The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1896, Page 6

\THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.16 Daily and Sunday CALY, one year, by mall.... 6.00 Dally and Sunday CALX, six months, by mail.. 8.00 Daily and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Sunday CALL, one year, by mal 1.50 WEERKLY CALY, One year, by mall... 1.50 THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you golng to the country on & vacation ® 1f 50, it s no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address, Do not let it miss you for you will miss lt. 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. Tele phone - Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street, Telephone Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open untll 9:30 o'clock. 839 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkio street: open until 9:80 o'clock. £W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 116 Minth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. ..JULY 13, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Ohio FOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jersey ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 1896. Every time Democracy is born again, it is born worse. Tue chief issue of the campaign is to down Altgeldism and anarchy. If you have not yet registered you know exactly what is your first duty to-day. Conservative men must stand together now. In acrazy Democracy there is dan- ger to all. 3 The fishing may be good at Buzzard’s Bay, but still the fisherman mautters in a muffled monotone. It is a sure sign of abnormal excitement when men would rather talk politics than discuss the summer girl. It was easy for Democracy to get rid of its Cleveland, but the record stays and the country remembers it. This election ought to be settled by the simple question to American common sense: McKinley or Bryan—which? The last hope of Democracy is in the be- lief that some of the hot stuff in Bryan may help bhim to b2 a scorcher in the race. Fortunately the carnival will give us 2 change during the campaign and the monotony of the walk-over will be varied a littie, The East will please take notice that this transmississippi candidate isa much smaller potato than we usually raise in the great West. —_— There can be no prosperity without pub- lic confidence, and no confidence unless conservative statesmen are at the head of the Government. The issue is the Union against sections and the people against agitators, with the Republican party as the champion of the Nation and the law. The Democratic campaign will haraly be anything more than a Wild West show, with an exhibition of an attempt to hoid up the stagecoach of progress. One of the humors of the next ten days will be the attempt of the Democrais to sprinkle ealt on the tail of the Populist bird and bring him into camp, With Democracy rapidly disintegrating all over the Union the Populist leaders would havea good deal less sense than whiskers if they were to join it. The gold Btates having bolted the Chi- cago ticket, what votes has Democracy in the West to offer to Populists in return for an indorsement at St. Louis? At this juncture there is but one Na- tional party and, therefore, but one party for men who desire the welfare of the whole Nation and ali the people. Every Republican must rally to the standard of the party and take partin the battle for the business interests of the country against free trade, Altgeldism and ruin. —_— What patriot will vote against the sol- dier candidate, the hero statesman, Wil- liam McKinley, in favor of an inexperi- enced demagogue, whose nomination was cue solely to his gift of gab? Conservative Democrats are joining the Republican party, the extremists will go over to the Populists, and before the cam- paign is over Mr. Bryan, as well as Cleve- land, may know how it feels to be alone. There were thousands of people on the streets during toe Demecratic ratification meetings just as there are every night, but somehow they seemed duller, less spirited and more oppressed with the tired feeling than they generally are, Recent explorations in Rome are saic to justify a belief that some of the tenement- houses of the city in the days of the Ceesars were more than 100 feet high. The sky-scraper, therefore, is not a new thing under the sun and Chicago must take a back seat. s The fact that 162 delegates to the Demo- cratic National Convention refused to vote on the Presidential nomination is a true index to the condition of the Demo- cratic party throughout the country. The elements of disintegration are in active operation and must result in Democratic defeat. As the campaign progresses we shall hear less and less about silver and more and more about business, industry, law, order, good government and all that makes up the prosperity and greatness of the Republic. Theaissue is too plain for con- cealment. We cannot let Bryan, Altgeld and Tilman run this country. THE CITIZEN'S DUT He is not an ideal citizen who believes his duty to the Government is confined within the limits of paying his taxes and obeying the laws. There are moral pubtic duties whick no one can evade and still be a good citizen. The spirit of such a gov- ernment as ours has a code of unwritten ‘aws which imposes duties upon the citi- zen thatare just as imperative in their demand for faithful performance as any legisiative enactment is. He is not a good citizen who is remiss in the performance of any public duty becanss to perform it would inconvenience him. There are duties of citizenship very much higher than allegiance 1o party. The public good is first to be considered, and the really good citizen is loyal to his party only in so far as it 1s the party’s purpose to adminis- ter the government in ways that shall strengthen society and commerce. Of the great and small duties that de- volve upon the citizeu the duty to take an interest in those things which fead up to the ballot-box and finally casting his vote is