish Minister of | War and Marine will find that the pro- ceedings of the court-martial were regular and order General Weyler t0 go on with the oricinal programme. Hence the lives of the men under conviction hang upon a thread, both ends of which are held by President Cleveland. The Competitor is the first privateer, so | called, that the Cuban authorities have caught, and since the capturing party | made great haste to destroy the ship’s | vapers, it 1s possible that she was not en- gaged at all in carrying munitions of war | to the rebels. But whether she was or | not, the Spanish 'Government should be | iven to understand that the execation of the three Americans now under sentence | of death for beinz on board the Competi- | tor would be immediately followed by the landing of United States soldiers upon the | island of Cuba. | It is a little humiliating to the pride of | our people that Spain’s prompt action in | ordering the postponement of the execu- | tion was more because a British subj-ct’s life is involved than because of any action | on the part of this Government, and this, | t00, 1n the face of the fact that both houses | of Congress have aiready passed a resolu- | tion recommending the recognition of | Cuban bellizerency. But then Congress is a Repubiican body and the executive end of the Government is Democratic. | Spain knows whom and whom not to fool | with. GOAST EXCHANGES. It s inspiring to observe the alertness with which Stockton is moving to make the most of its superior geographical ana commercial situ- ation and of the bencfits which will accrue to it from the cheap transportation guaranteed | by the Valley road. The Independent, second- ing the suggestion made by some of Stockton's leading citizens, is urging that a smelter be | established at that city. After showing the superior position of the place our contem- porary says: The revival of mining must soon call for in- creased capacity for the reduction of ores and the increas> wil continue indefinitely. The saving in freights between this city and San isco would of ilself recommend the establishment nere | of an enterprise, while the ease with which the ores cam be brousht here is another inducement. Some may object (hat the people here have been pretty well drained in ald of dther enterprises, but they shouid remember that everyihing done in aid of such enerprises goes to form investments that will amply repay the effort and outlay. If foreign coal has to be used as fuel it must te remembered that it is cheaper (o bring it here by the river than 10 send ore thither, and the fact \hat forelgn coals bave been delivered here almost as cheapiy as in San i rancisco forms another argument in favor of a smelter being erected here. It wonld be greatly in the interest of others as weli as miners, becaus: mors quantities of ore would be brought hither by teams, whizh could as well continue their haul to Stockton during the most of the year as to stop at the few railroad termini to which the ore must now be hauled. A smelter here would also greatly aid o arousing the peop'e in the mining regions 1o hasten the bullding of electric railroads into the mountain reglons, whose streams that are now scarcely utilized would furnish the power to gen- erate electricity. The rapid development of the fruit industry in the Sacramento Valley is witnessed by the Oroville Register's assertion that 20,000 fruit trees of various varieties have been planted in the vicinity of that town this spring. And it says there are others in different parts of the county who have planted a large number. Woodland has & new and novel industry. It seems that the coffee plantations of the South Sea Islands are infested with & destructive little beetle, and hence the remedy for the pest was sought and found in California, ac- cording 1o this news from the Woodland Demo- erat: The mammals that infest the dark recesses of some of the oid and deserted bui'dings of this city are not altogether useless. It is known that they are Inseciivorous, but the farmers. frult-growers and gardeners in this vicinity have never dis- covered any plan for utilizing them. F. W. Wumacker arrlved in this city Monday evening with a commission from the coffee planters of the South Sea Islands to procure as many bats as possible. As s0on as he made his mission known a number of boys immediately began a search for them, and at this writing he has securad 200 or 300, for which he has paid 234 cents each. The Sacremento Record-Unicn makes the following important announcement: One of our well-known citizens, who has success- fully promoted other public organizations in the city, is now forming a company, the object ot which will be—according to its prospectus—to es tabiish here a new line of business that would tract many business men to our clty. The