The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29. DECEMBER 29, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Bunday CaLL, one week, by carrier..$0.18 Dally snd Sunday CALL, one year, by mall.... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mall. 3.00 Daily and Sunday CALI, three months by mafl 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALx, oue month, by mail. .65 Bunday CaLL, one year, by mall.. 1.50 ‘WERXLY CaLL, one year, by mall 1.50 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, £an Francisco, Californta. Jelephone Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. eveenee Maln—1874 Telephone...... BRANCH OFFICES: #97 Montgomery Eireet, corner Clay; open untll 170 o'clock. £5£9 Hayes street: open until 9:30 o'clock. %138 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. £W _corner Sixieenth and Mission streeis; open 8211l 6 O'clock. 4L1b Mission street: open nntll 9 0'clock 367 MLib sireet; open until 9 0'clock. *dumrkel sireet, open ull 9 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: £US Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms ®1 and 52, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR Al e s i e nter. It is surely a wet There will be big crops next year. Now is the time to hL\ng on to any um- bre]la in sight. The trusts are going to pieces, and that means prosperity. Chancler is determined to knock the stuffing ont of Clcvoland. The latest I‘resno mystery thickens fast and will soon be a blood-curdler. Weyler is working at the fortification of Havana as if he expected an attack in the rear. It begins to look as if we might counton the Burns monument as a coming orna- ment of the park. Grover has the satisfaction of knowing he will go out of office just in time to en- joy the fishing season. Congress may have to recognize the in- dependence of Cuba just to show its own independence of Cleveland. It will cost New York $25,000,000 to bridge the Hudson, and it seems to be a big price to pay for & walk over. Next to helping McKinley with the Cabinet the job which suits the politician best in these daysis giving advice to the Legislature. If Cleveland does not wish to recognize Cuba bimself he might at least get out of the way of Congress and not interfere with the procession. When we have made San Francisco a home market for home products we shall have gone far toward making it a manu- facturing center. McKinley is devoting his time to writ- ing his inaugural address, but tie Cabinet- makers are still sawing wood and getting everything ready for him. With a system of National legislation designed to protect industry and expand commerce, the whole United States will find the coming year a prosperous one. The Republican party does not engage in denouncing trusts in the abstract, but it can be counted on to enact legislation which will put an end to injurious mo- nopolies. The makers of the new tariff will have to take into consideration Oriental as well as European competition. We need high protection now 1n the full sense of the word. ———— No genuine and permanent improve- ment of trade condition can come until the new tariff bili has been enacted, and therefore an extra session of Congress will be welcomed by everybody. The Chicago scheme of organizing a band of colonists for Cuba and turning it into a band of soldiersas soon as it arrives at the island is ingenious, but it fallsa long way short of common-sense. There will be no regret over the news thata mammoth campaign tin-horn, which was being carried to Washington, has been smashed on the way. There is too much tin- horn politics in that city now. An effort is being made to increase the copper product of Vermont, and we have, therefore, another State to join with us in our movement to bring about the appoint- ment of a secretary of mines and mining. The new library building at Washington will be one of the things the country can be proud of, for it will not only be the finest building in the world, but it will have been completed inside the appropria- tion. Sty A Kansas man rejoices in a house con- structed entirely of baled hay, with the exception of the roof, which is of canvas. The advantage of the situation is that whenever he is told to go to grass he can g0 home. General Wolseley says the Russian em- pire will vet be overthrown by an inva- sion of Ctinese armies; and thus we have another evidence that the British view of thinge is different from that of the rest of the world. _— If California does not get a place in the Cabinet this time it will 1.~t be the fault of her people. For once, at any .ate, there has been o squabble over the place, nor any attempt to drag down any one who has been nominated for it. Senator Mills’ motion that the United States take possession of Cuba and hold it until the people organize a government to suit them was probably borrowed from British modeis. By adopting such action we would hold Cuba about as long as England holds Eegypt. A Memphis paper which supported free silver during the campaign has decided to drop the financial question, and advises other Democrats to do so, on the ground that *“there is no use making a hornets’ nest of life.”” Here is 2 hinv to Bryan, if he is not too obtuse to take it. A new York authority on Gaelic sur- names says “McKinley” means “a de- scendant of Kinley,” and that Kinley it- self stands for the Gaelic Cionnfhaoilidh (pronounced Kineely), literaily *‘the man with the glad countenance.” It is evi- dent there is more in these Gaelic names than Shakespeare dreamed of. | Cuba is of lmpartance to this country. | cultural Department for the purpose of OONGRESS AND CUBA. The statements of Senator Chandlet, published in Tue CaLy yesterday, render it evident that some of the leading men in Congress intend to make use ot the Cuban question to bring toa final settlement the long discussion a#s to the relative powers of Congress and of the President in deal- ing with foreign affairs. 