The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1896, Page 6

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Main—-1874 BRANCH OFFICE! 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open untll 9:30 o'clock. 389 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open untll 9:30 o'clock. €W corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open eatil § o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until § o'clocks 116 Minth street; open until 9 0'olocks OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway, EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. MONDAY AUGUST 17, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. S ————— PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Ohio FOR VICF-PREBIDENT— GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jorsey The way to win is to organize and De- mecracy cannot organize. Many a Democrat says the tariff is not en issue, but none of them tell us why. It seems that in this campaign the Wil- son tariff cannot set even its windmills at work. > In the Eastern States when a man says he is for Bryan they ask him ‘“Which Bryan?’ Some folks object to Bryan's youth, but he seems to be rather old for the amount he knows. ——— The only course open for Bryan is to drop both Sewall and Watson and play a lone hand. Contrast the record of McKinley with that of Bryan and then make up your mind how to vote. A tariff that does not protect the indus- tries of this country wiil never be satisfac- tory to either its capital or 1ts labor. ‘When there is plenty of work there is plenty of money, and the election of Me- Kinley will give plenty everywhere. By the time the campaign is fairly open the music of protection wi!l swell on every gale and find an echo in every home. The liveliest quickstep in the way of Democratic music this year will be “Run, boys, run, or the tariff will catch you.” After the campaign is over there will be money in it for Bryan to travel as a lec- turer with an exhibit of dissolving views. If the report be true that the mantle of Jefferson bas fallen on Bryan we may as well put it down as the longest fall on record. Democracy advises the country not to monkey with the tariff any more, and it must be admitted that Democracy has had experience, As Mr. Bryan isreputed to be a most excellent manin private life the New York Sun very pertinently suggests that he cught then to stay in private life. The Cleveland administration stopped almost all pusiness except that of the pawn- broker and the Sheriff, but it will be differ- ent after McKinley is inaugurated. An honest dollar with a chance to earn it by bonest labor is worth more to the American workingman any day than a wild-goose dollar with no chance tocatch it. The odd thing about the local Demo- cratic factions is that while both are tarred with the same stick it is impossible to get them together and make them stick. There must be something wrong with the tar. When you see a man suddenly turn from his course and walk across the street don’t jump to the conclusion that heis trying tododgea dun. He may be only a Democrat trying to evade the tariff issue. McKinley, the champion of prosperity, and Bryan, the apologist of disaster, stand in such sharp, well-defined contrast to one another that no intelligent American needs a campaign education to teach him how to vote. 7 ‘When you are bunting around for the chief issue of the campaign don’t overlook the fact that under Republican adminis- trations the country was prosperous and under Democratic control everything went to smash. As SBecretary Morton says McKinley is too much of & bimetallist to suit him, we would be glad to have Mr. Morton make a race for the Presidency on the single gold standard and see how many people~he weald suit. The Massachusetts Democrat who told the National Committee of his party, ““What we want in our State is money and not Bryan,” struck the keynote of the campaign. The whole country is shout- ing for the same thing. ——— Sewall and Watson are in the position of two men who have met on a narrow path along a precipice where they can neither pass one another nor turn back. One must lie down and let the other walk over him or both must go to destruction together. In addition to adopting a platform de- claring for bimetalusm the Revublican party placed upon it as a candidate for the Presidency a man who has both voted and spoken in favor of a larger use of silver money, and as a ¢onsequence it canrightly claim the support of every true bimetal- list and every intelligent friend of silver. | { read it from manuscript. HE IS WORRIED. The young man from Nebraska is greatly worried because the people of New York failed to appreciate the grandeur and the leftiness of his Madison-square Gar- den speech, and he proposes to return to them and give an oratorical performance which shall o stir their obtuse minds that they will know a good thing hereafter when they see it. Mr. Bryan volunteers an explanation of the circumstances under which he prepared his notification speech, and how it hapoened that he concluded to He concludes his review of the mental process which culminated in so prosy an effort by saying that only two persons saw the speech be- fore he delivered it, and they suggested no changes. Those who know Mr. Bryan