corporation is to be known as “The Central and Northern California Mining and Land Bureau of Sacramemo.” The principal business will be the promotion of legitimate mining enterprises, with such other auxillary and incidental undertakings as the es tablishment 0f a complete assay oftice and labora- tory for the assay and analysis of ores and miner- als, and iu addition thereto s small testing stamp- mill It will undertake expert examinations of mining properties by competent and reliable men, and will alm 10 be the means of communication between buyers and sellers of mining properties. Its pro- moters do not propose to set up & call board, or en- courage speculative dealings, but will keep within the limits of stric:ly legitimate business. The land department will ald in disposing of ag- ricultural, borticuitural and viticultural properties by placing them with correspondents Esst and Wes. (agents and brokers). makiug lands a specialiy; in the same manner mining properties | mit | for the ed catiox of the miniat may be placed through the various mining ex- changes and brokers connected with them. 1t Is proposed to incorporate with 10,000 shares &t the par value of $1 each. A meeting will be called for the purpose of effecting a permanent or- ganization at an early day. _The following news item, furnished by the Ventura Independent, carries its own sugges- tion, not only to those who might enter the field against the Chinese mentioned, but to those who are not aware of an inexh able source of food that lines these shore: For the past three months strollers along the beach, had they been observant, might have no- ticed three Chinamen delving in and out among the rocks, bringing to the surface long, stringy pleces of moss which they placed above high-water mark. Monday morning a third of the results of the three months’ labor was shipped to San Francisco in the shape of twenty-six gunny- ks packed full of dried sea moss, valued at $55 perton. This moss when thoroughly cleansed makes a very nutritious soup, whbich forms no in- considerable part of the high-priced menu card at Chinese banquets. The Chinaman from whom these facts were gathered informed the writer that ‘‘Onlee time catchem moss early time morning tide catchem go out,” which means that for two hours’ work at odd times during the past three months these industrious Mongoliaus have cleaned up something like $150. The Visalia Times prints highly encouraging information from the new oil fields on the western gide of the San Joaquin Valley. It says: Mark Lavalle is over from the oil wells on the West Side. He says the onlook there is brighter than ever for the oll city. A 25-ton cartank of crude oil left there this morning. Fully thirty miles of that country 1s located. Thelocatious are mostly made by people who hope to realize on their holdings by keeping them until they are in demand. One company alone has seventy sections located. A surveying party of ten bas been at work for the past slx or seven months and have work enough Abead for the next three years. This company is in earnest and have several good-paying wells. The wells are sunk so that one engine can pump three wells at oue time. Three drills and appa- ratus are kept at work and they expecttosinka new well every ten days. When they find a weil that is satisfactory they leave the derrick standing and bore elsewhere, A new boring apparacus is now on the way from Los Angeles. 1t has only been about two months since active work commenced and six good-paying wells have been developed at a depth of from 650 to 443 fee . They are all on sections 17 and 20. Op-rations will soon commence on section 28, about two miles farther south. A small refinery is doing good work. Ttscapa- city is from four to seven barrels in & four hours’ run. When distilled it makes kerosene of 84 per cent pari y. The refinery pays 5 cents per gallon or $2 50 per barre! for the crade oil. Fresno alone uses 17.000 gallons a month and the refinery has orders now for most of that nount. That some kind of contest is going on be- tween the Southern Pacific and Saita Fe is in- disputable, and the following from the Ban Bernardino Times-Tndex may throw some light on its character: Engineer Vaughn has returned from his survey- ingtrip across the desert, his party coming in yesterday, and after a short stay proceeding to Los Angeles. The party made she trip from Vie- tor through to the Co orado River in sixteen days, and made the necessary maps aud run the neces- sary lines for a working survey. ‘There has been no secret about the work in which the surveyors were «ngaged, since the Times-Index published three weeks 8go that En- gineer Vaughn had been here in consultation with Chief Engineer Perris, and th he was supplied with Santa Fe money. The T company is simply serving motice