The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1896, Page 6

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BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 713 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. &W. corner Sixteenth and Misslon streets; open entll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 118 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OQAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: 24 Park Row, New York CIty. FOLTZ, Special Agent. Maln—-1874 MAY 27, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Qccasionally our climate is tropical. These are the days that prepare us for St. Louis. Get yourself enrolled in s Republican club and be & good citizen. It seems to be no trouble at all for the prairie States to catch their wind. Will she guess it? Yes, she will guess it—and find there is nothing in it. Fortunately we will not have the trans. fer nuisance to sweat over much longer. Attt Aty After this the Czar feels very nearly as big as Grover Cleveland thinks himseif, People going East this season should take along some kind of anti-cyclone pill, 1f this weather continues the next step in dress reform will be a shirt waist for men. ‘Where Tue Carn leads our contempo- raries follow, but they do not always keep step. Don’t forget that Decoration day was set apart for patriotic observances and not for casual frolics. ‘We now begin to understand the value of those ocean winds that we complain of on ordinary days. So long as the hot spell lasts we will be in touch with the Easterners and under- stand their feelin; < In this campaign the Republican party will be the only unit in the count; all the rest will be fractions. At last the sugar bounties are to be paid by decision of the Rupreme Court and Mr. Bowler will be a howler, The man on top of. a Democratic faction is in about the same position as a man on top of a barbed-wire fence. If there is a spot on tae globe where the British lion can lie down ana take a rest he wonld like to know where it is. There are as many thorns as jewels in the Russian crown, and while the people cannot see them the Czar feels them. If this should turn out to be an earth- quake breeder let us hope it will give the weather bureau the needed shake-up. We thought Tillman was haymaking, but we learn from his badge that he is using his pitchfork to impale goldbugs. There is a silver wing to the Democratic party and there isa gold wing, as we all know, but where is the head of the bird? A journalistic kite that cannot fly with- out a lot of fakes tied to its tail is evi- dently very badly balanced in its make-up. Republican volitics this year appeals to the homes and firesides of the people, and the heait of every workingman will re- spond to it. : An extra session of Congress after both National conventions are held would fill the political pot so full that no one conld put the lid on. If all the plots reported to be on foot in the Transvaal are true, the history of that country for the next ten years will read like a dime novel. 1f the proposed carnival of the Golden Gate is to be a success, the committee in charge must be made broad enongh to give all the people a show. When young Napoleon wentto South Afnica to die he did not know that he was putting the Napoleonic luster on the future battlefields of Enrope. If a little country like Mexico can make a good profit out of the free coinage of sil- ver, why could not a big Nation like ours handle it with success? ‘We wish reciprocity witk the free silver countries to the south of us, and therefore ought to have free silver ourselves in order to trade with them on equal terms. The workinemen of every branch of American industry should organize them- selves into Republican clubs. This is go- ing to be a campaign for their benefit, The Czar of Russia may not be strong enough to keep the peace, but if a warever breaks upWestern Europe he will be strong enough to keep a good many of the pieces. It seems agreed on both sides that the Democratic. convention will split. Each wing will go off to itself and the body of the party will be left in a hole in the ground. ey g Local Democratic bosses had better ar- range a check system for those who wish to transfer from one faction to another, so that irresponsible fellows may be pre- vented from riding with both factions on one fare. The voices of the Republican press are unanimous in approving the selection of the State Executive Committee of the party. There was one squeal at first, but the voice of the squealer has been squelched. ON A SILVER BASIS. The British Minister to Mexico, Sir Henry Dering, who is visiting San Fran- cisco, explains in & few words how it is that the republic of Mexico is prosperous. Sitver is the money ot the country. All the business is transacted with silver dol- lars, and when any other nation wants Mexican products gola is' received for them. This brings plenty of gold into the country to pay interest on bonds and other obligations where gold is specified. By this method the currency