The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 9, 1896, Page 6

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W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open oot § o'clock. 2518 Mission atreet; open until 9 otclock. 116 Minth street; open until § o’clock. . Maln—1874 DAKLA':"D OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 31 and 52, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. t THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Patriotism, Protection and Prosperity. ¥OR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Oblo FOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A. HOBART, of Rew Jersey Election November 3, 18%. el Sl Beware the campaign canard. The fusion lye works have fired up. If you see it in a Popocrat organ it is only so so. Popular subscriptions to the fusion fund is the latest fake. Democratic leaders of National fame where? And echo answerswhere? The opportunity for voting for Colonel Taylor is the opportunity for good govern- ment. You are working for municipal reform when you work for fhe regular Republican ticket. The music of Republican harmony will sonnd as the funeral march for Buckley and Rainey. While Bryan appeals to certain classes of the people McKinley speaks for the masses every time. We do not propose to be a Nation of re- pudiators, says McKinley, and the people are with him on that. Governor Budd, Mr. Foote and Mr. Barry all made speeches and said nothing of Cator. How was that? As the Democratic warhorses say noth- ing of Cator it is perhaps fair to assume they think nothing of him. The American farmer has the best home market in the world, but if he wishes to keep it he must vote to protect it. McKinley has served the country well in war and in peace, but when did the boy orator ever serve the country at all? The time is near -at hand for the Demo- cratic managers to issue something like the Morey letter, ana don’t you forget it. Exgperience has taught this country more in three years than Bryan can make it forget in three mofiths with all his talk- ing. Bryan . poes out of his way in every speech to make some sort of attack on Mc- Kinley, but McKinley basn’t noticed it yet. The Democratic campaign is still waiting for some man of ability to speak for Bryan. The shallows murmur, but the deeps are dumb. The chasm between the Buckley and Rainey factions is wide enoush for united Republicanism to march through 1o victory. In tatking of Republican coercion and bribery Bryan has descended from the low Jevels of the demagogue to the mire of the blatherskite. I'}rop a dollar in the fusion, slot-machine and get a fifty-cent dollar after election. ‘What kind of game is that to play on the workingman? Whenever an old Democratic warhorse is forced into the field for Bryan he comes into sight snorting with rage and kicking like a bay steer. There are some people who say things cannot be any worse than_they are now, but all the same we had better not take any chances with Bryan. Governor Budd says he would preside at 2 Salvation Army meeting if it was for silver, but really the Governor ought to be willing to talk for salvation even with- out silver. The Democratic managers have sent out the story that the Republicans in Ohio are on the run, but neglected to add that they are running to win, while the Bryan- ifes are limping along behind. One of the Republican amusements dur- ing the rest of the campaign will be that of shooting Democratic canards as they fly. The beg of dead-duck roorbacks after election will be the largest on record. Business men know they would never discharge a man whom they had tried and found capable and faithful for the sake of meking room for an untried and inex- perienced man, and therefore they will vote for Charles L. Taylor for Mayor. Governor Budd came down from Sacra- mento last Wednesday to preside overs “‘silver mass-meeting” at'Metropolitan Temple. It will be noticed as a significant fact that this meeting was called by Wil- liam P, Lawlor, chairman of the Califor- nia Silver campaign committee, not by W. H. Alford, chairman of the Democratic State Committee. The boy manager of AN INSULT TO VETERANS. The editorial in Tae CaLL of yesterday directing attention to the utterances of “Coin"" Harvey gnd the expressions of the Bryanite press of Omaha assailing and re- viling the ola soidiers who constitute the remnant of our country’s defenders in its hour of peril has awakenea the createst indignation in the minds and hearts of the veterans to whose attention it came. This feeling of indignation found expres- sion at a meeting of the executive com- mittee of the Veteran Soldiers and Sailors’ Republican Club of this City, where resolu« tions were passed sirongly denouncing those who were engaged in traducing the men who risked their lives for the preser- vation of our Nation. The rebuke thus promptly administered to those who can find no better method of campaigning than that of vilifying and ridiculing the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic should meet with con- currence in the opinions and expressions of every patriotic American without refer- ence to party lines. The debt of gratitnde which is due to this diminishing remnant of the Union armies ef the Civil War should check the pens and tongues jof aemagogues whether in the sanctum br on the stump from such utterances as are