well will understand why those two per- sons refrained from suggesting changes, The egotism of the man seems to be boundless. but if he will allow questions to be put to him when he essays to answer Bourke Cockran, he will at least prove to the public, if not to himself, that his knowl- edga of the science of government is pain- fully superficial. Mr. Bryan’s power lies in daring assertion clotbed in pleasing rhetoric, but when asked to give a logical reason for his belief he goes to pieces and presents a wretched spectacle, and, more- over, he cannot quickly recover from em- barrassment. The trouble with Mr. Bryan is he is not a student. He jumps at conclusions and relies upon his matchless oratory to convince his hearers, ana knowing himself that when 1t comes to a critical analysis of any of his propositions he is distressingly weak, he refuses to be drawn into a col- loquy. In his joint debates, so called, he always drives ahead with a set speech, without referring at all to what his oppo- nent says. It needed the Madison-square Garden speech to show the people how rambling, uncertain and superficial Mr. Bryan really is. Asa‘friend of his once said, “Will can always have things his own way in a district that is not too large for him to run on his shape and oratorical powers.” As for the obtuseness of Mr. Bryan's New York audience, that 1s a personal matter between himself and those who went out to hear him speak. If they went out of curiosity and did not enthuse it was because they were disappointed. If they went to be edified and failed to see apything to enlighten them in his speech, the fault was Mr. Bryan’s, but he labored under the disadvantage of addressing a people who are used to listening to really great men. But Mr. Bryan will make a great mistake if he crosses swords with Bourke Cockran. It would be very much such a spectacle ss would be an astack upon Gibraltar by an unarmored canai- boat, but perhaps the “‘divinity”” which Mr. Bryan believes is ‘“shaping events'’ for his own and humanity’s good is leading him into a trap from which even his good- luck rabbit’s foot would be unabie to re- lease bim. PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FIRST. Mr. Bland says the free coinage of silver is of paramount importance because of the crying necessity for a higher range of prices for commodities. That opening the mints to the free and unlimited coin- age of silver dollars would stimulate prices wonderfully there is no doubt, nor isthere any doubt that the people shourd get more money for the product of their labor; but Mr. Bland’s proposition does not promise any relief. Ou the contrary any advance in the price of commodities— in the cost of living—to the people while they are in enforced idleness wonld be a crime. Since the repeal of protection laws by the Democratic party there has been a steady shrinkage in the output of ourin- dustrial plants and a corresponding in- crease in the number of idle wage-earners, and this sort of thing is bound to continue until protection is again secured to our mills and factories so that they may give labor an opportunity to earn wages. The opening of the mints to silver would not open a shop or a factory, for that which closed them and which is still keeping them closed continues to be master of the situation; we mean the Wilson-Gorman tariff act. What the people want first is an opportunity to earn money, and there will be no opportunity until we have a law that will protect our labor from out- side competition. Mr. Bland is quite in harmony with wage-earners and wage-payers, but what is the sense, they want to know, of coin- ing silver dollars until we have removed the cause of the enforced idieness in the industrial lines? It is not more money, nor bimetallism by international or any other kind of agreement, that is wanted just now; but what is wanted is the re- vival of our industrial enterprises and steady employment for labor. When that is secured let the mints be opened to silver; but meanwhile do not let us forges the millions of idle working people who are begging for an opportunity to earn a decent living, and who will not have a decent living until our sources of labor employment are protected against the products of cheap foreign labor. We want silver coinage because, as Mr. Bland says, it will advance prices of goods and wares, but we do not want to advance prices until lavor is so employed that it can buy its supplies at advanced prices. Let us.pro- vide work for the idle millions first, and then take up the money question. PERSONALITY OF OANDIDATES. 