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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Paily snd Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.15 Daily and Sunday CALL, oue year, by mail.... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL,Six months, by mail.. 3.00 | Daily and Sunday CaLz, three months by mail 1.50 _Dally and Sunday CALL, one month, by maii.. .65 Bunday CALL, one year, by mail .er 250 WEEKLY CALL, One year, by mail 1.50 THE SUMMER MONTHS. : i Are you going to the country on 8 _vacation #0,1t 13 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to vour address. Do not let it miss you for you will | E it. Orders given to the carrier or left at | Business Office receive prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGH | co, California. San Fran [ Telephone........ 3 . ..Maln—1888% | EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. | Telephone...... Maln-1874 | BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Aontgomery street, corner Clay; open mntil 30 o'clo: 339 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. ‘ 713 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. LW corner Sixteentts and Mission streets; open | untll 8 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 0'clock. 113 Dinth sireet; open until § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Fooms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. & M. FOLTZ, Special Agent anize, Republicans! Get ready to | Santa Cruz is beginning to loom up with | a rosy glow. Catching murderers is in aanger of be- coming a lest art. There is a growing bellef that Dunham was a bicycle fiend. Cleveland wishes the Carlisle boom as a tail to his kite he can have it. The spring festivals are over, but those of the summer will be just as good. What Cleveland wishes now is for some- | Jody to put a fender on Congress. was passed | The river and harbor bill i over Grover's head like & harrow overa pumpkin. kburn has a little boom for publica- t there is nothing to gnarantee its ¢ continue to call himself a ky, but he is not a favorife | Carlisle m son Kentu son any more. | There must be economy in the offices | before we can expect much improvement | only Men look to our courts as fountains of jus- | tice and expect to see in the Judges who preside over them examplesof integrity l(ml honor. with fairness or even with decency in the { & millionaire. | Ne: | mensurate with | deserve notice. | of watches, $100 worth of | the WALLACE'S ASSESSMENT. There is now proceeding in our courts before a Democratic Judge an action ! brought by a Democratic politician charg- ing a Republican Assessor with perjury in | having sworn to an undervaluation in the | assessment of the Market-street Railway | Company, and in another court there is | & similar action against the same official charging him with perjury for having sworn to an undervaluation in the assess- ment of the Judge who presides in the case first named. T is peculiar condition of affairs not invites comment but compels it. How can a Judge preside trial of & man charged with a particular offense when the Judge is himself before an other court accused of being & party to o ! a similar offense? which Judge Wallace now stands before the people of San Francisco, and very nat- | urally those who have respect for courts, for Judges and for law regard his attitude with amazement. That is the position in ‘Whatever may be the merits of the charge against Assessor Siebe, it is Judge Wallace who is on trial at the bur of pub- lic opinion. In a case of such importance the people have a right to inquire into the facts involved in the controversy and to learn what is the truth of the charge that the property of the Judge has been under- valued and misrepresented to the As- sessor. Judge Wallace is known to be a man of wealth. Dy general repute he is rated as His property in various parts of the City is assessed at about $250,000. He lives on the corner of Van and Eddy, in a stately mansion, for which he says be paid $52,000. A man of his known habits and his wealth may reasonably be assumed to have his home furnished and adorned in a manner com- its size and with his social position. Nevertheless, in his state- ment to the Assessor, Judge Wallace rated the whole of his household goods at $1800. 'he items and the amounts of the re- turn given by the Judge are curious and They stand in his state- ment to the Assessor thus: Furniture $1400, 1 piano $100, 2 watches $100, jewelry and plate $100, library $100. Total $1800. It is & most suggestive coincidence that the Judge should have exactly $100 worth ooks in his library, $100 worth of plate and jewelry, and & piano tuned to such harmony with rest of the household that it also rikes.exactly the $100 note. We can best estimate the nature of Judge Wallace's statement and best com- prehend how characteristic it is of the man by contrasting it with another tax staiement which is also characteristic of the man who made it. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, W. H. Beatty, has no income apart from his sal- ary, and lives in a modest house the quiet life of u studious and unostenfatious man. In his tax statement, however, according to the Post of last evening, he returns nearly 250 per cent more of personal prop on the streets. erty than Judge Wall His inventory - T declares its honesty in the very items There i to be enongh harmony at | & : onsay, noithevenyel St Letss: to Bl1 thewhale: halion withia | Jhich' care thus given: Furniture 0, i Loy s 2 * | 1 piano $250, 1 sewing machine $50, 1 waich and sweet song. improvements a good watch- | vided the watch 1s made as con- | s as the word. Public word spic can sentiment of Republican | Harmony 1 show of Reput from this time on. her wrote that letter to throw the his tr it was a most unnecessary piece of we 1e Republican State Committee has begun its work with an energy that will | rouse the party everywhere. laving knocked out the veto Congress | can now adjournin a bl of glory and | 2o home 1o a satisfied people. | St. Lonis has asked no aid, and for that | very reason, perhaps, the American people generally are eager to aid her. It looks as 1f Quay were ready to turn his prediction bureau into a piece of Cabi- | net furniture at a moment’s notice. When the Democratic convention meets Chicago will see more sights than she ever dreamed of on the Midway Plaisance. | 1f the Cleveland volicy is to be an issue | in this campaign the gold men will have to start a party of their own to keep it alive. On the redhot Democrats of Kentucky all references to Cleveland fell like cold | water and great was the hissing that fol- | lowed. Even if the St. Louis convention should | be nothing more than a ratification meet. ing it would still be the biggest thing in | the country this year. i Perhaps the most literal exhibition on record of cold charity is that afforded by the New York Herald in soliciting sub- scriptions to a free ice fund. It will not be overlooked that it wasa Republican victory.in Oregon only where the Republican candidates stood for bi- | metallism as well as protection. Interest in the proposed festival move- ment is beginning to be directed not so much to the way it will go as to the men | who are to have charge of the going. he announcement that Ecuador has | finished Ler revolution will not be given much credit until it is confirmed by & re- port that she has started in on a new one. Coxey believes that Cleveland will be re- nominated, but he does not make it clear whether he thinks the thing will be done by the Democrats from faith or from de- spair. 4 Hayving won the Derby the Prince of | Wales will be more than ever persuadea that it is high time for the people to crown him and give him a chance to show his style. Under Harrison’s administration the public debt was reduced $310,000,000, and | under Cleveland it has been increased | $262,000,000. Naturally the people demand | a change. | There were just five 8enators who sup- | ported the President’s veto. .In other words, of the spell of the veto there was just the V. The rest was lacking and the word didn’t go. The appeal of Major McLaughlin to | Republican county committees to give immediate and zealous attention to the work of preparing for the cam- paign should be cordially responded to. In fact, the party should be fairly | well organized in time to ratify the nomi- nations at St. Louis and proceed imme- aiately afterward to the active work of the canvass, $205. | convention. o br jewelry and plate $300, firearms $100, y $900, wines $20, and solvent credits Total $4400. The contrast presented by the two state- ments is impressive. It cannot fail to deeply affect the public mind, for itis a matter of grave public concern. There may be some leniency in the popular judg- ment toward the average man who seeks to escape taxes by lying in regard to the value of his property, but of the Judges of our courts we have a right toexpecta faithful keeping of the law. Itfalls upon our Judges to determine equities involved in the very question of assessment as in this case, and if the Judges be false how can the courts be fair? Justice Beatty’s tax statement reflects the cbaracter of the upright magistrate, the faithful citizen and the honorable man Le is reputed to be. That of Judge Wal- lace, to say the least of it, suggests the tex shirker, the trickster, the evader of law and something close akin to the per- jurer. Certainly the subject having now been opened should be thoroughly inves- tigated. The people have arightto de- mand that Assessor Siebe shall inquire fully into the truthof Judge Wallace's statements. If such inguiry should re- sult in establishing the accusation of per- jury it would be a wholesome lesson not only to Judge Wallace, but to every tax shirker and demagogue, whether on the bench or off it, DUTY OF THE DELEGATION. In the course of an interview with the | reporter of an evening contemporary yes- | terday Delegate Samuel M. Shortridge said two things which ought to be burned with a flaming iron into the consciences of every one of bis colleagues in the St. Louis Mr. Shortridge declared first that in his opinion it was the paramount duty of the delegation of which he is a member to subordinate every interest and personal aspiration to harmony, and, second, by so doing to secure from the Re- publican nominee for President the promise of a place for California in the Cabinet. 