of the people is stable and uniform, and in volume it is fully equal to all demands. Of course Wall street would declare that kind of financiering idiotic to the last extreme, but since the proof of the pudding is tound in chewing the pudding itself, and since, too, Mexico is prosperous, every line of industry, commerce, mining and agri- culture beingin & healthy condition and steadily expanding, it would seem that Wall street and all the rest of the United States could not do better than absorb some of Mexico's knowledge of the science of finance, Minister Dering.gives itvas his opwion that Mexico will continue to be prosper- ous 20 long as she holds on to ber present monetary system, and he adds to the full extent that diplomatic etiquette allows that just such a system is needed in the United States to broaden and deepen our avenues of commercial operation. But Sir Henry no more than voices the belief of the great producing class of this as well as of his own mother country. It isan unde- niable fact that practically all people of England, Germany and the United States who are not speculators in money fluctu- ations, money-lenders or bond brokers, and their political strikers, are decidedly for the most liberal coinage possible of silver, and when such a statesman as Sir Henry Dering not only indorses the monetary system of Mexico, but points to the pros- perous and strongly entrenched position of the various lines of business in that country to bear him witness of the truth of what he is saying, it would seem that there is very much more evidence 8f Iu- nacy in Wall street than among those who develop the ccuntry’s resounrces, Perhaps the most absurd and illogical argument of the goldites is, that if you melt a $10 gold piece its commodity value is still $10, and that ten silver dollars melted are worth aboit $5 as commodity. Of course, that is so. Would any one be fool enough to sell his 258 grains of standard gold for less than $10, when he could carry it to the mint and have it coined into $10 without expense? Is that not why standard gold bullion is of equal value with the same gquantity coined? Would 412}¢ grains of standard silver have a commercial value of only 50 cents, if its owner had the privilege of takingittoa mint and having it coined without expense to himself into $1? Does not the coin value of silver and gold fix their com- modity value? A Mexican silver dollar may be meltea, but it retains its value of $1 because its owner can take it to the mint and bave it coined into $1 free ot charge. Therefore, what is it that makes metallic money ‘“honest money’’? Why, simply giving it the privileges of the mint. Nothing more nor less. As we have said, the reason why 258 grains of standard gold is worth $10 is because the Government will stamp “Ten Dollars” upon it and make it a legal tender for that number of dollars. Now, all that the advocates of bimetallism ask is that the same privilege be given to 412)¢ grains of standard silver that is given to 258-10 grains of standard gold. Then the whole problem of bimetal- lic money will bave been solved. THE PURPOSE OF TRUSTS. Industrial trusts and railway combines are condemned by all good people, as they should be, and in this connection it is well to remark that one of the conspicuous fea- tures of Cleveland’s administration is his disinclination to disturb the trusts in their raids upon the pocketbooks of the people. Tt is said by some that it is impossible to prevent the formation of pools, combines and trusts, but to admit tbat is to admit & weakness in our system of government which was not supposed to exist. The in- centive which brings inaividnal corpora- ticns together in singleness of desire is greed, and the ultimate purpose is to cheapen production and increase prices so as'to secure a wider margin of profit. A trust is a combination of kirfdred interests to so control the process and output of production that all agencies will be obliged to contribute much of what should be their share for the part they play. But there are trusts and combines other than those which control manufacture and transportation, and it may be said that they are far more injurions to the health of the body politic than indus- trial and railway combines. We re- fer 1o political combines between party bosses for the control of public offices, municipal improvement contracts and the expenditure of the public’s money. Combines of this kind seek to secure a mortgage on the electoral freedom of the people by secret combines which put a price upon political preferment, FEvery city has more or less of these combines. The members of them have no-other nor do they want any other means of support. The industrial trust assesses all who labor for it and all who consume its prod- uct. The political trust assesses candi- dates all the way from before the primary up to and through the convention and on 10 the closing of the polls on election day. Failure to pay the assessments means failure of the trust to deliver the votes agreed upon. But it is the taxpayers who