The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.15 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Dally and Sunday CALX, six months, by mail. Daily and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sundsy CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday CAL1, one year, by mail 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, one year, by mail THE SUMMER MONTHS. Areyou going to the country on & vacation * Tt 40, 1t 18 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given 1o the Carrier or left at Business Office will recelve prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Yelephome.......... sesen Main—186% EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone.... .Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open uatll 9:80 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 713 Larkin street: open until 9:80 o'clock. EW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until 8 o'clock. 2618 Mission street; open until 9 o'clook. 118 Ninth street; open until 8 o’clock OAKLAND OFFICE: 9808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York Clty- DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent FRIDAY.eveeerersrasss sonseen-..JUNE 26, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Obio FOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jersey BER 3, 1896. Whitney may still smile, but he is the worse 10r wear. Now as for Thomas Sharkey he is surely the coming man. ‘We now may expect Mr: Fitzsimmons to blow his horn again Cleveland and Carlisle started her, but there is nothing on eatth can stop her. Every revort from the Treasury empha- sizes the need of immediate tariff reform. When it comes to downright hatd fight- ing the American seaman is always on deck. Mr. Whitney and Mr. Corbett have the patisfaction of knowing they made it a draw. The Ohio Democrats have had a lucid interval and put forward au editor for President. Freedom of speech among Democrats seems to consist mainly in swearing at Cleveland. Whitney has emphatically put himself out of the race, but Cleveland still hesi- tates to decline. . There is no question but what New Jer- sey will stand with Hobart. Wecan count her in the Union. Even New York Democrats have been reading *‘Coin’s Financial School’’ instead of Wall-street bulletins. With the average Democrat any hole in the ground will do as a hiding place from the people who demand work and wages. The existing money of the country is good enough for the people. What they ask for is a chance to work and earn some of it. Congress rebuxed Bayard, but as Oxford has conferred on him the degree of D.C.L. he perhaps feels that he has been vindi- cated. The New York Democratic convention nominated no electoral ticket, but it is not certain whether this presagesa bolt or a fall down. Cleveland may issue another set of bonds as campaign docaments before election day comes, and of course Wall street will ratify it. Corbett may maintain his claim to the championship after this, but he cannot do it by devoting his time to the elevation of the stage. _Since the gold Democrats in New York could not control even their State Conven- tion, there will be very little use for them at Cfn'ugo. Day by day the gold reserve goes down and day by day the people are given new evidences of the folly of this debt-making administration. By-the time the municipal campaign opens the people will be ready to make a firm stand for progressive economy and economical progress. Cleveland may take up the Cuban issue, but it is by no means certain that heisa strong enough statesman to carry it to the point the people wish. 1f one may belieye the Philadelphia Record, the people of that city take more active and vigorous exercise in dodging bicycles than in riding them. When the factories and shops are run- miug and work and wages are abundant there will soon be an end t> the monetary stringency and paralysis of trade. “We stand where we always have stood,”” says McKinley. “The tariff that we stand for is a tariff that shall protect the homes and the firesides of America against ail the world.” 1t will be the policy of the free-traders this year to make free trade masquerade as free silver in order to steal a march on the people and savé their hobby from de- struction. The Liberals bave won in Canada and liberal parties will win also in Mexico and this country. This is-going to be a big year for liberalism snd Americanism all over the continent. . Democracy on any platform will be the same old Democracy that overturned the protective system, ruined all American in- dustry and deprived thousands of people of work and wages for three years, ‘When Whitney managed four years ago . 1o bring about the re-election of Cleveland he expected to be the administration can- idate this year, but now he swears he LOCAL PATRIOTISM. in his address at the great ratification meeting at his home in Paterson, on Mon- day evening, Mr. Hobart turned aside for a time from National politics to impress upon his fellow-citizens the importance of civic patriotism. ‘1 invoke you, Republi- cans and Dethocrats alike,” he said, “to do even more than you have done, to manifest more eivic pride, more public spirit. * * * We want to make a city of comfortable homes for working people, and have ample facilities for them to earn enough to own and enjoy their homes. Itis to the advancement of this idea that I have devoted my time, my energy and my work to the bestof my ability in order that I might more fully show my regard and affection for those around me—those with whom I am in friendly contact every day of my life.” At first thought it may seem strange that this plea for local patriotism should bave been uttered by a great statesman who had just been nominated for the high office of Vice-President- of the United States. One would naturally expect that on his first address to his fellow-citizens after his nomination he would have spoken to them of great National issues, to the total exclusion of the little affairs of local development. 