The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1896, Page 6

- 1896. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, g e e, ) e S ] ..DECEMBER 31, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dafly and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Dally snd Sunday CALL, six months, by mall.. 3.00 Dally and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Delly and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday CALL, one year, by mail 1.60 WAEELY CaLL, one year, by mall. 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, £an Francisco, California. Telephone... ..Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone... +v. Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: £07 3rontgomery sieet, corner Clay: open untl £:5C o'clock. 79 Hayes street: open until 9:30 o’clock. %18 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. £W _corner Sixteenth aud Mission streets; open 121l § 'clock. 401 Mission street: open nntil 9 0'clock. 347 Mbilb sireer; open until 9 0'clock »SMIAEC Sireer, open ull § 0'ClOcK. OAKLAND OFFICE U8 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: 84 Pa Row, New York CIty- astern Manager. Looms %1 and 3 Good-by, New illuminations every night. “Polk Street and Progress” is the latest cry. Before long we shall see everything in town in a new lizht. This is the last day to tryiton. To- morrow you must swear off. There isnothing a teacher likes so much as a chance to educate another teacher. Sacramento River improvement is a big enough undertaking to be madea National issue. This will be known as the year when free-trade foolishness died out of Ameri- can politics. The only heroic course left for Spain and Turkey is to form an alliance and whip the world. 5 he reported sinking of the island of Juau Fernandez is not necessarily fishy because it is a sea tale. We have lighted the streets this year and next vear we will see clearly how to jmprove them in other ways. The report of the Code Con.mission has made its little noise, and before long we shall know how it struck the people. California constructed more miles of | ‘railway this year than any other Statein | the Union. We can score one for that. The bank failures in the lake States are bad, but fortunately the evil 1s not spread- ing. The rest of the Union is all right. The realizations of the year have been greater than the disappointments. We are a more hopeful people than we were. The memorial of the Committee of Fifty opens up an oid story, but it is one of the chestnut burrs that needed to be opened. Cleveland may regard Olney as an ex- pounder of the constitution, but the Senators seem to think he is simply slog- ging at it. If the appropriation for a deep-waier harbor goes to Santa Monica it will be because of some deeper current than is known to the sea. The report that General Bradley is tired of being Governor of Kentucky probably means no more than an increased activity in his desire to be sent to the Senate for rest. Li Hung Chang is to write a book about us, and it goes without saying be will strip the last peacock feather from onr National vanity before he gets through with us. Business streets that do not supply themseives with better illuminations will soon be in the cold as well as in the dark. Trade will not be warm anywhere outside toe bright area. AL S Having decided in the Bacchante case that her art is superior to her morals Bos- ton is now trying to suppress Sunday con- certs to show the world that her morals are superior to her music. The organization of a Chinese revolit- tionary junta in Chicago adds another kink to the fame of the Windy City. It will soon become known as the political storm center of the worid. It is not clear whether the walking con- test at St. Louis is to be regarded as a re- vival of an old sport or only another evi- dence that St. Louis has not yet got be- yond that stage of development, A Chicago naturalist asserts there are forty-seven different kinds of fleas in the world, and now let us hope some inventor of that enterprising city will devise forty- seven different ways of catching them. ¢ Representatives of the cotton-growers of the South have gone to Washington to ask for protection against the importa- tion of cotton from Egypt. There is no longer any sectionalism on the tanff ques- tion. e The Pacific Coast Commercial Travelers’ Association is not only longin its name, but has no shortness anywhere. The re- port for the year shows an increase of membership and also of funds, Long life to it. As the Emperor of Japan has recently bestowed upon the President of France the insignia of the Order of the Chrysan- themum, he ought to give our Grover the order of lacquer work when he goes out of office. s o gt Philadelphia has once more justified her claim to the title