finally foot the bills. The Democratic party created the political trust in 1852, when Franklin Pierce was candidate for President, and if other party bosses have since employed the same kind of methods it was taught to them by Democrats who had deserted their own party. But, any- way, the political trust has come to be a power and a dangerous influence in the life of the Nation, and to the utter destruc- tion of which combme every good citizen should feel it his duty to lend a hand. —_— THE SUGAR BOUNTY. —_—— The decision of the Supreme Court in the sugar-bounty cases atfirms the validity of the law and obliges Comptroller Bowler to obey it. The amount due sugar-pro- ducers is, in round numbers, $6,100,000, and the amount of the appropriation $5,- 250,000, but most likely Congress will not hesitate to provide for the deficiency if it can be shown that'all the claims are valid. There should never have been any hesi- tation on the part of the Government to settle these bills, and, in fact, had Comp- troller Bowler not overestimated the au- thority that his office confers upon bim there would have been no cause for litiga- tion. ' The Wilson-Gorman bill ‘did not in- tend to abrogate contracts made under the law it repealed, but the Comptroller thought otherwise, and refused to sign vouchers for the payment of the bounty earned before the new act tock effect. One.of the peculiarities of the law creat- ing the office of Comptrolier makes his rulings superior to the Secretary of the Treasury or the President. When Presi- dent Harrison was asked to order his THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1896. Comptroller to approve certain claims, | against the competing product of the which the treasury had allowed and the Auditor had made a record of, he surprisea his petitioners by telling them that he had no authority to oblige the Comptroller to approve or disapprove anything. Mr. Har- rison then said tha: under the law it was the'business of the Comptroller to verify all bills payable; that no one had suthority to overrule his conclusions as to the cor- rectness of his objections to paying given claims, and that the only way bimself or the Secretary of the Treasury could pro- tect an honest claimant was to remove the Comptroller for cause when he refused to do what s superiors thought he should do. But Mr. Bowler did not set up the plea that the sugar-bounty bills had not been properly rendered and vouchered. He as- sumed the right to pass upon the consti- tutionality of the law, and because he made up his mind that the laAw was in op- position to the constitution he refused to let a single one of the sugar-bounty claims pass through his office. It was because he turned himseif into a court of law rather than because he exercised the authority of his office that he was cited before the Supreme Court. The only thing now left him to do to hinder payment of the bounty is to discover clerical mistakes in the figures of the auditor’s or the treasury’'s bookkeeper, bui he is not likely to at- tempt anything of that sort, and thesugar- producers may rely upon receiving the sums due them. FOR TERRITORIAL CONQUEST. Between denunciation of England by the press and the Colonial Society of Ger- many and England’s determination to not only hold on to her possessicns in South Africa but to acquire more, an armed con- flict between the two nations may resuit. It would be a mistake to suppose that either Germany or Great Britain is actu- ated by a desire to better the material in- terests of the people of Southwestern Africa. Both are aiming at territorial acquititions and the extension of their political power. That the German Colo- nial party is squarely backed by the Gov- ernment and all factions no one doubts. The Reichstag did not hesitate to grant the Government a credit of 2,000,000 marks to equip and maintain additional troops for the German military forces now in South Africa. The bill granting the credit men- tioned that it was for the purpose of hav- ing an ample force to suppress any upris- ing of the natives, but it was, in fact, to be better prepared for any emergency that might arise in Germauny’s effort to get ahead of England in the race for more ter- ritory. The feeling of the Germans is distinctly shown in their criticism of President Kru- ger showing so much magnanimity toward the men who were captured inthe invasion by the Johannesburg so-called*army of re- form. On theother hand, the British Colo- nial Secreiary, Joseph Chamberlain, is ag- gressively vehement in his denunciation of Kruger's Government for 1ts vindictive treatment of the invaders. It is hard to see how Germany and England can help resorting to arms otherwise than by agree- ing upon a division of the South Africa country, but that would be difficult, for the question of who should have the lion’s share wou!d be a knotty one. It will be observed that the people of South Africa are not to be consulted, but overrun and thrashed into obedience. President Kruger knew very well’ what Germany meant by offering to sustain