'I'his will raise a great constitutional issue and the contro- versy will have an important bearing on the development of our own Government as well as on the affairs of the Cubans. Senator Chandler called attention to the clause of the constitution which provides that Congress shall have power ‘‘to'make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers and all other powers vested by this constitution in the Govern- ment of the United States or in any de- partment or office thereof.’” Under this general authority it is claimed by Senator Chandler that Congress can by law direct the President in his action in all dealings with foreign nations. The Senator says: The President may command the army and navy. Yes; but Congress by law may give him specific directions what to do with them, to use them in any particular directiof or not to use them &t all. He may make treaties with the consent of the Senate and they be- come laws. Here is the only power to make law not vested in Congress. He is to receive | the foreign Ministers. Yes; but only Min- isters from countries which Congress chooses to have recognized. If two governments are striving for control of a country Congress may by law decide which government the United States will recognize and the President is | bound to obey the law and receive a Minister from that governmentand refuse to receive a Minister from the other. The issue, it will be seen, raises an in- teresting point in constitutional law, and aside from any effect it may have upon The debate upon it will engage the ablest minds both in the Senate and in the House, aud .may determine once and for all whether the President is to have vir- tually an exclusive control over foreign affairs, or whether Congress can dictate the policy to be pursued with foreign na- tions as well as that concerning affairs at home. 1t would be below the dignity of the issue to consider Mr. Cleveland’s person- ality in connection with it. He is but an aceident to the situation. Inafew months he will go out of office, never to return. Heis a factor in the problem only be- cause he has acted in such a way as to compel Congress to consider the problem as one of practical politics. The decision made will survive Mr. Cleveland’s term of office, and will determine the course of the Government for all future time. It is, therefore, an issue which should be de- bated on the broadest grounds of states- manship, and fortunately the leaders in both houses of Uongress are men who can be relied upon to discuss it on that basis. REGISTRATION OF PLANTS. | Congress is to be asked this winter to establish a new bureau under the Agri- providing a thorough and complete regis- tration of plants in this country. The ob- ject of the bureau will be to fnrnish an |° official register of all plants placed upon the market, with a complete description and specimens of the bloom, seed, foliage and fruit. The ends sought to be accomplished by the advocates of the new bureau are to | prevent the duplication of names, to| bring about the renaming of many sorts of plants of commercial use, the simplifi- | cation of nomenclature, the formation of | a National herbarium of economic plants and an exhibitfon of varieties as well as the variation of plants under culture. By effecting these objects it is believed the rew bureau will enable the propagator of new plants to obtain some roward for his labor in the same manner as is now accorded to the inventor of an improve- ment in machinery. It is expected that all plant breeders and growers will indorse the efforts of the vromoters of the plan and that the move- ment for the establishment of the bureau will have a strong support 1n Congress. It is certainly advisable that a work of this kind should be undertaken by the Government. The United States is the greatest producer of useful plants in the world, and large sums of money are in- | vested in enterprises to propagate new | and better varieties of all kinds of trees and shrubs. Those who devote thelr time and energies to this work deserve recogni- tion from the Governmeut and are en- titled to protection by law which will secure to them the benefits of their in- dustry and skill. The proposed bureau would be of great benefit to the people of California. The industry of plant life in this State, al- though carried to an extraordinary ex- tent, is as yet in its infancy. It is scarcely possible to set limits to the increase in this State of varieties of all kinas of vines, shrubs and trees, which are either useful, beantiful or medicinal. It is not too much to expect that in California the vegetabie world will yet receive its fullest and high- est development under the careful culture of scientific horticulturists. It will be profitable to us, therefore, to have a gov- ernment supervision which will enable our producers to receive due credit and profit. The California delegation in Congress can sureiy bs counted on to as- sist the movement, and should be urged todo so by all who are interested in our horticultural industries. BIMETALLISM ADVANOCES, The speech of M. Meline, Prime Min- ister of France, in the Chamber of Depu- ties some days ago, in which he declared that the welfare of agricultural industry depends upon a return to bimetailism, has given rise to considerable discussion in the Eastern States, and as a result fuller information has been brought out con- cerning the subject than was given in the first dispatches. Among those who have been intérviewed on the guestion is M. Edmond Bruwaert, Consul-General of France at New York City, who, while declining to