credited to ““Coin’’ Harvey and the Omaha press. The fact that an old soldier chooses to be loyal to the Republican party and to promote the election of one of his cam- rades who has been made its standard- bearer is no excuse for reviling and no justification for abuse. The remaining officers and privates of the Civil War are not “‘old wrecks’ in the invidious sense of Harvey's reference, and if they are old and battie-scarred they are en- titled to that reverent regard which every grateful nation bestows upon those who bravely and willingly devoted their lives to its service. Neither | | should it be said, or if said should it be allowed to go unrebuked, that they ‘‘have lost their honor and patriotism’’ because they choose to be Republicans and to vote for Major McKinley. It will be surprising indeed if the loeal feeling of indignation over this slander of the ola soldiers is not repeated through- out the Eastern States with an emphasis which will cause such demagogu:s as Harvey and the Bryanite editors to hide thelr diminished heads. The history of the Chicago conven- tion was a cyclopedia of errors, a whole dictionary of disasters. Its record was a tale of lost opportunities and splen- did impossibilities, and after they ad- Jjourned they could well look around them and say, in the language of| Charles II of England, “I always ad- | mired virtue, but I never could fmitate it.”” They did not construct a plat- form; they merely raa up a scaffold.— Horave Porte THE STATE CAMPAIGK. The Republican campaign in California has been well managed and from all re- ports is proving effectual for the National ticket in every part of the State. No loyal Republican can find any fault with the management of Major McLaughlin and his colleagues of the State Central Com- mittee. Oan the other hand the party has every reason to be well pleased with their efforts and gratified by the success at- tained. The State committee has put able speakers and workers into the field and the local committees in all parts of the State have cordially co-operated in pro- moting and advancing the good cause. As the San Diego Union says: *“No men can present Republican priaciples more forcibly and eloquently than General W. H. L. Barnes, Hon. Samuel M. Shortridge, General John P. Jackson and a dozen others who might be named and who are already doing good service for McKinley and Hobart in California.” The only cloud upon Republican pros- pects in the State is that which has been ‘raisea in this City by‘a class of Republi- cans who have bolted the regular lccal ticket of the party and refused to submit to the decision and authority of the State Central Committee. This defection, how- ever formidable it appears now, will surely diminish as election-day ap- proaches. All Republicans areawars that with the present divisions in the Demo- cratic party a united Republican organi- zation would be sure of victory and would poll in Ban Francisco a majority large enough to assure the electoral vote of California to McKinley and Hobart. 1t needs no argument to convince any intelligent Republican that the duty of all members of the party is to support the | State Central Committee by all means in their power. The situation speaks for it- selt. The divisions in the Democratic party are caused by fundamental prin- ciples and cannot be reconciled in tiis campaign. Local Republican dissensions Lave been caused by matters of minor importance, ang, moreover, they have been appealed to the State Central Com- mittee and impartially adjudicated. All Republicans, therefore, can honestly unite for victory. The State Committee de- serves supvort. Let it be given loyally. From the close of the war to the elec- tion of 1892 our revenues had been constantly equal 1o our expenditures. As the issue at that election was almost purely a revenue one it is only fair to attribute to it the change in conditions which immediately followed. ‘Webster’s famous tribute to Hamilton if it were inverted would very nearly describe what happened after the pres- ent administration came into power. it smote the rock of our National resources and the abundant streams of revenue ceased to gush forth. beautiful and erect figure of our public credit and it fell lifeless at its feet.— Hon. 8, W. McCall. OAMPAIGN CANARDS 1t is evident that the stage of the cam- paign has beea reached when the usual Democratic canards will begin to fly about the country. Some of -them have already made their appearance. They are of two kinds. First, those which aim to induce the people to believe that the Republican party is resorting to bribery for the pur- pose of carrying theelection, and secondly, those which endeavor to lead credulous fools into the belief that men of capital and managers of great industries are try- ing to coerce their employes into voting the Republican ticket. Bome of these canards have already ap- peared, and fortunately their contradic- tions have followea swiftly after them. ‘We published yesterday the statement of the proprietors of the io Farmer, con- tradicting a report that the paper bad been offered $10,000 by Mr. Hauna to sup- port McKinley. All charges of attempted the boy orator’s campaign in California | coercion bave been refuted wherever they was having another quiet day. Have been specifically made, There is no It struck the truth in any of these reports, and they | adonted forms the chief issue of the polit- woul!d have no effect were it not that the | ical compaign in which we are now en- closing days of the canvass bhave excited | gaged. the minds of credulous people to such an The contrast between the remedies pro- extent that they are ready to beheve | poséd by the Republican party and those aimost anything that is said against their | of the fusion of disordered elements opponents, or against men whom they re- | which, is represented by Mr. Bryan was gard with envy or prejudice. well stated by ex-President Harrison in We regret to note timt Mr. Bryan has | his speech ‘'on Wednesday night at Cin- not been above the meanness of giving his | cinnati. Mr. Harrison pointed out that personal sanction to these canards. In|the Republican party proposes a well- his speeches of Wednesday on his way | adjusted, revenue-producing protective through Illinois he did not hesitate to ex- | variff and the maintenance of a sound press a belief that employers are trying to | financial system which shall keep at a coerce their employes and that the Re- publican managers are endeavoring to bribe newspapers and the people to sup- port the Republican ticket. At Hammond, IIL, he said: “Instead of resorting to argument some of the em- ployers have resorted 1o coercion—that is, they have attempted to make their em- ployes think as they want them to think.”” At Logan=port he said: *“The Republican managers’ idea of circulation is to circu- late a large amount of money just before the election in order to contract the curs rency right after the election. * * * I am afraid the chairman of the Republi- can National Committee is the forerunner of the advance agenti of that peculiar form of prosperity that comes just before an election to those who expect to make enough now to run them until the next campaign.”’ When the Presidential candidate of the fusion party makes statements of this kind we may ‘be sure the lesser orators and all the party organs will follow their leader in full cry. Misrepresentation, abuse, falsehood, slander and downright lies will follow one another thick and fast for the rest of the campalgn. Inteiligent men must be on their gnard against them. It is not easy to head off a lie when once it has been fairly started. The best way is to forewarn the people that they may be careful not to believe anything which comes to them except upon Well-estab- lished authorit. Fellow-citizens, which will you put in that seat, hallowed by Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln? Which man will you put ac the head of this republic of laws which those grest men founded and saved? In whose hands will this fairest fabric of gov- ernment ever raised up for mankind be more safe—in the hands of W, J. Bryan or of Willinm McKinley? Ac- cording as you decide that question in November you will decide the weal or woe of this country for a generation to |, come.—Hon. S. W, McCall. SMOKING THEM OUT. The Democratic party of California and elsewhere appears to be occupied this year in smoking its leaders out of their holes. A few days ago it came to the at- tention of the reading public that the New York Democrats were quite indus- triously engsged in smoking David B. Hill out of the hole into which. he had withdrawn himself and apparently pulled the hole in after him. The effort has not, however, ap to this writing appeared to have been much of a success, and the wily David still remainsin his hole. In addition to the effort of the New York Democrats there has been going on for some time a very persistent and not altogetber futile effort to smoke the ad- ministration, including those who now compose and in the past have composed its Cabinets, out of its hole. Democracy for some time waited with its hand to its ear for a decla:ation from Preside:it Cleve- land as to his atfitude toward the party candidate and the platform upon which he stands. Its patience was finally re- warded, and the President will not prob- ably be asked for another ergence until the candidate and his platform are each sadly in need of an obituary. There have been a few other instances where the smoking-out process has been successful. ‘For example, Secretary Wil- son was smoked out, and upon emerging caused those who have been engaged in the effort to regret their own success. Mr. Wilson having given expression over his own signature to the idea that Mr. Bryan is an unsafe man to be at the head of the Government and that the outcome of effecting such legislation as he recommends woald be a panic and _resultant disaster the like of which this country has never yet suffered from, has retired into his hole, very much to the relief of those who smoked bim out of it. It is more than likely that others of the administration, if they should be compelled to appear at all between now and election day, will cause the same feeling of relief to over- flow the Democratic soul when they retire into the obscurity from which they havi reluctantly come. & The Democrats of California are also en- gaged in a smoking-out process. They have, for instance, smoked out Billy Foote, and if reports be true he has been engaged in the main in forcibly expressing his profound sense ot disgust at the very name of Cator wherever he has gone. Up to date, Mr. Foote is the only one of the “Ole Bills” of the Democratic party who has been smoked out