1t isa significant evidence of lis deep and abiding civic patriotism that he should have felt it and spoken of it at that sime, and we can easily learn from it one of the reasons why be isso esteemed, honored and loved by his neigh- bors and fellow-citizens. As a matter of fact, nothing could have been more appropriate to the occasion and to the iseues of the time than thataddress. The Republic is but an aggregation of communities. Protection to the indus- tries of the Nation means, of course, pro- tection to the industries of each locality. On civic patriotism the truest national patriotism is based. He serves his country with honor who serves his city with zeal. It is the men who advance the welfare of their ngighbors that can be most con- fidently trusted to advance the welfare of the whote people. The home industry Tuerges inseparably into the national in- dustry, and a devotion to the happiness of the fireside leads to a devotion to the pros- perity and glory of the Republic. From the brief extracts of his speech that have come to us, it is clear that Mr. Hobart is one of the men whom the American people delight to honor and whom the Republican party is proud to raise to office. We need more men of his kind in the country. We need them par- ticularly in California. We need men who put forth their money, their energy and their time to the building up of industries in order that their cities may ‘‘have com- fortable homes for workingmen, with ample facilities for them to earn enough to own and enjoy their homes.” That is the Republican principle of protection reduced to practice. It is to enabie such men to accomplish such work that the Republican party exists and battles for the cause of American industry against the world. There will be no condemnation of Mr. Hobart for his local patriotism. When he spoke for his home he spoke for every community in the land. He sets an ex- ample which every man of capitad and capebilities shouid follow. All who stand for American industries at a1l must stand for their home industries. Civie patriotism is no mean virtue and well deserves recoz- nition, even among the great things in- volved in the National politics of Presi- dential years. STAND BY THE RAILWAY. The San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway has a total mileage of less than 100 miles, and just at this time it should not be expected to exert much in- fluence upon freight rates and passenger fares in a very extended territory. It should be remembered that it is a new en- terprise and that itis only the peginning of what wili grow into an extensive sys- tem of rail transportation lines. It is true, also, that the mileage that is now open to traffic was constructed rather faster than railways generally are and that the work of extending the line is being pushed with the utmost vigor. This certainly indicates that it is the purpose of the projectors to create competing lines in various sections of the State, with San Francisco as the focus of them all, and that in the not verv far distant future the Southern Pacific will be confronted by a rival that is fully equal to maintain its position, great and powerful as the Southern Pacific is. There never was & public enterprise in California that promised so much good to the people. No doubt the growth of the interior of the State has been greatly re- tarded by the arbitrary and seifish man- agement of the Southern Pacific, and there is no doubt also that there is no other way to release the State from the iron grasp of the Southern Pacific monopoly than the construction of parallel lines. This the Val- ley Railway Company has undertaken to do, and the good faith of its purpose is dem- onstrated by the large investment of capi- tal which the Valley road represents, and in a very considerable reduction of traffic tariffs the moment the first mileage of the proposed system was ready to be operated. Another proof of the earnestness of the projection is found in the stability of the roadway and structures of the first mile- age. It presents in no sense earmarks of a speculative enterprise, but a solid and permanent business undertaking on sound business principles. The plan includes, as we have said, a large system of lines radiating from San Francicco and the trunk road. But while the work of construction is in the hands of capitalists who are thoroughly and sin- cerely seeking profitable employment for their money, a duty of moment devolves upon those whose interests would be bene- fited by additional rail facilities for reach- ing the markets of the country. We refer to rights of way. There are thoge to whom it sometimes occurs that a road must be extended, else the enterprise would be left half finished and unprofitable, and that they will exact prices for the right of way that would be equal to the value of all their land holding were no railway contemplated. Such men are a detriment to any country; besides, they are misera- bly