discuss the i as a political one, pointed out that M. Meline, before he became Prime Min- ister, had presented a bill to the Chamber of Deputies calling for a governmental inquiry to be made in regard to the pos- sibilities of international bimetallism and its probable result it adopted by the lead- ing nations of the world. M. Bruwaert went on to say that an ag- ricultural association has been formed in France which advocates the adoption of the bimetallic standard. This organiza- tion has a large membership and is allied with similar associatious in Germany and Great Britain. The associations bave been powerful enough in the past to ob- tain the presentation of bills before their respective Parliaments for a return to bi- metallism, and with each new discussion of the subject have grown in numbers and in strengtn. As M. Meline, so long identified with the bimetallic movement, has now become Prime Minister of France, the prospects of bimetallism in that country are brighter than ever before and the fact that the a strong bimetaltist has added also to the ‘| prestige of bimetallic associations ‘else- where. The outlook for some sort of in- ternational agreement is therefore better in Europe than it has been at any time in the past, and it is probable that some so- lution to this long-vexed problem is at hand. There can be no question that the move- ment in Europe toward bimetallism has been largely promoted. by the success of the Ru]mblican party in the recent elec- tions in this country. It is well under- stood by the leading financiers on the other side of the ocean that McKinley was elected President on a platform pledging him to promote the free comnage of silver by international agreement. The action of the Republicans of tne Senate in ap- pointing a committee to devise legislation looking toward some means of bringing about such agreement shows that the party intends to keep that pledge to the letter. The influence of the United States will therefore be added to that of France in advancing the movement, and thus all genuine bimetallists have abundant en- couragement in the prosecution of the work. ‘With such prospects before us it seems clear that Bryan’s attempt t.pcannnue the free silver crusade will be labor in vain. Few Americans will care to endanger the chance of international bimetallism by giving support to a further agitation for silver monometailism in this country. If all sincere friends of silver will act now with the McKinley administration there seems assurance we shall successfully solve this problem before the next Presi- dential election. THE ORIENTAL TRADE San Francisco's opportunity to become the metropolis of the vast trade of the coasts that circle the Pacific Ocean, as well as the methods by which to lay hold of it, are pointcd out in a long, urgent letter recently received by the Chamber of Com- merce from John Barret, United States Minister to Siam. Mr, Barret writes not from a superficial investigation, but after mature study of the situation. He has been over the ground several times and has collected and re-collected statistics and all kinds of data bearing on the subiect. The opinion is emphatically expressed that San Francisco should be the control- ling port of the entire Pacific seas, second to none in Asia, Australia or South Amer- ica. The circle of trade comprehended in this vast field represents a population of 500,000,000 and $1,000,000,000 of annual business. Immense as this commerce is now it is but in its infancy and is certain to havesan immense expansion. Mr. Barret calls attention to the dimen- sions of the traffic already carried on; to hundreds of coasting steamers, to the dozen or more great steamship companies running steamers from Ecrope to the East, to the organization of British and German business in the form of great exporting and importing houtes in every important city in the Orient, and to the commercial commissions sent ont by Su- ropean chambers of commerce to investi- gate every detail of demand and supply in the trade. He singles out Shanghai as the fore- most of all the great marts across the Pacific, and advises the estalishment of the closest possible commercial relations with that city, He recommends that S8an Francisco should use its influence to estab- lish an American chamber of commerce at Shanghai, which could act as a potent factor in assisting trade exchange. In connection with this chamber he points out there could be arranged a permanent exhibition of American products to make the Chinese familiar with American ex- port goods, as well as to furnish American exporters all kinds of information about the needs of the Chinese markets. It is further recommended that a San Francisco bank, with agesicies in London and New York, should establish a leading branch in Shanghai, with lesser ones at other places. Capable agents should be sent to the far East to thoroughly study it, and an American steamship company, ora strongly capitalized American house act ing as agent therefor, should have vessels of lighter draught than those crossing tae Pacific, which connecting with trans- Pacific lines would carry the trade of the smaller Oriental porte. The establish- ment of something in this City which migh® be called an Orientfl Exchange is suggested, where could be exhibited sam- ples of all kinds of merchandise imported from Eastern Asia, with data as to prices and consumption. In regard to what the Nation should do in this connection, Mr. Barret testifies, as the resultof his study of the commerce of the world, to the necessity of Government subsidies to foster the building up of a proper merchant marine to make sure our commercial prosperity ; just as the great commercial nations of England, France and Germany are doing. This communication