The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1896, Page 22

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrler..§0.15 Daily and Sunday CArL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Daily snd Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 | Daily snd Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 | Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. Sunday CALL, one year, by mail WXEKLY CALL, O year, by mai THE SUMMER MONTHS. | Are you going to the country on & vacation? It #0, it is no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss yon for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, | San Francisco, California. Telephone. ..Main-186% EDITORIAL. ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. BRANCH OFFICES : 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. Hayer street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 3 Larkis street: open until 9:30 o'clock. &W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open nntil 9 0'cloek. 118 Ninth street; open until § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. SASTERN OFFICE: Row, New York Citps .65 | 1.50 150 Telephone Main—1874 MAY 31, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. e e e . It is once more appropriate to brag of our climate. It looks as if Blanther would soon be & back number. We can now begin talking about the Glorious Fourth. Because St. Louis does not ask for help is no reason why San Francisco shonld not | give it. . Yesterday we honored the heroic dead and to-day once more we recall their memory. ‘What we really need is not more money for street work, but more street work for the money. When law ceases to reform a commu- nity, it is time for the community to re- form the law. | Orators at the St. Louis convention will make no reference o sweeping the country like a cyclone. In vetoing the river and harbor bill, | Cleveland has given another proot of his devotion to Clevelandism. ‘With all its vigor a cyclone never makes aclean sweep. It only musses things up and scatters rubbish around. Tnoere is still enongh of St. Louis left to hold the National Republican Convention and she will do it in good shape. Send TaE Carn to your Eastern friends and let them learn the advantage of mak- ing their homes on this side of the Rockies. Surely we may rejoice in our climate and be glad to live where the sun does not kill, | nor the wind mark its pathway with de- | struction, | Once more we remind our Eastern friends that there is abundant room in California | for them, out of reach of winter blizzards or spring cyclones. 1t is, of conrse, a Republican year, but the weather has succeeded in playing a good many Democratic pranks in various parts of the country. Unless the law interposes with a prompier justice, the criminal element of California may grow to be as destructive as an Eastern cyclone. Wherever you go this summer, you will | need THE CALL 8s a daily companion to keep yourself posted on local news and the movements of your friends. There will be soon nothing left of De- mocracy but the name, and judging from the kind of names the leaders are now calling one another even that will be a bad -one. The young and vigorous West should certainly be able to prosecute a criminal with as much force and effect as an old, effete, precedent-ridden country like Eng- land. After the mental excitement caused by the crimes and disasters of the past week the sermons of to-day will come like strains of sacred music restoring to the public mind calmness and peace. The racket among the Democrats of Alameda County has produced such con- fusion it is impossible to say which faction has got most of its Irish up, and which is most noisily raising its Foote to kick. As the cyclone-breeding winds of the Mississippi Valley seem to have their ori- ginin the heated arid regions every blast tbey blow is another argument for the speedy adoption of a system of irrigation on a large scale. — In the reports from St. Louis the United Press again showed its superiority over the Associated Pressin both fullness and accuracy of information, and thus another illustration was given of the advantage of taking THE CaLr, ‘We are promised thatin the glasswork of the dome of the City Hall we are at last to have something in the buildiag to be proud of, and in that promise we may re- joice for a while, but don’t bet on it. Bet- ting is & bad practice. e In speaking for all Tue CaLn may at times offend some who wish to hear only one side, but never any who wish to know all that. is going on in the world and feel capable of judging for themselves the merit of any and every cause. St. Louis announces she can take care of her stricken people without aid from other cities. That is the American way. Self- help is the motto of usall, We can sym- pathize not only with those of St. Louis who have suffered by the storm, but with those who promptly have stepped forward to help them, without asking others for assistance in the work. L g * The fearful disasters caused by the cyclones have distracted attention from the forest fires east of the Alleghanies, but these have nevertheless been both exten- sive and destructive. They have occurred all the way from Virginia to Massachu- setts, and in the latter State have de- stroyed many historic landmarks, incl ing the summer home of Longfellow, near Nahant. THE SURVIVING VETERANS. The thoroughness with which Memorial day was celebrated in all sections of the coun try yesterday is an evidence of the hold which the significance oi the day has taken upon the minds of the people. Itis no longer questionable whether or not the celebration of the day will survive the Grand Army that established it. It has become recognized as one of the solemn pceremonial days of the Republic and as such will be honored as long as the Repub- lic endures. At the present time the surviving veter- ans of the Grand Army of the Republic are the most conspicuous feature in every celebration of the