the neutrality of the Transvaal Republic. He knew it meant & manufactured opportu- nity to send German troops that, when once there in force, will never vacate. Great Britain has quit playing diplomacy in the affawr, and proclaims what she wants and what she will have—because it is her due. The affair is now quite mixed up as between England and Germany, but it is the people and their native and nat- ural rights that are between the nether and upper millstones of these territory- seeking nations. FOR WORK AND WAGES. The coming campaign is to be a contest for American industry against foreign competition. The Republican party will seek a return to power in order that it may re-enact the protective system that is es- sential to our prosperity. In its last analysis, therefore, it will be a business rather than a political canvass. It will be carried on for the benefit of in- dustry and trade; it will mean work and wages, and its issues will affect the home and the fireside, as well as the Nation. The objects for which the canvass is to be conducted by the Republicans renders itin a special sense a workingmen’s cam- paign. This fact should be emphasized at every stage of the contest. Every branch of industry that has been injured and de- pressed by the Democratic tariff ought to organize a Republican club to take part in the canvass. Such clubs of workingmen parading in torchlight processions would have a marked effect upon the popular mind, and would do much to remind the country how widespread have been the disasters caused by Clevelandism. It is not too much to say that every great industry of California from wool to fruit has suffered from the Democratic tariff. In this State a workingman’s cam- paign would be virtually a clean sweep for the Republican party. That, therefore, is the campaign that shouid be organized. Men who wish work and wages should get into line for patriotism, protection and prosperity. THE WEEKLY OALL. The sixteen pages of THE WEEKLY CALL are filled with news from home anda abroad, though California news is always given the preference. It is also a com- pendium of all that is new in the realms of art, science and literature, and always contains special articles from topics of the day. In order that readers may be en- abled to view questions from different points, letters from the people, without regard or creed or political affiliations, are admitted, treating of prevailing customs and conditions. Tue WEEkLY Cart, as well as the Daily, speaks for all. It ap- pears to-day and will be found interesting to all'who wish & summary of the week’s news. AND TEXAS, T00. Texas is driving ahead in the direction of protection ata rate that will put her squarely in the Republican column of 1900, An immense quantity of iron is to be had in Eastern Texas, and coal and limestone in plenty. There isno reason why there should not be furnaces, foundries, iron- mills, nailmills and every other kind of mills that work iron up into mer- chantable products established where the iron ore deposits are, and all th things suggest to the enterprising Fort Worth Gazette the importance of es. tablishing broom factories, canning fac- tories, knitting mills and every other known industry, as Texas can supply the raw material for all the needs of man, But how can sll this be accomplished with profit unless the Galveston and all other barbors in and out of Texas are guarded pauper labor of Europe ? Texas is not quite ready to go over to the protection party, but her business men are free to admit that the vast re- sources of the State cannot be developed in the face of a competition that would make their development 2 money-losing process. But now that the belief is enter- tained pretty generally that Texas could be made one of the leading manufactur- ing States, it is reasonable to suppose that public opi nion will drift in the direc- tion of an appreciation of the need of pro- tection as the foundation for all the fur- naces, foundries and mills the people are longing for. Itwould bea curious thing to see Texas return Republican electors, but she certainly is considering the matter very seriously. PERSONAL. Silas Code of Sacramento is at the Lick. Dr.J. C. Swartz of San Jose is in the City. Dr. R. Rudolf of England is at the Palace. R. K. Shelton of Arizona is among the recent arrivals here. G. W. King and wife of Fresno are at the Cosmopolitan. Thomas A. Kech of Orange, N. here yesterday, A. N. Kettleman, & fruit-grower of Mountain View, is in town. W. T. Snyder, a hotel proprietor of Santa Rosa, is in town. County Surveyor Preston R. Davisof Santa Rosa is at the Russ. G. F. Geil, the banker, of Salinas, was among yesterday’s arrivals. A. Spencer of Townsville, Queensland, rived here yesterday. Louis A. Sage, the late ownerof Congress Springs, is at the Lick, N. B. McKinney, & business man of Susan- ville, is on & visit here. W. Richardson, a lumber manufacturer of Truckee, is at the Russ. J. A. Cooper, the attorney, of Ukiah, has ar- rived here on & brief trip. W. E. Schricker, a business man of La