from Mr. Barret should set the merchants of the City to work to carry out that partof the pro- gramme assigned to them, and the whole coast should unite in the effort to influ- ence National legislation to foster the creation of a great merchant marine that would make Old Glory a familiar sight in all the world’s great ports. These things united with the needed reforms in lessen- ing the excessive charges incurred in landing cargoes here would bring and send through the Golden Gate argosies 8o frequent and so richly freighted asto start 8an Francisco upon that career of prosperity which will secure 10 her the proud position of the metropolis of the Pacific Ocean. THE JEFF DAVIS VOTE IN AR. KANSAS. St. Lonis Globe-Democrat. In the returns of the State of Arkansas for Presidential electors, as certified to the Secre- tary of State at Washington, as is provided by law, there appears among the list of the elec- toes the following: *Jeff Davis received 86 votes.” The vote for the dead leader of the “lost cause” was the cause of much amuse- ment at the capitol. SBome of the Arkunsas members were unmercifully guyed about it. St. Louis Republic, “Dead leader of the lost cause,” indeed! Now wait & while and let Colonel Jeft Davis of Arkansas and the eighty-six straighi-backed Democrats who voted for him rise in the flesh and guy a little the newspaper which has tried to translate him to the realm of diseme bodied spiri PUNISHMENT FOR MR. BAYARD. Epringfield Union. It is rumored that the Queen has commis- sioned Poet Laureate Austin to doup Bayard in verse. The Embassador's enemies can as for no greater punishment than this, PANACEA FOR THE POOR New York Commercial Advertiser. The latest cure for dyspepsia is going with out breakfast. The peculiarity of this remedy 1is that no man is so poof but that he can re- ceive treatment. MODERN DESIGNATIONS. Chicago Times-Herald. This is a euphemistic age. A thief nowadays is called a 'ptomaniac,” 8 murderer is called a vpsychic epiletpic” and an alderman citizens," i Prime Minister of the French republic is ‘ is galled -‘%:u of our best AROUND THE CORRIDORS. S T. 8. Minott, an attorney of Marshfleld, Or., is at the Lick, on his way to the new gold fields at Randsourg. The country about Marshfield, which is on Coos Bay, is known as one of the best in the United States for big game. There iselk there in considerable numbers. “There are three bands about there,” said Mr. Minott: “One consists of about twenty- five elk, and these range between the Elk River and Iron Mountsin ana the Six Rivers. Another band of about twenty range between the North Slough and the Umpqus, or Ten- mile Lake. Besides these there is a band of fifteen or more between the head waters of the Coquelte and Coos rivers. “The elk breed reasonably fast. They have just about held their own for several years, notwithstanding the inroads of the hunters. The etk grow very tame during a part of the season, ‘A band came down to tidewater and visited Levi Smith’s place in September last, during the fishing season. The men there killed two With shotguns. The elk roam over an area about 150 miles in extent. “The best hunting is on Elk River. If & man from here wants to take a fiyer at it, he wants to land at Port Orford, and then take a pack mule and go up to the head of Elk River. “The Iron Mountain country is covered with osks and clinkerpins. Clinkerpins are pecu- liar shrubs that grow there. Besides these there is plenty of sala brush. Bear are fat and thick in there. About every tenth oak you strike will have a bear in it, and all about there are bear in plenty. “Itis a marvelous game country. I know no better anywhere. The last thing I killed Was a bear. I have not hunted for sny elk for 8 good while. Anybody can kill a deer there, there are so many.” PERSONAL. Dr. M. F. Price of Los Angeles is in town. J. T. Clayton of Tucson, Ariz., is at the Russ, Charles C. Harding of Los Angeles is in the City. A. B. McNeil of Ban Jose is in the City on business. James E. Harper of Reno, Nev., arrived here last night. R. C. Minor, an attorney of Stockton, is at the Grand. F. A. Wolford of Grass Valley is at the Cos- mopolitan, Edwara Chambers of Los Angeles arrived here yesterday. P. A. Buell, the manufacturer, of Stockton, is at the Grand. “S. C. Tyler of Milford 1s among the guests at the Cosmopolitan. A. J. White, who has interests on the mother lode, t the Lick. N. atimer, a business man of Seattle is here for a short stay. C. 8. Hardy, a buslness man of San Diego, ar- rived here yesterday. L B. Tucker, a prominent grazer of Salinas, is at the Cosmopolitan. % W. F. Peterson, a manufacturer of Sacra- mento, is at the Grand. Talbot H. Wallis ot Sacramento, formerly State Librarian, is in town. E. C. Apperson, the capitalist, of Santa Clara, is visiting this City. L. W. Mouitrie, an attorney of Fresno, is among late arrivals in the City. Lieutenant Francis J. Semmes of the United States nayy is at the Occidental. Among the arrivals here last night was W. M. Breckinridge of Tucson, Ariz. W. H. McClintock, & mining man of Sonors, is among the arrivals at the Lick. C. E. Shermsn of Santa Barbara was one of the arrivais at the Occidental yesterday. Dr. H. P. Hugue of Ravenna, Ohio, is at the Occidental, accompanied by Mrs. Hugue. A. Rubenstein, one of the well-known busi- ness men of Fresno, is a recent gfifival hare. Captain H. Pohlmann, the dely known steamship commander, is at the Occidental. Lisutenant W. W, Harris of the United States steamship Adams is at the Occidental. Alexander Neilson, the ‘wealthy foundry- man of Sacramento, is in town on a business trip. John C. Nourse, an extensive and wealthy merchant of Fresno, came up to the City yes- terday. Rus. D. Stephens, a leading grower of table grapes at