1t bas always been the custom of the Republican party to leave the personality of its candidates for President entirely out of the issue and present 1ts argument to the people on economic principles. In selecting candidates their fitness was con- sidered, of course, but the party has never admitied that any particular individual was necessary to it. The St. Louis con- vention made no departure from that rule, although the rank and file did express a very decided preference for Major McKin- ley, but rather for the reason that his prominent identification with the tariff act of 1890 would be a double rebuke to the Democratic party for repealing it and bringing disaster upon the country, than because he was superior to all ofber leaders of the party in statesmanship. The “Mec- Kinley act” gave the country phenomenal business prosperity, while the act which superseded it caused commercial wreck and ruin everywhere, and the people desired that the act of 1890 should be vin- dicated by the man for whom the act was named. But the managers of the Democratic party are disposed to crowd the person- ality of their candidate to the front at the expense of their party’s declaration of principles, which is a very foolish thing to do, for by comparison Mr. Bryan ap- pears a very insignificant individual. Aside from being his party’s choice for President, Major McKinley has a soldier’s record that is unspotted. His courage, his devotion to the Union and his influe- ence for good during the dark days of the rebellion greatly strengthened the cause. As a statesman Mr. McKinley stands at the bhead, because he demonstrated in Congress and as Governor of his State that he has no superior as a political lewnomist. In fact, it may be said that some of the most important legislation the country has had since the Declaration of Independence originated with Major McKinley, and it may be said, too, that he is most highly ésteemed by the states- men of other countries for his broad and comprehensive views. upon public con- cerns. Major McKinley did not need to be nominated for President to give him fame. He had that already. But how is it with Mr. Bryan? He served two terms in Congress and' be- trayed his party. He made speeches on the floor of Congress that only amused members. No one thought them of suf- ficient consequence to warrant a reply. As a lawyer he failed utterly. He betrayed his State party into the hands of the Populists two years ago. IHe hired his name to & newspaper to inveigle farmers into subseribing for it. He hired himself to silver miné owners to “boom’ the free and unlimited coinage of the metal by the Government. He watched his opportunity in the Chicago convention to down Bland, to whose cardidacy he was pledged, to stampede the delegates to himself. Ac- cording to Populist testimony he agreed to sell out his running-mate, Sewals, for Populist indorsement. At Maaison-square Garden he urged that a war of classes be declared—a war of labor against capital. If Mr. Bryan wants to make the campaign on the personality of the candidates, why, let him, but it would be pad for Bryan. SPAIN'S BIG BLUET. The people of the United States have ex- hibited.a good deal of sympathy for the Cuban insurgents, and a good many fili- bustering expeditions have saled away from this country with arms and men for Cuban service. All these things have had the effect of stimulating the Cubaus to greater effort to secure their independence —and also to destroy the plantations of those who were hostile to them. And now comes Spain making a demand upon the United States for enough money to cover all the losses that individuals and the Government have sustained by reason of the aid and sympathy our people have ex- tended 1o the revels. But Spain has not collected the bill yet. It is a little curious that Spain should make such a claim for itisan admission that war actually existsin Cuba. Hitherto the Madrid Government has insisted that the Cuban affair was nothing more than raids by organized bands of highwaymen, and that the island was not in a state of warat ail. It cannot be possible that Spain expects to collect a doflar from the United States on account of property de- stroyed in Cuba. There is a bluff game being played, no doubt, and it is just pos- stble that it all may culminate in serious trouble between the two nations. It is safe to say that if Spain has con- cluded that Cuba cannot be conquered, the better way to let her go would be, the Madrid Government would naturally con- ciude, to make a war with the United States an excuse for it; besides, were Spain to admit her inability to subjugate the Cuban rebels she wouid have a re- bellion at home to overtarow the king- dom, and hence a war with the United States would be a good thing to quiet the republicans in the home country and fur- nish an excuse for releasing Cuba. But whatever the purpose may be in filing claims that woula probably aggre- gate $50,000,000, it is clear there is no ex- pectation that the United Btates could be persuaded to pay a mickel. The people of this country would make life a burden to any administration that would give Spain aid and comfort in her war upon the Cuban republie, and it is a republic by Spain’s own admission. Claims for dam- ages are not filed until the troubles are all over and the amount of the damages as- certained, but in this case there is a de- mand without the slightest intimation of bow much money is wanted. Our diplo- matic service at Washington is weak and lame, but the people will take the- matter into their own hands when the time comes. 