of “The City of Homes' by affording a market this year for up- ward of 100,000 Christmas trees. It would seem she might as wel.wiiirl in and adopt old Santa Claus as a patron saint. All the representatives of American in- dustry who have appeared before the tariff-makers at Washington have asked for specific duties on imports. The ad valorem crank hasn’t been able to grind out even so much as a single speech. The sidewalk ordinance will prove of great benefit if the police enforce it and the people live up to it. The practice of throwing slippery peelings upon the side- walks is bad in any city, but with our steep hillsides it is positively dangerous, THE CGLOSING YEAR. The year which closes to-day has been in the main a prosperous one for Califer- nia, even if it cannot be so accounted for the Nation at large. In this State our realizations have been greater than our disappointments. We are not only better off in a material sense, but we are more hopeful at the close than we were at the beginning of the year. The most notable accomplishment in the State during the past twelve months has been the opening of the Valley Ratlway from Stockton to Fresnc under conditions which assure the speedy extension of the line to Bakersfield and to this City. Claus Spreckels, to whose energy, financial strength and public spirit we owe what has been achieved in the promotion of the road, is still urging the work forward, and the new year will see the fulfiliment of the promise of the old. The late frosts of the spring injured the crops of the State to some extent, but the loss seems to bave been more than coun- terbalanced by the increase in prices over those of last year. Vineyards, orchards and farms have rewarded with fair profits the industry of those who tilled them and throughout the rural districts an air of prosperity prevails, which seems bright in comparison with the depression of past seasons. In all the cities and towns of the State there have been evidences of renewed ac- tivity in trade and industry, and in not a few of them there have been notable ad- vances in municipal improvements and enterprises. In this respect the closing weeks of the year have been remarkable in San Francisco. The movement for better street lighting has been carried for- ward with a degree of rapidity and by an extent of co-operation which has sur- prised even the most sanguine. The Presidential election, which was the great National event of the vear, ended in beneficial results whose magnitude cannot vet be cslculated. All the long seething discontents of the people, all sectional- isms, all clase prejudices, all passions ex- cited by agitators, all follies engendered by mistaken conceptions of politics, hav- ing been brought together in one mass, were effectually crushed out by the patriotism, the honesty aad the sturdy common-sense of the majority of Ameri- can voters. The political stmosphere is therefore clearer than it has been in a forg iime and public welfare, as far as it can be affected by legislation, is well assured. Even our relations with foreign coun- tries are in better condition than they were at the beginning of the year. If much has been left undone in regard to Cuba enough was done in the Venezueian affair to impress upon Europe the fact that the United States must always be consulted in every controversy affecting the territorial integrity of any country of the American hemisphere, Taking all things into consideration the year has been prosperous at least for Cali- fornia and honorable for the Nation as a whole. Sufficient has been doneto give us reasons for hoping for better things to come. We have confirmed the faith of the world in our industrial and political secur- ity. We have laid broad and deep the foundations of future building and to that we can address ourselves with confidence in the year which begins to-morrow. A NEELED WORK. The meeting ¢f the swamp-land owners at Sacramento for the purpose of cons der- ing the best methods of clearing the chan- nels of the rivers of the State brings to the front one of the most imporiant of the great public improvements with which California will be called upon to deal. The river mainly affected is the Sacra- mento, and so vast will be the amount of enerzy and money required to deepen its channels and reclaim its swamps that it will be well to give the subject the fullest possiblie consideration before entering npon the enterprise. i The gain to the State from the improved commercial facilities resulting from deej- ening the channel of the river and the added wealth resulting from a reclama- tion of the swamp lands would undoubt- edly more than repay the cost of making the improvements. If, therefore, there were no other considerations to be taken into account the proposed work would be cordially