Brighton, Sacramento County, 1s at the Palace. J. C. Lynch of Cucamonga, formerly Speaker of the Legislature, is in town, apd is a guest of the Baldwin. Julius Hauser, with his wife and son, of Los Angeles, are in the City and registered at the Cosmopolitan, M. Provines of Grass Valley, and who owns mining property there of considerable value, is at the Russ. Henry Stelling, the wheat-buyer, rancher and capitalist, of Davisville, is on a visit hore, He is at the Russ. H. A. Unruh, manager of E J. Bn\dwln’s Eanta Anita ranch, Los Angeles County, isat the Baldwin Hotel, J. F. Debendort, the well-known real-estate agent of San Jose, is in the City and is stop- ping at the Grand Hotel. The Supreme Court yesterday admitted? W. H. Robison, W.E Malcolm and W. H. Lang- don to practice in that court. R. M. Clarke, ex-Attorney-General of Ne- vade, arrived here from his home in Carson yesterday, and is at the Grand. J. B. Wright of SBacramento, division super- intendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife and son. Henry P. Hoey and wife are s holidays in the City. Mr. Hoey is ass! gineer of construction of the coast division of the Southern Pacific Company. ' Robert Nixon Jr. of Yreka, son of Robert Nixon, the piomeer proprietor of the Yreka Journal, and himself a newspaper man, is among the arriv: t the Grand. Professor Frank Angell, head of the depart- ment of psychology at Stanford University, and 1ncidentally probably the best baseball player in the taculty team, is making a short visit at the California. The Rev. James E. Mills of Quinoy, Plumas County, Cal.,, who 18 visiting this City with his wife en route to Mexico, preached the Christmas sermon at the Third New Church Soclety on Sunday evening, December 27. Among last night’s arrivi t the Occidental was Judge Walter B, Cope, recently—though a Democrat in Bants Barbara County—re-slected to the Superior bench at Santa Barbara by a large majority. At the time of his election six years ago he was reputed to be the youngest Superior Judge on the coast. He had onlya few years previous to that been graduated from Berkeley. . CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 28.—At the Plaza— Barrett J. McGlynn. Metropole—J. E. Berver. Ashland—G. L. Ames. Hoffman—W. F. Berry, M. Wiener. Buyers here—A. A, Loun, W. Preston. Captain von Studnitz left the Plaza to sail on the Fulda for Genoa. A CABINE( POSITION, AR R Los Angeles Express. The prospect that California will be hon- ored with a Oablnet position seems excellent. The dispatches from Canton indicate that the matter is under serious consideration, and t| names of several eminent Californians ha been mentioned as ilities, among them Judge James A. Waymire of Alameds, which at present appears to be received with the most favor. Judge Waymire is a lawyer of anelton and. nbllny, and a gentieman of go , and his appointment llbe roulvea with general ap- g:ou\ md satisfaction. Indeed, there Is more sentiment provalling in Gdllornll than ever before upon this subject, ii e di rection of leaving the l’ruld.nl to m-n hi ownchoice amopg Californians without un- due or impertinent interference for or against that hi been n, U. Beott, bon 5 M. H Shortriage, l’. i stee Hams, ought, the President .lun. 10 nfls our 1t would be a great honor and agrea’ advantage to c.mn- nia to have any one of its citizens of suffis merit to satis(y the nqulnnuu of the M- . 3 ” l T T R N Py RPS R DT PRV TR eB SN T8 % RH e TR B AP RS s AR ¥ e PR ¥ 8 R e BT 8 = - 1896. dent appointed a Cabinet Minister. Mere sonal !relurenoea and personal considera onl should be put aside for the honor md inter- ests of the State. A MUSICAL BURLE:QUE. It you want to write a musical burl The recipes you never must Igno: You needn’t be amusing or grotesque: Per contra; you should never fail to bore. You needn’t care & jot for the nature of the plot— Coherency may ron the booking dry: But you certainly will fal If yont 1digtic tale Doesn’t bear a negro luliaby. You n!:‘nn make a naughty reference now and t en To the funny little things they do in France, Ang, if failing to express it with our pen, You can lllustrate our meaning with & dance. ‘While no matter what yourstory, you must mouth about the glo Of the soldier or the sailor far away: Like a stripling of a Kipling, or like Tommy when he's tippling— You are bound to write a patriotic lay. Then you introduce & broker or & Jew: A soldier must be pitted with a snob; And the idiotic herome must woo In a song that is supposed to make you sob. 1f you start act 1 at home, in the second you must Toam Tothe Continent, to India, or Japan; And ol llu the dolly ditty is considered rather Fnr lt.'l wel.l 10 be domestic—when you can. ‘You needn’t be particular with rhymes, “Mamma” and “far” are jingied by the throng; While “love” and “‘move’~how many, many mes?- Ate coupled In the sentimental song. Allvllh loL)o{ frocks (that display the wearer's Mnn. never, never possitly be missed While your prospec:s will be bright if tne isky opening night Sees your ‘unmady" most vigorously hissed. —The Sketch. DAINTY NIGHT GOWN OR LOUNG- ING ROBE. The charming gown shown here shows the fmpress of the Empire style. It is a model used both for lounging robes and night dresses. For the latter it may be made of a variety of fabrics, from muslin or flannelette to china silk. In the latter material it is sbown for trousseaux trimmed with butter-colored or white lace; ribbons of bright but delicate tones are run through the lace, which con- fines the front below the bust. A very dainty gown in nainsook had trim- mings of narrow yellow Valenciennes lace,with bands of fine Hamburg embroidery. Colored Jawns and batistes with vhite em- broidery or lace—either white or {ellow—are very daluty. The batistes especially will be