probably the most important. The man who does not take an interest in the public concern of the community in which he lives and cast a ballot expressive of his honest convictions as to what policy is best says in effect that he cares little whether there be law and order or an- archy, virtue or vice, honesty or dishon- esty 1n public life. Under our system of government the voter is requirea to regis- ter at stated times for the purpose of estab- lishing his eligibility, and the citizen who does not register becomes an alien so far as the highest right of citizenship is con- cerned. The man who does not register puts himself upon a level with the latest arrival from Ckina, and is in fact not a whit better citizen in the eyes of the pub- lic good. The highest meaning of indi- vidual sovereignty implies a duty to vote conscientiously upon all questions in which the public has interest. To fail to do that is to be unworthy of sovereignty. The registration books are now open at the City Hall and there are a given num- ber of days in which namesmay be reg- istered, and those who neglect to register are, by their act, disfranchised. There are more reasons this year why the good citi- zen should make haste to register than for | some years past. There will be advocated for adoption the most dangerous theories of Government that have ever confronted the people. The once great Democratic party bas fallen under the control of such men as Altgeld, Bryan and Tillman and it has been abandoned by its old leaders and the thinking element of the rank and file. It will be before the country asking for votes to set aside all established govern- mental and commercial usages and adopt in their stead theories that border close upon the doctrine of the anarchist. More- over, the new leaders of that party assert in their platform that should they secure the reins of Government they will build up the central States at the expense of the Atlanticand Pacific Coast countries by im- proving the Mississippi River so that they may have direct communication with the cheap labor countries of the woridon a free-trade basis of commercial operations. But this is not all that is threatening the public good, as every one will see by read- ing the Altgeld-Tillman-Bryan aeclara- tions. A knowledge of these threatening dangers shotild, it would seem, be all that is needed to convince every good eciti- zen that he owes it to himself, to his neigh- bor and his country to speedily assume the public responsibilities of citizenship by at- tending to his registration immediately. FARMERS BOIES AND BLAND. The aftermath of the Democracy’s Chi- cago tield of thistles, briars and bumble- bees furnishes rich gleaning, especially in appliances that were used to keep alive the several Presidential booms. Perhaps the most amusing of them are pictures of Boies and Bland as farmers, which their friends scattered everywhere. Each of these statesmen had been photographed, each in his shirtsleeves, with a mow- ing-machine at hand. In the rush and excitement of the days the photographs were not so crit- ically looked upon. They were there to do the Cincinnatus act and they played it very well, but upon closer examination just how much of a fraud of a farmer each of these great men is is clearly revealed. Boissis perched upon his mowing machine and at the first glance he looks tne well-to- do farmer, but upon closer inspection it is found that his hat is about the kind Law- yer Boies woula wear between his office and his residence on occasions when he was desirous of appearing a well-dressed man. His necktie is adjusted with so much | exactpess one is justified in believing that he spent several minutes before the mirror before starting for the farm. His breeches, shoes and shirt have not that very un- fashionable cut which 1s peculiar to the working clothes of the average farmer. In fact the picture looks as if he might | have come to the mowing machine fresh from his somewhat luxuriously appointed law office. Bland’s picture represents the Missouri farmer as standing at the head of the “nigh hoss,” as e would say. He has no necktie—he never wore one in his life. He has arranged his farmer hat—far back on his head so as to show for all it was worth the ‘“massive brow” about which his admirers had so much to say before the Nebraska boy with the gift of gab knocked him out, or rather off his mowing machine. Bland knew enough to attend to the de- tails of his dress so as to “‘look the son of toil.” But it is very evident that no young girl ever made more caretul preparation to have her photograph taken to send to her best sweetheart than Boies and Bland did when they were arranging to play the “bonest farmer” racket upon the dele- gates to the Chicago convention. IN OPEN REBELLION. The revolt against the platform and nominees of the Chicago convention has reached the dimensions of a large-sized rebellion. All the leading Demoecratic newspapers of the East, and very many of those in the Southern and Middle States, are either coming out for McKinley or urging the leaders to call another conven- tion and put a Simon Pure Democratic ticket in the field. Leading business men of the Democratic faith gre stating in newspaper interviewsethat they shall with- draw from their party and co-operate with | the Republicans so long the Bryans and the Tillmans are in charge of the Democracy’s official machinery. It is well for the country that thinking people do mot hesitate to cut loose from party ties when the public good demands that they should. If it were otherwise the country would now be confronted by & proposition to change the basic princi- Pples of the Government which would have enough supporters as a party measure to make the stability of the Nation a ques- tion of doubt. No party of standing ever declared for so many radical and hurtful changes in the business methods of the country, and as for the new Democracy out-Herods the most radical of the oid pro-siavery Herods. The wonder is that the delegates