day. They determine all the details of the proceedings and or- der the course of every exercise of the cere- mony. Itisright and proper that they should do this, and it is with a feeling of sadness that the loyal citizen looks for- ward to the time when the survivors of the veterans shall be too few and too weak with old age to conduct the observances of the solemn ceremony. When that time comes we may be sure that some fit way will be found to celeprate the day and keep the memory of the Grand Army hon- ored in the public mind. In the mean- time we have these veterans with us and our thoughts should be not only how to honor the dead but how to show due re- gard for the welfare of those who are yet alive. As the years passthe survivors of the armies that maintained the Republic for our benefit grow weaker and less fitted to engage successfully in the hard strugele for existence. Nota few of them despite their industry and economy have been by an adverse fortune baffied in theirattempts to acquire a competency. These men see old age approsching with a fear they never felt at the oncoming of the hosts of Lee or Johnson. That fear it should be the duty of the Republic to banish. These men gave their property and offered their lives that the Union might live. Is it any more than just that out of its abounding wealth the Union should see to it now that they live out their remaining years in peace and honor? A pension toa veteran of the war that saved the Nation is an honor not only to the hero who receives it asa reward of patriotism and valor, but also to the peo- vle who confer it. No country save Amer- ica has established a day for the people to commemorate the deeds and decorate the graves of the hercicdead. That fact counts in our honor. It isequally to our honor that no people Lhave ever been so liberal in vensions to veterans. We have thus done well so far 1n the fulfillment of the duty loyalty imposes upon us. More, however, remains to bedone. The carper and sneerer at honorable pensions must be silenced. We must raise curselves as a people to that height of patriotism which will loy- ally guard the old age and the weakness of every veteran and guarantee him comfort for his declining years and the reverence of the youth of the land. AN EPIDEMIO OF ORIME. An epidemic of crime has a hold upon this community, and the community is not wholly blameless for it. Not that the public would or does purposely encourage crime, but it is apathetic. Doubtless, too, the courts do not intentionally impeae the aaminfStration of law, but they do. At least they permit the process of inflicting punishment to be impeded by absurd technicalities until the public has lost in- terest, when the culprit, if not acquitted, is let off with a degree of punishment that is little better than a farce. Itis the fact that one, especially one with money, may boldly commit almost any kind of a crime with reasonable assur- ance that his punishment will be light, if be is punished at all. That under such conditions crime is fostered there can be no doubt whatever, and that the public is in a measure responsiole for such condi- tions cannot be denied. ‘When courts permit the letter of the law to prevail and allow the spirit and real purpose of it to be trampled under foot they invite the commission of crime, and if they do not incur the indignation of an outraged community the machinery of justice goes on assuring criminals that loopholes may be found everywhere through which escape is not at all difficult. “The law’s delay” is the premium which the law gives to the criminal, but it is not the fauit of the law itself but of those who administer it that its op- eration is delayed, obstructed ana finally made of no avail. The will of the people is the supreme law, and whether publicly expressed or not, the courts should understand that they trample upon law, order and justice and invite the commission of crime con+ trary to the will of the people and to the injury of society when they permit the law to be handicapped by technicalities, or trickery, which isa better word. Criminals should be made to know that the law is able and determined to permit no shilly-shallying or dilly-dallying; that swift and ample punishment shall follow close npon the heels of crime, and that the hours between the apprehension of the criminal and the vengeance of the law are short. 2 POLITIOS AND POLITIOCS. Politics means the science as well as the art of government, and government is for the enlargement and protection of such agencies as shall aid its people to ascend to higher and wider levels of individual freedom. Theoreticaily, politics aimsat a condition of society which puts no re- straint upon the conduct of its members except the one of careful observance of the rights of others; but meanwhile it is in- cumbent upon every one to participate in all the public efforts of the people to resist the introduction of theories of govern- ment that are calculated to establish an aristocracy on the basis of material wealth. True aristocracy is based upon true pa- triotism, and true patriotism is watchful- ness lest something impede the upward march of the people. The greatest man in a community is he who is most solicitous in thought and deed for the advancement of all the people in the difection cf ethical culture and love of right and justice. Practical politics means, generally speaking, a government resting upon trickery, the spoils of office and the con- centration of the money supplies in the bands of a few. Practical politics means graded political bosses from the ward on up to those who prepare declarations of vrinciples for the purpose of casting them aside when they have served the purpose of gulling the people. But while this is true, it 18 true only because the majority its it to be so. x The country is now on the eve of a great political struggle. One party has avowed its opposition to the advancement of our people in ways that lead to ownership of homes by the industrial or labor class by advoeating the withdrawal of all obstacles in the way of the marketing of foreign pauper-made commodities in this coun- try, thus preventing the acquisition of the very agencies which make a peo- ple true and good. That is prac- tical politics, becanse it contemplates holding the people where the boss system is the easiest to enforce; besfdes, nothing would so weaken the hand of practical pol.