supported by the people. It happens, however, that there are many other factors which affect the problem, and these will huve the effect of making even the most public-spirited Californians besitate before entering upon an under- taking of such magnitude. The convention at Sacramento adopted a memorial tothe Governor ana the Legis- lature giving indorsement to the plan of river improvement recommended by the Commissioner of Public Works, which in many respects offers a solution of some of the difficulties of the problem. The memorial states: The most pressing necessity at the present time is the improvement of the Sacramento River, between Fremont and the mouth of the Sacramento River, half a mile below Colline- ville, which can be done in accordance with the views expressed by the Commissioner of Public Works, by means of a dredger, in re- moving the shoals at Newton and the con- struction of & restraiving wall from the foot of Grand Island to Wood Island, about a distance’ of two and a half miies, which work, in accord- ance with the report of the Hén. Edward E. Leake, Commissioner of Public Works of this State, can be accomplished. For the purpose of carrying on this work the convention will ask from the Legisla- ture an appropriation, to be expended by the Commissioner. It is the belief of the promoters of the enterprise that if the State begins the task of improvement it will be possible to procure aid from the General Government, This belief is cer- tainly founded upon good reason. The National Government has given liberal appropriations for the construction of a canal which is to give Ciicago water com- munication with the Mississippi, and cer- tainly the work of improving the Sacra- mento is equally deserving of Federal support. FOREOLOSE THE LIEN. The reports made at the meeting of the Committee of Fifty on Tuesday, and the proceedings taken at the time, show that active work is being done by tiie commit- tee to guard the interests of California against the proposed funding of the debts of the Pacific railroads. This work, taken in connection with reports from Washing- ton of the growing sentiment in opposi- tion to the bili, gives renewed encourage- ment for the hope of the ultimate success of the people in defeating the measure. The most notable work recently accom- the funding bill, it will nevertheless serve a good purpose by setting Congressmen on their guard against any eloguent promises which the railroad may make, and the complicated statements of ac- count which it may submit as arguments why it would be expedient for the Gov- ernment to fund the debt rather than to foreclose the mortgage. As the memorial states, “To extend the paymént or refund this debt as proposed is practically to sell the road to its pres- ent management on a credit of 100 years, taking a promise to pay in small install- ments.” Moreover, as the memorialists point out, Congress does not, nor does any of its members or any executive officer of the United States, know what the prop- erty really consists of. No inventory of it has been taken, and so long as it remains in the hands of the present unscrupulous managers and skillful bookkeepers, it will be impossible to obtain any accurate in- formation on the subject. The memorial accurately sums up the desires of the peovle on the subject by say- ing: We believe that all the desired ends can be obtained by means of a foreclosure of the Government lien on the road. For this pur- pose, as tue property lies in several different States, complete jurisdiction should be con- ferred on some one of the courts of the United States and the ordinary powers of the court enlarged so as to enable it to ascertain and re- dress in the foreclosure suit all frauds prac- ticed on the company or its shareholders by the management or by their tools or confed- erates, and the application of any moneys re- covered from such parties to the sinking fund in the United States treasury. We therefore respectfully pray Congress to instruet itsap- propriate committees te prepare and report a bill to that effect. This undoubtedly revresents the senti- ment of the great majority of the people of California on the subject. Experience has taught that no reliance can be placed upon any pledges or promises which the Central Pacific Company may make in re- gard to fulfilling its obligations. It has not hesitated to violate them in the past, nor will it hesitate to ignore them in the future. The issue is a simple one: Whether the Government shall enforce its laws against defaulters or permit them to go free. There would be no question or controversy over such an issue if the de- faulter were a citizen of ordinary means, and there should be none in this case where the defaulter is a powerful corpora- tion aiming to enrich itself by defrauding the