to the convention who represented the traditions and princi- convention | hat—a sure enough | ples of the party did not walk out of the hall when they saw how completely the | organization had been captured by Popu- lists, anarchists and communists, but they are acting like patriots now by denounc- ing the whole business and advising their {riends to abandon the party. These enormous accessions to the Re- publican party have an element of danger, however, which should not be lost sight of. The feeling that Mr. McKinley will be elected by an overwhelming majority is lizely to abate enthusiasm and cause a great many to give up taking an active part in the campaign, if not to the extent of staying away from the polls on election day. In view of what the election of Bryan would mean, and the necessity for crushing out all that sort of thing right in the heginning of its purpose ought to stimulate every lover of the institutions of his country to greater effort than ever, the more so now that the strongest Demo- cratic newspapers and many of the great leaders of the party have publicly allied themselves with the opponents of Altgeld’s ticket. This revolt against the Chicago platform and nominees should impress every one that there is danger ahead that should not only be averted, but the con- spirators driven into political obseurity. Of course, Mr. McKinley wil! be elected, but that is not enough. In electing him Bryan and his revolutionary isms and fallacies must be annihilated by an avalanche of MeKinley votes. SWELLING OF THE HEAD. The nomination appears to have de- veloped chsracteristics in . Mr. Bryan that his life-long friends never suspected were anv part of his make-up. According to reports from his hotel in Chicago the next day after his nomination he swelled out with an appreciation of his high mighti- | ness and superexcellence to such an ex- tent that even the gentlemen-who trav- eled all the way from Nebraska to Chi- cugo at their own expense to inflate the balloon were required to stand in the ball and, with the formality accorded to princes and the like, send in their card.. Report has it that not a few went away wearinga | big disgust. It is true, that when the | “friend of the common people” became so fatigued that he threw himself upon the bea with his boots and coaton, a few of his old political wire-pullers and confiden- tial advisers were permitted to peep into the room and behold greatness in repose. But snubbing old friends when a few hours before he was glad to have them call him “Billy’’ was not the only silly | thing he did. 1t was very stupid of him to respond to the messenger's announce- ment that he had been nominated by dic- tating a proclamation to the country as- suring the public that he was “opposed to two terms,” and that he should rot accept the nomination four years hence. He made the mistake of thinking the nomination on an Altgeld platform was the equivalent of the majority vote of the electoral col- | lege. But the greatest exposure of :he man’s estimate of his own importance was when he suggested that the largest hall in New York be mired tor the cere- mony of formally notitying him of his nomination. Of course he had in his mind’s eye the opportunity such a place would afford him to repeat his one speech, | but think of Cleveland or Harrison, or Garfield or Grant resorting to such a spec- tacular exhibition! It was very kind but a great breach of propriety in Mr. Bryan when he assured Mr. Sewall that he (Bryan) haa held himself | aloof from using his influence with the convention in selecting & candidate for X the tail of the ticket. What meaning | Mr. Sewall gathered from the information | no one but himself knows, but the words | appear to couvey the idea that Bryan wanted to inform his running-mate that he should refuse to assume any responsi- { bility for the convention’s work in the | premises. But the reaction 1s coming and | the edges of it have already reached the more thoughtful. Not a few of them are wondering how it was that they were thrown off their feet by the glib tongue of | a pretty Platte River boy, but it is too late now. He is their nominee, and all they can do to repair damages is to follow him about the country and apologize for the largeness of his head and littleness of | its contents. —— e A GREAT ORGANIZATION. Whether it is true or not, as a Christfan Endeavorer puts it, “Weare guided by the hand of Providence,” the fact remains | that the world gives no account of such | growth of a religions organization as the Christian Endeavorers. Sixteen years ago it had no existence. To-day it has more than 40,000 local societies, its total mem- bership is above 3,000,000 and it has got a foothold 1n nearly every country in the | world. It is doubtful if the Christian church made as much substantial progress i a half-dozen generations as this organ- ization has in less than sixleen years. No | doubt its great screngih lies in its inde- vendence of the churches—that is, it is non-sectarian. ‘“‘For Christ and the church” is its motto, but “church’ means a place to worship God. Infidels may scoff at the purpose and efforts of the En- | deavorers, but counting religion out of the question, no sensible person will deny that this great organization of youns ing civilization to higher and better levels, C0ART EXOHANGES, The Los Angeles Record long ago ceased to be a journalistic experiment, and its pro- | nounced success hss induced its managers to | acquire larger and better facilities for the issuance of a daily fully sbreast of the times in every way. The Record presents the mews of the world in & condensed form that relieves the reader of the necessity of plodding through a field of matter for a grain of information. The Search'ight, a paper devoted to the aa- vancement of the interests of the colored race, morally, socially, intellectually and polits. cally, has been moved from Pasadena to Los | Angeles, where a larger field is offered to fts widening influence. The Marysville