* tics as the code of ethics which un inde- pendent, prosperous wage-earning people naturally adopt. The man who feels that he is protected and encouraged in his efforts to own his own house is a far better man than he who is apprehensive that his job will be taken away from him by wage- cutting interlopers. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. It has come to this: the country will never again trust the Democratic party. In 1884 there was & suspicion abroad in the land that the Republican party had fallen into the hands of a coterie of pro- fessional politicians who had their own personal interests more at heart than the country’s welfare, but, although Cleveland was elected President, the people took the precaution to protect themselves by re- fusing to let the Democracy have both houses of Congress.. The election of Cleve- land was an experiment, but he was so handicapped by an opposition Congress that he could do nothing but parade him- self as one who only needed full authority 1o show what mighty things he would do for the people. - In 1888 Cleveland was relegated to private life, not so much becanse of anything he had done, but because the old suspicion, that the Democracy could not be trusted, was aroused. But he had his heart set on another term, and himself ana friends, who, it has since transpired, are the worst element of the party, began with great assiduity to give it out that, although Mr. Cleveland was a Democrat, he and his ad- visors were much better than their party; that he cared nothing for the traditions of the “party of Jefferson and Jackson,” and that he was fully abreast of, if not in ad- vance of, the spirit of the times. All dur- ing President Harrison's administration the country was treated to the ‘‘better than his party” song, In 1892 the people concluded to not only reinstate Cleveland in the White House, but tbey would give him a Congress of his owa party, that he might have full and unhampered opportunity to apply the lofty principles of government about which he had said so much. The people were honest and sincere in what they did, although no one could advance a valid reason why a change should be made in the politics of the administration. Well, the change was made and lo the result! Cleveland long ago proved himself very much of a wolf in sheep’s clotning. Scarcely had the echo of his voice died away after taking the oath of office when he and his confreres set themselves to revolutionize and overturn the very basic principles of the economic and financial policy which had swelled the Nation’s wealth from $15,000,000,000 to $70,- 000,000,000 in & little more than a quarter of a century. Not only so, but in three years he has managed to increase the pub- lic debt, principal and interest, over $5i 000,000, besides greatly crippling every in- dustry by allowing Europe to undersell us in our own merkets. It is bard to say whether the misfor- tunes which Clevelend’s administration has created and scattered over the coun- try are attributable to Demooratic inca- pacity oronly in part and part to malicious intent. Certain it is, however, that the material strength of the country has been enormonsly weakened by the business pan- ics which was one of the first fruits of his “better than his party’” policy. But in vetoing the river and harbor bill ,Mr. Cleveland appears to have been guided by the spirit of hatred. It was in no sense a political measure. It was for the better- ment of the harbors and waterways of the | country; for the good of every phase and feature of commerce. It was a National | and not a sectional matter, and from a | business point of view it is impossilie % | see how a reasonable excuse can be given | for refusing improvements that are of sach | vital importance to every one from the most obscure laborer to the most exten- | sive business enterprise. The people of | the United States are not deserving of this | Egyptian-like plague. Buf, fortunately, the end is near, and, moreover, the people | will never again trust the Democratic | party. TRUE CHEVALIERS THEY ARE.| A true knight is every one of toe men of | -proud though stricken St. Louis. Only the noble chevalier could stand amid the | wreck and ruin of such a catastrophe and, in the confidence of his own might, say, “I thank you sincerely, but whom the | god of the winds have visited in his | wrath are mine and mme to care for. Let | me have your sympathy for my stricken, | but of my own store, which is ample, they shall have enough.” Money by the tens of thousands has been offered to St. Louis in sweet charity’s name, and warehouses of food and cloth- ing have been thrown open with hearty invitation to take freely without charge, but with that humility which be- comes true greatness all such offers have been with profound gratitude refused. Here we have a beautiful exemplification of the heroic and sublime character of the citizens of an American city lying in the shadow of a great calamity. Surely the people of St. Louis represent in themselves the fuli fruitage of the spirit of grateful independence which is the heritage of the brave. Not that every American would not like to have contributed something to gladdén the heart of every member of St. Louis’ family, but there is compensation in the refusal of aid in bebolding the lofty char- acter of these our neighbors and friends, HARRITY'S OPINION. Some of the members of the Demo- cratic National Committee are reported to be of the opinion that when a delegate - elect threatens to bolt when the convention declares for certain principles, he