00AST EXOHANGES. The new editor of the Los Gatos Mail has swung his publication into line for the genuine American policy of a protective tariff. He is inclined to & belief in the free coinage of American silver, but he tempers belief with reason. In fact, he contends that *while the {ree coinage of our silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 may be & safe venture, we know that a high protective tariff for American produets is a safe system for the people of the United States to maintain.” Considering that “under the existing mixed conditions_of our political affairs, It seems almost impossible to harmon- ize these two predominant, popular, American ideas,” Le deems protection “the first-to-be- chosen safeguard of the Nation—to start the now rusting machinery of our country into activity”—and trusts *tosee bimetallism fol- low in its wake as soon as such a course is warranted by the intelligence of the majority of the American people.” Charles W. Campbell, lawyer and journalist, has accepted the editorial chair of the Long Beach Eye. He doubtless intends to keep the Eye wide open and free from mote or beam. From the Shasta Courier we learn that the Humboldt and Trinity County Toll Road Com- pany has been organized with a capital stock 0£$12,000, the principal place of business be- ing Eureka and the length of franchise fifty years. The route has been surveyed and mapped by Henry 8. Lowden and Lentell. The road will enter Trinity County by Low Gap of Mad River and will intersect the Hay Fork and Red Bluff wagon road at or near Philpot Guleh. Distance of grade, thirty-six miles. The stock has been subscribed for, and Humboids, Trin- ity, Shasta and Tehama counties will in the near future be connected by a good wagon road. This line will open up to .ife and com- mm:lluuon 4 country long dormant and iso- lated. Tulare County should be proud of its news- paper men. -Editor Pillsbury of the Tulare Register has been selected to take charge of the literary department of the Republican State Central Committee, and Editor Maddox of the Visalia Times has been appointed secretary of the Democratic State Central Commitcee. Both positions require superior ability. Mrs, Carmen H: Austin, formerly of the Mo- reno Indicator, now edits the Housenold, pub- lished at Los Angeles. She is a bright woman and the Household will profit by her services, The Yreka Journal observes that, with the new paper which is to be started at Sisson ina few days, Siskiyou County will have seven newspapers, three in Yreka, one in Sisson, two in Dunsmuir and one in Fort Jones. That smartIittle daily, the Bakersfleld Calf- Jornian, has just celebrated its ninth birthday. Fresno is o have a German newspaper to be called the T'ribune, the editor of which will be Emil Guenther, an architect of Fresno. “Arrangements been completed and the contracts of sale made for an enterprise of more megnitude than has been opened in this city for many months,” says the San Bernar- dino Sun. “Itis the locating at this point of one of the largest flouring-mills in Southern California. The Suman mills of Colton are to be removed to this city and additional ware- houses and offices added, so that the plant will be a large and fully equipped one. The miil at Colton will be torn down and moved to its new location in sections, when it will be re- built, together with substantial additions. The mill will be a four-story structure and will have the latest improvements in milling ma- chinery added to its already complete plant.” Both the upper and lower sawmills at Se- quoia are now in active operation, cutting 75,000 feet of lumber each per day, according 0 the Sanger Hereid “Fluming operstions,” the paper says, “will be resumed ina few days, when a large force of men will be put to work on the dumps and in the lumber-yard here. Probably 500 men are encamped at Millwood, one-half of whom have secured employment for the summer. Others will be given em- ployment as the work progresses.” A project is mow under way which may re- sultin giving to Los Banos the fame of being the center of the largesy irrigation system in the State. Henry Miller, the cattle king, is the prime mover in the matter, and his surveyors are aiready at work. The Los Banos Enterprise says: “There are two courses underconsidera- tion, one to run the water up salong the foot- hills, and another to run it a considerable dis- tance lower down, taking in about three- fourths the amount of land. In order to take in all‘the vast plains below the foothills it will be necessary to build a flume for some distance at the upper end of the canal, which will of course make the expense much greater. But, however, we think it would 'pay better in the long run, as much territory could be suppliea with water. If thelarge canal js built it will take in nearly a hundred thousand acres of 1and that has no superior in the State.” With reference to the same subject the Mer- ced Star remarks: “The building of this canal will mean much for the residents of the West Side and is an enterprise of great interest to the entire county. “‘Mr. Miller has taken a deep interest in the advancement of the business interests ol that section of the county. He has thecapital and the business energy to push such a proposition to final success. It is to be hoped that he will decide in favor of the larger canal if it proves to be & practical possipility, as it will open up for settlement and cultivation vast tracts of land of the finest quality that is now practically valueless for agrarian purposes for lack of water for irrigation. ‘Phe building and operation of the proposed canal system will advance the value of land on the West Side, bring many desirable resi- dents into the countyand open up anera of