short-sighted, else they could see that the introduction of ample publi¢ trans- portation lines would largely increase the value of their property. If the people want to be released from the voke of the Southern Pacific monopoly they should give aid and comfort to the S8an Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway enter- prise. - GARRET AUGUSTUS HOBART. The St. Louis convention made no mis- take when it nominated Garret A. Hobart for Vice-President. He is-a man of wide business experience and possesses rare executive ability. He 1s ip no seénse a politician, but he is just such a man of affairs as is needed to preside ovor the Senate. His life has been spent in chan- nels of commerce and he is thoroughly acauainted with the needs of the Nation’s trade and trattic. His knowledge of the science of economics comes of participa- tion in practical business operations, and of the experiencé which years of personal ) n'¢-runif nominated nor serveif elected. | conduct of large enterprises give. And the J highest recommendation for the position to which he will be elected and his entire fitness to aid in the work of rebuilding the industries that have been wrecked in the last three years comes from his neighbors, Republicans and Democrats, who are familiar with his achievements in the world of finance, manufacture and mer- chandise. Undonbtedly Senators will be glad to have the benefit of Mr. Hobart's larger business experience in preparing and con- sidering measures for the advancement of the trade, domestic and foreign, of the country, and it is very certain that his opinions will have in mind the greatest possible good for all the people. Then, again, his knowledge of practical politics and the tricks of the trade of politics being =0 dim will cause him to regard all legislation as business propositions for the weal or woe of the people. This will bave a tendency to make Senators forego schemes which are for advantage to the party rather than to the country. Mr. Hobart will be quick to detect the purpose of bills. and the country may besure that there will be no legislation, if the Vice- President can help it, whose operation would discriminate against one class of citizens for the benefit of another class, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC SCHEME. The platform adopted by the New York Democracy is the same one that has been in use by the perty for several years. It looks well and reads well, but wren one digs down and gets at its true meaning he finds the same old basic principles of per- fidy, hypocrisy and falsehood. The usual “‘pointing with pride” to the record of the party was performed, and the leaders in- dulged in the time-worn habit of self- glorification. The convention was har- monious—unusually so for a New York Democratic gathering—but then the occa- sion was not offering opportunities for the Tiger to break into the arena. It was a consultation to_find out how best the life of the party coul@ be saved—a party that is too sinful to die and not good enough tolive. Even the unterrified lammany ward bosses felt the solemnity of the oc- casion and kept comparatively quiet. It 1s no surprise that the convention blamed the Republican party for the fail- ure of the Wilson-Gorman tariff act to provide revénue enough to maintain the Government. Had occasion required there would have been no hesitation in declar- ing that the Republican party 1s responsi- ble for the fall of Adam and all the sin in the world, It is a cold day when the Democracy of New York faiis to put the consequences of its rascality and duplicity upon the shoulders of rome other party. But the declaration that Democratic rule is necessary to the well-being of the coun- try must have made every delegate smile at his own capacity for lying. The last time the country was under complete Democratic rule prior to 1893 was between 1857 and 1861, and which culminated in one of the most destructive eivil wars the world ever saw. The next advent of the Democracy in public as the controlling in- fluence 1n the affairs of the nation was in 1893, and which immediately plunged the country into tommercial and financial dis- asters of such force and character that the nation was driven to the very edge of country-wide bankruptey. History does not substantiate the claim of the Democracy that it is necessary to the well-being of the people, “If I can throw the patient into fits,”” said a quack doctor, “‘be will be all right, for I am a fits specialist.” The Democratic party has thrown the country into fits, which the peop'e know very well, for they are still squirming under the influence of the dbse, but they will not risk the old polit- ical quack’s *‘cure all.”” The hair of the dog is not, in this case, good for the bite; besides, these are political dog days, and the Democratic does are raving mad. The effort of the New York Democracy to meke Western and Southern Democrats take its medicine will, therefore, only in- tensify the spaems. Whitney, Hill and the other New York bosses prescribe a milk and water, meaningiess but thor- oughly hypocritical dose cailed *‘straddle”’ for the National party, and intimate that if it takes of it freely all cases of fits will becured and the party become so strong and powerful that victory next November would be assured, but the West and South bave not lost their wits if they are mad. Itisan insult to the West and South to ask them to join in a scheme to ¢over up their own yiews on the money question with deceitso