of his hole, and it is generally understood that if the rest of that famous company should be smoked out their language would ba even more lurid than that which marked the appear- ance of Mr. Foote. The latest leader who has been smoked out of his hole by the persistent efforts of the Democratic State Central Committes is Governor Budd, who has been finally persuaded to preside at a public meeting. It may be that bis Excellency, the Gov- ernor, may deem it a duty and debt of gratitude on his part to the people who elected him to make an occasional ap- pearance during the remainder of the campaign in the capacity of chairman of meetings at which other people occupy the center of the stage. Those of us, however, who are familiar with the Governor's method of conducting a campaign when is beart 1s jn it will hardly recognize him in this perfunctory capacity, and will be inclined to believe that aithough he may have been smoked out of his hole, be is either aot thinking what he says, or not saying what he thinks, regarding the Democratic party as at present constituted and its chances of succes: The Chicago platform is loaded with dynamite. It declares for repudiation, nullification and revolution. To pro- mounce 50 cents’ worth of silver te be a dollar and to make that a legal tender for the pnyment of the public debt is repudiation. To resolve not to enforce the laws ot Congress when resisted by violence and insurrection without the consent of the Governor of the State is nullification. To reorganize the Su- preme Court ko as to make it the regis- trar of the decrees of a political caucus is revolution.—Genera! B, ¥. Tracy. THE PROPER REMEDY. It is eonceded by amen of all parties that grave evils exist in this country, The Nation is without a revenue equal to its mnecessary expenses, and the people are without an industrial prosperity sufficient the plaz to give employment to labor and pro- :"“'“afi:;’u'“‘!“'h"’“" vide worikmen with the wages needful for the comfort and maintenance of their | Audito Some remedy for these evils{ % must be provided. What remedy is to be | and homes. parity every dollar of money that cir- culates, whether of gold, silver or paper. The fusion party,on the other hand, offers no remedy save the rash experiment of entering npon free silver coinage with- out the concurrence of other nations. They propose no remedy for the defective tariff, suggest no means of raising s revenue for the Government and offer no Governmental protection to American in- dustry in order to provide for the employ- ment of the workingmen of the country. The people have to choose between these two plans of remedying existing evils. On the one side we are offered remedies which have been tried and proven good by experience. REvery one knows that under a protective tariff the Goyernment had an ample revenue and the working- man ample employment. On the other side we have nothing but a hazardons ex- petiment which, to say the least of it, is founded more upon rashness than upon disoretion. International bimetallism would undoubtedly be for the benefit of America, and this the Republican party is pledged to promote; but freesilver carried out by men like Mr. Bryan, without ex- perience in statecraft or even in the con- duct of private business, is almost certain- to result in overwhelming disaster. In a choice such as this business men and workingmen who have a fair sense of their own interests can hardly hesitate. It is better to adopt a rerzedy which ex- perience has proved to be good than to re- sort to untried nostrums which are little better than arrant quackery. The eoun- try has mede one expertment of Demo- cratic rule. It cannot afford to venture upon another. The prosperity of this country depends upon the election of Mr. McKinley. PER-ONAL. Dr. A. T. Hudson of Siockton is in the City. 0. H. Aasit of Junean, Alasks, is in the City. Captain Carey-Brenton of San Marin tis in town. . J. P. Meux-of Fresno was among yesterday’s arrivals.* C. White Mortimer of Los Angeles is at the Occidental. v V. Turtelot, an attorney of Pacific Grove, is at the Grand. George B. Mines, a business man of Minne- apolis, is in town. Julius E. Beir, a business man of Sonora, Tuolumne County, is in town. C. Gaito, a wealthy business man of Yoko- hama, Japan, is at the Occidental. William R. Bushby of Washington, D, C., is among the arrivals.at the Baldwin. John Markley, secretary of the State Board of Examiners, Sacramento, is at the Lick. G. Burcbell, 8 rancher of Merced, is staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel with his family. L. W. Bonney of Seattle, long engaged in the drug business on Puget Sound, is at the Bald- win. Fred W. Simpson, a real estate man of Chi- cago, Ill., is staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. » N. T. Carley, & civil engineer of Chatta noogs, Tenn., who is en route to Japan, is at the Palace. - John Brent, & mining man, formerly of Salt Lake, and now interested ia Northern Califor- nia mines, is at the Grana. Y. K. 8hindo, a wealthy merchant of Osaka, was among the arrivals on the Belgic yester- day. He is at the Occidental Mrs. F. Jasper, the wife of the well-known farmer of Sonora, Tuolumne County, is stay- ing at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. 