1t is not necessary to recapitulate here the reasons Mr. Shortriage gave for the desira- bility of accomplishing through the former process the latter result. Theyought to be apparent to any reflecting man. If the California delegation to the St. | Louis convention shall, by maintaining | harmony in its ranks, secure for this State a Cabinet office, it will achieve something that ought to mark every man in it for future political preferment. =~ Compared with any other thing which the politicians promise us this year, that of having this State represented at the National council board sinks them all into insignificance. ‘We have no hesitation in saying that an intelligent and honest Cabinet officer from California could, were he sufficiently in- | dustrious to make the most of his oppor- tunities, accoriiplish more for the good of the State in ore term than our Congres- sional delegation of nine could accomplish in twenty years. No person who has not served a term near the National council board has any conception of the ignorunce which pre- | vails there concerning the ‘far West.” The idea the average Cabinet official en- tertains of California is that it is a warm country around the Golden Gate where gold is found in the earth, where big pumpkins and squashes grow;, and where the people, who go armed to the teeth and engage in daily shooting affrays, make a large quantity of dried fruit and a fair quality of wine every year. That the State is entitled to anything more from' the Government than it can knock down and drag out by sheer muscular force never occurs to bim. ° A Californian sitting daily with the President and his Ministers coula not only in time convince the Government that we are no longer uncivilized but that we are deserving of recognition whenever who represented us there happened to be a man of ability and strength of character he could look out for the interests of our “miners; he could see that we received our share of the monevs devoted to pablic improvement; he could take care of our lands, which are just now, as usual, being grabbed by greedy corporations, and in the event of a bill 1ike the Pacific railroad funding bill being before Congress he could give the President a faithful and honest statement of the condition of our minds with respect to it. In short, a Cali- fornian in that situation could do more for the materis] interests of our people than all the influences we now employ in their behalf combined. Besides, a Cabinet minister once con- ferred on California, the precedent would go on forever. The Pacific Coast now has sixteen electoral votes. It a Cabinet officer W ere once appointed to represent the vast region in which those votes are given, no political party or Presiden: would ever care to refuse our demand for the continu- ance of the concession. But the delegation to the St. Louis con- vention can do nothing without harmony. All its predecessors have foundered on the rock of local bickering and dissension. 1Lf the present delegation shail vote and work as one man and shall return with the scalp of a Cabinet minister dangling at its belt, 1ts members will deserve to be enrolled among the immortals. The chairman of the executive commit- tee of the Republican State Central Com- mittee, Frank McLaughlin, has issued a circular letter to the officers and rank and file of the several organizations which should be carefully read and every sug- gestion promptly acted upon. The letter is rather more clear and comprehensive than the party is used to receiving, and if the instructions are carefully observed we shall ‘go into the fight with a perfectly formed line of battle. Chairman McLaughlin urges the kind of working organization that shall stand in close touch from the little band of workers in the most out of the way place on up to the State Central Committee. By this means not only is the central committee aware all the time of what is being done for and agamnst the party, but no matter where outbursts of enthusiasm oceur they quickly permeate the whole line and create that singleness of purpose which makes the party as a whole energetic and determined. The chairman’s suggestion to ratify and contirm the work of State and local conventions is a good one, for every public expression of confidence in and satisfac- tion at the declared wish of the party in convention strengthens the hands of the managers of the campaign and correspond- ingly discourages the opposition. His recommendation for the organization of local clubs should be acted ‘upon at once, for it is the local effort that stimulates the general organization, and, too, it is to the local organization the party, as a whole, looks to keep enthusiasm aglow and to get out the entire vote. The importance of thorough cluhorgani- zation is felt most when the club makes it its business to see that every Republican is registered, and also in noting accessions | to the party, and Jukewarmness, if any should appear. In fact the local club should know from day‘to day about what the voting strength of the party and when this information reaches the chair- man of the executive committee from all over the State from time to time, he knows where thers are weak spots to be strength- | ened and strong spots to be made stronger. Bat Chairman McLaughlin's circular bet- ter covers all these voints, and more too, and if the rank and file will work upon the lines so clearly blazed by the chair- man a most satisfying victory will be secured. SPAIN'S DEMAND., If it is true that Spain is abont to de- mand the exiradition of persons who have been aiding Cuba in the way of sending out or engaging in alleged filibustering expeditions, the issue between the Wash- mgton end the Madrid