as to appear that they are in harmony with exactly what they are bat- tlingagainst merely to please Whitney, Hill and other attorneys of Wall-street syndi- cates und trust combinations. The West and South will not be caught by any such chaff as the New York convention’s kind of bimetallism. The declaration is adroitly drawn, and it is intended to per- suade the Chicago convention that itis best to make a straddle on tice silver ques- tion: but no doubt the silver delegates will be able to see that what the Cleve- land wing is after is an all things to all men kind of a platform, hoping that such a veneered declaration of principles will give the victory in November to it, when it wonid fasten the goid standard upon the country for all time. Whitney, Hiil and company should have held their con- vention in'the Morgan-Rothschilds syndi- cate’s pariors on Wall street. They can- not deceive Western and Southern silver Democrats by rushing off to an interior rural village so as to make it appear that they are not the authorized agents of the gold monometallists of this country and Europe. The baiton the hook is more re- pulsive than the hook itself. In refusing to name Presidential electors the conven- tion made a stupid blunder. It wasin- tended as a threat—the thraat of a would- be bully. A GOOD MAN GONE Lyman Trumbull was one of America’s great men, a lawyer having deep and profound kncwledge of the philosophy and ethics of law,and a statesman of broad and comprehensive understanding of the science of government. Asa poli- tician he was a failure, although he served eighteen years in the United States Sen- ate. Originally a Democrat, he was one of the founders of the Republican party, but he drew such a broad line between practical politics and economic politics that he could not make them lap one over the other, hence he failed utterly as a poli- tician, as such a man naturally would, The trouble with Trumbull was that he expected too much of humanity. His ideals were too lofty and too honest of purpose for his day and generation. Be- ing a great lawyer himself he bad no patience with law-makers who failed to ‘comprehend the spirit of our Government in framing legislation, althongh they might be entirely honest and sincere of purpose. In recent years Mr. Trumbuil called himself an independent Democrat and voted at every election because he deemea it the duty of every sovereign to give expression in that to his best jude- ment concerning how the public's interests could be further promoted. He had very little use for a man who would neglect his duty at the polls. That he died a disap- pointed man thereis nodoubt. He wanted cause, as he believed, the constitution was too often disregarded. The man’s ambi- tion seemed to be to see profound respect for our institutions everywhere; laws en- acted for the advancement of the people, and the right of suffrage exercised becanse it was the highest duty imposed upon the citizen. Judge Trumbull was a type of nobility of character and American man- hood which the youth of this country might stady with much profit to them- selves. PERSONAL. Mr. J. R. Roberts of S8an Jose is in this City. Dr. C. W. Weaver of Healdsburg is at the Russ. W. C. Good, a merchant of Santa Ross, 18 at the Grand. Judge E. V. Spencer of Susanville is s guest at the Russ. Mrs. J. V. Kelley and daughter, of San Jose, are in this City. Congressman J. A. Barham of Santa Rosa is at the Occidental. E. J. Swayne, a business man of 8an Diego, is registered at the Russ. H. 8. Morey, a Placerville mining man, is registered at the Grand. Charles F. Hoffman of -the Red Point mine, Placer County, is at the Grand. Among those registered at the Grand is P. A. Buell, a lumberman of Btockton. F. A. Boale, a lumberman of ‘Red Bluft, is making a short visit at the Crand. George Blake, a mining man of Redding, is making the Lick his headquarters. J. H. Martin, a Woodland csttleman, is among the late arrivals at the Russ. H. Windall, 2 wealthy mining man of Selby, is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. H. Thorp of Sacramento, buyer for D. Lubin & Co., is making a short stay at the Grand. Mrs. William Hobson has been the guest of Mrs. C. M. Shortridge during the past week. George Fiske, the Yosemite photographer, arrived at the Occidental yesterday with his wife. John Irwin Jr. and E. M. Hughes of the United States navy arrived at the Palace last night. Allan B, Lemmon of the Santa Rosa Repub- lican, is among the latest arrivals at the Grand. G. M. Francis, editor and proprietor of the Napa Register, 15 & late arrival at the Occi- dental. The Rev. Joseph Reis, a prominent clergy- man of Michigan, is & guest at the Cosmopoli- tap Hotel. L.J. Wetzel of Yreka, a prominent man in Siskiyou County, is staying at the Grand a few days with his wife. C. B. Hunt, a prominent citizen ‘of Rich- mond, Ind., is registered atthe Grand with his wife and Mrs, C. L. Stanton. G. M. Odell, a cattleman and wholesale buteher, of Bakersfield, arrived in town last night and took a room at the Russ. Senator 8hine of Sonora has come down to the City for a few days, and is a guest of his friend Major Fahey at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Johannes F. Eckardt, superintendent of Queen’s Hospital, Honoluiu, artived at the Occidental last night from the East. Heis on his way to Hawaii. Bobert McDonald, a mining man from Baja California, is at the Russ, registeréd from Madalina Bay, the most forlorn plice on the peningule and & small town where there is no fresh water. Mr.and Mrs. W. J. Bimonton, Phabe Davis Grismer and E. J. McGanney of New York, who have been visiting the coast for the past few weeks, leave for their Eastern homes to-day via the Northern route. F. W. Smith, secretary and manager of the Spokane Fruit Fair to be held October 6 to 17 inclusive, is at the Palace with F. J. Kelly. They are here in the interests of the fair,which will be the third annual éxhibition of the kind that Spokane has held. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., June & t the Plaza— D. K. Hamilton. Albermurle—E. E. 8. Holden. Sinclair—Mixs Hoskins. Hoffman—G. A. Ciine. Vendome—J. Malowansks, Miss E. Malowansky. Metropolitan—C. Bonner. Cos- mopolitan—J. P. Cosgrave. LEARN 10 LABOR AND WAIT. For the lessons of Iife They are manv and stern; And the hardest to learn 18 not masterful stife For a King or a state; 1t is only—to wait. Youth is eager to start On the ocean alone, Xre bls strength be full-grown; And though Age from his heart May of perils inform, 8till he thirsts for the storm. 1t his courage be high, He muy strugglé A ong And hy SOTfOW RrOW SLrong; ANd the years, as they flv, May aliot him iife's prize Onthis side of the skies. But the many that strive For the laurels must fail; And full many a suil At Death’s port snall arrive; T hat could enter Joy’s gate ‘Would its master but wait. ~FRANK PUTNAX in Chicago Times-Herald, POKY SAN FRANCISCO. Santa Clara J ournal. San Francisco in darkness will tend to im- press the newcomer and traveler in a very un- favorable light. When a great city has to re- sort to such methods of economy the financial accounts of the municipality must indeed be in sore straits. Even bankruptcy would seem preierable. 1tis useless to advertise the won- derful advantages the City presents for home- scekers and its spirit of prosperity, and claim everything up to date, while such conditions prevail. This adverse advertisement will | travel fast and in a short time do harm which it will take years to undo. Like a bad reputation, it is hard to overcome, It will be & great treat for thugs and thieves. How a city like 8an Francisco can afford to economize &t such a cost is beyond the under- standing of the ordinary morfal. THE LITTLE ANNIE Alameda Argus. The Little Annie, Commodore Leonard’s first essay at yacht-building was sold some time ago to & Mr. Franklin, who is now putting wer in her,having taken the contract tocarry 'HE CALL across the bay in thé early morning, This service must be performed before any of the ferryboats begin runring. The papers are landed at the Broadway whari, whence they are taken by carriers and distributed through- out Oakland and Alameda. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Augustus (after the ordeal)—~Now that we are engaged, I want to ask you a question: Why did you rush out of the room when I began to propose ? Elvira—It—it made me feel so sorry for the two girls down in the kitchen, whose lovers are too bashful ana awkward to propose, so 1 hurried down and invited the two couples up into the back parlor, where themen could hear how the thing is done. . “Eh? Then they must have heard every word ?” “That doesn’t matter, dear. Thers is no danger of any breach of promise suit between us, you know.”—New York Weekly: 1In South Americs~Tourist—Why can’t you put a stop to these continual insurrections? Native—We are considering & measure now which may have a tendency in that direction. It is proposed to reduce the President’s term of office t> three weeks, and to provide that he shall not be eligible for a second term.—Puck. A gentleman traveling in England some years ago, while walking near a railway, en- countered & number of insane people in charge of a keeper. Nodding to one of the lunatics, he said: ““Where does this railway go to?" With & scornful look the lunatic replied: “It doesn’t go anywhere; we keep it here to run trains on.”—FPhiladelphis American. Ethel {joyously)—Charlie proposed to me last night. ) Maude—Yes. Iknow it. Ethel—Why, how d1d yot know 7 Maude—I met him this morning, and asked him what mhde him look so blue, and he said 0 be at the head of the GOverament be- | you had accepied hum,—Somerville Journal. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. A man stepped up to the Baldwin desk the other night with a gold brick in a satchel and a broad smile on bis face. He kept a good hold on his grip and maintained his facial ex- pression while he wrote in the register, “George Campbell, Grass Valley.'* “Ah! a mining man from Grass Valley?” queried the chief clerk as he put his pen be- hind his ear aiid prepared to extend the glad hand. “Mr. Campbell, let the porter take your valise.” “Not on your life. Wait till I show you what's in it.” And he hoisted it up and dropped it on the counter with a thud that splashed half the contents of the inkwell over into the toothpick-stand. The hair on the clerk’s head slowly rose in e L - N beautiful types of women in the streets of Budapest and in the drawing-roomsof Dublin. Lady Mary Hamilton Donglas, daughter of the late Duke of Hamilton, will, when she comes of age, have an income of $1,000,000 a year. It is stated in England tbat three new “Lives” of Christ are in preparation by three popular novelists—Ian'Maclaren, 8. R.Crockett and Hall Cane. e Dr. Bridge, who is a famous organist of Lon- don, sleeps in & bedroom which bears the date of 1364, Itis a prior’s room in Littleton tower of the abbey cloister. Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, is one of the handsomest and niost faseinating men in Europe. He is restless, travels constantly and George Campbell, Who Came Down From Grass Valley With a Gold Brick and Took in the Fight. pompadout array, as he gazed, not upon the two collars and some other things, but upon a genuine mass of the real yellow metal. And then he carried the brick fondly to the safe and placed it therein, with the gentleness of a mother putting her first born to rest, and a8 he closed the beavy iron-door he murmured softly, “‘A gold standard would be plenty good enough for me.” Mr. Oampbell had come down to gee the prizefight, and he had arrived in town a little too laté to deposit his bullion in one of the banks as is his custom when bringing his purchases to the City to exchange them for coin. He is proud of Grass Valley, for it is the place of his birta, and it beats the added distinction of being one of the most sttractive mining towns tn California. “There are five big mines at Grass Valley,” said he, as he puffed the smoke from agood cigar and followed it with his eyes as it rose and assumed fentastic shapes, “and about 800 men are employed in therm. “Just now E. W, Hopkius is opening up the old Gold Hill mine that used to turn out bucketiuls of ore along about 1860. Then, down on the Allison ranch they are s00n going to start work on a very rich vein. Flood and others are interested in that new mine. “Several Frenchmen have invested in Grass Valley recently, but not to any great extent. One was sn editor of a Paris paper, butIdo not recall his name. Maleville, & Frenchman, came down on the train with me to see about a French syndicate that is said to have been formed, it is supposad, for the purpose of iu- vesting money in Grass Valley mines. The first I heard of it was about six weeks ago and nosw I understand the agents are expected to arrive here very soon from France. «The annual output of gold from the Grass Valley mines is probably $800,000, or an aver- age of $100 for each man, woman and child in the place. “Up our way Grove Johnson is the most pop- ular man for Congress,but I think they're sorry Caminett! didn’t getit. Caminetti has doue so much for mining; he’s a good man for the miners, and Johnson hasn’t done a thing. “P'm in for the Republican platform and I think the party’s views on the money question are just right. I'm naturally opposed to silver and I don’t think its recognition would do the country any good. ¥ “I take a great deal of interest in horse. cacing and fighting, and you can betif I can geu there I don’t miss them.” Edward N.Tailer of New York and W.B. Kerfott of Chicago returned to the Palace yes- terday from the Yosemite. They were on the stage when it was held up last week on the way into the valley. Mr. Tailer is elated over the experience and the prospects of entertaining his friends on return to New York with harrowing de- tails of the dangers of travel in the mountains of California. It cost him but $6, and would have cost him only $2 but for the shrewdness of the highwayman, who instinetively sized him up for an Alderman and, looking at him over the barrels of a full-cocked shotgun, de- manded more coin, But Mr. Tailer said noth- ing of & fat wallet in his hip pocket, nor did he think it wise to make a move in that direc- tion and take chances of having his purpose misinterpreted. Mr. Keriott, being & resident of Chicago, took the whole affair asa matter of course, and threw out some cash so dexterously that a 50-cent piece lodged in the feathers of the millinery of a woman passenger on the front seat. It was the first time he had actually thrown money to the birds and got it back again. He says he thinks the “sack-suit” dis- guise must have been made by a London tailor, as it fit on the most accepted English plan of goods to spare. According to Mr. Kerfott, the express-box that was thrown out contained only a way- bill and a love letter, but then he says the rob- ber was a very courteous fellow, gallant, and probably romantically inclined, for he blushed when & woman tossed out her purse, and de- clared that he did not wisk the ladies togive up their money. Francisco Alba of Guatemala and a numer- ous family of litfle Albas are at the Oceidental becoming acclimated before continuing their journey to Europe, whither Mr. Alba is going to engage the services of three vaudeville troupes for his new theater in Guatemala. The Government has recently conferred upou him a theatrical monopoly, together with a handsome bonus of $110,000, on eondi- tion that he have two d companies & year to furnish enjoyment for the show-going pub- i o. Mr. Alba thinks that he can do this and has willingly taken the proffered money in order to show his gooa faith in the enterprise. Next yeer Guatemala is to have a great fair and its opening will be the occasion of a grand theatrical outburst, calculated for ever aiter to spread a contagivn of theater-going among the gallants and senoritas of all Guatemala. PERSONS OF PROMINENCE. It is said that the medical practice of Dr. Jameson in South Africa was worth $15.000a year. The King of the Belgians hasa greataver- gion to music and thesounds of a piano or harp will render him frantic with rage. Max O'Rell says ho discovered the most is very fond of fox hunting end all exciting sports. Mascagni, the composer, was recently asked what European city he would prefer to live in and gave as his answer: “From 9 to 11, Lon- don; from 11 to 5, Paris; from 