Appeal is thirty-seven years old. Its prosperity is the reward of genuine merit. The Calaveras Prospect has entered upon its sixteenth volume, and it is justly proud of its important part in fostering a substantial pro. gress without resort to boom methods. It con- fidently predicts, that within five years the section of the mother lode which runs through Calaveras County will lead the mines of the | world in gold production. Iu that time it is expected that ten mines will be operated where there is only one to-day. The Prospect is sound in politics, holding to the rigat be- lief that the success of the Republican party is essential to the National welfare, i Another birthday has come around for the Los Gatos News. It was started in 1881, when Los Gatos was only a bit of a village, and has grown up with the town, always assisting worthy enterprises and always outspoken against whatever was deemed detrimental to the best interests of its community. The Calaveras Citizen has changed hands, E. D. Beattie retiring and Will A. Dower ana Henry Bray assuming control. The new firm intends to conduct n wide-awake, new paper and to keep constantly betore the public the facts about the resources and :.dmtuu of Calaveras County. Politically the Citizen will remain where \?wu 'fiu‘. 1 the ranks of George W, Filcher and Fred L.Sandors have en’ the management of the Placer Herald, whose late editor, Mr. Shepard, entered upon his new duties as Postmaster Auburn. The Herald will continue in its “al- legiance to the old Democratic parcy.” Whether this means the gold wing or the silver wing, the Hill faction or the Bryan fac- tion, is not explained. Nevertheless the Her- ald i to be commended in its aim to be just and fair to eveybody and to present the people With & paper both readable and reliable, Ths Rural Press has opened its fifty- second volume. It is one of the best farm and fireside publications in the country and the rural folk, it is pleasing to know, prove their appreciation by a substantial gupport. That aggressive temperance reform paper, the Los Angeles Voice, ,is in its eleventh year, and its managers state that no pains will be :mred to make the paper better than ever be- ore. The South Riverside Bec has become the Corona Courier, The Bee, however, by any other name ought to be a honey-producer. When a newspaper enlarges three times within the first six months of its existence it L: pretty certain that the paper is making & winnine race. Thatis what the San Bernar- people is doing a mighty work in advanc- | dino Free Press has done in entering upon its second volume. The Port Oregon Tribune, published at War- renton, Or., by Dallinger & Mason, has just made 1ts initfal appearance. It will boom Warrenton, a n id promising village, and throw its youthfi or into the good fight for McKinley apd H The Rose Carnival edition of the Tacoma Morning Union was & very handsome affair. Every page of the paper was broidered with roses, and the matter and illustrations made upa first-rate advertisement for the City of Destiny, It really looks vi if the San Joaquin Valley had “struck oil” in the real old sense of the terit. The prospect mow Is that there will be an oil field all the way from the Merced County line down to the line of King’s County. The Fresno Ezpositor thus furnishes the latest information concerning oil discoveries down the country: “The latest Qiscovery indicates the presence of ofl-bearing strata at an easily penetrable depth in the vicinity of Silver Creek. not far from the eastern foot of the Pa- noche Pass. Judge Langford of Panoche stated that irndications of oil were quite abundant twelve miles south of Panoche and nearly out on the plains. A company has beem formed to develop the scheme, and the four wells ex- perimentally dug have ylelded evidences of oil in abundance and of high standard. The company, which has not yet incorporated, is composed mainly of San Francisco capitalists, Wwho have been keeping things quiet as long as possibie. ‘‘Inasmuch as the beds of tertiary strata in the f0othills near Panoche are almost identi- cal with those around Coalinga, therz is foth- ing unreasonable in the supposition that the oll-bearing strata are continuous over the in- terval between Coalinga and Panoche; in other words, that the western foothills of the county may lead to sudden and startiing de- velopment of capital and wealth. There are already oil flelds in working on the coast side of the Punoche Pass and in the vicinity of Hollister.” Summerland, Santa Barbara County, yearns 0 be fncorporated and the Advance of that thriving place is doing its level best to brin about the consummation. Summerland h: an excelient start. The Advance says ur- ing the progress of the canvass & fact came to light that many new-comers may not be aware of, viz.: The two magnificent park sites that are laid out on the town plat are not yet pub- lic property, but are held in trust for the city by three trustees. hese parks both lie in the ofl beltand since the development of that industry have increased in value many fold. These lots, tak- ing them at their present value asoll property, will aggregate §3300 to £4000. ‘At Oue time the price of real estate was aa- vanced $5 per lot, Mr. Williams stipulating that half this sum should be held in trust for the town until such time as it was ready to iu- corporate. This will make a total of sbout $1200 from this one source alone, to say noth ing of the value of the park lands. “Some time ago the water-works were turned over for the benefit of the community. This also will be & free gift to the city, including water right, pumping plant and a complete system of water mains and, connections already laid. Itsoriginal cost was £10,000. “‘All in all, the city will stert in with an ag- gregate of about $15,000 in public property and hard coin.” Itis owing largely to the splendid work of the newspapers of Banta Clara Valley that the garden gpot of California, as it is called, is is known far and wide and beyond