'W. E. Catter, a prominent resident of Mon- tana, is at the Occidental, accompanied by Mrs. Cutter and Miss Grace Cutter. C. L. Ruggles, one of the owners of the Btockton Independent, was among the visitors here yesterday, and made his headquarters at the Grand. W. J. Gorham, the rubber -manufacturer of this City, sailed on the steamer China yester- day for Japan and China, to start a rubber manufactory. He will visit the leading cities, including Yokohama, Nagasaki and Toxkio in Japan, and others in the Flowery Kingdom. He is equipped with letters to leading people, CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 8.—At the St. Cloud—M. E. Woiff and wife; Astor—W. P. Eichbaum, E. E. Berry and wife; Park Ave- nue—Mrs. L. B. Hulman; Belvidere—Mrs, and Miss E. D. Solomon, U. Ohlandt; Marlboro—L. P, Weill — CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 8.—Among to- day’s arrivals are: T. D. Reeves, H. D. Moore, San Francisco; L. M. Shovmaker, Los Angeles; R. L. Beanlan, Oakiand. Letters From the People. THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT News of Its Progress From AWl Points n the State. The suffragists in Los Angeles are carrying on a most active campaign and are holding numerous meetings and rallies. Several de- bates have been neld, which have awakened a lively interest in amendment No. 6. Mrs. Alice Moore McComas and Mrs. Mila Tupper Maynara, the campaign speakers, are in great demand, and they are greeted by large and en- thuslastic audiences. Last week Mrs. Maynard spoke every afternoom and evening &t Pass- dena. The Suffrage Club of Vallejo took in over §80 the night Miss Anthony lectured. The Chico Republicans at their big rally re- ceived Mrs, Bidwell's speech for suffrage with enthusiasm. Mra. nl:‘-ynlrd spoke for half an hour on ual suffrage before Bryan Club of Com; :2. on Gcme‘mber 28, o P Fresno County has been thoroughly or- ganized by Mrs. Hazlett, and the precinct clubs are now holding regular meetings. Rev. Anna H. Shaw will speak twice at B’&“lk-wfl:;flfnilur fl’f Mrs. McCe and rs. McComas Mrs, May! poks 0 RS o eek, wm‘fln the town have taken up t e work with enthusiasm, and are using their infln:num gain the passage of the amend- m¢ en' Rev. Eliza Tupper-Wilkes addressed a large meeting at Beu moodon &Ku-ber 26, and is sa1d to have captured the hearts and also the votes of her audiencs, . Carrle Lane, Mrs. Chapman-Catt and other noted speakers will address the citizens of Oroville ou October 6. At the jollifieation meeting of the Farmers’ Alliance at Pinole on Se) ber 26 & debate on woman suffrage was A 8 Tas club oi‘l:.bu'."‘n ‘members has Miss 0 B, Anthooy and Mrs. Chapman- Catt ? large and enthusiastic meet- ing at Hanford iast mk;' a noouraging re, meetings and_pre- cinct work come m Buisun, Orange, —h’hn Monica and Grass Valley. The big rally held in, Alameda on Monday night wasa ‘l"rl ss. Miss Anthony and Miss Shaw cal ld“&!! rounds of applause from tbe appreciative audience and a large collection was taken up. The music was fur- n.l;}::: by a brass band composed of young turday Miss Shaw will address a: ‘Bat n open-air meeting on aat Stockton, and in the blicen rally wa. apman-Catt will speak at the Friday night beforé the Repub- 'anihlntfl Dbusiness have insugur- n the Mrs. ‘commfittee of ‘professional m’l!l“o’l isto hich the question o{ udl suffra; discussea. o Precinct work is well under way in Oak- land, and the reports are most encouraging. iss Susan B. Anthony will speak at the Potrero next Friday evening. ‘WINIFRED WARNER. FLOODED WITH SILVER: The Ewxperience of Canada During the War in the United States. The following extract from the Toronto Leader was published in the financial columns of the Aita Californian April 18, 1865: It is well known that we were not troubled with silver before the American war com- menced, but as soon as the paper currency of the States became depreciated, and wouid not pass in Canada, we began to find American silver pouring into the country. Gold became an objeet of speculation; every one knew it must advanece in price, and as a consequence the Americans brought silver in large quan- tities into this province, and after exchangin, it for bills drew goid from the banks wit which to speculate in the New York markets. American silver became abundant in Canada at once, The banks soon found it necessary to refuse to take silver from their customersat T par on deposit; this stopped 10 a great extent the direct influx, and the banks have found it necessary ever since to regulate the rafe of discount relatively to the abundance of silver in the market. ? The price of gold in New York continues M?her than the price of silver, the difference being never less than 3 per cent and generally much more, varying according to the demand for gold from the importers. It therefore be- comes a matter of speculation with the Ameri- ¢an dealer to buy silyer in New York and pay it out to us, as he realizes from 3 to 5 per cent on the money alone in the transaction. This circumstancé'keeps up a constant but gradual influx of silver into this country and accounts for the large quantities in circulation here. 8o long then as silver is taken at par b{ us, and the above difference in the price of silver and gold in the New York market continues, the country will be flooded with silver. NOT A STRAW VOTE. Stockton Independent. The San Francisco CALL has received from 170 commercial travelers from California cities statements of their