Con- ner; Wash., is at the Occidental. Scott Ford, a capitalist of Salt Lake,is a guest at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A. C, Hamilton, the mining superintendent, ©of Gold Hill, Nev., is at the Palace. George A. Smith, an extensive land-owner aud fruit-grower of Courtland, is in town, George Robb of Los Angeles, a grape-grower and manufacturer of wine, is at the Russ. W. F. Hamilton, a business man of Helena, Mont., 1s in the City, accompanied by Mrs. Hamilton. Mrs. Dr. E. Maldonado of Mazatlan arrived hers by the Orizaba yesterdsy and is &t the Occidental. L. H. Frankenthal, the merchant, of Stock- ton, is in the City on a business trip. He is at the Grand. Thomas Hammill, s wealthy cattle-raiser of Sonora, is staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel with his family. Fred E. Wadsworth, eashier of one of the benks at Yreka, is at the Grand. He is one of the best-known residents of Siskiyou County. Starter Ferguson of the Ingleside and Bay District tracks will leave to-day for the East to renew his connection with the circuits there during the season. E. R. Cleveland, one of the owners of the Los Angeles Express, isat the Palace, accom- panied by Mrs. Cleveland and Miss Alice S. Cleveland of Cleveland, Ohio. R. B. Markle of Fort Bragg, who owns gold properties twelve miles from Sitka and fifty- iive miles from Juneau and who has been here from Alaska since March, will sail on the Umatilla on Friday to push the work on his mines. “The exact location of the property,” said he last night, “is at Hunters Bay, Ad- miralty Island.. We have a ten-stamp mill running there and have worked from thirty- five to forty men all winter. We have a num- ber of ledges there, and in all have twenty- one claims.” CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 26.—At the Plaza, Mr. and Mrs. Whittett; St. Cloud, Miss Harris; Everett, Mrs. J. J. Valentine; Netherlands, J. Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Johnson; I perial, J. Malowsausky, Miss Malowausk; Grand Union, M. A. Rodman; Park Avenue, H. M. Sherman; New Amsterdam, C. E. Thomas. Sailed per steamship New York for Southampton, S. Kousakahl, Mr. and Mrs, Victor Murray, F. A. Nettleton, Dr. Pasqus, Mr. Pohlutha, C. Waterhouse. “THE CALL” LEADS. Ventura Independent. ‘Woman suffrage 1s not the only item of pub- lic interest which THE CALL has forced less en- terprising journals 1o recogniz TO BE COMMENDED. Rediands Citrograph. The San Bernardino Sun classes John D. Spreckels as & political “boss.” He does not give us any such impression. He seems to as- pire to bes “leader,” which is entirely differ- ent from a “boss.” “Leaders” we must have if we would accomplish anything, but “bosses” are odius, Mr. Spreckels has downed the cor- xu%whum bosses of San Fi to rrived rancisco, and is commended for his good work in that Tespect. THE SINGLE TAX. San Francisco Star. THE CALL was the first San Francisco daily to give the single-taxers any hearing at all. Now comes the Examiner once & week with a single-tax department, ably edited by Hon. Joseph Ieggett, It's an encouragiug sign ‘when the daily press takes up a cause. Itdoes not prove that the cause just, butit does prove that it is becoming popular. When inere were less than a hundred single-taxers in the whole State, the Star stood alone. Now that there are thousands, it has plenty com- pany. Good! GIRL'S DRESS WITH POINTED YOKE A graceful gown of figured mohair of a pretty shade of dark blue is shown here. The yoke and cuffs are of creamy lace over white taffetas. Another gown made after thesame model was of dotted lawn with yoke and cuffs of embroidery. A flax-colored batiste had yoke and cuffs of the same embroidered in white. A white rib- bon collar was worn with this. A dress of mixed brown cheviot had yoke and cuffs of plain grass-gréen taffotas with rvtz"o! Darrow brown h‘r:.id almost cover- dress of blue cambric had trimmings of ‘white embroi . A stri) ink and white gin mm%na mexwhlm W] White lace was The thoh:k.‘mh“ ® fitted lining and fastens in AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. Herbert Meister of Frankfort-on-thes Main, who manufactures anti-pyrine and anti- toxine for fever ana diphtheria in enormous quantiues, is at the Palace. Dr. Meister is accompanied by Dr. Robert Pschotr, son of the world-famed brewer of Munich, who died some two years ago. The gentlemen are traveling for pleasure. They left Frankfort on March 24 last and have Siuce seen the big eities of the East. They have also nad some experiences in the West that were fraught with interest, for they were at Cripple Creek at the time of the great fire there, The sights they saw in connection with the hurried removel of women and children and the transfer of goods were to them very strange. Dr. Meister employs 3000 men in his great anti-pyrine and anti-toxine factory. Itisat Dr. Herbert Meister, of the Cabinet. Itis his favorite game, and, aside from walking, which he indulges in every afternoon after leaving his office, his chief, exercise. One of the favorite