on the Southern Pacific tha: if the latter buys fn the Atlantic and Pacific atthesale in July next then the Santa Fe will build a direct ilne from Southern California through to a point where a junction can be effecied witn its own system. This could be done at Silver City, in Southwest- ern New Mexico, and the distance over which the line must be built wiil be & iittle more han 400 This line wounld rna far enough south ot the Atlantic and Pacific to open up an entirely ne: Vaughn and his wen ran lines from Vietor to Parker, on the Colorado River, about fitty miles below Ne les. The particul r advaniage to this cliy and coun'y in the construction of hz new line is thefact that it would pass through the rich mining districts eas: of this cit: and make them AL once ea accessible, The following from the A be gratifying news to the o State: ¢ 4 ameda Encinal will lored people of the aid that a philanibroplc gentleman of Santa Cruz hes made a generous offer (o the Cali- fornia A frican M. E. church of asite for the erc- tion of & home for the colored people of the Pacific Cosst. The church agent has been looking for & site of from twenty to thirty acres, accessible to steamship or rairoad, upon which it is proposed to erec. buildings at a cost of fion $30,000 to $50,000. The home will be for the fol owing pur- poses: A place of refuge for sged ministers, rescue home for fallen women, a Pacific Coast correc- tional instituion aud headquarters for church work, an Episcopal residence and Protestant Epis- copal headquerters, an educational Institution for the ‘outh of the church and race and particularly ummer school of training for the Christian workers and a home of res:. The Visalia Delta thus outlines a situation in which a bright promise for the future of Califoruia is made: Some day California will have good rosds. The grange, the press and the wheelmen ure agitating it. Political parties mention it in their platforms. The has a commission charged with gather. 3 The people discuss i more and are be- unit in their desire for better thoroigh- fare #hbe sent State conventionof the County Supervisors give it a prominent place in their dis- cussions and show an inclination to do something more than talk. The good roads crusade is a £cod one to stick to and fight on, and there should be no let up until we have a well-conducted road sysiem under able management which will give usand maintain for us highways that may be traveied by loaded (eams all seasons. O. H. Blank has assumed confrol of that sterling paper, the St. Helena Sentinel, and announces that “the Sentinel will continue on the same azgressive lines, but s far as is con- sistent in a progressive and live paper it wiil endeavor to be as free as possible from person- alities. 1t will be independent, outspoken and fearless i the brosdest sense of the phrase.” The Tacoma l'n;nn has issued an able and comprehensive special edition in celebra. tion of the county fair. The Sanger Hercld has commenced its eighth volume with its share of the prosperity and hope possessed by its readers. Not satisfied with having absorbed the Perris Valley Record, the Riverside Enterprise has taken in the Searchlight, and 18 now propesly taiking about its large circulation. Upon its entering its mature forty-fourth year the Yreka Union promises to remein as steadfast an exponent or Democracy in the future as it has been in the past. The Escondido Advocate, though it has just completed its fifth year, is claiming the dis- tinction of being the oldest Populist paper in the Siate. The Herald, a weekly German paper, has made its appearance at Fresno under the editorial direction of Mr. Maret, who shows himself to be both able and fearless. As the Solano County Courfer has completed its first volume it has stepped regularly into the ranks and proposes to stay there. Says the Los Angeles Civic Revigw: It is pro- vosed by some gentlemen, who presumably have more money than experience, to recus- citate the lately defunct Daily Journal and launch it on the troubled sea of journalism as an alleged independent paper, and as such is expected to secure the support of Populists and the labor organizations. The editor-in- chiel is to be ex-Governor Lionel A. Sheldon, who was chief underteker in the previous venture. G. A. Helmore, an experienced journalist, | who for the last five years has been associated with THE CALL, has assumed the editorship and business managemens of the old and stanch Tuolumne Independent under its pub- lisher, J. C. Duchow. The fact that the Mountain Register, pub- lished et Downievilie, Sierra County, has en- tered upon its forty-third volume and has prospered all that time indicates the age and success of one of the most important mining centers in Californi; The San Jose Herald has appeared in a hand- some new dress