goverrments will be joined to some purpose. It is said that the Spanish Minister, Senor de Lome, has ascertained from bigh legal authority that itis just as easy to gobble up and carry | over to Cuba all persons who have en- gaged in so-cailed filibustering expedi- tions as it is to partake of a Spanish din- ner., Perhaps Mr. de LLome misunderstood the high legal authority. There is a vast difference between the right to demand extradition and the right to extradite, and we doubt not it was the former tbat his attorney said his Government had the right to do. Itis to be hoped, however, that a per- emptory demand wili be made for the arrest and surrender to General Weyler of every man in the United States who is suspected of aiding and abetting the Cuban insurgents, especially all alleged filibus- ters. A filibusteris a pirate, a buccaneer and an all-round bad man; but no men- tion has yet been made of filibustering ex- peditions sailing away from any harbor in the United States. Still, if Spain thinks she can secure the arrest of men who Lave engaged in the work of delivering pur- chases of arms and munitions to their customers in Cuba, why let her not wait a minute. In this connection it is well to suggest that this country can afford to wait until Consul-General Lee makes his repors. If he finds the Cubans in a position where they are entitled to recognition as bellig- erents, which he is almost certain to do, the President will act very promptiy. Meanwhile let there be no objections filed against Spain making demands for every- hody and everything she may take a fancy to, but let us carefully mark the difference between the right to demand extradition and the right to extradite. Verily Spain is drifting into deep water very fast, but it is to be hoped that she will not demand that the United States send soldiers to Cuba to put down the rebellion. THE SITUATION IN KENTUCKY. By a vote of 691 to 206 the Kentucky State Democratic Convention condemned Cleve- land and Carlisle and their alleged Demo- cratic policy. where near a tie there wouid be some hope for the administration, for it sometimes occurs that new developments oblige a re- consideration, but in this case the senti- ment of the party is so overwhelming in its opposition that no place on the admin- istration is left for whitewash. And the worst of it is that Mr. Carlisle, hitherto the idoi of the Kentucky Democracy, is black- ened, condemned and kicked out of the party. It will be observed that the convention made no attack upon Citizen Carlisle. Doubtless there was no disposition to do that in any event, for it is conceded by members of all parties that personally Mr. Carlisle’s integrity is unassailable. It fol- lows then that the convention rebuked Cleveland and his entire following for selling out the party to the money power, as represented by Banker Morgan of New York and Banker Roth- schild of London, Paris,: Berlin and Vi- | our petition is filed, If the Californian | enna, Moreover, the convention went about it in the most deliterate and deter- mined manner, as a surgeon would go about amputating a leg. No doubt it was an unpleasant job, but it had to be done, and it was done most effectually. What the effect of it all will be on Ken- tucky polities is not so difficult to forecast. The feeling that Carlisle’s friends now en- tertain toward the Blackburn following is so bitter that they would very much pre- fer that the State should return Republi- can electors next November than that Biackburn should trinmph, and no doubt they will throw their influence and ener- gies in that direction. And, again, the Whig element in Kentucky, which is large and influential, has never taken kindly to the Democratic free-trade theories, al- though in recent years it has affiliated with that party because of social relations. Now, however, that the Democratic party is split without disturbing social ties, it would be no surprise if Kentucky were shifted permanently to the Republican column, PERSONAL. H.J. Wylie of Washington, D. C., is in town. Thomas M. Staley of Honolulu is at the Occi- dental. Thomas Finnigan of Honolulu is at the Cos- mopolitan, H. W. Orr, & business man of Montague, is at the Grand. Mrs. T. Hender and child of Sonora are at the Cosmopolitan. S. Koenigsberg, a business man of St. Peters- burg, Russia, is here. W. R. Mulligan, a wealthy resident of To- ronto, is at the Palace. Rev. C. M. Erown of Sioux City was smong yesterday’s arrivals here. J. P. Sargents, the wealthy land-owner of Monterey, is on a visit here. R. H. Powers of Nagasaki, Japan, Was emong the arrivals here yesterday. John W. Mitchell, the well-known Republi- can of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. C. W. Tryon, & general merchandise dealer of Angels, is here on & business trip. J.F. Van Name, a prominent citizen of Port- lend, Or., is at the Cosmopolitan with his family. Thomas W. Wells, Treasurer of Tuolumne County, is a guest of Major Fauhey of the Cos- mopolitan. John T. Gaffey of Los Angeles, formerly & member of the State Board of Equalization, is among the recent arrivals here. Dr. Engle Reimers, superintending physi- cian of the city hospitals of Hamburg, Ger- many, is among the recent arrivals here. R. L. Porter of Salinas, who for several weeks past has been visiting Vera Cruz and other cities of Mexico, returned here yesterday. S. I. Babcock of Salt