is not entitled to a seat at all. Whether this *‘opinion” is given as a prelude.to a forthcoming order fo shut out silverites like Boies, Bland and Tillman, who say they will not be bound by, a single-standard plank, or whether it is simply & scarecrow which the goldbugs havye thrown to the wind, would be hara to say. But, anyway, the Rastern bosses are beginning to see the glaring fact that the majority of the delegates so far elected are not only silverites, but that they in- tend to have the convention commit the party to the free and unlimited coinage of silver with present ratio, even if by so doing the party is split wide open. There never was such an internal com- motion in the Democratic party as now, and since no Democrat possessing a grain of common-sense expects to elect their nominee, it looks very much as if the leaders intended to smash things right and left. The “fight is really between Clevelandism and Democracy, as the rank and file understand Democracy, and no doubt the time has come for the party to engage in a scrapping match which shall’ be confined to its own members. It will b amuse the public, so let the ball open. Despite her stricken homes 8t. Louis did not fail to honor Memorial day, and amid the personal bereavement of her peopie remembered to show a patriotic regard for the memory of the Nation’s defenders. What is ‘True Companionship? The highest expression of the Soulof the Universe where physical environment® arbi- trarily obtains is in true companionship. It is true that humanity is one great indivisible commu ity of individualities, and every one is in some degree responsible for the conduct of life of every other one. But without ever releasing from the obligations which human- ity—wide kinship imposes, there is a divinely appointed relationship which transcends the demands of the ties of consanguinity snd of universal brotherhood. The heart, in%bedience to the law of its own nature in reflecting an attribute of Deity, goes out in search of its other self, so 10 speak, and there is restlessness of tne spirit until con- tentment, which lies in the harmony of kin- dred aspirations, 1s found. However deep and wide the fountain of human affection L flow, its waters return as the rain returns to the sea when their seeking for companionship is not rewarded by full realization. That which stimulates desire for companionship is the same Cause that stands behind natural law, but its highest manifestation is not bound to or by physical substance. Be this understood : companionship gathers happiness from peace and not peace from hap- piness. The incentive behind every human desire and passion, sna for which effort is made, is hope of happiness, but happiness is illusive if it does not come as the harvest of the contentment of peace. Thus, one may think he will secure happiness by avenging & wrong done him, or he may think he will find bappiness in the possession of things obtained contrary to sound and honest commercial us. ages. He will find it, but it will be his lower nature and not the real man; moreover, such happiness, being the offspring of evil inclina. tions and evil acts, is restless under the searching eye of conscience. The compauionship of evil createssnd fur- nishes moral and mental commotion, conse- quently its product is the antithesis of spirit- val peace. Every companionship is the fruit of theintermingling of sympathetic mental forces, and that which acerues therefrom makes easier or harder the journey of life, Happiness that comes of willful wrongdoing polsons and causes the fruit to decay and the journey to become wearisome. Those who complain because the flowers on their way lose their fragrance, the grass withers and the road grows steeper and rougher, seek nappiness first and peace afterward. It is their own fault that they are not in the Path. Butsome will say the mind and body are in- separable, and that the body exerts an influ- ence coequal with the mind in seeking com- panionship. They are mistaken. The mind and body are separate and distinct factors in what is called individualized lives, such as man, and although their relations are intimate and co-operative, the mind dominates the body in all things. In truth the body may be said to be merely the instrumen. employed by the mind to accomplish given ends which could not be reached without co-opeérative physical agencies. Notonly 20, but the mind is largely responsible for thestate of the body’s heslth. Thebody could be diseased, however, and the mind remain uninfluenced, except that its activity might be lessened. It is & common saying that “the mind is im- paired by overwork,” or that it is *diseased,” but neither could be true. The mind has no conception of the meaning of the words “tired” and “diseased” as concerning itseif. The mind’s physical instrument, the brain, may become impaired, but to say the mind is impaired is to say that God could be impaired. In g sense the body, like the mind, is an attri- bute of Deity, but the body may be dissolved and analyzed, whereas the mind cannot be ap- prehended at all except by consciousness. It is consciousness that makes one say *‘myself,” meaning something quite distinet from his legs and arms and brain. Mind is in vibration all the time, as is the plysical body; but there are two kinas of mental vibrations, one constructive and the other destructive, and they are potent for good and for harm. Vibrations that proceed from the truly morsl mind are constructive and are calculated to foster resolves in the minds of others to cultivate desire to lead & correct life. On the other hand, vibrations proceeding from anger, hatred, greed, avarice, licentiousness nnd the like are destructive, and ‘their possi- bilities for harm are alarmingly great. Hence oue’s physical condition, as 10 inviting eonta- glous and infectious diseases, more espeeially, is largély a reflection of the state of the mind. 1t Is true, however, that an ideal physical body may have a very depraved