the seas for its wonderful vegetable wealth and and first among the papers to ara Valley owes so much {s the San Jose Mercury, which has done more, per- haps, than any other sgency or influence to attract & class of settlers with brains, capital, energy and progressive spirit to that delight- ful region. That the sterling efforts of the Mercury through a quarter of a Century have metwith gratifying reward is shown in . the fact that the publication stands to-day in the front rank of interior journais, and is one of the most progressive newspapers in California. The Mereury has just entered its fiftieta vol- ume. Itisuptodaie in everything; an ably edited, strong, newsy paper, as widely known and as favorably regarded as the rosy valley 10 the resources and advantages of which it is constantly and tirelessly directing the atten- tion of peoples of lands not so biest by nature. A FEW WANTS. Wanted: A kneepan smooth and hard, Unseamed and a perfect fit; Prepared fom stoff uncommonly tough, That is waranted not 1o split. Wanted: A brand new set of ribs, Not made for vain dispiay ; Not twisted, torn, or warped and But curved in the proper way. Wanted: A pair of perfect ears— No fluted for me; An ear not ground, but round and sound, As a real gooa ear should be. Wanted: A face, Iam nnlm vain, And a good platn face wil Th‘ll s Do. & sight—with the culof white— For I'm tired of black and blue. A man that's new I'il be once more When these parts have been supplied; A ‘w’:?e.‘?:';'li.'l.‘.' 'to e Lites NEWSPAFER PLEASANTRY. Miss Shunairy—Are you fond of children? xm" Convert—Never até any.—New York erald. Clerk—Why not take a set of Dickens? Mrs. Parvenoo (making up & library)—I don’t watit anything so common as Dickens. Why, all sorts of veopls have his books. —FPuck. “Is there much poetry sent in to the editor?” the caller asked of the office-boy. P Poety ?” replied that intelligent young man. “The editor has poetry to burn.”—Pitisburg Chronieie-Telograph. ‘‘Now, Johnny, do you understand unu oughly why I am going to whip you.” 3 “Yes'm, ’Yon‘n in ‘u‘:: humor this morn- in’, and you've got to some one before you'll feel satisfied.”—5t. Louls Rost-Dispatel “H'm,” said Mr, Wickwire, ‘‘that dress re- minds me of the hall-witted girl that waits on the restaurant.” ndeed!” ep. Itissimple, but fetching. “—Jackson Headlignt. Dull—8ay, what does E Pluribus Unum mean on tbis money? Smart—Oh, it means, “In this sign we con- quer.” ¥ Wise—It does nothing of the Kind. It mesns, “With this stuft we conquer.” 'You didn’t stay long - dvertised .u.émmu-mmmnr- worn, 0; the hotél man explained that it was s | fine trout stream, but he couldn’t help it if the trout hadu't semse enough to find it out.”— Chicago Record, Weary Willio—W'y do you ¥ink ole Raggles ain’t one of us? v : m:::‘mylmdm he always tells de Weary Willle—Oh, shucks! Dat's nutt'n ‘®gainst him; he tells de iruth ‘cause he's too lazy to tink up lies—dat’s all.—Judge. AROUND THE CORRILORS. “It’s no country for & decent man to live'in, and a poor man has no business going there, but I think we have & good thing down in So- nora,” said Bolton Rogers yesterdsy as he re- chined among a lot of sofa pillows on a luxuri- ous divan in his apartments at the Baldwin. His coat was off, and the leisurely manger in which he puffed at a fragrant Havana empha- sized the impression that he sincerely believes his recently acquired mining property in Mex- ico1sa good thing. Mr. Rogers was born in San Francisco, but for the last twenty years has lived in Seattle, where he has served in every depertment of the city police force. Several years ago he was chief of the aetective bureau, and in 1891 he became Chief of Police, a position from which he has only recently retired, but not from old age, for he is apparently little more than thirty years old. “This property of ours,” resumed Mr. Rogers, “is about seventy miles below the interna- tionsl line. It is a placer region, and we have ‘water enough in sight—only & little stream, butit’s a river in that region, for it runs all the year round. These’s no hoodoo there. Men that know nothing about mining haven't swarmed into the place, expecting to shovel up pay dirt most anywhere. ““We're satisfied. So far we’ve just been tap- ping here and there in the gravel to see what we have. Consequently things are in a posi- tion where there isn’t much definite informa- tion. My partner is an old miner; lived in Toxbstone twenty years. “*There's a hoodoo at that place. It's this way: You and I and some other fellow own three big mines that are full of weter. You won't pump out, because that will drain the other two mines, and I won’t pump because it will save you that much. .80 we sit and none of us will do anything.” ““The outlook for raisins is bright and much better than it was a year ago,” said Lee L. Gray yesterday at the Oceidental. Mr. Gray is extensively interested In the raisin industry 21 Fresno, but has come 10 town on business connected with the equipment of the Fruit- growers’ Warehouse Company, which he has recently organized. E “The idea,” he explained, “is to have a large ‘warehouse where the producers can store their {ruit, borrow money on it at 8 per cent and wait for a decent price. The fundamental principle is to stop consignment. Before, the producer had to ship his crop at once and get what it would bring when the consignment reached the Eastern markets. Now this ware- house can hold the raisins and dried fruits until the producers can get & living price for them. The scheme has spread like wildfire and the growers are taking hold of the iaea. “The raisin crop is fully 40 per cent short this year, but the outlook for prices is good. Then thatnew winery that is going up near Fresno will also shorten the raisin crop. It will take & large part of the second crop of muscats. That will all tend to raise prices. So if the jobbers East have the ‘dough’ we will get it.” PERSONAL. John Lowe of London, Eng., is at the Palace. John Knox, a mercnant of Colton, is