Presidential preferences. Oif these 144 are for McKinley and 26 for Bryan. Of those whose siatements favoring McKinley were printed half a score are Demo- crats, aad these tell why they prefer him. All base their preference on his sounaness on the money question and their ability to foresee Wwhat disturbance if not aisaster must follow falling to the silver basis. Those who favor Bryan do not give their reasons, except 10 say they think free silver will help business. Why they think so does not appear. These drum- mers also report the preferences of busingss men in the Pacific States and the reports ire cheering, for nearly all oppose Bryan and free coinage, This is not a mere straw vote. It is & canvass of how people who think regard the ?mnm:n. Those who do not think are all for ryan. NO: SURPRISING. Napa Register. Five for McKinley to one for Bryan is the way the commercial travelers of California stand, as shown by the San Francisco CALL'S poll of nearly 200 representative members of the fraternily. This showing is not sarpris- ing, for commereial travelers must have good times to make their journeys profitable, and times have not been good since Bryan’s kind of a tariff superseded the McKinley law. ON THE DEFEN:IVE ‘Woodland Mail. THE CALL now has the Examiner on the de- fensive ana is administering some telling blows. The Monarch ran up againsta buzz- saw when it attacked Charley Shortridge. The reading public is loudly applsuding the ex-country editor. HYGIENE. I cannot eat but sittle meat, By microbes it is spoiled; And sure I think I cannot drink, £ave water that is bolled; And 11l endure low temperature, Since by the doctors told That to live long and keep up strong "Tis belter to be cold, So let bacteria scourge and scare, . ‘With ailments manifold, ‘To dous good we’ll eat no food, And keep our bodies cold. 1 love no roast except dry toast, And that »t stated terms: And little bread I eat, in dread 01 pathogenic germs. 0f milk no whit I take, lest it Zymotic ils enfold And fevers breed: yet most I heed To keep my body cold. A keen east wind I never mind, And fitty Fabrenhelt 1s the degree tha: best suits me, By day and eke by night: Thus wise I strive w0 keep alive, And haply Lo grow old. With beef uncarved, athirst and starved, And perished with the cold, 80 let bacterta scourge and scare, With aliments mauifold, To do us good we'll eat no foed, And keep our bodles cold. —St. James Gazette. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. - Funniman—We were in the heart of the mine when the lights went out, and not & mstch in the party. Sillicus—How did you get out? Funniman—Well, I had taken the precaution to bring a lightlunch with me.—Philadelphia Record. “Why don’t you ever write any poetry, Scribe?” asked the friend. “] did write a poem once—an ‘Ode to Ob- Itvion.””” “Indeed! What became of it?” “It reached its destination.” —New York Herald. He—Jack was out last night, and this morn- ing he was looking as disreputable as Poe’s ravl Bhe—What was disreputable about Poe's raven? He—Why, wasn't he forever on a bust?— New York Truth. This joke was sprung at the Buffalo conven- tion, and at once became very popular with the delegates: *‘What is the ditferencs between Bill Bryan and Buffalo Biil ?” Answer: “Buffalo Bill has & show.”—New York Evening Sun. He—Permit me to present you with a copy of my new collection of poems, She—Oh, thank you! I like poetry so much. He—And who is your favorite poet ? She—The man who wrote “Ta-ra-ra boom- de-ay.” Then be ran. He feared that she might want to sing to him.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. PARAGRAPHS ABOUI PEOPLE(] London papers now rather reluctantly admit that Mrs. Maybrick is very ill in prison. Six thousand provincial Mayors have been invited to the marrisge of the Prince of Naples. According to Andrew Lang, “Byron’s verse wiil never again be eherishea by lovers of poetry.” Most of it, he avers, “is fustian.” The prizes won by the Prince of Wales’ yacht Britannia during the past season amount to $8000. Some of the crew of the Britannia have returned to their homes at Wivenhoe. The Duke of Devanshire is still s great Irish land-owner, although the other day he sold 32,000 scres of land in Cork to Sir John Arnott for something like a quarier of a million sterling. | Barney Barnato’s new mansion in Park Lane, London, is & very stately looking edifice, sup- ported on white carved pillars that stfetch from the grouna floor up to the topmost floor. He is covering every inch of ground he bought with his house. It has been decided by the corporation of Harvard University to participate in the Testoration of St. Savior's Church in South- ‘wark, London, by presenting to if & memorial window of John Harvard. He was baptized in the church on Nbvember 29, 1607, * Queen Victoria buys all her coffee from s grocer at Cannes. It eame about in this way, When her Majesty was at Grasse solle years ago she was struck by the excellence ot the coffee, and finding it had been bought at a 1oeal English tradesman'’s shop, she promptly made him her purveyor. J. T. Taylor, an extensive stock-grower of Kern County, whose ranch is near Bakersfield, is among the new arrivals at the Lick. Mr. Taylor is & pioneer of that region of country and has been a long time in the livestock business. His specialty 18 growing horses and he pays little attention to cattle and some other kinds of livestock. 