Government and plundering the people. DEMAN. DING PROTECTION. The representatives of American in- dustry who are now being heard by the Committee of Ways and Means at Wash- ington are giving abundant evidence of the need of increased protection to pro- mote tne welfare of American industry. Such evidence, after the disastrous expe- riences of the last three years, is hardly necessary mkonvince any intelligent man ©f the importance of that need, but it is nevertheless valuable, as it goes to show in detail how great has been the injury inflicted by the Democratice tariff upon each particular industty of the people. Ivis notable that in almost every case the men who have been heard before the committee have strongly recommended the adoption of specific instead of ad valorem duties. As was well said by one of the representatives of the cotton cloth manufacturers on Tuesday, *Ad valorem duties catch nothing in the custom- house.” They afford no protection what- ever 10 industry and almost no revenue to the Government. About the only things which they produce to any extent are false entries and perjuries. An interesting fact brought out by the investigation is that manufacturers in England ars much more lightly taxed than in the United States. Mr. Chase of Fall River, Mass., stated that his mill vaid $24,000 in taxes, while a similar mill in England would pay but $3000. In Great Britain everythingis done to stimu- late manufacturers, while in this country the manufacturer not only has to pay higher wages than in England, but higher taxes also. ¢ One of the most satisfactory features of the hearings has been the appearance of representatives of Southern industries be- fore the committee joining as earnestly as their Northern friends in advocating a re- turn to the protective system. One of these made a strong argument in favor of the adoption of a high duty on Egyptian cotton. This product, it seems, is at pres- ent underselling the extra staple cotton of the Soutbern States, having largely de- creased in price during the last ten years. The appearance of these Southern men asking for protection is not pleasing to the free-trade Democrats who represent the South in Congress. Oneof them, General ‘Wheeler of Alabama, is reported to have declared with much warmth, “The South will be seiling its birthright for a mess of pottage to ask for this protection.” When questioned as to what the Southern birthright was Mr. Wheeler replied, ‘“Free institutions, free trade and free every- thing.” This is indeed a pretty senti- ment, but it does not help the industries of the South, and the men who are now engaged in building them up have learned that freedom for American industry to grow and prosper is a great deal better than free trade and industrial demoraliza- tion. While but few of the hearings proposed have been held as yet, enough has been made known to make certain that it will be comparatively easy for the committee to agree upon a bill which will find sup- port by the ereat majority of the people in every section of the Union. The de- mand everywhere is for protection, and in providing that the next Congress will re- move this long-vexed question from our politics and prepare the way for going for- ward to other things, NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. “Yes,” he exclaimed, as he expanded his chest and looked noble, “if there was a war with Spain—*" E “Oh, don’t spesk of such a thing,” she ex- cleimed, with & shudder. “Ishould without hesitation enlist—" “Think,” she pleaded, “of those to whom your life is precious.” “The sympathies of everybody I could con- vince for our side of the controversy.”'—Wi ington Star. A Handy Signal—Visitor: So there is a deaf and dumb ward! How do you call the pupils todinner? Isuppose you don't ring a bell? Superintendeni—No. We have a man who walks through the halls wringing his hands.— New York Press. “I'm really worried about the baby,” said voung Mrs. Torkins. ¢‘Charley’s worried about her, ¢go.” “ly gier health fatling?"’ plished by the committee has been the preparation of a memorial to Congress giving a history of the dealings ot the Central Pacific roads with the Govern- ment, and showing thereny how futile it would be for Congress to trust the com- vany any further after it bad so com- pletely defaulted in every obligation in the past. The memorial, which is a very long one, will serve to make clear to members of Congress the nature of the men with whom they have to deal in this issue, ‘While much of the story does not affect directly the problem of the expediency of *‘Oh, no. It's her future that hothers us. We found her the other day trying to put her foot in her mouth, and we’re afraid she’s going to grow up to be a ballet dancer.”’