at the Russ. F. Koenigs of Dublin, Ireland, arrived at the Palace yesterday. A. P. Overton, the Santa Rosa banker, is staying at the Russ. Superior Judge Justin Jacobs of Hanford is a guest at the Ramona. Among the California guests Is L. W. Burris, the Santa Rosa banker, W. A. Scamon, & merchant of Santa Maris, is alate arrival at the Grand. David M. Adams, an attorney at Visalis, isat the Ramona for a few days. Tom C. Gorrie, &8 mining man of Sonora, is at the Lick on a short visit. H. J. Ostrander, a well-known resident of Mereed, is staying at the Lick. W. Richardson, a lumber Truckee, is a guest at the Russ. P. L. Hoadley of Newark, N. J, arrived at the Palace iast night, from the East. Dr.Johu V. Goff, & physician of Benson, Ariz., fs making a short visit at the Grand. B. W. Summerman, a merchant of Ukiah, is registered at the Russ with his wife. - Sheriff J. M. Brown of Humboldt County is at the Russ, registered from Eureka. Rev. J. F. Fitschen of New York City is among those registered at the Palace. Dr. H. H. Hayes, a physician of Boston, is among the late arrival the Grand. Robert J. Devlin, the Sacramento attorney and ex-Prison Director, is at the Grand. Levi Rickliffe, a business man of Sacra- mento, is among the guests at the Grand. ‘W. D. Bannister, a quarryman of Columbia, Taolumne Gounty, is & guest at the Lick. J. V. Ells, a clerk at San Quentin Prison, is at the Grand, registered from San Rafsel. L. C. Coburg and bride of San Jose arrived at the Grand yesterday, on their wedding trip. Albrecht Langner of Tehauntepec, Mex., 18 oue of the recent arrivals at the Occidental. Dr. Russell Phillips of London, England, ar- rived by the Doric and went to the Occidental, J. Q. Manning, & hardware merchant of Los Angeles, is making a short visit at the Grand, G. H. Martin, a cattleman of Woodland, is making the Russ his headquarters for a few days. 5 8. Y. Bollinger, ex-Deputy Sherlff of Santa Clara County, is registered at the Grand from San Jose. S George F. Buck, one of Btockton’s promis- ing young attorneys, is at the Lick ona busi- ness trip. . Mrs. E. B. Willis, wite of the editor of the Sacramento Record-Union, is st the Russ with her son. John B. Farish, & mining engineer of Denver, Colo., arrivea here yesterday and is registered at the Palace. R. Godfrey Broderick, surgeon of the U.S. navy, on duty aboard the Oregon, is rexistered at the Cahifornia. Colonel Park Henshaw of the N.G. C,,the Cnico banker, is registered with the late ar- rivals at the Occidental. H. Punda of Yokohama, calture of Japan, arrived the Doric from the Orient. Lee L. Gray, who is interested in the raisin industry at Fresno, registered at the Occiden- tal yesterday with his wife, Mrs. T. Y. Thriem and family of Honolulu are spending a couple of months in Cslifornia, and &t present are at the Ramona. George H. Evans, who 1is interested in the Feather River mine, fs registered at the Palace from Oroville. He is accompanied by his wife, 8. W. de Witt of Washington, D. C., United States Commissiotier of Indian Depredation Claims, hes returaed to the Baldwin after col- lecting testimony on claims at Eureka. Assemblymean R. D. Thomas of Nevada Oity and one of the members of the Debris Com- mission that went on to Washington during m‘:l last Congress, is among the guests at the Li merchent of tary of Agri- ere yesterday on K.Ito of Hakodats, K. Kondo of Tokio, H. Kabayoshi of Yékohama, B. Murgno and J. mflhg Fulvika constituted & party of Jap- anese that arrived yesterday on the Dorle, and went to the Occidental. F. H. Gould of Stockton, the morning star of the revised Junta faction of the Californis Democracy, and the chairman of the recent State Democratic convention at Sacramento, arrived last night at the California. L. Tlaum of Munich, Germany, was one of the pa: from the Orient yesterday. He is at the Occidental in comvany with T. L. Albrecht of Bremen and Otto Eckmann of Hamburg, who were fellow-passengers on the Doric. N. Muerfa, the new Japanese Consul-General to the Oity of Mexico, arrived yesterday from Japen with his wife and two children. Hewas met at the pier by the Japanese Consul-Gen- eral of this Oity, who, with other attaches of the loeal office, escorted him to the Palace. Mr. Muerta will soon resume his journey to his new post in the Mexican Capital. _the Doric’s Gardam and Miss E. Gardam, two young Eng- lishwomen of Hull, Ylotr‘k:hln. H'-M are mak- a pleasure tour of world. They have i:u.mm-unm fifteen months and have been through the Sues canal, have visited Australia, New Zealand, the Sa- moan, Fiji and other South sea is. that registered at the Occidental wers Miss A, lands, China, Japan and alian islands. They have seen all the sights, but have met with no inconvenience in traveling. After spending about two weeks in the City the Misses Gardam purpose to see Del Monte and the Yosemite before continuing their journey eastward. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. ‘Twenty-six Kansas women have banded to- gether to write & novel. Miss Mabel Beardsley, the sister of Aubrey Beardsley, has recently become an actress. President Kruger’s library is said to contein now, besides the Bible and the “Pilgrim’s Progress,” & complete set of Mark Twain's Works. Miss Eaith Collins is the girl of the nour. She is & §7,000,000 heiress, and weighs less by $2,816,000 then her whole fortune in $100 bills. Hansen, the Norwegian ski runner, is going to the New Siberian Islands to inspect the depots of provisions left there for Nansen and w search for traces of the expedition. Dr. Samuel Fillmore Bennett, the author of “The Sweet By-and-By,”” is & country doctor in Richmond, Wis., a little town of about 800 in- habitants. He served through the war as Lieutenant Bennett of the Fortieth Wisconsin Volunteers. M. Michael Revon, professor of law of the Imperial University, and counselor to the Minister of Justice of Tokio, Japan, is in Wash- ington. M. Revon is a litterateur as well as a lawyer and diplomat, and one of the proprie- ters of