of type, and this indicates that itis enjoying the prosperity it so richly de serves, nalng informaiion regarding the | AROUND THE CORRIDORS A man on alight sorrel horse,the horse ar- rayed with saddie and bridle embossed heavily insilver, ana the man wearing blue clothes and & white slouch bat, have been among the features of the Palace Hotel driveway for sev- eral days. The man and horse have drawn & crowd every time they appeared, The horse is a seven-year-oid, known as Canute, and of native growth. His owner and rider is Dixie W. Thompson. Both are of S8anta Barbara, and both appeared therc in the recent flower show. The saddle and bridle alluded to have been manufactured largely from Mexican dollars. The saddle is of typical Mexican pattern, tosay. Ihaveanew proposition to offer. If you are real kind to me, I'll let yon take me to the circus instead of Uncle Richard or Aunt Jane, or the gentleman who lives next door.”— ‘Washington Star. That dreadful boy. Her admirer—Well, Reg- gle, bow’s your sister’s cold, eh? Her Little Brother—Oh, that’s all right. But she’s got & jolly big corn.—Moonshine. Irksome Ike—Say, Sammy, how’d yer like to be an angel? Samuei Fewcloze—Not er bit. Think of the work it'd take to keep yer wings flappin.’— Up-to-Date. March of science. Ardent Lover—If you The Splendid Sorrel Stced and Unigue Silver Saddle and Bridle of Dixie W. Thompson. (Sketched by a “Call” artist.] T with a high pommel, well-hollowed seat, and the most elaborate of trappings. The leather is stamped with elegant designs. and the whole thing is a complete, costly and elaborate equip- ment and artistic design. The work was done at Santa Barbara in 1889. The saddle is studded over with silver ornaments. The Jeather facings nre set thick with buttons and rosettes; the pommel is encased in silver, the corners of the aprons are tipped with silver; the stirrups are faced and edged with silver balf an inch thick, eiaborately chased and carved. The saddle-tree is hung with sflver rings, fore and uft, to answer all the requirements of the vaquero in lacing up his riata. The girth, | which passes under the horse’s belly and cinches the saddle in place, is woven of hair from horses' manes by a native artisan, and is tully eight inches broad, with a tass'e hanging at its middle. The sadd e, the bridle and all its appointments are marvels of beauty. Toe reins, martingale and whip are composed of soiid silver in woven strands. The heads: s covered with fluted silver, with large engraved silver rosettes at the sides with decorations | of flowers and heads of wheet, with an elabo- rate nose plece with silver engraving. The side pleces are of silver, massive and ornat with a silver chain under the horse’s jaw. The bridle, reins and accessories weigh about twelve pounds and are worth $250. The sad- dle sand bridle together are said to be worth from $1000 to $1500. Mr. Thompson is very proud of the outfit. The horse is signally gen- tle and kind of disposition, PER ONAL. J. L. de Bevoise of Portland is here. Senator E. C. Voorheis of Sutter Creek is in town. Dr. C. A. Burleigh of Forest Hill is at the Grand. % Dr. F. K. Ainsworth ot Los Angeles is at the Grend. Lieutenant E. H. Kluge of Crefeld, Ge rmany isin town. P. A. Buell, the manufacturer, of Stockton, is at the Grand. A. M. Beecher of the United States Navy is at the Palace. Senator R. Linder of Tulare is spendinga few days here. I. Masker of Peoria, Ill, is staving at the Cosmopolitan. L. Anderson, a merchaut of Shanghai, is at the Occidental. H. C. Hewlett, the well-known ranch owner, of Willows, is here. H. E.Vale, & mining man of Angels, is here for a few days’ stay. William H. Devlin, the attorney of Sacra- mento, is at the Lick. J. L. Whitney, a mining man of Jamestown, is a recent arrival'here. P. B. Amsteag of Acampo was one of the arrivals here last night. R. P. Oliver, a wealthy business man of Denver, is at the Palace. J.W. Hewston, the general goods dealer, of Courtland, is in the City. C.8. Van Roy and wife, of Sacramento, are guests at the Cosmopolitan. James V. Weaver, a prominent resident of Los Angeles, is at the Palage. Superior Judge Stanton L. Carter of Fresno registered last night at the Lick. Robert T. Devlin of Sacramento, ex-State Prison Commissioner, is in the City. J. E. Dooley, a business man of Salt Lake, Utah, is among the arrivals at the Palace. Commodore Willlam H. Skerett of Vallejo was among yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. J. H. Minott and Harold Minott, of New York, were among vesterday’s arrivais here. J. G. Wright, the division superintendent of the Southern Pacific, arrived last night and is at the Palace. H. Ishikama and wife and H. Noguchi and wife, prominent tea merchants of New York, are registered at the Cosmopolitan. Secretary J. Sterling Morton of the