mind—the prize- fighter, for instance. But, after all, itjsnot a heslthy body, for artificial methods em- ployed to bring it up to “fighting trim,” and it collapses as soon s it is left to ordinary care. Every one is sending out constructive or de- structive vibrations—mental vibrations—con. tinually, and I believe that true companion- #hip is more conducive to uninterrupted con- strdetive vibrations than any other condition into which the mind and heart can be fetched. One must know the law of etbical causation to reach the bLlessednessof true companion. ship. The wisdom of Job was greatand his soul bubbled over with sublime poetry, but he was an uncompromising pessimist and an ag- postic. He was sure that the tree would sprout again and put forth branches if it were cut off from among its companions, but “if & man dies shall he live again?” He asked that ques- tion sincerely, no doubt, and yet the doctrine of Karma, and reinearnation, in fact, was his theme, only that it stopped at the mew branches of the tree. Hence, he knew nothing of true_companionship because he did not ob- serye-the cord which bound his life to the life in the tree below and to the Eternal Cause al bove. Tuere is nothing mysterious or vague about true companionship. Each party to it feels like two personalities—two selves in one—with co-equal and co-existent inspirations and as- pirations, or mutual identification with God. Intrue companionship the highest attributes of the soul express themselves with enthusi- asm, yet with simplicity always, but never fragmentary. The deepest problem of life finds its solution in such relationship. There is no religion in such companionship: it is higher, broader, deeper than religion, but its faith is as boundless as eternity. It is under law, cer- tain, as is everything animate and inanimate, but true companionship is in harmony with law. Buddhist metaphysicians define this law as that “‘which is without mame, or color, or hands or feet; which is smallest of the least, and largest of the large; all, knowing all things; which hears without ears, sees without eyes, moves without feet, and handles without hends.” % In the soul of man it is called “inspiration,” in the mind of man it is calied “aspiration,” in the heart of man it is called “love,” and in the highest relation between soul and soul it is called “true companionship.” In the field, in the forest and upon the water it is called “‘nature,” in the worlds and system of worlds it is called “Supreme Intelligence,” but at its last analysis it is the “divinity of God,” which is everything. Arid the soul of everything says: “Cultivate & passion for truth, for art, for order, for the new, for the mysterious, for the creative, for the unknown, {6r the unselfish, for the uni- versal, for the immortal, for the divine.” To be at one with true companionship is to be at one with the Father. Some philosophers call it “Platonic love.” ARMOND. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Five members, including Mr. Chamberlain, of the House of Commons, have been married three times. Sir John Gorst is usually regarded as a modest man, but there is probably only one scarlet bicycle in London, and he owns it. The Duke of Devonshire says that “after- dinner speeches are made by those who don’t wish t0 speak 10 those who don’t wish to hear. Mr. Jefferson, the Englich cyclist, has ar- rived at St. Petersburg from England, having ridden across Europe in forty days, including ten days’ rest. Sir John Pender,one of the leading pro- moters of ocean telegrdphy, has resigned his seat in Parliament. He is paralyzed and speechless. In Parliament recently Mr. Murnaghan, member of Tyrone, on being stopped by the Speaker, suid: “I bow, sir, to your ruling, and merely beg to reiterate what I was about to observe.” ot A South African millionaire gave a dinner in London recently, at which every lady was pre- sented at dessert with a large uncut dismond from the South African mine in which the millionaire was luterested. MEMORIAL DAY. 1hear the Lrill of the bird of peace And the song of the child at play By the emerald hedges of Galnos's Mili That were red in Cold Harbor's day. And I see fair hands strew vernal blooms O’er & grave of the dead unknown, And the tears will come in the spite of pride, For my heart has a tale of its own. To that unknown grave will I lead my child And there will the story tell— How his grandsire fought at the cannon’s mouth And, nobly fighting, fell; How his tomb was the purple trench of war, In Virginia's soil dug deep, Where the sentinel grasses their lonely watch Forever and aye may keep; How his name shall live while a patriot pulse Shall beat in this land of ous It is writ on the scroll of fame, and framed. In the glory of deathless flowers. lard is substituted. In other words, 4 per cent of cream or butter is extracted from the milk and 3 per cent of nentral ofl is used to replace it. The result is what is known as “filled cheese. TWENTY-DOLLAR PIECE—G. W. S, City. Deals ers iu coins do not meke any offer for a $20 iece of 1850, but they charge for such from &S to $30. That will give you an idea of the value of such a coin. NEW SrEamErs—H. D, City. The North Ger- man Lloyd new sfeamers now being built at Stettin and at Danzig are six in number: two of these will be 625 feet long, will be of 25,- 000 horsepower, and it is calculated that they will make 22 knots an hour. They will not be ready for launching until next . The di- mensions of the other vessels are smaller. DIVING AND PLUNGING—Readers of THE CALL, City. In diving, if the water is perfectly taken, & clean dive or header is made. The descent of a good diver is between three and four feet; And the ciild may say, as his sire has sald, “What recks It the unknown grave When his cherished deeds embellish the tale Of the land he died to save?” It was there on the hedges of Galnes’s Mill In our righteous canse he sank; And blessings 'rose from the hero-seed ©Of the biood Cold Harbor drank. And wild flowers blow and grasses wave Near the hedge where he, liteless, lay, Where a bird is trilling his peace-song now, And a child is merry at play. CHARLES D, SOUTE. " PERSONAL. Dr. D. E. Nash of San Jose is in the City. Dr. Walbauer of Germany is at the Palace. 