prosperity that will be of inestimable advan- tage 1o Los Banos and its surrounding coun- try. The machinery to be used in building the canal 1s now at Firebaugh. The work will be commenced this month and will be vigor- ously pushed to completion. If the plans can be carried out as a; present provosed water will be ready for delivery in January next.” Captain George Redway has tendered his resignation as editor and general manager of the Pasadena News and will return East, wnere business interests require his presence. The position thus vacated has been accepted by J. E. Olmsted, who had pnvmulyiek‘l the posi- tion of city editor. Of immense value to the State of California will be the success of a company which has been organized to work the iron deposits of the McCloud River. The Redding Free Press speaks as follows with reference to the im- portant matter: “ieorge Senn, ome of the promoters of the scheme, with Mr. Bruson, says that he does not want to talk about the plans of the company, but we have learned enough of the undertaking to know that if it is practicable it will revolutionize the iron in- dustry in this State. The process by which it 1s proposed to turn raw iron ore into pigiron and steel is owned by Mr. Bruson, who, for seven years made experiments with electricity in Alabame, during that time building no less thau seven dynamos before he coula produce the required kind of electricity, which is alto- gether different from the ordinary dynamo furnishing power for electric lighting. By his dynamo & wire capable of producing 40,000 horsepower can be taken hold of without in- jury by the naked hand. As itisexplained, there is a decrease in voltage, but an increase in amperes. “When we take into consideration that all the iron used in the State is imported, we can begin to estimate the value to the State of the plant which this company proposes to erect. “Sever ol surveys have been made, but the details bave not by any means been settled. Just where the plant will be located has not yet been decided, but probably it will be put on the Sacramento River above Kennet, and a narrow-gauge road built to connect with the mines. Water power will be used to set the dynamos in motion, but just where has not ‘been decided. “Mr. Senn says that all the foundry men snd iron workers in San Francisco will watch the results of this process, for it means much to them in cheapened product, and to Shasta County it means a busy hive of industry and great advance in real values. «“In addition to the plant to convert iron ore into the raw product, it is proposed to erect a small plant to work precious ores, it being claimed that by Mr. Bruson’s process the cop- per ores of Iron Mountain can be smelted and the copver, gold an silver extracted separate from each other and perfectly pure.” PERSONAL. 0. J. Woodward, & banker of Fresno, is at the Lick. Frederick W. Hume .of Milwaukee is at the Palace. W. F. Mellick, & stock-raiser of Idaeho, is at the Palace. J. Johnston, a banker of Corning, Cal,isat the Cosmopolitan. Superior Judge A. P. Catlin of Sacramento is a guest at the Lick. W. W. Middlecaff, a Visalia attorney, is a guest at the Grand. D. N. Carithers, the Santa Rosa merchant, is on a visit at the Lick. S. W. Schmechel, & Salinas merchant, is visiting at the Grand. State Sensator C. P. Berry of Mountain View is registered at the Russ. M. Dinkelspiel, the Suisun merchant, 1s making a short stay at the Grand. 2 Fred Eilerman, business man of Nevada City, 18 making a brief visit at the Lick. W. B. McSherry, & mining man of Coulter- ville, is registered at the Occidental. Ex-Judge J. W. Turner, & well-known attor- ney of Eyreka, is a guest at the Russ. Aaron Smith, the Los Angeles railroad con- tractor, is at the Occldental with his wife. M. H. Orr, one of the officials of the Stock- ton Insane Asylum, arrived at the Grand yes- terday. tiColonel H. B. Maxson of the United States survey service, is among the gueésts at the Palace. R. N.Straus of Yuma and R. 8. Stephens of Los Angeles, two mining men, are registerea at the Grand. ‘William T. St. Albans of London arrived from the East last night with his wife and regis- tered at the Palace. D. E. Knight, general agent of the large woolen-mills at Marysville, is making & short business visit at the Lick. E. 8. Chambray, representative at Grass Val- ley of a big French mining syndicate, is s re- cent arrival at the Grand. R. J. Lucas of St. Louls, brother of Mrs. Hager of this City, wife of Judge Hager, ar- rived at the Paldce last night. Among the latest arrivals at the Cosmopoli- tanare W. 4. Gould and wite, Miss J. Porter end Miss M. L. Rush of Riverside. * J. P. Overton of Virginia City, Nev., capital- ist and one of the principal owners of the water works there, is & late arrival at the Russ. Louis Vassion, Consul and Commissioner of the French Government at the Hawaiian Islands, arrived at the Palace last night on his way to Honolulu, v Rev. James B. Winchester, an Episcopalian, of Nashville, Tenn., is at the Ogcidental, on his way hom4 from Alasks, where he has been for the last twh years. C. K. Dam, the merchant and rancher of ‘Wheatiand, is at the Russ. It was Mr. Dam’s 80m who won the gold medal at the University of California this year for debate. James Renton, manager of s large planta- tion on the Hawaifan Islands, is at the Occi- dental with his wife, having returned from an Eastern trip en route for Honolulu. HOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HELPS. Fresno Republican. A free-trade contemporary says that the Re- publican party has never done anything to help the people, The fact is that the people have not needed help the Republicans were in Pmnr They s had plenty of work ":: could help thmdnt &n"m T people & chance at labor and S S T R HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1596. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Ex-Superior Judge Charles F. Lott of Butte County is among the arrivals at the Lick. He came down sbout a week ago on a matter of business, and would have gone home ere this but he is feeling a little under the weather and looking pale. - The long residence of the Judge at Oroville, combined with the acquaintanceship which resulted from his years on the bench and on the stump in political campaigns, has caused him to become one of the best-known men in California. His snow-white hair and beard serve to make him conspicuous in the corridors also, and French and other continental interests. Grad- ually a distinct English bias has made itself felt in his entourage. The Paulist Fathers of New York baveasa guest Bishop Augustine E. Niedlycot, a Hin- doo, from the diocese of Tricoms, India. The Bishop speaks English fluently, and is an old friend of Archbishop Corrigan. The two were schoolmates in Rome. Dr. McGlynn was also & classmate of the Bishop’s. The last honor conferred upon the veteran statesman, Prince Bismarck, is a somewhat singular on. On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the opening of the Imperial Ex-Superior Judge Charles F. lott of Oroville, for Forty Years a Resident of Butte County. |Sketched from life by a **Call” artist.] not infrequently he is the center of a crowd. He came to California forty-seven years ago n*l for forty years has resided continuously in ‘Butte. *‘The orange crop in Butte County this year,” said the Judge, “is short, and it is the same way with other fruit and with hay, oats and wheat. I think the yield is about 70 or 75 per cent. “As to mining, work has been resumed on Feather River and thereis a hope that con- siderable gold will be got out. The force of men is not very large. It is a good thing for Butte, however. As to politics there is no great excitement, but the farmers and miners are all for silver. The gold-miners are the same as the others. “There are some_ improvements in Oroville now that add to the town’s appearance. Con- tracts have lately been let for the erection of four new residences and slso for several stores. One large business-nouse is to be con- structed where four or five old buildings have hitherto stood. In the building way Oroville is doing very fairly.’’ WHY HE MARRIED HER. I married my wite, wh Listen and I'll tell yo Not because she makes good ple, Tno' she can, I tell you; Not becsuse she’s wondrous wise, Versed in Greek and Latin Not because she likes 10 dress In fine silk or sazin Not because she rides & wheel—~ 1 still wegr the bloomers; Not because in kindliness All my crotchets huniors; Not hecause on polities She keeps always posted; Not because she knows how L Like my meat when roasted; Ot because of beanty rare— That is quickly over; Not because while she works Ba¥ X conld live in clover; Not because she does possess Fortune that’s immense: Simply just because she's got Good sound common-sense. —Boston Post. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Wife—Dear, I want $50. Hosband—What & sympathetic nature you have; I want the same.—New Yorx Evening World. Muggins—Is your son in business? Buggins—He's & contraetor. Muggins—What line ? Buggins—Debts.—Philadelphia Record. “I have been informed that your first at- tempt at a long-distance ride on your wheel turned out to be a highly dramatic affair.” «Very. I had to walk back.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Stern Mother—If you go into the water I shall send you straight home to bed. Angelic Child—If you do—boo-oh—I know a boy who's got measles and I'l1 go right off and catch "em,—Pick-Me-Up. Miss Keedick—What an awful talker Mr. Gilley is, and how little he says when he speaks. Miss Kittish—The poor fellow is troubled with an impediment in his thoughts.—New York World. Teacher—What was the reason our ancestors did not have any knowledge of the earth being round? Speak out, Johnnie. - Johnnie—Perhaps it was because they didn’t have any school globes in those days.—Tam- many Times. ‘Warn’t much on readin’ the papers— Said they never had any news; There was bread to buy, an’ they all come high, An’ he didn’t have money 10 10se. ‘Warn't much on readin’ the papers— Heap ruther walk than ride; Put up once at a big hotei— Blowed out the gas and died. —Atlanta Constitution. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Queen Victoria is particularlyjfond of or- chids, but does not like strongly scented flowers. Tiburzi, the notorious Sicilian bandit, en- joyed the digtinction of having been sentenced 0 death thirty-seven times, The Czarina, it is said, is an expertswimmer, and recently had a great swimming tank erected at the Winter Palace. Henry Cockayne Cust, formerly editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, William Waldorf Astor's paper, has started on & journey through Africa. ThejBurns anniversary was more or less cele- brated in Germany, where there are many transiations of the poet’s works, and where ‘some of his poems are favorite drawing-room songs. The Empress Eugenie isgoing to Cowes to join the Thistle, the late Duke of Hamilton’s yacht, in which she 15 going for a cruise along the southwest coast, including a visit to the Channel Islands. ‘The Khedive of Egypt will not be in & posi- tion to visit England this year, but desires to accept the invitation'for next year. Thereis no dnmm::tfiane:‘gohnmmmlu susceptible te to attempts to capture his sympathics and influence on bebalfof the Office of Health the medical faculty of the University of Jena conferred upon the Prince the honorary degree of doctor of medicine. OUR MONETARY SYSTEM. Mining and Scientific Press. Inview of the large interest taken in the money question of this country, the following compilation from official sources is of peculiar interest: Gold Coin—Weight, 25.8 grains to the dol- lar; has fineness of .900; no limit to issue; derominations, $20, $10, #5 and $250; has an uniimited legal tender quality; is receiv- able for all dues; is changeable for certificates under certain limitations. Gold Certificates—Issue suspended so long as free gold in treasury is below $100,000,000; denominations, $10,000, $5000, $1000, $500, $100, $560; no legal tender quality; receivable for all public dues; exchangeable at treasury for gold coin or any other money; redeemable in gold coin at treasury. 3 Silver Dollars—Weight 412.5 grains to the dollar; ratio to gold, 15.988 to 1; issue lim- ited to requirements to redeem treasury notes; denomination, $1; unlimited legal tender quality unless otherwise contracted; receiv- able for all dues; exchangeable for silver cer- tificates or smaller coins at treasury; may be deposited for silver eertificates. Silver Certificates—Issue limited to silver dollars in use; denominations, $1000, §5OO $100, 50, $20,'$10, $2 and $1; has no legal tender quality; receivable for all public dues; excn-nieable for dollars or smaller coins; re- deenrable in silver dollars. United States Notes—Issue $346,681,016 and in same denominations as silver certificates; legal tender quality is the same as silver dol- lars; reeeivabie for all dues (duties on imports by regulation onmly); exchangeable for all kinds of money except gold certificates; re- deemable in coin at sub-treasury in New York and San Francisco in sums of $50 or over. Treasury Notes of 1290—Total issue $156,- 044,615 and in the same denominations as siiver certificates; legal tender quality is the same as silver do ; receivable for all dues; exchangesble for United States notes; redeem- able in coin at treasury and when so redeemed are cancelled and retired, Currency Certificates—Issued in $10,000 de- nomination; has no le,f‘l tender quality; ex- changeable for United States notes; redeem- able in United States notes at sub-treasury where issued. National Bank Notes—Issue limited to vol- ume of United States bonds and their cost and in the following denominations: One thou- sand dollars, $500, $100, $50, $10, $5; has no legal-tender quality; receivable for all dues, except duties and interest on public debt; ex- changeable for silver and minor coin; redeem- ?ble in lawful money at treasury or bank of ssue. Subsidiary Coins—Weight, 385.8 grains to the doliar; ratio to goid, 14.958 to 1; issue limited to needs of the country and in denomi- nations of 50 cents, 25 cents and 10 cents; legal tender not to exceed $10; exchangeable for minor coins; redeemable in lawful money at treasury in sums of $20 or any muitiple, Minor Coins—Silver 3-cent piece, 77.16 grains; nickel 5-cent piece, 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel; silver 1-cent pieces, 48 grains; copper 1 cent, 95 per.cent copper, 5 per cent tin and zine; issue limited to needs of country ; legal-tender quality not to exceed 25 cents; redeemable in lawiul money at treasury in sums of $20 or over. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. ‘Will Not Need a Bond Issue. San Jose Mercury., When protection takes the place of free trade, the Government will not be dependent upon the banks to preserve it from hmgany. The Difference Will Ee Manifest. Los énpm Times. Wait titl Tom ed of Maine meets young Mr. Bryan in joint discussion and then the eople will have a chance to I - ?erene. between sense and lonnd.e.m oo Promoting an Industry. Watsonville Rustler. The announcement that Claus Spreckels will erect & big beet-sugar factory at Salinas, pro- vided he can secure the NECESSATY acreags planted to peets, should cas 5 10 do some tall hustling. Al“ie 1::::: l‘o?':inxl: tributing the circulating mea; factory cannot be excell'ed. CTA etangar Offensive to Cleveland. = o ‘l‘v;pn Register. 