5 to 7, Buda- pest; after 10, Berlin.” In the eighteen years of Leo XIII’s reign the mortality among the members of the Sacred College has been remarkable. One hundred nd eleven Cardinals have died in that ume, ough only 120 Aled in the thirty-two years of the pontificate of Pius IX. Louis Spitzel, who lives in Shanghai, will meet Li Hung Chang in Paris and will return with him to this country, where he will act as a iriendly interpreter. Mr. Spitzel has spent most of his life in China. He is manager of the Thomas Iron Works in China. LADY'S WAIST WITH DRAPED VEST A stylish waist with a graceful draping whieh forms blouse front is made with a fitted lining. The back has a ripple skirt por- tion from the under-arm seams. A gown of blue and white silk had the draped front and stock collar of white Liberty silk. Brown crepon with drapery cuffs and collar of silk batiste in flax color was charming. Green canvas over a pele blue silk lining had the draped front of blue and green chiffon. Agray canvas with white chiffon was ex- qnllitely dainty. The skirt is cut with a cireular front and two the back which are laid in box pleats at the top. A mem)zun size requires 7}¢ yards of 21-inch 00ds. X For the waist one yard ot any width goods is needed for the draped vest, with 43¢ yards of 21-inch goods for the walst. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. A UNIQUE COLONY. ‘WHERE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL A8 PROPERTY BE- LONG TO THE GOVERNMENT. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: In your issue of to-day I notice in Answers to Correspondents a reference to the “Umnique Colony,” in which it is said little is known re- garding it. I can give you the following facts regarding the unique organization: The Buenos Amigos Colony was founded in 1853 by a wealthy Peruvian named. Don Jose Rodriguez. It is located about 100 miles in- land from the northern coast of Peru. The orignal settlers numbered seventy-five and the Peruvian Government granted the settlers absolute sovereignty over the small domain, allowing them to make such laws for self- government as they should desire. The colony is founded upon broad socialistic principles. Not only does all property belong to the government, but the individual also is & government chattel. The colony now nume. ‘bers something over 1000 population and is growing gradually. Auy ore except & negro or an Indisn can become & member by makin application and being elected by **Congress. A membership fee of $500 in American coin is charged. This fee is charged because & person who has accumulsated that much money is sup- posed to be steady and industrious, and they will tolerate no drones. About two-thirds of the members are Peruvians, Chileans and Brazilians, mainder being Germans, unu:un l‘ngll {g:d ?merécnn. ‘ne colony isdiv nto departm into divisions, and the hmg.inton :6:1%::‘: :‘[;g;u are four de hfl&e‘?u—l?or. educas commerce AN & | —eA( sided over by & minister.. The our misisiics comprise the tribune, which, collectively, con trols finances and administers justice. '.rg' department of labor is divided into “di- visions” of agriculture, building, stockraising, manufacturing, export and import and im- rovements; the department of education is ivided into schools, music and arts; the de- partment of commerce into imports, exports and distribution, and the department of health into housekeeping, hospitals and eare of minors. Each division is presided over by a superintendent, and the Kivmnm are com- posed of sections, these being directed by s A8 the individual is held pert of the government Ihe.de;:r::e;hz.o ';,‘,.,.; takes charge of the .child when it first comes to the world and cares for it. The mother il‘:xd child are both taken in hand, first by the hospital and then by the nursery. A8 the child grows it is turned over to teachers for an edu- cation, and soon until it becomes an aduit, when it does its share of labor with the others. Every person over the age of 20 is expected to devote four hours per day to labor unless revented by sicknessor physical disability. Eignt hours is considered a day’s work, but is considered compulsory. Any able- does not average hsalf a is compelled to work out the remainderof the week on Saturday and Sunday under & gunig g""“i?.'g,'}zr o‘e 2 :f,],‘; e paid for T keine gt it had been performed volunta- B s “Labor | The financisl system is simple. “Labor is money” is the principle upon which the folony is organized, and so also with their currency, the hour being the unit upon which alllabor is based. The uniform wages paid for kinds of labor equivalent to 30 cents ver hour in American coin Thirty cents {s, therefor called an ‘-hour. Their circulating medinm consists of checks or tickets, and is divided into six different k“ie “Minutes,” “hours,” “days.” fwWeers, “months” and “years.” A “minute’ is equiv- alent to hali a cent, the “hour” 1030 cents, l:e “day” to $3 40, 'the ‘“week” to F1Z the “month” to $52 80, and the “year’ mmg . These checks are all of the same size and are made of pasteboard, one inch wide n"nfi two in length, with the words ““minutes, lmu{, etc,, stamped into it in relief. Each denomin: ation has a different color. Their monetary table as taugnt in their schools reads: Sixty minutes make one hour. Eight hours one day. Five days one week. Four and two-fifth weeks make one month. Twelve months make one year. All produce, such as grain, wool and ores, is handled by the department of export an