maxims of the late Arsene Houssaye, the famous French critic, was & quo- tation from Pythagoras: “Hold thy peace or say something which is better than silence.” This he had inscribed over the door of his house. By the death in Paris of the Duc ae Vicence, at the age of 81, the dukedom becomes extinct, and with it the family of De Caulaincourt in the male line. The deceased was the son of Napoleon’s Embassador at the coust of Russia from 1807 to the beginning of the French in- vasion. The Marchioness of Drogheda, whose death is announced, was a leader of fashion in her day. She was the only peeress frequenting re- the Millionaire Manufacturer of Antitoxine, Who Is Now Here. [Sketched from life by a “ Call ™ artist.] Hoechst, on the Main, a suburbof Frankfort, and nearly the whole population work for him. “The anti-pyrine is & cure for fever, as the anti-toxine is a cure for diphtheria,” said Dr. Meister. “I am not myself a doctor of medi- cine, but a doctor of chemistry. However, these remedies are cures, as haslately been demonstrated. I count a great era in medical science when these remedies were discovered. “No one can tell the good that will result throughout the world. We also manufacture dye-stuffs anda other things, besides the anti- pyrine and anti-toxine. “We have been much interested in viewing the United States. Since reaching California we have visited Riverside, Los Angeles, Yo- semite and Monterey, and we will next see Hawaii, Chi Japan, India, Cape Town and the Transvaal.” These gentlemen will sail to-morrow on the Moncwai. Colonel John S. Mosby, the noted guerrilla leader during the war, afterward Consul to Hongkong under President Grant, has been quite i1l at the Hotel Imperial, on Sutter street, for two weeks past. Colonel Mosby, while on a visit to Washing- ton over & year ago, was stricken very ill with the grip. He was conflned to his bed for sev- eral weeks, and as will be remembered by the dispatches was in a dangerous condition. He recovered finally and returned here, looking pale after his long siege. This illness seems to have not been totally eradicated, and was probably the cause of his recent sickness here. He is considerably bet- ter now, however, and his friends hope that he will soon be able to be out again and meet his old friends, who have for some time missed him. Colonel Mosby’s famous 1orays in the valleys of the Rappabannock, Rapidan and in other places in the Virginias made him for a long tinte the most-talked-about man in the country. ¥ When Lee surrendered at Appomatox snd ‘word was sent to Mosby that the war was over, and to come in and throw down his arms, he said he didu’t care if Lee had surrendered, he hadn’t. He keptup his forays till the frolick- some deeds of Colonel Mosby began to impress General Grant very seriously. Finally, however, Mosby gave up fighting of bis own accord and came into camp. He got to be such & great friend of the “silent man on, horseback” that Grant sent him as Minister to China. This close friendship was maintained to the time of Grant’s death. Dr, Tirrell has been in attendance on Colonel Mosby. Itisstated that the colonel’s present eilment is appendicitis. He has been alter- nately better and worse for several days. Last night the colonel sent out word that he was getting along very slowly. There were many inquiries in regard to his condition yesterday. His son and two or three daughters have for some years been living in Washington, D. C, A few years ago his son was here, and re- malned with him for sbout a year and then went to Washington. —_— A SILVERY SONG. silver here, and allver there— It's silver, silver. everywhere; It's silver that is sate and sound— I's silver that makes the world go round. Cling! Cling! The d ring! ‘They warm the winter, cool the spring! 1t's sfiver here, it's silver there— The sunsbine silvers through the alr; Down in the valley, on the hill, 1v's silver, silver, silyer still! Cling! Cling! The dollars ring! They warm the winter. cool the spring ! —FRANK STANTON in Atlanta et a3 Constitution, ‘PEOPLE WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT. Queen Victoria nasa marked preference for gray horses,and throughout her holiday on the Riviera a magnificent pairof this color have been in almost daily use. Baron Clemens von Ketteler, Counselor and First Secretary of the German Embasay, who has long been popular in Washington soclety, bas been appointed German Minister to Mexico, Zols refreshes himself by inspecting and superintending his properiy and workmen. He is thorougnly happy in the midst of brick and mortar, and enjoys nothing more than the eound of hammers, “‘Oulda’s” hands and feet are said to be per- fect in shape and proportion. To keep her feet from being contorted by unnatural pres- sure on the bones, she always wears, summer and winter alike, open buckled shoes. The Secretary of State, Mr. Olney, is said to be the best tennis player among the members | ceptions in Dublin Castle who resolutely and consistently refused to allow herself to be kissed by a Lord Lieutenant at the Viceregal drawing-room reception. ALONG THE SKIRMISH LINE. Mr. MeKinley’s record furnishes -a satisfac- tory answer to all questioaers who care to read it.