found’ quite satisfactory, for they launder banul“ullf A lounging robe of twilled French flannel of a medium pink is dainty with trimmings of white lace with blue ribbons run under. A violet and white checked flannel with white Ipce and violet ribbons is another pretty com- bination. A gown of pink lnd gréen striped wool had the square yoke of green satin ribbon, with frills of ink cll flon. One of the daintiest creationsin the way ol a lounginfi robe was seen in an elaborate trous- seaux. it was of white flannel, the square yoke being of white satin ribbon with a border ot sable on either edge. At the outer edge & frill of white chiffon hung. The belt was of white ribbon. SMALL VOTE FOR SOUTHERN EL- * ECTORS. New York Sun. The official returns of the vote of Nebraska at the late election show the aggregate poli to have been 223,091. The vote of South Caro- ina. as given by the Augusta Chronicle, was 68,431 only, and of Mississippi 69,463 jonly. Yet both of these Southern States have & greater population than Nebraska, the present estimates belng 1,375,000 for South Carolina, 850, T Mississippi and only 1,160,000 T NuBrake Mississippi and South Caroli have nine electoral votes each and Nebraska only eight. As they were ali Bryan States we put them together to show how easy it was for & repudiation oli glmhy to carry the two Bouthern States and what a tussle Bryan had in the Northwestern States. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Tagleigh—I wonder why lightning never strikes twice in the same place? ‘Waglaigh—Well, you can’t generally find the place.—Boston Traveler. “You musn’t detain me,” said the man who was hurrying down the avenue. *“My timeis valuable.” “Do you reckon thet five minutes of yer time is worth 25 cents?” asked Meanaering Miks, quickening his pace so as to keep step. “Assuredly.’”” “Well, I was goin’ ter give y hard-luck story thet "ud last five minutes exactly. I've timed it ter run jes' that long. Butefye’il gimme the 20 cents change 1’1l let ye off with one minute, an’ we can’t neither of us feel that we've been took advantage of.”—Wash- ingtou Star. “No!” she exclaimed in anger. “Itisinso- lence. I will not permit myself to be thus overlooked.” Howerver, she was helpless. It wes in Ohio, and she knew thatit was either keep her hat off or get out of the the- ater.—New York Press. “I see by the papers that an umbrella factory in Philadelphia has failed,” nmnkod the vet- erinary. I have noticed,” replied the entomologist, “that with umbrellas 1t is either put up or shut up.”’—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Fatner (trying to read a newspaper)—What ‘was that racket in the hall just now?” Mother—One of the children fell downstairs. Father—Waell, tell them that if they can’t fall downstairs q! y I won't let them fall down at all.—Lond Id-Bits. *England is shocked again,” remarked the al 0 {8 the titled lady in the present scan- dal?" asked the horse oditor. 't A soandal this time. It's an earth- ~~Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Mrs, Hope—Ethel, Miss Nerfus is coming to- day, and I want you to be mamma’s good little rl. 3 Ethel (aged 6)—Oh yes, indeed, mamma. I'm always very particulur about what Ido when visitors are here.—Harper's Round Table. N‘nm(lrl—! lost track of the child, mum, and— “Good graclous? Why didn’t you speak to s policeman?” Nursegirl—I wus speaking to wan all the tolme, mum,—London Pearson’s Weekly. Algernon Gotrox—Mrs. Jones, I love you Qaughter devotedly! I have an ample income, a city residence on Riverside Drive, a country place at Lenox, a steam yacht, a racing stable, aranch ont West, a— Widow Jones (flustered, but hnppn—uruo be happy.~Puck, more, Mr. Gotrox—we are yoursl—take us and | HOW PASTORS MAKE SERMONS Congregationalists Throw | Light on Their Methods. Dr. Adams Studies and Rev. Philip Coombe Has His Text Always With Him. rivate ownership. The people o! no eity, gww.or nation uvgr sanetion the return to the rivate ownership system in regard to any }’uncuon which has once been operated by themselves through their publi¢servants. Thig fact proves conclusively how great a value ig placed upon the principle of public ownership by the masses. In view of thesé 1ncontrovertible argumentg we trust you will realize that with, a keen sense of honor and duty and with a bold stend for the people’s rights and welfare, more good car be accomplished and more respect won from frienas and ioes than can be gained by seeking to punish Mr. Huntington for his mis. deeds. We believe that we voice the sentiment of this commonwealth when we ask you to fight for Government ownership of the Pacific roads and to uphold Senator Morgan and others in_their efforts in thatdirection. We consider it an empty victory if the funding bill should be defeated and 1o permanent or genuine beneficial solution of the transconti- nental railroad question attained. We request a careful consideration of this appeal and hope your accepgance of the !deas herein contained will lead to the common good of this Siale. Yours very rc<pe(-uully, Jonng{ REYN Christian Pastors Listen to an Ex- tended Pan for Japanese Evangel zation. The pastors of the Congregational Mon- day Club spent their meeting yesterday explaining to one another how they pre- pare their Sabbath sermons. Rev. Dr. Adams of the First Congrega- tional Church said that he passes his fore- noons all the weok in his study, occupied in filling his mind with appropriate sub- jects, He always divides his discourse into three distinct heads; “but 1 take care,’”’ he said, “that these heads do not stand out like bare, uncovered ribs.” Rev. Dr. Chapman explained that he studies the people with whom bhe is brought in contact during the week and selects his topic from the ideas that they bring