United States Department of Agriculture, and party, returned last night after two or three days at Monterey, Santa Cruz and other nearby places. Among the arrivals at the Cosmopolitan Hotel are George D. Pyne and J. G. Farrell, of Virginia Oity, delegates to the Twelfth Grand Council of the Y.M.L, which meets at Hay- wards. “0. W. Baldwin, a retired business man of Los Angeles, is at the Grand, accompanied by his wife. They have just returned after an ex- tended trip to the Hawaiian Islands and other places. Alexander P. Brown, the wealthy retired merchant who arrived here a few days ago, after & visit to the grave of Bishop Heber in the island ot Ceylon, will leave to-day for a week’s visit to the Yosemite. could see my heart, Belinda, you would know how fondly—— Up-to-Date Girl (producing new camera)—I intend to see it, Hiram. Sit still, please.—Spare Moments.™ THE GIRL AND TEE CHAFING-DISH. Ob, the girl who wie ds ‘he chafing-dish quee’ of all the realm No matrimonisl bark will sink if siie is at the helm, Her elossy curls fall o'er ber brow In many a r nglet fair, And the rarelits that she serves you are Like precious jewels rare. Oh. the girl who wields the chafing-dish, She is a daluty maid: She leaves all 0 her wwinsome girls Completely in the shade. We l{Ke 16 ¢» her ivor. hands The chafing-dish caressi We like to tasie the toothsome bits Her fingers bave been dressing. who wields the chafing-dish, is i queen: som or on the sireet, 1. e men re her shrine, And each of heradmirers **Ob, would that she were mine.” —Puck. PARAGRAPHS ABCUT PEOPLE. Geveral Booth is said to be very fond of mu- sic. His favorite melody is a tune callied “Oh, the Voice to Me so Dear. General Gordon, it may be interesting to re- call, wanted Cecii Rhodes to accompany him in old days to the ouda Gladstone has wristen such a vast number of letters during his life that his sutographs bring only sixpence in the English market. At aball in Vienna the Baroness Bourgoing introduced the movel fashion of wearing an eyeglass on a chain of fine diamonds. She used this cyeglass with stunning effect throughout the evening. Sardou is now 64 years old, wrinkled and half baid, butin his elastic step and brilliant eve as youthful asa boy. Hc is saidto have earned $1,000,000 from his plays. Yet his first play was & dire failura. Dr. F. J. Furnivall, who is an eminent au- thority on the Euglish language and literature of the Elizabethan era, says that Shakespeare’s neme was pronounced ‘‘Shahkspair,” the “a’ havi the sound of in “father”-and the ‘‘eare’ sounding as . Alfred de Mussett’s sister refuses to haveany of bis works in her possession published, as she says they will not add to his fameasa poet. She likewise refuses to let his letters be seen, among which is the correspondence be- tween the poet and George Sand. GIRL'S GUIMPE. The guimpe is an important feature of a girl's summer wardrobe. The one shown here is gathered to a waistand drawn into the neck- bend with gathers. The Bishopsleeves may be very long, or may be drawn up by meansof a tape to form a shorter puff. For wearing with dresses of wool guimpes of batiste in the natural linen color are stylish. Embroidered batiste is used for STV Tawn, basis ain w awn, batiste, dimity, eambri etc., are all pretty ‘with tflmmingyo( n-rro& very very H. P. Etarbuck, for several years professor of law in Cambridge University, and who has been for some time at Banta Barbara for his health, is in the City. He hasdecided to re- mein at Santa Barbara and practice law there, CURRENT HUMOR He—I am told that your admirers’ name is legion. She (blushingly)—Oh, no, hisname is Jones.— Lewiston (Me.) Journal *If you're a good boy”’—the barent began. But the young man interrupte “Excuse me, but I know what you are going s Valenciennes lace or Hamburg embroidery. For wear with white pique dresses pale yel- low, blue or pink dimity over batiste are u)urlmngi Embroidered ruffles of the same fabricmake a dnm{ neck and waist trimming. Guinipes of soft silk, such as China surah or foulard are used with Woo1 dresses. T young girls’ evening wear silk, muslin, chiffon, crepe de chene or any of the pretty crepe sliks may be used. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ENTRANCES—O. 8., City, The fire ordinance of this City and County regulates entrances ;ln:l'& exits into and out of places of assem- EXCYCLOPEDIA—D. F. L., City. There is no authorized edition of the encyclopedia you mention_in your communication that brings the articles down to the present date. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS—B. B., City. At Presidential elctions the voters cast their bal- lots for Presidential Electors, Wwho in turn choose the President of the United States. BUENA VisTA PARK—W. J,, City. Buena Vista Park was one of the outside land reservations, and it became City property mmlugih unhnct ':7! ress and subsequent legislation by the g:fl'i;rnh‘lflglsl-mr?:, This \fas in 1866-1868. The only conditions are that the land so re- served shall be used for the public. InporTs AND Exrorts—B. F. H., City. The following shows the amount of exports and imports from and to the United States from 1890 to June 30, 1895. Statistics for 1896 have not yet been Issued : Exporis Foreign. |12.584,8 6 789.310,409 12,210,627 | £84.916,196 134:536,137 827,402/4 6,634,409 | 866’40 22,955/635 | 654,99: 14,145,560 | 731,969,965 VENTURA—E. C., Oakland, Cal. San Buena- ventura, which has been abbreviated to Ven- tura, is the county seat of Ventura. It wasin corporated asa town in 1866, and is situated on elevated land at the mouth of the Ventura River, distant from San Francisco by water 311 miles, by rail 501 miles. It is southeast from San Francisco, on the line of the Ventura division of the S, P. R. R., 28 miles east of Santa Barbara, 50 miles west of Sauzus Station and 83 miles from Los Angeles. Itis distant about 370 miles from Monterey. It hasa pop- ulation of more than 3000, has a number of churches, public schools, banks, an opera house, gas and water works, and several news- apers. There is a stage line from Ventura to Nordhoff and Hueneme. Nordhoff is 15 miles from Ventura. THE WILLOWS LAKE- . H., City. In the very early days there was a lakelet near what was in later days known as “The Willows,” a place of public resort in the vicinity of Twen- tieth and Mission streets. It was moreof a pond than & lake, and it had an outlet in what was called “Mission Creek.” The spot is marked on a map by La Perouse, who landed in Monterey in 1786 with an exploring ex- dition, and who, reaching the old Mission olores, made a map of the country around the Mission. On his map, which is in the Odd Fellows’ Library, this small body of water is setdown as ““La Laguna de Los Dolores.” On the same map what is now calied Mountain Lake is down as “Laguna del Presidio” (Pre- sidio Pond); what was known as ‘‘Washer- woman’s Bay” is down as “Pequena Laguna’ (Little Lagoon); Yerba Buena Island appears as “La Isla del Carmel” (Carmel Island); Fort Point is mark:=a as “La Punta dei Angelde la Guardia” (Point of the Guardian Angel), and Point Pedro is down &s “‘Puntade los Almejos"” (Mussel Point). ‘ Imports. YEAR.~ BEsT peanut taffy in the world. Townsend's.* B e WD CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ 1b. Townsend’s® e e e SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ————— One of the most successful mining men ot Colorado is said to be Count James Portales, a member of & famous old German nobic family, who has been in the West about twelve years. He is a skilled metallurgist. Take the Northern Pacific to All Polnts East. 1t you are going East call at 638 Market street, San Francisco, and get our fignres. Finest service in the Northwest. All trains vestibuled and equipped with dining-cars. upholstered tourist cars and elegant Pullman sleepers. Through sleepers once a week. T. K. Stateler, agent. — e “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap' Has been used over 50 years by millions of mothers for their ehildren white Teething with perfect suc- cess. It s00thes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Drag- Kists in every par: of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 23¢ & bottle. ————— CoroNaDO.—Atmosphere s perfectly dry, sofs and mild, being eutirely free from the mists com- mon further nor'h. Round-trip tickets, by sieam- ship, inciual fifteen days’ board a: the Hotel dal Coronado, $60; .onger stay $2 50 perday. Apply 4 New Montgomery st. San Francisco. —————— “So that is Hades,” mused the wraith of the funny man. “Ah, yes, I have several warm triends there.” At the moment Charon had his hands full with the helm, else there is no telling what might have happened.—Detroit News-Tribune. e e—— NEW TO-DAY. What’s an outing for if not comfort, rest and fun? This lounging-chair will help you get it. Costs half what it did last year—just as good and rest- ful as ever. $4.75 while they last., Want one? Buy it now— we'll keep it for you. Made of bamboo and rat- tan--tough--strong--springy; lasts for years. Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY . P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street. “Elfin” - Qz;tchcs The smallest made in this coun- « try — beautiful in shape and size. Ideal watches for ladies. Plain gold and silver or richly designed and enameled cases. Every one guaranteed. . , Bargains this week at our new office e e [he Waterbury mins Builang. _ Watch Co AR ‘The most certain and safe Pain Remedy. Instantly relieves and soon cures all Colds, Hoarseness, Sore ‘Throat, Brouchitis, Congestions and Inflamma- 50c per botsle. Kold by Druggists