3 “In the way of striking or startling news,” said Mr, Taylor, “I do mot know that I can give you anything. But if you wanta picture of what exists down there I will try and tell youin a few words. Business is not rushing; itis what you might say rather quiet. There 1s & little bit of movement in the cattle busi- ness, but as I am not in that line I don't know much about it except that it givesan added life to things. “I have for a good while devoted my atten- tion to the raising of horses. But horses, as I suppose most peonlg are aware, are not com- ‘manding a big figure now. They are not sell- ing for so much as they ought to. ““There is one thing at Bakersfield that is ex- citing considerable attention and a good deal of comment, snd that is the getting of electric power from Kern River Canyon. This canyon is sixteen miles from Bakersfield. Thereisa very large fall of water ‘there, snd the idea s to bring the power to the city and use it there for starting & lot of industries, including fac- tories of different kinds. The power is to be used, too, for other purposes, notably for pump- ing water, lighting and other things. “We raise a good many sheep in Kern County, but I do not think there are so many now as there used to be. There wass time when the French herders had sheep all over the hills. They awitched them abouta good deal and moved them from one side of the country to the other. From the topsof the mountains to the plains, from there to the timber, and so on.” ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | Cator—Donald, City. Thomas V. Cator, the politician, is an American. STREAM OF WATER—Donald, City. The ques- tion asked sbout a running stream is one of simple arithmetic and one of the class that this department does not answer. Cexsus REPORTS—R. B., Knoxville, Placer County, Cal. If you desire any part of the census report of 1890 communicate your wants to the Representative from your district to Con- Rress. IN CuaxcEry—E. K. G., Oakland, Cal.’In order to ascertain about an estate in chancery in England write to Nelson Ward, Registrar, Chancery Division, High Court of Justice, London, Eng. INTEREST—Subscriber, Ukiah, Mendocino County, Cal. The interest paid by the San Frapcisco ‘savings banks in July, 1876, was 9 ver cent on term deposits and 7)4 per cent on ordinary deposits. THE BAN JOAQUIN Roap—N. N., City. The San Joaquin and San Francisco Railroad Com- pany will cnflluy competent jnen on its line, and all epplications should be made at the office, where all information wili be given. PIONEER WOOLEN-M1LLs—S. A. B,, City. The Pioneer Woolen-Mills, at Black Point, San Francisco, were opened in 1858 by Heyneman, Pick & Co. The original mills were destroyed by fire in 1861 and then the brick structure was erected. A SUPERSCRIPTION—M. M., City. Jr.after a man’s name is an abbreviation for junier and is used to designate the party from an elder member of the family nf the same name, In addressing & letter to such a person, whose name is, say, George B. Joblois, the correct form is “Mr. George B. Joblots Jr.” CIviL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS—W. 8., City. The civil service examinations are held four times a year, or at such times as the commis- sion may order them held. Examinations are held in this City, and any one wishing to enter for examination here should apply to A. W. Stowell ai the office of the secretary of the Postmaster. LAND VALUATION—G. L. T.. City. Withouta more definite description than “What is the value of a small lot facing the entrance to the French Hospital?” this department cannot give an idea of its value in the market. Persons who desire information should be explicit. If the corresvondent had given the sizeof the- lot and the locality there would not be any difficulty in obtaining the answer desired. MONEY PER CAPITA—Subscriber, Ukiah, Men- docino County, Cal. What is given to the world as per capita wealth is only an estimate of the amount of wealth of a country. This estimate is based upon the population of the country and the amount of money known to be in circulation, the amount in the commer- cial and the savings banks and the amount ir the treasury of the country. ELECTORAL VorEs—C. J. C., Pescadero, Cal. The total number of electoral votes to be cast at the next electoral college is 447, necessary to & choice 224. follows: The vote of each State is as Rubnuonont = BaBubE5ne 15 3 18 4 5 8 U 3 6 4 8 12 15 4 14| West Virginia. € 9| Wisconsin.. 12 lg Wyoming. 3 3 Total ........... 447 Mars—Duke, City. Professor George David- 8on, to whom was submitted your question, “In what year was Mars 5o close to the earth?” kindly furnished the following answer: The oppositions of Mars, i, e., when the planetis nearest the earth, occtir on an average every 780 days, but owing to the large eccentricity of the orbit of Mars'and the consequent varia- tions of the rate of his orbital motion the acte ual intervals between successive oppositions of the planet are very unequal, reaching about forty-five days. If an opposition occurs about the end of March Mars will be very near his perihelion and the least distance from the . about 33,800, miles, if the earth should be in aphelion. If the opposition occurs ated s series of Sunday afternoon meetings ;.t AROUND THE CORRIDORS. ]nbm the end of Febrnary Mars will bein