0se who bask in the sunshine of Preside Cleveland's favor are warned to go a little l:: slow in their political play. The Postoffice De- pariment notifies employes throughout the country not to take an active part in the cam- paign. Itsays each employe may vote as he pleases, but he has no right to i lentify him- 512&15‘:31{“\:‘1:&3 p«;mle.l organizations ve affuirs as wiil excite nu:‘;mf = S —— O The Cause Winning Friends. a M‘p‘ 5 ‘Ehl Barbareno. e of ¢ equal suffr stronger as the mlqumpti';“::p::::e.: More and more men are committing them- selves to the cause; and while at first it seemed that the agitation ht resuld ening the people ‘;nl: um: “o! :fl’ji:n.i::zi giving women an themselves, it nowfimm,i?mm e mm“; Dew conversions, that the equal suffragists may hope to win their vief at the very first baiile in California—in next November, —_— The St. Louis Tragedy. Fresno Republican. The programme which was made at Chica; to kill the Populist party at St. umumtug the remains over to the Democracy has been ‘accomplished in part, but by no means in en- tirery. Populist organization has appar- ently received its deatd blow, bus the breath of life remains in it, and the desperatestrength it has exerted in_defense of its existence will not be exhausted until it has recorded itself at the polls: The struggle it is making is ap- arently to the desth, but if it does not carry 50wn with it in wreck and ruin the party which marked it as an easy victim, the Spartan sentiment exhibited by its local representa tives is entirely misieading. A GEM. Rediands Citrograph. That cartoon in THE CALL of Tuesday last was immense. It shows the three wise men in & tub. Sewall is in one end paddling for dear life. Watson is at the other end of the tub, and the expression on his face shows that he is working his peaale for all there is init. In the center is Bryan, standing u% all serene, watching the herculean efforts of his two “'side artners,” but carefully holding in his arms is pet dog, “Altgeldt,’” the representative of all that 1s anti-law, anti-Government, anti. everything that a genuine Ameriean loves and desires. It is a gem, that cartoon. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. GOLD AND S1LVER—J. C., Redding, Shasta Connty, Cal. Thef® is no premium on s half dollar of 1810. There is a premium of 15 cents on a gold dollar of 1854. NATIVITY OF ACTORS—S., City. NatGoodwin was born in Boston, Thomas Keene in New York, Edwin Forrest in Philadelphia, Fred- erick Warde in London and George Fisher in England. SADIE MARTINOT — Subscriber, City. Sadie Martinot the actress, is & a native of the United States of French descent. W.J.Fur- geson, another actor who is in the same com- pany she is with, is a native of England. CassiNo—G. P., City. The law of sino does not prevent an opponent from building higher a build already on the table, but to take it the one who made the first build must ;algledn with a card of value of the increased uild. BANKING—Reader, Dixon. At this time the banks of California do business on a gold pasis and it is understood that they propose to con- tinue so doing. That portioh of your question as to what could or what could not be done under certain circumstances is & matter for a court to determine, and this department does not give judicial decisions. BIRDS—M. R., City. Ornitholigists say that it is impossible in the majority of cases to determine the character of the bird by the egg found in the nest. The bird you describe in your communication is probably the warb- ling vireo, which resembles & house finch, has a white breast and green yellowish wings and back. Itbuilds its nests in just such places as you describe. POPULAR VOTE—T. J., Carlile, Fresno County, Cal. At the Presidential election held in 1892 the popular vote was as follows: Total popular vote, including scattering, 12,110, 636. Cleveland received 5,556,918, Harrison 5,176,108, Weaver (Pop.) 1,041,028, Bidwell Pro.) 264,133, Wing (Social Labor) 21,164. s‘ieovellud’u popular vote over Harrison 380,- 8. THE YAcHT RACE—R. E. W., City. The race between the Valkyrie and the Defender was awarded to the Defender because the Defender won the first race, was allowed the second race because the English boat fouled her st the start, and because the Defender in the third race went over the eourse alone, after the Val- kyrie had crossed the line. Itis possible that | a'New York paper published that it was *no race,” but that was not the decision of those who were called upon to pess on the resuli. VELOCITY AND FORCE OF WIND—S,, City. The | following table gives the velocity ana force of the wind from ons to 100 miles per hour: g2 | B |8 2 |22 I8 Description of the wind. H T |& e i e 8] o — 25 o iz 8! Barely observable 2 | 176 | Just perceptible 3 264 Just perceptible 4 352 Light breeze 5 440 5|Gentle, pleasant wind 6 528 Gentle, pleasant wind 8 704 pleasant wind 10 | 800 sh breeze 15 1320 risk blow 20 760 Stiff breeze 25 | 22 Very brisk 20 2640 High wind 55 | 8080 High wind 40 'Very high wind 45 |Gal 50 &0 80 100 LADY’S BOX COAT. This coat is particularly becoming to tall and slender women. It is very stylish in biscuit- colored cloth, tans and light browns. Machine stitching is the only ornament except a velvet collar. It is the ideal coat for women who drive, having a style of its own superior to any other shape ior this purpose. 43 Melton, covert, ladies’ cloth, and in fllc( any plain cloth is used tor these noats, while (b8 mixed tweeds and diagonals are also used, often with a skirt to match. Velyet coats made after this model are very stylish. They may be worn open in front over a chamois undervest to displey (rimmings o white lace. 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