the Independngec Belge. Mrs. William Astor has an entire service of purest gold, consisting of thirty pieces. They are unornamented except for the coat-or-arms and initials that appear on each. Mrs. John Jacob Astor has also a set of gold dinner dishes, but it is not so complete, Mr. Blackmore, the English novelist, has just celebrated his seventy-first birthday. George Macdonald 1s his senior, being seventy- two. Mr. Meredith and Mrs. Oliphant are each 68. Miss Braddon is 59, Sir Walter Besant 58, Ouida 56 and William Black 55. Albert Grant, once a millionaire promoter, having “promoted” several times 100 often, now declared & bankrupt, and a receiver has been appointed for his assets. Grant had the high compliment of being satirized in the Gil- bert and Sullivan comic opera, “Utopia.” Prince Joachim Murat, having held the post of brigadier-general in the French army for twenty-six years without receiving any com- mand, will now be put on the retired list. He entered the ranks at the age of 17,and is the only general who gained the military medal as & private. Every one knows that the left arm of the German Emperor is shrunken and practicslly useless. He has recently had it photographed by the Roentgen rays. The result revealed the nature of the malformation, and the surgeons hope to give, by a simple ‘operation, partial if not complete use of the limb. ANSWERS ,TO CORRESPONDENTS. To EUREXA—J. M., Oakland, Cal. A person may go from Benicia to Eureka by wagon by driviag along the county roads of Solano, So- noma, Mendocino and Humboldt counties. NITRATE OF SILVER—S. 8., Tulare, Cal. The antidote for poisening by nitrate of silver is large doses of ordinary kitehen salt dissolved in water, aiter which one teaspoonful of mus- tard flour in warm water. THE NATIONAL DEBT—P. P, P., Ontario, Cal. The War of the Rebellion closed in April, 1865. The n&on of the Secretary of the Treasury suows that on the 1st of July following the National debt was $2,680,647,869 74. MARINE ENGINEER—E. B. S, City. A person who wishes to become & marine engineer should file an application with one of the steamship companies, and wait till there is & vacancy. The ‘nlppllcnnl would probably have to start as 4an ofler. THE GENERAL LyoN—S8, City. The steam transport General Lyon, bound from Wiliming- ton for Fortress Monroe, with about 600 passen- ers on _board, caught fire off Cape Hatteras arch 31, 1865. All but sbout fifty of the passengers were lost, INDIAN SCHOOLS—M. 8., City. To be a teacher in the Indian schools the applicant for a posic tion must have the same knowledge that is re- ?uired for teachers {a the public schovls. For urther information on this lnb{ect write to ;;M Commissioner of Education, Washington, . C. WORDS THAT ARE USED—E. G. 8, Livermore, Slantindicilar is a factitious vulgarism slant, awry, ovlique, the author of which is unknown. “Rushing the growler” is an Americanism for sending to a saloon for beer in & pitcher or tin c¢an, and is considered rather low. It originated in the slums of New York. The autnor of the phrase, “To have wheels in his head,”’ has not made himself known to those who make it a business to col- lect 0dd phrases and words. *‘Ja” and “nicht” are German words, the former meaning “yes" and latter “noth TO PRESERVE Moss—M. G. R.,City. A lady Who has preserved sea moss says that the moss specimens should be placed carefully, Aing.]z, in a basin of water and fllowed to spread. The !g:eadlng may be assisted with a long pi; cire being taken mnot to touch the sveei with the hlndi dWhlen i;isl;vell e;(tend‘a d every part well developed slip a piece of paper under the specimen and lift it out of lhpe wa- ter, after which transier it to the sheet of pa- per or cardboard on which it is to be allowed todry. If inthe transfer any of the edges are turned under bring them out with the aid of & in—a lady’s hatpin is good for the purpose. 'he spectmien should be allowed to dry slowly, 80 that it will not curl. GIRL'S DRESS WITH BOX-PLEATED BLOUSE WAIST. A charming dress for little girls is here shown. The waist is supplied with a lining to hold the blouse in place; the skirt is simply gathered to the waist, making it a sensible and comfortable drass. A plain zephyr ginghsm of pink is effect- ively trimmed by bows of black velvet as fllus trated, with narrow velvetribbon run through white embroidery at neck, wrists and yoke. A blue dimity is daintily trimmed with Dres- den ribboae. cnlll'in dchv:lop welll“l.mr this model and are prétty when piece lace is used as trimming, TgMInE The poReans 1yoa coves of it White lawn is exquisite if with a yoke tiny tocks, tri the narrowest Valenciennes lace of a yellowish color. The m&n should also be edged with the lace. 1 ribbons complete the trimmings. A lebiwelehtorepon of bias Qrepon o ne nlq s pretty 310& ereamy xed chéviots and tweeds are relieved by collar, béit snd shoaider bows of Drigh: rivon - Dett o e CYCLING 1N THE PARK PropM Ordinance to Make Whee!men Use the Cycle Paths. The Leagus of American Whee'men Will Oppose It if It Is Made Compulsory. In the news about Golden Gate Parkin last Monday’s CALL an item appeared stating that the Commissioners were push- ing the work upon the new cycle nath and that when completed the wheelmen would be ‘‘required” to ride upon it. A great many riders use the paths already con- siructed in preference to the main drives, but from the fact that considerable scorch- ing is done on the paths, ladies, beginners and the more careful gentlemen riders have taken to the drives for the sake of safety and comfort. It is evident that the Park Commissioners intend that when the cycle path is completed the wheelmen shall useit, and not ride upon the drives, and yet the natural in- justice of such a rule will appeal to every one. Frank H. Kerrigan, chief consul of the Leagne of American Wneelmep in Califor- nia, in response to an inquiry has for- warded the following commurication to THE CALL upon the subject: The law of the bicycle and its rights on the road