—Wsshing- ton Star. Landlady—How do yowlike your oysters, Mr. Pipiy? New Boarder—Not more than a dozen in the dish and well seasoned.—Detroit Free Press. “He’s a very fine young man,” remarked Colonel Stiliwell, “‘a very fine young man.” ‘“But fsn’t he disposed to be rather shy?” in< quired the girl to whom he was talking. = “As to that, I're’'ly couldn’t say. Inevah had the pleashuhe of playing poker with him.”—Wushington Star, MUSIC AND The Nordica concerts &t the Baldwin Thea- ter promise to be even more attractive than was at first supposed. According to telegrams received yesterday the company will consist, in addition to Nordica, of Scalchi, whose voice is said to have lost none of its remarkable puwer and depth; Berthold, a well-known tenor, and Dempsey, & bass who is popular in the East. Itis intended to give costume acts from various operas, and the hope is held out that these works will be some of the bestin the modern repertory. The only opera which has been mentioned by wire as being certain to be represented is Wagner's “Siegfried.’’ The singers will be accompanied by a large orchestra, and although negotiations are not yet fully completed with a conductor it is more than probable that a man well known in connection with operatic productions will wield the baton. The first concert takes place Tuesday, January 19, the second on Thursday, the 21st, and the third will bed MUSICIANS. bale Pallizone, but the dispatch does not state whether the libretto has any connection with Handel’s opera on the subject of Armida and Rinaldo. Handel’s once popular work, about Wwhich Addison wrote so much, is almost for- gotten to-day, but one aria from it still sur- vives, “Lascia ch*lo piange.” It is frequently sung in churches to sacred words. A rather singular piece of news is going the round of the German musical papers. These journals assert that the directors of the Royal Opera of Berlin have requested Verdi to make some modifications in the score of his opera «Luisa Miller,” and that the famous composer has replied by a short and decided refusal, alleging, with some reason, thet the long and prosperous career of the opera shows him that no corrections are NECessary. The theater of Hehlugl)u has just produced with success the first opera written by & Finnish composer. The work is entitled “Tor- SCALCHI, the Famous Contralto, Who Will Be Heard at the Baldwin Theater Next Month. Seturday matinee, After the collapse of the Mapleson company all hopes of grand opera in San Francisco were abandoned for this sea- son, so it will be a great satisfaction to opera- lovers to find that something very nearly ap- proaching grand opera is to be given after all. The War Department of Austria-Hungary has just addressed a rather curious circular to the generals of the army. It isa well-known fact that in Austria the military bands, which are numerous and for the most part excellent, play iu the places of amusement, restaurants, cafes, ete., to the no small detriment of the civilian bands. The remuneration the sol- diers receive jor this work is the chief source of revenue of the military bands. To add at- tractiveness to their programmes the military bandmasters have lately taken to playing pieces where several musicians whistle with the orchestra. Needless to say, in so musical a country as Austria, the melodies whistled or sung by the soldiers were speedily taken up and sung by the hystanders in restaurants of the cheaper kind, and the rendering of a pop- ular air was the signal for a general and very noisy ‘musical demonstration. The War De- partment has been very much worried over thisstateof things, and the circular above al- luded to prohibits the members of military bands from either whistling or singing, except incidentally, and an entire air is never to be whistled. Inthe popular waitz, for instance, “Weiner Madel’n,” the principal melody has to be first whistled and then taken up in cho- rus. This waltz is henceforth on the black list, and the Viennese will never again hear it performed by their favorite military bands. On the other hand, the popular song *‘Den Weanea Schan’,’” which only contains one brief whistle at the commencement, is stil permissible. Itiseasy to sce that the distinc- tion 1s very casuistical between prohibited music and that which is still allowable. Henceforth an expert will pass judgment on all pieces that contain whistling or singing before the Austrian military bands are al- lowed to render them. Oneof theleading Berlin critics has just made & record for himself by refusing abso- lutely to report any concerts except those which deserve signalizing to the public on ac- count of their artistic excellence, and his proposition has been received with enthusi- asm in the concert-ridden capital of Germany, where sometimes as many as nine concerts aregiven in one day. This critic evidently