to his mind. Rev. Philip Coombe fixes on a text for his morning sermon early in the week, and from that time till Sunday comes he has it constantly in his mind. When he is attending to his ministerial duties the text is always with him. He thinks of it by day and often by night and gradually evolves the ser- mon from his thoughts and experiences. Rev. J. A. Crnzan believes in preaching on topical subjects, and with this end in view be keeps an immense indexed scrap- book.. When he wants an idea fora ser- mon Mr. Cruzan finds more than a wealth of matter in his scrapbook, which is largely made up of newspaper chip- pings. Professor Lloyd selects a text and then looks around for 1llustrations. No impos- sibly good little boys and girls will satisiy the requirements of his sermon. He studies the actual men and women with whom he is brought into coumtact and uses them to point a moral and adorn a Sunday discourse. Rev. George Mooar said: “I consider that a pastor should be always in a homo- letic frame of mind.” By this, he ex- plained, he did not consider a pastor should be always composing mental ser- mons, but he should be in the frame of mind which would make him capabie of composing sermons if necessary. Rev. William C. Pond, D.D., considers asermon is a message. ‘“‘Sometimes the sermon makes the text and somstimes the text makes the sermon,” he said. The Christian pastors, who are now holdmthhelr Monday meetings at the Young Men’s Christian Association, were addresse esterday on ‘“‘Japanese Work,” by Rev. W. A. Coryea, who has charge of the an-nese mission recently opened in connection with the First Christian Church og Twelfth street. Mr. Coryea said that fe mission was not an individ- ual enterprise, but was one that should interest all Christian pastors and congre- gations: “Itisthe first work of its kind among our people in this country,’” he said. The objects of the mission were explained to be the Christianizing ot Japanese, the establishment of a Japanese church and the sending of educated Japanese back to the Mikado’s dominions as heralds of the cross. At the Methodist preachers’ meeting, Rev. F. D. Bovard read a paper on “‘Phil- osophy and Miracles,” in which he upheid the historicity of miracles. Rev. G. W. Beatty, Rev. W. 8. Urmy and Rev. G. H. Jones, were lppoinxed a committee to nominate officers to be voted for at the next meetin% Rev. F. 8. Brush of Alameda read a re- view at the Presbyterian Ministerial Asso- ciation on the Duke of Argyll's latest work, “The Philosophy of Belief.” The ganernl opinion, both of the speaker and ministers who took part in the discussion, was that the Duke of Argy!l had done goo by insisting on God as & God of law as well as of love. An adjourned meeuniof the San Fran- cisco Presbytery was held yesterday, at which it was unanimously resolved to cive H. F. Marshall letters of transfer to Mor- rison Presbytery, Orange County, N. J. Rev. Dr. Hemphill and Rev. Dr. Scott,who had been appointed a commission to pre- }nn a fraternal prasbytery letter of trans- er for Rev. J. Cumming ‘Smith, sub- mitted a letter to the Indianapolis " Pres- bytery speaking in the highest terms of the reverend gentleman. The letter was unanimously adopted. Rev. O. C. Her- riott’s Jetter from Minneapolis Presbytery ‘was accepted. secretary of the Home Missionary Society asked whether the presbytery would authorize the payment of $300 asked by the congregation of Lebanon Church, for Rev. Donald Ross. “The re- qnast was put to the ballot and was car- ried. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP, | Gate Kindergarten An Appeal for Something More Than a Mere Defeat of the Fund- ing Bill. The following communication has been received by Mayor Sutro as chairman of the committee of fifty, calling for united action in the 1nterest of not only a defeat of the funding bill, but for the Government own- ership of the Central Pacific: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28, 1896. To the Committee of Fifty, Hon. Admph Sutro Chairman, San Francisco, Cal.—GENTLEMEN: The undersigned very respectfully urge the adop- tion of & policy upon your Y‘" looking toward the acquisition and operation of the Central Pacific m-d by the Government of the United We urge thlu upon the well-known basis that the people ot this State have expressed their views nmphlfluu%vlnd decisively in favor of that proposition. maintain that you, act- ing for the people of Caiifornia, are in honor bound to use your utmost efforts in the direc- tion which their expressed will has dictated. Moreover, at this time, when Senator Mor- gan and other prominent public officers have taken up our cause and have declared for Goy- ernment ownership, it is especially demanded, by the exigencies of the controversy, that united action should be secured. It is no 1“&" excusable for a representative body ot Caiifornians 10 show weakness ln fighting for what the people want when oth rom out- side our borders have shown a w Ingness 1o secure for us the full measure of our rights in this matter of the Pacific railroads. We beg to remind you that no petitions have been signed and no mass-meetings held in this State which have signified a willingness upon the part of the people to accept any propo- sition derigned to place the ownership of these roads in the hands of other private ca 1talists, nm n objeeuon-ble as C.B Hunt- ington. e Go Vanderbilts and Hills, or any other mmnnuve- of foreign synd cates, are rus led with just as much distra aversion and dissatisfaction in the districts xwhel‘o they own railroads as Mr. Hunti gton Homorabic Ta out 3ot DIoper nor wise or 'y estimatios tuted or Ghosen spokesmen of the iboors b Tepresent to Congress that we will be satisfied Saa Wivassosincen 1 Sl SO AU ington u omer obje‘lc:l:nmc ;:huru " v“d"bm ane -known fact that with very few ex- oeytlo s the civilized nnioru of mfio’hd‘o L. T. w. ME\ETH(‘R, ED ROSENBERG, EMIL LIESS. —————————— 70 SUCCEED MRS, COOPER No One Yet Suggested as Presi- dent of the Kindergarten Association. The Matter May Be Acted Upon at the Next Meeting of the Board on January 14 Sinca the sad death of Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, the affairs of the Golden Gate Kindergarten Association, of which she was the head, has been under the control of the board of directors. “Mrs, Louis Sloss,” said Mrs. Minna V. Gaden, the secretary, “who is our sec- ond vice-president, has been filling the office of president and will continue to do so until the vacancy is filled, but by whom bas not yet been even suggested, for it will be extremely difficult to tind one pos- sessed of all the qualifications that our dear friend, Mrs. Cooper, possessed. The board will hold its first business meeting gince the double tragedy on the 14th of next January and the vacancy may and it may not be filled, but it is possible that ‘some one’s name will be suggested. Until then everything will move along as itdoes now. “It was suggested that the executive committee should commemorate the mem- ory of Mrs. Cooper and her daughter by a memorial service, but the idea, in view of the many tributes that have been paia, was abandoned. “The board, however, adopted the fol- lowing: Inasmuch as the All-wise Controller of hu- man events has permitted the removal by sudden death of Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper and her beloved daughter, Harriet, to & higher sphere of existence we, the members of the Golden Association, sincerely mingling our sorrow with tnat of the whole community for the great loss which has nmq fallen upon us, desire to continue as the mos appropriate memorial both the Uudergnr« tens in whose conduct they took such promi- nent and 1mportant part; therefore, Resolved, Thaj the present executive board arrange in the hear future such plans as may be conducive to this end. Resolved, That tne noble. work of rescuing the little chiidren of this City from unfortu- nate environments and often vicious in- fluences at an age when they most need uplifiing, the years for character- building, which work was rooted in Mrs. Cooper’s Bible-class, with no spparent financial resources, and which has been provi- dentially fostered by the assisiance of gemer- ous friends and the work (under & board of managers) of trained and energeti€ teachers, be carried to 1ts ultimate, trusting that the same active interest and financial support will be so eflicient that the kindergartens themselves will become a living testimony to the worth of this distinguished and honored founderand a sweet memory of those who, united in their lives, were undivided in death. It is probable that a memorial report, to be included in the next annual report, will be prepared. —————— A Pastor’s Daughter Engaged. A private letter received in this City con- veys the information that Miss Belle Harcourt, the third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Hurcoun, formerly of this City and now pastor of the Pnrk-nvenne Church of Phl?ldelphll, is suzerl to Oberton Kleinfelder of that city, aud that the wedding will take place on January 6. ————— £PECTAL information daily to manufacturars, business bouses and publle men by the Prmv Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * e — She—No; I never met her. He—Then why do you think she 1s passe? She—I have frequently heard her deseribed as “kittenish.”—Puck. ——————— Mark Hopkins’ Institute of Art. The last concert of the season will take placa on Tuesday evening. The School of Design Te opens on Monday, January 4. —_————— “Don’t you think $40 a week alimony is a little too much to demand,” askea the referee in the divorce case, “when he is only making $50. *No, Idon’t,” said the lady. “That’s what I used to make him gimme while I was livin® with him.—Cincinnati Enquirer. —_— it Phillips’ Rock a4 Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio Grande and Rock Island Rallways. Through tourlst sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Man- #ger and_porters accompany these excursions ta Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations and furtber information, address Ciinton Jones, General Agent Kook Island Railway, 80 Monw §Omery atreet, San Franciseo. ‘WoMEN avoid suffering by using PARKER'S GINGER TONIC, a8 it is adapted to their ills. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM aids the hairgrowth. ——————— “BROWN’S BRONCHIAL Tnocnu" aré un- equaled for clearing the voice. Public speakers and singers the world over use them. e PHYSICIANS recommena Ayer's Pills for dys- pepsia aud liver complamnt, and for general family See Aver's Almanac. ———— . Gaffer—Queer never could stand prosperity. Bland—Why? Gaffer—Just as soon as he began to make money the police swooped down and arrested him for counterfeiting.—Philadelphia North American. NEW TO-DAY. Scott’s . Emulsion makes the blood richer and im- proves the circulation. It increases the digestion and nourishes the body. It cor- rects diseased action and strengthens the nervous sys- tem. In a word, it places the body in the best possible condition for preventing the germs of Consumption from beginning or continuing their work. In that one sentence is the whole secret. Book covering the subject very not permit their Own! oox;‘cmuod by private e-puuhll- It is t':e‘:xd- ence of our Nation that the Government a8 always been able to operate the enter- Eruu 1t ias assumed with more general satis. i than the same enterprises gave under o thoroughly sent free for the asking. : SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists. New York.