3 Dr. Osborne of St. Helena arrived here yester- ay. Dr. 8. R. Dunlap of San Jose is at the Com- mercial. Fred McNally, of Rand & McNally of Chicago, is at the Palace. G. H. Rollinson of London is among the re- cent arrivals here, W. Sylven of Washington, D. C., was among yesterday’s arrivals. F. C. Marden, a business man of Ilwaco, ‘Wash., is in the City. H. W. Judson of Sacramento, Deputy State Treasurer, is at the Grand. Charles M. Colgan of the State Board of Equalization is at the Lick. Colonel T. B. Rickey of Carson was among the arrivals here yesterda; Sheriff T. M. Brown of Humboldt County is among the arrivals at the Russ, €. R. White, a wealthy land-owner of Iaaho, is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. R. A. Curtin, & well-known Stockton resi- dent, is & guest at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. M. A. Covarrubias, United States Marshal for the Southern District of California,is at the Palace. 3 W. Forsyth, who for & long time has been in- terested in raisin-growing at Fresno, is at the Occidental. C. B. Anderson and E. H. Potter of New York, representing large mining interests in this State, are guests of the Ramona. H. L. harding, & widely known mining man of Deuver, who has for some years been buy 1ng ores in all parts of the West for smelters, is at the Palace. William H. Eddings, City Treasurer of Van- couver, Wash., and his family are at the Ramona, en route on & tour in Southern California and Mexico. L. H. Grifiith, formerly engaged in the banking and brokerage business at Seattle, and laterly interested in streetcar franchises and other enterprises in Guatemala, is in the City. Among the arrivals here from Paris yester- day were & number of French naval officers, ‘who are en route to join their vessels in Tahiti. They were E. T. Geerelay, Joseph Figand, E. Deman and Pierre Carich, and all will sail on the next steamer. ¥. E. Hall of Fowler, formerly clerk for Chiet of Police Crowley and now engeged in raisin- growing in Fresno County, is at the Russ. He owns interests in mining property in Shasta County, which he is now developing, in com- pany with Mr. O’'Brien of Marysville. Joseph S. Spear Jr., the business man, promi- nent in Republican politics, left for Ohio last night on special invitation from Governor Mc- Kinley. He is to be the guest of the Governor, it is said, and will consult with him on political matters. LADY'S GATHERED WAIST. Green organdy with black rings is the mate. rial employed in the above gown. The belt and collar are ot black and green taffetas cut on the bias and hemmed by hand. A gown of plaid batiste had the body of plain batiste with embroidered bands of the same, let in crosswise. A green taffetas lining showed through, matching one of the colors in the plaid. The collar and belt were of this silk. A dress of dar) en mohair made after this model bad the body of the waistof embroidered batiste over violet silk, with belt and cuffs of violet and green shaded ribbon. The sleeves 2 of this were made without the ruffle, beinga lain full puff over a fitted lower sleeve of the gltil'.e over silk. A simple dress of brown linen had a body of batiste with cross-bar stripes of bright colors, the sleeves being of the plain linew, collar and velt of turquoise blue satin matching one of the stripes. A serge dress of black had afull body of Persian silk with a deep ruffle of black chiffon at the neck, which hung in points over the -}leknvu. back and front; belt and collar of the silk. This model is adapted alike for silk, wool or cotton fabrics. The waist hasa fitted lining with a puff ending in & ruffle at the elbow. The fitted sleeve may be omitted below the elbow, as shown in the large figure. Orthe uff may be made without the ruffle. 1t is the new wide folded style. The waist buttons in front. The skirt has a circular front with three gores in the back, which may be pleated or gathered. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. AN AGENT—E. H., City. ' For information in relation to the amount of license charged agents doing_ business in Mendocino, Sonome and Humboldt counties yon will have to writa to the County Clerk of each county. PoMOLOGY—P. A. S., Healdsburg, Sonoma County, Cal. If z:n wish to communicate with the division mol of the Depart- ment of Afncnltmequmgw D. C., ad- dress your lettér to G. B, Highes, chief of the division, ZTANDARD BOOKs—P. A. 8., Healdsburg, Cal. As this department does not advertise any- thing it cannot publish the titles of the best standard books on bee-keeping. Any book- dealer will furnish you a list, together with the prices. SACRED BARK—P. A. 8., Healdsburg, Sonoma County, Cal. There is no particular history attached to the sacred bark of California. It was & beief of the old-time Mexicans and Spaniards who lived in California in the very eerly times that this bark 1f boiled would pro- duce & liquid that was a sure cure for leprosy. Fiiiep CHEESE—B. L, Citys Filled cheese bears the same relation to genulne cheese that butterine oroleomargarine does to butter. In making filled cheese the butter is ex- tracted from the milk and neutral oil from | tice of the Peace, “It might jest as well be un- that of a clumsy one is between seven and eight feet. The ann tor sponges and divers for pearls go dewn from thirty to forty fathoms by means of a stone, which helps to take them down. In plunging swimmers go down toa great depth. The record for plunging is, from 8 sprin five feet above the surface of the water, 73.1 feet, and from a fixed board three feet six inches above water 76.3 feet. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS—W. J. H,, San Diego, and A., Stockton, Cal. In the issue of the 18th of May was published in reply to a correspon- dent the value of foreign exports from the United States from 1890 to 1895 inclusive. The answer was strictly correct, tor the corre- spondent did not ask for domestic exports. The value of domestic exports for 1890 was $835,293,828; 1891, 2,270,283; 1892, $1,015,732,011; 1893, § 31,080,785 1894, $869,204,937; 1895, 98,392,600, These amounts added to the figures already published will ;&'e the total exports for each of the, years name UNITED STATES AND CANADA—A Subscriber, City. The area of the United States, including ‘water as well as land surface, is given in the census of 1890 as 3,602,990 square miles. The area of the provinces that go to make up the Dominjon of Canada is, according to the States- man’s Year Book 1896, as follows: Prince Edward Island 2000 square miles, Nova Scotia 20,550, New Brunswick 28,100, Quebec 227, 500, Ontario 219,650, Manitoba 64.066, Britisn Columbia 382,300, Territories and Arctic islands 2,371,4%1; to these must be added 140,786 square miles for lakes, rivers, etc., making a total of 3,456,383 square miles. MCKINLEY—W. R., Philo, Cai. William Me- Kinley was born in Niles, Ohio, February 26, 1844. He received -an academical education, served in the Union army during the Civil War, entering as a private and retiring at the close with the rank of brevet-major of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1867 and settled in Can- ton, Ohio, to practice. He was Prosecuting Attorney for Stark County, Ohio, from 1869 to 1871. He represented the Eighteenth District of Ohio in Congress 1876-88 and again in 1891. While in Congress he became the father of the McKinley tariff, which became a law in September, 1890. He was elected Governor of Ohio by the Republicans in 1891 and re-elected in 1893 by a majority of 81,000 and a plurality of 21,511. He married the daughter of the publisher of the Canton (Ohio) Repository, one of the oldest newspapers in the country. 5 CrrizeNsH1P—B. H., Livermore, and “One of Them,” City. One of these correspondents writes as follows: Under “Answers to Correspondents” in yester- day’s issue, in reply to “W. A. F.,” you state that the male chilaren of aliens born 1n_the Unfted States, and even the sons of Chlnamen born in this country, are, on attaining their majority, to all intents ‘and purposes American citizens and can register and exercise the rights and privileges such. Piease inform me Low the reverse of this propo. sition works. Take the cass of a boy born, say in Yokohama while his parents were on a trip to the Orient, his father being an American citizen. Can boy when he arrives at maturity register and exercise his prerogative as an Ameri- can citizen, or is he a Chinaman and ineligible for the rights of franchise, in fact cannot land at ail in the first place on these “inhospitable shores” on account of the “restriction act” unless his fond parents can successfully smuggle him across the line? Again, take the case of a boy born in New York of German parents temporarily in this country, and who shorily after that event return with him to the fatherland. Can that boy wlhen 20 years of Age come back to the States aind after one year's residence register and vote as an American citizen? If the boy was born in Yokohama he would not be a Chinsman, and would not be one of a8 to natives of Yoxohama, who are Japanese. Ii the boy was born to American parents while they were traveling through China the boy would be a Chinese by birth, but he would be acitizen of the United Stal {for children of American perents born ad ‘while the parents are traveling through a foieign coun- iry, with the intention of returning to the United States to reside, are recognized as American citizens. 1f, however, the Ameri- can parents become residents of a for- eign country and children are born to them, such children are citizens of the country of their birth. In the case oi “‘a boy born in New York of German parents, tem- porerily in this country and who shortly after that event return with him to thefatherland,” that boy when he attains his majority must elect what country he wishes to be & citizen of. He must elect to become either a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the country of his Jather. 1In the State of Calitornia boys of Chinese perents, born in_this State, who have attained their majority, have been registered and have voted. In some of the Eastern States it has been held that children of perents who cannot become citizens of the United States, though born in the United States, are not en- titled to the franchise. There has never been a judicial opinjon on this matter from the highest tribunal in the land. CURRENT HUMOR. Roosevelt—What do you, mean by getting drunk while gathering excise evidence ? Officer—I gathered too much. They want such a lot of evidence these days. “I gee you don’t know how to take a joke,” said the .contributor with facetious bitterness as the editor handed back his witticism. “Try me with one and see,” replied the ed- itor. Dominie—I tell you, my dear, extravagant gowns bring down & good deal of unhappiness in the world. Miss Bay (enviously)—Yes, indeed. Particu- larly upon those who can’t have them. Roly—I see they have at last proven the identity of Jack the Hugger. Poly—Yes; he turns out to be a bicycle- scnool instructor.—New York World. « One morning in the gurden bed, The onlon and the carrot saia Unto the parsley group: “Oh, when shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, hail or rain? " w“Alas,” replied, in toues of pain, The parsley, “in the sonp.” —Drake’s Magazine, “I didn’t sleep a wink last night; that Tugby baby cried all the night before. ‘“How did that keep you awake last night?” “You see, I waited until the Tugbys got to bed, and then I played on my cornet until daylight.”—Chicago Record. Bluebeard rolled his eyes fiercely. *‘Ah!” he eried, “what's this I behold upon the key—is it ber-lood?” With a critical air his wife bent nearer, “I think not” she answered demurely; *‘you’ve probably been carrying it in the same m with your fountain-pen.”