Laxe, Utah, trafic man- ager of the Rio Grande Western Railroad Com- pany, has arrived here, and is at the Palace. Charles P. Thore of Portland, formerly man- ager of the Lick Paper Mills, San Jose, and afterward of the big paper-mills at Oregon City, isin town. Dr. H. M.Smith of the United States Fish Commission, Washington, D. C., who arrived Lere over two weeks ago, and has since been on avisit to Montcrey and other parts of the const, returned here yesterday. He is here to investigate the fish and lobster interests. Antoine Borel, the banker, Mrs. Borel and their four daughters, left lust night for the st and Europe, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. G. Mounier of this City and the Misses Smith and Portal of San Jose. They will sail on the steamer Normunnis of the Hamburg- American line, go to Cherbourg and thence proceed turough different parts of Europe. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK the Morton— A. R. Hyland; Astor Miiton, W. B. Webster; Imperial—A. D. Cutler; Holland—2 H. Ritherford, T. L. Cunningham, H. T. Scott; Westminster—Mrs. Black. Sailed per steam- ship Columbia for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg—Rev. and Mrs. Charles Hirsch and maid, Miss Adele Hirsch, Master Arthur Hirsch, Rev. Loyal H. Wirt. Paul Baer of Los Angeles arrived on the steamship Ems from LADIES ROUND WAIST, WITH SHORT PUFFED SLEEVE HAV. ING RUFFLE AXD A FITTED LOWER SLEEVE WHICH MAY B OMITTED. A charmingly simple bodice, gathered at the neck and waist in front, and seamless in back, with a few gathers at the weist line, overa fitted lining, is shown here. The sleeve has a fitted lining, which in some models seen exe tends below the rufle to the waist, and is AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Ex-Assemblyman W. E. Schricker of Skagit, Wash., is at the Occidental. Mr. Schricker is president and principal owner also in the Skagit County Bank. The district in which he is located is one of the richest in the new State. It has enormous iron, lumber and other resources. Mr. Schricker located there during the latter part of the eighties. He has become inter- ested in a number of industries there. Heisa large owner of timber lands and logging out fits. He has given up statesmanship alto- gether, he says, and is devoting his entire time to business. Mr. Schricker was & member of the Legislature which nominated W. C. Squire for United States Senator. Though not exactly a Legislature of & thou- sana scandais, as one of California’s has been called, it certainly was constructed on pretty the Republican party asks him’to do.—Des Moines Leader. It is useless to scheme any more to induce Governor McKinley to come out on the money question. He doesn’t have to and he is not going to. He has survived the demise of the | tariff question and is still gaining in popular- ity. He has settled the minds of those who always wait to see which man is going to win.— Cincinnati Enquirer. 1f Mr. Reed should be chosen by the St. Louis convention duty should have an equal part with inclination in framing his response. By rising above the pettifogging jealousies and resentment of his fool friends and consenting to transfer his signal ability as pre- siding officer from the lower to the upper house of Congress he would be- come a considerably larger figure in the eyes of the Nation than he is to-day and administer Weste ounty of Richmond, the towns of gl?.lgsclfl‘, l'{ll!hing, Newton and Jameica, l‘nd‘ parts of East Chester and Phelan, and part of Hempstead. 00—E. d YAH E. G. &, Livermore, Cal. The wor *yahoo is applied to a peno: ?1 COI'l;Is: 3:::; habits. [t is derived from the {}{:d\:grd by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s tl’nvd- els (n voyage to Houuyhnhnms) to a fei ned race of brutes having the form of man and 4 his degrading passions. Tue New Wortp—J. T. S., Napa, Cal. The steamer New World,that came around the Horn in the early fifties and was u;ecsl:s s passenger en this City and Sacramento :?:l:yb;ct:'ri, was at one time & Hudson River boat, having been originally built for the New York and Albany line. WARTS AND MoLEs—H. M., City. Nitrate of mercury may be very good to remove warts, but whether it would avail in the removal of moles this department cannot say. A person troubled with such disfiguring marks should not attempt to remove them without consuit ing some competent phy ysieian, for, in attempt- ing to remove such, & person who knows noth- ing about the matter may produce a disfigure- ment more annoyiug than a mole. MONEY 0N DErosiT—G. R., City. 1i a person enters the store of an acquaintance and gives him & sum of money with a request to put it in the safe over night, and during the night the safe is forced by burglars who carry off that and other money, the depositor would be the loser unless the party receiving it was en- gaged in the business of receiving depositsand charging for the keeping. One who places money in_anotber’s safe takes chances unless the party receiving it agrees on receiving it to be responsible. It BEATS THE DUTCH G. 8., Livermore, Cal. “It beats the Dutch’ is an Americanism often used in New York and in the New Eng- W. E. Schricker, the Banker and ex-Assemblyman, of Skagit, Wash.,, Who Has Eschewed Politics. [Sketched from life by a “Call* artist.] swiit lines and was able to keep up its lick with most legislatures. Mr. Schricker grew tired