have been stated so often that it would seem that every one should ‘be familiar v!"h it, even the Commissioners -of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. In stating it again I take the risk of being tiresome. The bicycle is defined by differentlexicog- raphers to be a carriage; the same definition has been laid down time and again by the courts of this country and of England. The courts have said that the bicycle is entitled to the use of the street. the same as any other vehicle; and it is entitled to equal rights with other carriages to the use of the streets with- out discriminating restrictions. Likely the strongest exposition of the law was laid down in New York when it was proposed by the Brooklyn Bridge Commissioners to exclude the use of bicycles on the great bridge. It was deemed necessary that such & rule should be passed in view of the fact that there was an immense amount of traffic and travel passing over the bridge daily, and also in view of the fact that the driveways are only 16 feet wide. The proposed ordinance by the Com- missioners was submitted to a_committee of some of the soundest lawyers in the city of New York, and that committee unanimousl: agreed that such a rule would be illegal an no restriction was ever placed ugon the bicycle as to the use of it upon that bridge, and devel- opments can be shown since that it would have been unwarranted to have enacted the pro- posed ordinance. It is high time that the old prejudices against the bicycle should subside, and in most en- lightened communities the wheelmen are glad 1o say 1t is a thing of the past. The bicycle isa new invention, and as such has buili up a new industry, created & new market for raw and manufactured material and has led tc the in- vention of many ingenious mechanical de- vices in connection wita it. Bicycles cnrxg men to and from their places of business; they are used for messenger ser- vice and other services; they are invaluable for combining exercise and recreation, and should be treated with consideration. In 1891 or 1893 the Legislature of this State attempted to vestthe Golden Gate Park Com- missioners with a power to enact ordinances. That act by the Legislature is undoubtedly an unconstitugional delegation of power, and any ordinance passed by the Golden Gate Park Commissioners would be void and of no ~ffect. The only bodyin the City and County that has power to pass an ordinance worthy of cons sideration by wheelmen is the Board of Super- visors, and, as 1 have stated, not even that body_has power 1o exclude the use of the wheelonany of the highways. Any attempted legislation discriminating against the rights of the wheelmen will be met by as strong and E:nlauut & resistance as this division of the ague of American Wheelmen can command, and since justice must prevail it is safe to say that the wheelmen will not be denied the same use of roads and highways as is accordea other vehicles. Yours, sincerely, FRANK H. KERRIGAN. Chief Consul North California Division e of American Wheelmen. The matter now stands about Jike thist When the cycle path is completed the chances are that nearly all the wheelmen will use it. But if there should happen to be a few who do not care to they should not be denied the right to ride where they please upon the highways, and the Leagus of American Wheelmen will oppose any legislation to that end. —————— Mrs. Twynn—They say Mrs. Van Huffer, the new soclety leader, is right in the swim. Mr. Twynn—H’m; she dresses for it.—Vanity, CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ 1b. Townsend's. R EPECTAL information daily to manufacturers. business houses and public men by the Prasi Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. * e ——.————— Are You Going East? The Atlantlc and Pacific Raflroad—Santa Fe routé—is the coolest and most comfortable sum- mer line, Owing to its elevation and absence of alkall dust. Particularly adapted for the trans- portation of families because of its palace draw- ing-room and modern upholstered tourist slecping- cars, which run daily throggh from Oakland to Chieago, leaving at a sealonable hour and in charge of attentive conductors and porters. Tick- etoffice, 644 Market streer, Chronicie building. Telephone, Main 1531. T — Excursion to the Yellowstone Park. Swell excursion will leave San Francisco next Sunday evening. Rates cut way down. Every- thing first class: meals In dining-cars. The flnest sight in the world 1s the hot water geysers, found no place but in the Yellowstone. Just the place for your vacation trip. T. K. Stateler, 638 Market street, San Francisco. “Mrs. Wi Soothing Syrup' Has been used over 50 years by millions of mothery for thelr children while Teething with perfect suo: cess. 1t soothes the child, softens the gums, allayy Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the. Bowels and isthie best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arlsing from teething or other causea. For sale by Drug- gists in for Mra. every part of the world. Be sare and asg Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25¢ & bottie —_————— ConoNaDO.—Atmosphere is pertectly ary, sofy and mild, belng entirely free from the mists come mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days' board a: the Hoislds Coronado, §60; longer stay $360 perday. APy 4 DNew Monigomery st. SanFraacisoo ———————— * WoULDX'T be without it for worlds!" was the émphatic declaration of & lady in reference to Ayer's Halr Vigor, ——————— He—8hall we be able to economize? She—I think sq. At any rate, I passed two bargainsales (o—gly ‘without stopping.—Detroit Tribune. NEW TO-DAY. 45¢ PER DOZ. PINTS 85c PER DOZ. QUARTS 75¢ PER DOZ. HALF GALLONS 30c PER DOZ. JELLY GLASSES DEme oUT PRICES Croekery, Chinaware and Glassware, Come and Get Posted. (ireat American [mportag Tea [ MONEY SAVING STORES: 1344 Market st. Spen 617 Kearn; i4lo POkt 521 333 Hayes st. v g Market.st. s s), S. P, It ‘ashington 6 elfth I;Iu&- Pablo uv:t 9!'7 o y,O:kt‘llM 1355 Park st., Alameda,