—New York orld. B2 “How lucky,"” said Mrs. Nuwed, “that T hap- pened to pass that cigar sale this morning. These cigars are exactly the shade of George's aew smoking jacket, and the cute little bands around them will go with the lining beauti- fully. Men never think of these little things.” New York Press. The foreigner—DId I understand you to sey that your friend was Lord Baron of Chi- cago ? The American—No; I said he was a lard baron.—Indianapolis Journal. Prospettive traveler—I suppose your road has first-class accommodations? I don’t mind telling you this is to be my wedding trip, and that is why I am so particular. Ticket agent—Bless you, young man, our road was built expressiy for wedding trips. We have a tunnel every couple of miles,— York World. b o Jenks—If America had the Mayflower now ‘we could sweep England off the sea. Hanks—What makes you think so? Jenks—Because, according to the millions of {s:m;l‘c ;;hunlng their ancestors came over on the Mayflower, the ship must have bes hl"u llinois.—Up to Date. o “But, your Honor,” shrieked the youn, lawyer, “you numo't fine my client 'mo' /The law says that $25 is the extreme limit.” “Young man,” answered the Oklahoma Jus- T derstood that I'm doin’ the dealin’ in tnis yer g:ma. an’ I allow I kin raise the limit if I so see fit,”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Banner—The foreigners are getting an awful old on this country. hleby——They are indeed. Why, I read over alist of men naturalized by the court yes- terday, and, by thunder, every one of them was a foreigner.—Philadelphia North Amer- ican. E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. L ee———— Lord Leighton's peerage was the shortest lived in the history of England. Heé died on the day following that upon which the patent of mobility was issued, and as he left no heir the title died with him. ——————————— A Nice present for Eastern friends—Town- send’s Cal. glace fruits, 50c1b. 627 Marketst. * 5 . The oldest King in Europe is Christian IX of Denmark, who last month entered upon the seventy-ninth year of his age. He hasworn the crown for thirty-three years. ———————— SPEC1AL information daily to mn:nltu:h;nrl, business Louses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. ————————— : Lord Edward Cecil, who is to take service in the Egyptian army for the operations in the Soudan, is Lord Salisbury’s fourth son. Heis over 6 feet 3 inches in height, a: 1 hassn en- thusiastic love of military duty. ————————— % ALz classes and conditions of society will be gratified to learn that Putzman & Schurman have the exclusive coast agency of the famous “Golden Gate”_ brand of Kentucky whisky. Their Prussian Stomach Bitters cure all stom- ach and nervous troubles. 341 Pine, corner Montgomery, telephone, red, 391. - Dr. Austin Abbott, who died recently in New York, was joint author of two novels, “Cone- cut Corners” and “Matthew Caraby,” which appeared in 1855 and 1859 under the signa- ture of “Benauly.” He himself was the “au,” his élder brother Benjamin was the “Ben,” and the elder of his two younger brothers, Ly- man, was the “ly. “THE OVERLAND LIMITED” Via Union Pacific. 315 DAYS TO CHICAGO—3: onny 2 PIVS 16 NEW SORK g Pullman double drawing-room sleepers and din- ing-cars, San Francisco to Chicago, dally without change. Composite buffet smoking and library cars between Salt Lake City, Ogden and Chicago. Upholstered Pullman tourist sleepers, San Fran- cisco to Chicago, dally withont change, and per- sonaliy conducted tourlst excursions to St. Paul and Chicago every Friday. For tickets and sloeping-car reservations apply to general oftice, 1 Montgomery street. Steamship tickets on sale to and from all parts of Europe. D. W. HITCHCOCK, General Agent. g Low Rates to Cleveland. The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine wili meet at Cleveland, June 23 and 24. For this occasion the B. & O. . R. Co. will sell tickets at reduced rates from all ponts on ita lines west ot the Ohlo River, for all trains of June 21 and 22, valid for return passage until June 25. The fare from Chicago will be $8 50 and corre- spondingly low rates from all other polts. Tickets will also be on sale at all points throughout the West. 3 The B. & 0. 1s the only line running Pullman Sleeping Cars between Chicago and Cleveland. For full Information write t0 L S. ALLEN, A. G.P. A, Grand Central Passenger Station, Chl- cago, TIL. ————————— Yellowstone Park Excursion. Watch this ad for full particulars regarding oar great excursion to the Yellowstone. Party leaves here the 12th of July. Weekly excursions inup- holstered tourist cars. No change. Lowest rates to ail points East. T. K. Stateler, agent Northern Pacific Railroad, 638 Market street, San Francisco. SN IS LADIES never have any dyspepsia after a wine- | glass of Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters. ——————— Ir affiicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp- son’ e Water. Druggists sell it at 25 cents. NEW TO-DAY. HOUSEKERPING | GOQDS. 20x42 BLEACHED LINEN HUCK FRINGED TOWELS, regular price 25¢, Yow 20e each. 22x42 BLEACHED HUCK TOWELS, hemmed, regular price 80c, Yow 25¢ each. 72-inch HEAVY BLEACHED GER- MAN DAMASK, formerly 90c, | How 75¢ per yard. 60-inch BLEACHED IRISH DAM- ASK, formerly 65c, Yow 50c per yard. 72-inch HEAVY HALF-BLEACHED DAMASK, formerly 75c¢, Pow 60c per yard. 54-inch HALF-BLEACHED DAM- ASE, formerly 50c, How 40c per yard. 24-inch BLEACHED DAMASK NAP- KINS, formexly $3.00, How 52.25 per dozen. 22-inch BLEACHED DAMASK NAP- KINS, formerly $2.00, How 87.50 per dozen. SE HABLA ESPANOL. G. VERDIER & cCO., SE. Cor. Geary and Grant Ave. VILLE DE PARIS. BRANCH HOUSE, LOS ANGELES. ““We will Leave it Entirely In your hands.” If you purchase a HERCULES GAS OR GASOLINE Ex- INE, and if it does mn‘do all wesay [ 3 1t will, you can return it at our ex- l:::. Sexnd for Catalogue and Price ‘List to American 'lm iu:usv‘:rx‘l‘:{l’ Ce. San Francisco, Cal.