of it, and though nominated again would not take it. He vows that he has had enough of pelities for all time. de {sin California for pleasure solely. The gentleman is a lawyer by profession. His home was formerly at Daveuport, Iows, and it was t Iowa City and at the Columbia University that he received his legal educa- tion. He inquired yesterday about Colonel Irish, for he used to know him well in the old days. ““We are getting in £ good deal better condi- tion in Washington now,” said Mr. Schricker vesterday. “Ithink the hard times are pra tically over. It has been a pretty close experi- ence for many men and during the past five vears many of chem have been bankrupted totally. Others own property, but have found it tough work to pay their-taxes. A good many were not able to do it. “But we feel that things are different now. There is a better outlook for lumber. Other things are in better shape and the skies are brightening. I think from this on we will be making a steady, though for a time a some- what slow progress in the right direction. 1 have no tears whatever as to the future.” Mr. Schricker will be in the City for a week or more. He has met a great many former friends and acquaintances since his arrival, HIS SWEETHEART. My sweetheart—she just loves me through every often made of a contrasting materiul to form the fitted lower sleeve. Silk, woolen and cot- ton 1abrics are made up after this design. A waist of Persian silk to be worn with separate skirts was trimmed with bands of embroi- dered batiste in flax color. Another popular mode of trimming is of strips of batiste, or other embroidered bands, or ribbon overlaid with lace, or of spangled net, set over the shoulders, and reaching to belt both back and Had the vote been some- | front. Many of the waists are left perfectly plain, and ey then be varied indefinitely by accessories of net, ribbon. lace, ete. Fichus of chiffon and net 1y liked, being new. POLITICAL “DON'TS” Dixon Weekly Sun. A “Don’t” book for the political campaign is inordsr, *‘Don’t” think your party has a ‘‘cor- ner” on political virtue. “Don’t” fail to state fairly the position of your political opponents. “Dow’t” discuss polities with an angry friend, nor when angry yourself, with & good-natured iriend. Aboveall, “don’t” think the country will go to ruin unless every political wish of yours be realized. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. “What do you admire most about Snoobe’s literary work " *“The compensation he manages to get for it,” replied the person who is chronically enyious. Chicago Times-Herald. “I know a blind man who can play poker.” “You don't happen to know & dumb woman who can play whist, do you?”—Chieago Record. “So you went out driving with your new beau, Busie, and Iexpect he read your heart like a book?” ‘‘Yes, mother; he read between the lines.” Detroit Free Press. “There’s one thing, ‘‘men never get togethe another the way women d - ‘No,” she answered, “I don’t think they do. There is wuothing interesting to say about them.”—Washington St ““Oh, don’t get blue, Hicks. Life is fall of ups and downs. I've heard you say 50 many a time yourself,” “‘That’s true enough, but mine areall hard ups and cast downs,” sighed Hicks.—Harper's Bazar. c he eaid, jeeringly, d talk aboutone Googooly — Try one of these cigarettes. I think they're better than yours? Boohooly—You do! In what way? oxgnoly—'rhey kill slower.—Roxbury Ga- zette, shining day: £he’s @ rose (o me in winter an’ the sweetest rose in May : 1 never mind the semsons; they're slways fair to see; A rainbow’s in the heavens, for my sweetheart— she Joves me! My sweetheart—still she loves me; no matter where T roam, 1sce her eyes, like bright blue skies, that woo an’ win me home; And never where my footsteps stray—wherever I may be, Will any skies seem dark, for still my sweetheart —she loves me! My sweetheart—she just loves me! I see in her bright s heard of heaven, and it's nearer than the skies! 3 ‘The seasons change, but what to me i3 fruit of fower or When we go through life togethier and my sweet- heart—she loves me! Atlanta Constitution. ALONG THE SKIRMISH LINE. It is now a month since McKinley’s voice mysteriously disappeared, and the goldbugs are getting tired of Leing excited over it.— Wichita Eagle. The nomination of McKiniey will prove a balm to the¢ woundsof the St.Louis cyclone sufferers. It will mean work for the idle, homes for the homeless.—St. Louis Star. It is thought that the supply of Vice-Presi- dentialdightning-rods in New York State alone will exceed the possinie supply of Vice-Pres dential lightning.—Philadelphia Record. Reed as a candidate for Vice-President would be & square peg in & round hole, but the people would appreciate the peg for what it is worth and not mind the hole.—Kansas City Star. A Pittsburg paper says the broom-corn erop is looking feeble this year. That need not cause any alarm, however, as McKinley’s clean sweep Wwill fix things all right.—Cleveland Leader. Speaker Reed should not overlook the fact that there isa fine chance for him to annoy, the Democrats by accepting the nomination for the Vice-Presidency. — St. Louis Globe- Democrat. The Democratic purty is in the condition of the traveler who was told by an old farmer that there were two roads leading to the nexg town, and that if he took one of them he would be sorry he didn’t take the other.