thinks that there is very little but notoriety to be obtained by concert giving in Berlin, for he says: *“If my fellow critics would follow my example artists would think twice before foolishly spending their money without ob- tajning even the satisfaction of eeeing their names printed in the papers in return.” “Andrea Chenier,”” poor Mapleson’s one operatic novelty, could not save the veteran impressario from bankruptcy in the East, but in Europe it seems to be doing a pretty brisk business, for it is annouced simultaneously for the following countries and towns: Aus- tria and Germany, at Budapest, Prague, Trieste, Hamburg, Frankfort and Breslau; Russia, at St. Petersburg and Moscow: Itely, at Rome, Naples, Turin, Parma, Mantus, Bres- cia, Palermo, etc., and Portugal at Lisbon. Nota bad beginning for the first season of a new composer’s firsc opera. Indeed, the suc- cess of Giordano's opera is such that it has revived an interest in the unfortunate poet, whose sad story forms 1is plot, and the fad is toread Andrea Chenier's poems and attend lectures on him. Saint-Saens’ new ballet d’action, *“Javotte,” has been most enthusiastically received at the Grand Theater of Lyons. The score is said to be full of charm and vivacity, and the story, although simple, is effective. Javotte is a young peasant who 18 so passionately fond of dancing thatshe escapes through & window to attend the vitlage dance her parents have for- bidden her to see. There she meets a lover, and in a competition for the best dancer he wins the prize, that of being allowed to select abride. Ho chooses Javotte, and in the end wins her parents' consent to the wedding, which closes the story of the ballet. Some of the Eastern papers are making hot wariare against the foreign artists, who seem to have things their own way at the Metro- politan Opera-house. In the meantime the French papers are circulating the report that these same artists bad such rough weather on the voyage over that they cursed America and its dollars and regretted sweet France, “whose only storms electoral storms.” Nicolas Barilli, half-brother of Adelina Patti, on the mother’s side, died recently in New York. The mother of the celebrated singer had for her first husband the son of a cele- brated singer, Mwe. Barilli, and by the first marriage of Patti’s mother there were two sons. The eldest, Antonio, pecame a clever conductor, and was also known as a composer; he died atNaples in 1876. The second son, Nicolas Barilli, remsined obscure all his life. The ranks of royal composers are gontinu- ally being augmented. The latest recruit is the Archduke of Austria, Peter Ferdinand,. grandson of the ex-Grand Duke of Tuseany. This young man has just published at Salz- pourg & series of waltzes, entitled *“My Favor- ite.” A dispatch announces that a mew opera entitled “Armida e Rinaldo” has met with great success in Italy, The work is by Anni- nissa Olija ITmpi” (The Maiden in tne Tower), and 1t is based on an old Finnish legend. Ruperto Chapi, one of the most popular zarzueleristes in Spain, hat just terminated the score of an opera which has for title “La Vergon de Pieara.” Leopold Wenzel's score of theremarkable ballet, “Monte Cristo,” 18 about to be pub- lished. “The Tzigane,” & new dramatic Hungarian ballet, set to music by Jacobi, has been pre- sented with success in London. The Hungarian Government is making ar- rangements to establish a big pianoforte manufactory at Budapest. Now that Tschaikowsky isdead his music is coming very much into vogue. But it was ever thus with grea’ masters of music. AROUND THE (ORRIDORS. Miss Loie Fuller, the celebrated danseuse, is strong on the subject of health. Speaking of one aspect of the matter yesterday she said: “It is doubtful if one ount of a thousand knows, or one out of a hundred ever thinks what it means to breathe only through the mouth. “This is matter of far greater importance than is generally supposed. Our foreiathers, the Indians, knew how to teach their children from the beginning to breathe only through re perverted and the object for which :;:‘;'o:mfi are bestowed totally ignored. We should all clearly understand that the atmos- phere is not pure enough for man’s breathing until it has been filtered and tempered by the nasal passages. The nose is to the lungs what the mouth and palate are to the stomach, and the air which passes through the nostrils is just as different from ‘mouth-breath’ as pond or cistern water differs from distilled. «No one will approve of swallowing fish- bones, nut shells or glass, because they know there will be an immediate bad result; vet, simply because tbe result from mouth breath- ing is a slower process, they will allow them- selves for hours together to inhale foul, fetid air through the mouth, unmindful of its im- puritiesand