import, and all products of the colony find & ready sale in the Lima market. Everything purchased for the settlement, such as the articles which eannot be raised or manufac- tured at home, is purchased by this same de- partment. Allmembers of the colony procure their necessaries from the government ware- house at cost price. Dwellings, barns and all other buildings are erected and owned by the government, s well as the household furni- ture. All dwellings are furnished exsctly alike by the government, but there is nmml;’ to prevent geopla from purchasing additio; turniture, i they wish to do so. There is always something to do. If the har- vest ts all in and the planting not ready to be- fin, the people are put to work upon repairs or a one-hali bodjed person wio day’s work per week the same as if it had T mprovements. They have magnificent streets nd roads, bridges and turnpikes. Their as- sembly hall is built entirely of stone and mar- ble, wiich they have themselves quarried and dressed. A reservoir built of stone lies upon & hillside and supplies the settlement with wa- ter, and they are now completing a large canal from the Cototo River. to provide water for irri. gation. Rains are abundant, however, and the gnnll was built to prevent possible loss by rought. Their marriage customs are’very peculiar. They have no marriage laws whatever, and wedding ceremony. A man and woman may agree to keep house together, and their agree- mentlasts as long as it is satisfactory to both. If either one desires to terminate the partner- ship ne (or she) simply packs up his things and moves out, when each may choose another companion. The divorce is sccomplighed bya single act of the will. Strange to relate, how- ever, separations are very rare. The ease ot divorce seems to make each party careful to extend a full measure of courtesy and helpful- ness to the other, No religious test is required of members of the colony, and discussion on religion and litics is prohibited under heavy penalties. ‘he members, however, are well educated and fully versed in topics of the day. They use the Spanish language generally, though one may speak any tongue he desires. i When 8 member becomes weary of uoln? life and desires to return to the outer world, he makes application to the tribune, which rants him a permit to leave and exch nfel gis labor checks for Peruvian gold coin at the rate of 30 cents an hour. If he has been a member of the colony for three years or more he is a “stock member,” snd the tribune pa; bhim his percentage of the earnings of the colony during that time. The people are happy and contented. They live an easy life, are exempt from military duzy and taxes, and, thanks to their laws, which supply and enforce labor, there are no such things as poverty and want, Axos J. JOHNSON, 540 Hayes street. June 24, 1896. BEST peanut taffy in the world. Townsend's.® —— EVERY tint and color of French tissue, lamp shades and cut flowers. Lessons given. San- born, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. - “MANZANITA Hall, preparatory school for boys, Palo Alto, Cal. Send for catalogue.” * —_— First Goat—Why, matter? Second Goat—Appendicitis, William. First Goat—Stove pipe? Second Goat—No; art posters.—~New York Press. Nanette, wha the e THE *‘Crown,” “Swan” and all other foun. tain pens, and by far the largest assortment in the City of lead pencils, pens an nholders, inkstands, blank and memorandum books, typewriter papers, etc. Popular prices. 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Hunker—Impossible. - Sprattse—Well, I asked her if she had read “Esop's Fables” and she said she read them ‘when they tirst came out.—London Tit Bits. —————— THE best 25¢c boxes of paps nd envelopes ever made are the Hurlbut’s “Superfine,” “Venetian Bond,” “Devonshire,” “Inverness,” “Royal Parchment” and “Real Irish Linen.” Boxes of other papers are 10c, 15¢ and 20c each. Visiting cards, wedding invitations and announcements & specialty. Stationery de- ‘)t“e'en:mm Sanborn, & Co., 741 Market street. e ———— Mistress—Now, Sarah, I want you to be very careful about breaking this vase. It cost a great deal of money, and I would hate to have it carelessly broken the first thing. Sarah, three days later—There's your vase, ma’am, and I couldn’t have broken it more carefully if I'd tried for a month.—Detroit Free Press. Omicial Route to Démocratic National Convention, Chicago. Central Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern lines. Train carrying California delegates will leave San Francisco July 1 at 6 » . special rate for the round trip to Chicago $72.50. Tickets on sale June 30 and July 1. Sleeping-car reservations now on sale at Union Pacific offi ce, 1 Montgomery street. Call early so as to secure best accommodations. D. W. Hitch. cock, General Agent, San Francisco. ————— Excursions: to Grand Canyon of. the Colorado. An excellent opportunity for seeing this wonder- ful scenery at a nominal expense is afforded through the excursions to leave San Francisco June 20 and July 1 over the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Fare includes siage trip from Flagstaft, mesls en route and hotel expenses at Canyon, $75. For full particulars call on or address Thos. Cook & Eon, excursion agents, 621 Market street, under Palace Hotel, or any agent Atlantic and Pacific Raflroad. H. G Bush, assistant general passenger agent, 61 Chronicle bullding, 8. F. —————————— Northern Pacific Railroad. 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