—St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald. » Present prospects indicate that there will be more Democratic parties in the field this year than ever before. The only danger is that the field will be so overcrowded that some of the smaller ones may be shoved over into the Pop- ulist swamp.—New York Mail and Express. A Democratic exchange remarks: “MeKin- ley can stand upon any plstiorm Republicans will make.” Certainly. McKinley is & Repub- lican, and he knows well that the platiorm will be soundly Republican and will express the opinion of the majority of the delegates who directly represent the people.—Chicago Inter Ocean. “McKinley and Reed” is the way many papers persist it shall be, and every time Mr. Reed makes sour faces. Is the great czar to be & tail to another man’s kite? Horrors—how are the mighty fallen! But Thomas should Temember that he can afford to do whatever & rebuke where it is sadly needed. Nomanis t0o big or too ambitious for the Vice-Presi- States. ew York Mail PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The new Shah, who is 43 years of age, is pop- ular. He is the second son of the late Shah. His elder brother was disinherited some years ago. Sims Reeves first sang in public in the village choir at North Cray, Kent, England. The clever actor, W. S. Penley, was formerly a choir boy at the Savoy Chapel. Probably the owner of the largest number of dogs in the world is Gustav Jovanoviteh, a “Russian cattle king,” who has 35,000 shep- herd dogs to look after 1,500,000 sheep. The Suitan of Morocco keeps a large number of live lions about his premises,and in the evening these animals are let loose in the courtyards of the palace to act as guards to the royal harem. There are thirty palaces belonging to the im- perial family in various parts of Japan, but the present Emperor has never occupied more than three or four of them, and some of them he has never seen. M. de Selves, & nephew of M. de Freycinet, and for thirteen years Postmaster-General of France, has been named Prefact of the Seine. His predecessor, M. Poubelle, is to go shortly to Rome as Embassador to the Pope. King Humbert of Italy is, after the German Emperor, the most erratic of European mon- archs, and up to the last moment the move- ments of Italian royalty sre uncertain. The King hates publie functions of every kind. The widowed Countesse de Paris shares with her son, the King of Portugal, & passion for bull-fighting, and besides keenly enjoying or- ganizing these entertainments she herself, armed with a lance, has been known to take the part of a picador. One of the wealthiest heiresses in England is the Hon. Ella Williamson, the eldest daughter of Lord Ashton. Lord Ashton has no sons and only one other daughter. Miss Williamson will one day inherit about $350,000 a year and & fine piace in Lancashi The diamonds in one symbol of the late Shal’s rank are said to weigh nearly twenty pounds. There is also a jeweled saber, valnot at $1,600,000. Another thing that the Shah prized was a silver vase ornamented with 100 emezalds, whose equal, it is said, is 1ot to be found in the world. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE CALIFORNIA MARKET—McG., City. The California Market in this City was opened on the 1st of August, 18| WIE GEHT'S—E. G. S, Livermore. Cal. “Wie gehv's” is & contraction of the German phrase “Wie geht es Thuen?"’ which means “How are you?” CoPA DE ORO—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. Copa de oro is Spanish for gold cup or goblet. Copa. de horno is also Spanish, and means the roof or vault of an oven or furnace. THE BRIDGE DISASTER—P. G., City. The dis- aster at Webster-street bridge, Oakland, by which Mrs. Bryan O'Connor and twelve others 11‘:!81; their lives, occurred on the 30th of May, Bur CLovER—E. G. S., Livermore, Cal, Bur clover is sometimes called heart clover. Its botanical nime is Medicago macunlata. Itis the spotted medic, and has & péculiar otlen prickly pod. e fTisliy DEMOTION—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. There is no such word in the English language as rdemotion” as the antonym of promotion. The .nwnlm' of promotion are retrogression, decrease, degeneracy and degradation. ONE oF 1814—E. 3. C., Oakland, Cal. From & numismatist’s point of view, half-dollars, E‘x:i‘w?lgr-éteja;ngimge ofl 1814, are so plentiful 0 _premium on . offer to sell them I(?r 85 cents. e L BRADY AND THE TRAMP—Fourth street, City. Brady was the only one of the train robbers captured. The tramp who found the money stolen by Brady ana his companion was sen- tenced to the Folsom ity three Soties penitentiary for INDIANS—Fourth street, City. North Ameri- can Indians are at this time located in Arizona, California, Idaho, Indfan Territory, low: sas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montaun, Ne! 1\."&!’1, New Mexico, New York, North Caro- lina, Norih Dakota, South Dakotd, Utah, Wash- ington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. GREATER NEW YORk—C. H. D,, City. Gov- ernor Morton signed the bill for Greater New Y‘:lki. .:'h': territory of Greater New \'?r;u outlin the bill embraced the city of New York, Long Island City, the county of Kings, land States to signify anything astonishing. The earliest mention of it is probably that found in a revolutionary song written during the siege of Boston, 1775: And tender all the mortars, bombs, canuon and shell, And bullets and guns, as the newspaper tells. Our cargoes of meat, drink and cloths beat the Dutch: Nor who would tarry and take t'other touch? WHITE CzAR—A. C. U, City. White Czar or White King is a term applied to the Czar of Russia. The Emperors of Russia are so called from the white robes these were lccustomgd to wear. Sigismund in his work on Russia says: “There are some who call the rulerp( Muscovy the ‘White King.’ However I will diligently seck the reason why he was called the White King, as no man prior to Basilius Ivanwich had used this title of the rulers of Muscovy. I believe, too, now they call Persa *Kissilpassu’ (i. e. red-head) on account of his red head-covering, so the Kingsof Muscovy are called ‘White Kings' on account of their white head-covering. COMPANY L, SECOND MASSACHUSETTS — Bay State, City. Company L, Second Massachu- setts Cavalry, that ook part in the War of the Rebellion was organized in San Frlnm!co.Cnl,‘, the enrollment occupying from January 26 to March 21, 1863. On the last named day it was mustered in with Z. B. Adams ds captai The company was mustered out July 20, 1862 at Fairfax Courthouse, Va. The following is a list of some of the battles aud engagements in which the company took part, and this shows where it was stationed during the war: Petersburg, Va.: Dranesville, Va.; Winchester, Torresbock, Cloud’s Mill, Opequan, in the She- nandoah Valley, Aldie, Va.: battle with Early’s army at Fort Reno, Washington, D. 5 Re town, Berryviile,Vienna, Va.; Little River , Waynesboro, Rockyville, Md. ; Five Forks, Cedar Creek, Pleasure Valle id., against Mosby's Guerrillas near Langley, Va., and Luray Courte house. CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c 1b. Townsend’s.” B SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e St e, ThE N. P/C. R. R., via Sausalito ferry, will put on adaitional campers’ and excursion trains June 13, between San Francisco and Point Reyes, arriving in Sau Francisco at 8:43 A . and leaving at 5:15 P. M., which runs through a country unsurpassed for camping or aday’s outing. * - Bargains for Everybody. To make more rocm for our wholesale notion department, on second floor, we are closing out several hundred ready-framed pictures at ex- actly half price. This weck we have put about 500 parlor easels and screens into this sale, on same basis, of one-half the regular price. San- born, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . - - Prince Bismarck is to have ahother statue, This time it is at Leipsic. The city has com- missioned Sculptor Lehnert to execute it and the municipality has selected a site near the park. “THE OVERLAND LIMITED” Via Union Pacific. 215 DAYS TO CHICAGO-315 415 DAYS TO NEW YORK—415 Puliman double drawing-room sieepers and din- ing-cars, San Francisco 1o Chicago, daily without change. Composite buffet smoking and library cars between Salt Lake City, Ogden and Chicago. Uphiolstered Pullman tourist sleepers, San Fran- cisco to Chicago, daily without change, and per- sonaliy conducted tourist excursions o St. Paul amd Chicago every Friday. For tickets and sleeping-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. LI m R R Yellowstone Park Excursion. Watch this ad for full particulars regarding our great excursion to the Yellowstone. Party leaves here the 12th of July. Weekiy excursions in up- holstered tourist cars. No change. Lowest rates to all points East. T. K. Stateler, agent Northern Pacific Railroad, 638 Market street, San Francisco. et e “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap’* Has been nsed over 50 years by millions of mothary for their children while Teething with perfect suc- cess. It soothes the chiid, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and isthe best remedy for Diatrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. Ior sale by Drug- gists in every part of the world. Be sure and 83 for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25c & boitle. ————— CORONADO.—Atmosphere is perfectly Ary, sofs and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further norh. Round-trip tickeis, by steam- ship, including fifteen days' board a: the Hoteldal Coronado, $60; longer stay 8250 perday. ApplY 4 New Moutgomery st., San Fraacisco R TR “That was & curious case of Kadger's. He married the oldest daugnter of the Bingler family, outlived her, married the next olGest, outlived her also and then married the youngest.” “Why didn’t he begin with the youngest and marry the eldest last?” “Well, I suppose he naturally followed the line of the least resistance.”—Chicago Tribune. — ONLY NEW TO-DAY. THE: 16:7E4 HOUS SELLS China Ware —AT— MONEY-SAVING PRICES. Cups, Saucers and Plates, decorated, 740 each. Decorated Pitchers, Porcelain—15c, 20c, 25¢ each. Crystal Glass Berry Set . per set, 25¢, 350, Tnb?g(:l"nmhler‘ per set, 20c, 25¢, 30c. Decorated Dinner Set, compiete, 60 pieces, $165 and $5 25. Decorated Toilet Set, complete, $1 65. Genuine Carisbad China, erquisitely decoras ted, Dinner Set, 100 picces, §15 00, The kind and quality others charge $35. AT (rreat American [mporting Tea Co. MONEY SAVING STORES: 146 Ninth st. 218 Third st. 2008 Fillmore st, 005 Market st. 3006 Sixteenth st. 3 uzvmhl:( St. : 521 Montgomery ave. 104 Second st. 333 lfi”! st 1:‘;9 Mission st. 82 Market st. (Headquarters), S. F. luu gton st. 616 E. Twelfth st. i 1o ave. 917 Broadway, Oakland 1355 Park st., Alameda, .