—New York Press. Unfortunately for the other candidates, Mc- Kinley pre-empted the oniy Mark Hanna in the country.—Baltimore Herala. Reed has again become humorous. The poli- tician who turns humorist turns his back on the Presidency.—St. Louis Republic. Possibly the Democratie party intends to go before the country this year on the strength of a few things it didn’t do.—New York Press. Speaker Reed’s epigrammatic “Huh,” when asked if he would take the nomination for Vice-President, promises to become historical. —Athol Transeript. McKinley has never said: *T am for & single gola standard.” And that is why the New York goldbugs are getting up in the night to groan.—Wichita Eagle. Ex-President Harrison isn’t bothering about the St. Lonis convention. He and his bride have gone to finish out their honeymoon in the Adirondacks.—Minneapolis Tribune. We take it upon ourselves to nominate the Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed of Maine for the Vice-Presidency. He needs no introduction to the American people, nor do the American people need any introduction to him.—Cinein- nati Commercial Gazette. ©Of course it is possible that McKinley may be nominated, but the outlook still favors the field, and we believe that the field favors Alli- son for second choice. Therefore the Allison men ar2 standing firm, and the field cannot be deceived by Grosvenor’s false figures or by the New York Tribune's padded list of delegates which, with all of its padding, E". McKinley only 411 votes—44 votes less a majority, —Des Moines Register. — e SMILE AND KEEP COOL. Bilzim—-I've found one good way to get around the high-hat nuisance when I go to the thester. Jabzin—You have? Let’s hear it. Bilzim—Why, buy a seat in the front row, olA course.—~Roxbury Gazette. “I presume you carry & memento of some sort in that locket of yours " h'{Pl;echsely; it is a lock of my husband’s air.” “But your husband is still alive.” ““Yes, 8ir; but his hair is all gone,"—Tit Bits. Mr. Bullion (severely)—You say you didn’t come to the office yesterday afternoon because you had to attend a funeral. Who was it that ‘was buried ? Office-boy (with engaging frankness)—The umpire.—Somerville Journal, Undertaker—Here, this won't do; where is the l;uth pallbearer? “He is—er—that is, he is proposing to the widow.”—Life. g S S ————— CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ 1b. Townsend's.* ——————— FRESH buttercups, 25¢ & pound. Townsend’s.* ——————— COFFEY'S Collection Company removed to 235 Kearny street. - —— GENUINE eyeglasses, 150, 81)4 Fourth st,, near barber, Sundays, 738 Market (Kastshoe store)* ————————— SPECIAL Information daily to manufacturers, business houses and publie men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allag'n, 510 lhm’(omery. 2 —————a— Commencement at Mills To-Day — A Distinguished Guest. The commencement exercises at Mills Col- lege will take place this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Leave the City on the 12:30 boat and make ao;‘oi lelonmuon at Fraitvale by special train The annual address will . Hallock, D.D.; the ai; I::;'lm At e dmu conferred by mpmumwmwef c"’lg . A rare Plumn for the day will be the resence of the world-renowned basso of, Lon- fizn, Signor Foli, who is on the coast for a few ys, and has consented to sing &t the com- mencement exercises. Those who haye heard his magnificent voice in the Crystai Palace in London or in other Enroru capitals will ap- preciate the compliment of this kindly ser- m .':‘.le ..h s l;reat favorite lh‘r:uhdl oon. He ol be heard again here. » o "“ New York Newspaper Maker The Newspaper Maker is 'in cord with the San Francisco Ou that a newspaper should sell newsjnd not books, bicycles or n should aim to give its readers the their money in fullness of its reprts of trade, politics, society and all the om}d- ing activities of life. If it cannyt give news enough to justify the chargeifmakes 1t should cease to call itself a ne and solicit subscriptions only for i pons and their chances. i The subject, however, hasanother jspect that is too often overlocked. Thgpress stands in almost a confidential relafion to business. The newspaper and the mer- chant are allies. They are of tual helpfulness when each is condu in legitimate channels. When the mws- vaper, however, combines its press wih a junkshop and proceeds to issue cougons by which people can get a cheap so% of books, bicycles or baby carriages at prices far below what good articles can be bld for by men who have a reputation as hon- est merchants to maintain, then the pres, instead of being the ally, becomes the loe of the merchant. Instead of building up tradeit tends tode- moralize it, and not infrequently seriously injures business by mtroducing inf:o a community an overstock of cheap articles of one kind or another that prevents the eales of the merchant. 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