aphelion, and if the earth snould then be in p:flheliun the distance between the planets Wwould be about 63,300,000 miles and the op- folnlon would, be the least favorable. The javorable oppositioris occur at intervals of fif- teen or seventeen years and fortunately for observers Mars in opposition rises when the sun sets and may thus be seen during the en- tire night. z One of the last two favorable oppositions was on the 5th of September, 1877, which was so very favorable that Professor Asaph in his pre- meditated search discovered the two mintte satelites of Then followed the opposi- tion of Mars on the 12th of November, 1879, 27th of December, 1881, February 1, 1834, March 6,1886, April 11, 1888, May 27, 1890, all unfayorable, On the 3d of August, 1892, occurred the second very favorable opposition, when observations were again made upon the satellites, and especially upon the physical as- gecu of the planet. At that cpposition the iameter of the et was 26.8 seconds of arc. MARRFAGE LICEN Subseriber, ' Lookout, Modoc County, Cal. In the State of California if parties wish to marry they must obtain the license in the county in which the ceremony is to be performed. No GOLD FOR SILVER—A. H. C., Woodbridgey San Joaquin County, Cal. The several quess tions in your communication are covered by the answer that the sub-treasury at San Frane ciseo does not receive silver dollars and give gold in exchange. Atonetime this was done 28 a matter of convenience, but about the 1st of August the officers were notified that silver dollars must be exchanged only for silver cer- tificates. LADY’S CAPE WITH TABS Some of the handsomest of the new capes are of velvet, covered with an all-over de-ign of lace braids, or elaborately trimmed with heavy white lace. Others are braided, the braid being white, ‘dblack or a color matching or contrasting with the cloth or velvet employed in making the eape. A perfectly plain shape 18 used for this N urposs, slightly rippling in effect. The loug b ends are lllewis:,:rex stylish, whether the model be used for & piain or & very much trimmed garment. The tabs hang straight from the neck, unconfined at the waist line, ‘being cut in one with the cape, or rather being an extension of the cape below the walst line. The home dressmaker may enter the task of capemaking with a light heart, for the roce1s is very simple when this shape is used. ghe lining and ouiside being cut exactly alike they are simply sewed together in a sedm and urned "fi,‘:‘ side out or the edges are turned n and blind stitched together if velvet is used. CrEAM mixed candies 25¢ 1b. Townsend's. * e ———— Srrcran information @aily to manufacturers, ‘business houses and public men by the Prem Clipping. Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e e~ Wnsodmm—»’rney tell- methat you never get genuine vitcuals on the stage; that it is always imitation food that is used. Storms (the actor)—Well, not always. We often get real eggs.—Yonkers Statesm Through Sleeping Cars to Chicago. The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, Sants Fe route, will continue to. run aalily through from Oakland to Chicago Pullman palace drawing-room, also upholstered tourist sleeping-cars, leaving every afternoon. Lowest -through ratés to ait polats In the United Siates, Canads Mexico or Europe. Excursions through to Boston leave every week. San Francisco tickes office. 644 Mar- ket street, Chronicle building. Telephone main, 1581; Oaxland, 1118.Broadway. —————— Phillips’ Rock Island Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio Grande and Rock Isiand Railways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Man- ager and porters accompany these excursions to Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations and further information address Clingon Jones, General Agent Rock Island Hallway, 80 Ment gomery street, San Francisco. ——————— “Mry, Winslow’s Soothing Syrap’ Has been used over 50 years by millions of mothary for their children white Teething with perfect sa> cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allayy Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels aal Isthe best remedy for Diarrheas, whether arising Irom teething or other causes. Forsale by Drag- gists in every par: of the world. Be surs and asc tor Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 206 4 w0iua ————— CORONADO.—Atmosphere is perfactly dry, soft and mild, belng entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days’ board at the Rotel del Coronado, $65: longer stay $2.50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. —_———— As an emergency medicine in croup, bronchitis, sore throat and kindred diseases, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is unsurpassed. ——————— *llease, ma, I don’t want any of those cul- tured peaches.” “‘Cultured peaches, Johnny? What can you mean by that?”’ “The ones with specs on ’em.” - Boston Transeript. NEW TO-DAY. - B N VL S U == McKINLEY AND HOBART! FOR SOUND MONEY, PROTECTION T0 AMERICAN LABOR AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. HON, BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH of Ohio HON, F. X, SEIE]]]WIKEH of New Jersey DA TS WOODWARD’S GARDEN PAVILION, VALENCIA STREET, Saturday Evening, October 10, 1896. - HON. C. L. FELTON will Preside. FRANK McLAUGHLIN, Chairman Republican State Committee. . M, R. HIGGINS, Secretary. ) /