disease germs. It is simply be- cause they do not know what & wise provi- dence it would be if it could have been born within us to know these things ourselves and 10 teach them to our children. The first les- sons we should be tauget in public schools, or in any othiers, should be these natural results and natural causes. By ill-using, misusing and non-using our nostrils as we do they be- come useless, just like an old roadbed that has been allowed to grow up through non-use, a nd therein breeds catarrh, polypus, cancers and other horrible diseases of the nose; and yet, properly used, the nostril is expressly adapted to arrest or purify such impurities and germs. . “Could we examine the lungs of those who live in smoky towns we would find them coated and impregnated with soot and organic eru- cles of all kinds. Is it a wonder then that bronehitis, croup and asthma follow such an abused state? You know our noses could not have been given to us simply for the sakeof looks, because nothing in nature is given us for that alone. Our noses are organized to modify and select the needful quantity of air. Do we not all know that we may breathe for some time and live in a most poisonous atmos- phere at the bottom of a well by breathing through the nose, whereas, if the mouth were used, the lungs would immediately close and asphyxiation would result. ‘I am sure all firemen will tell you that they always close the mouth when entering a burn- ing building. Then can it not pe that these extreme moments and occasions should direct us in our everyday life when the result is only prolonged and the effect more insidious? “If every time we wake at night we would impress it upon ourselves to sleep with the mouth closed it would not be long until we would be surprised at the result obtained. Another thing: Fancy, if you can, where peo- ple have no ventilation and how unwhole- some is the carbonic acid gas thrown off from the lungs, it isnot a wonder that they rise in the morning with the throat parched, the mouth dry and the rest has been incomplete, and all through the result of mouth-breathing. «Now, one of the most important results of mouth breathing is the receding gum and the dropping teeth. If the mouth is closed during sleep a secretion of saliva takes place which floods and cleanses the teeth and gums, aiding to maintain them in & healthy and unim- paired condition, but when the air is taken directly into the mouth the mucous membrane soon becomes dry, the flow of saliva is stopped and gums and teeth suffer deterioration, for the oxygen in the air while it maintains usis also the great destroyer of all things. It is the' oxygen in the atmosphere that destroys stone, then why should it not affect the teeth? “Another important point is to keep the tongue as much as possible from pressing against the teeth, especially any one tooth (as nervous people are in the habit of doing). Biting the finger nails will also alter the po- sition of the teeth, and toothpicks will loosen the gums; they are baneful and should never be used. 1f the teeth and gums are well looked after by & good dentist occasionally and hept in proper eondition & toothpick would never be found necessary. “Your readers who have a tooth that has graduslly grown slightly longer than the others may arrest the dropping of that tooth Dby breathing through the nose instead of the mouth. Inaddition to this a stiff tooth brush and salt and water, brushing the gums vigor- ously, will aid the stoppage of the tooth and the receding gums. “One word more regarding the nose. To those who havealready reached the stage whereitis impossible to breath excepting through the mouth it will be found that persisting long, slow nostril breathing will eventually be re- warded by the passages becommg free, except in extreme cases, when a surgeon or physician should be consulted at once. “A child’s teeth will never fail to grow crooked if that child is allowed to breathe through its mouth, and they will never fail to grow straight if it is taught to breathe through its nose. “After all thisis it necessary to further im- v at LOIE FULLER. [From her latest photograph.] the nose by placing them in a proper position when asleep. Should the motner by chance find her pappoose sleeping with its mouth open she would know that its head was thrown too far back, and she also knew that by mov- ing its head a little forward and gently pinch- ing its lips with her fingers the child would soon involuntarily keep its right position and mouth closed at the same time. It seems in- credible that our so-called Indian mothers should ‘think’ more than our mothers of to- day. For after all do we not all know it is through lying op the back with head improp- erly placed that snoring is caused ? And when the position ot the sleeper is changed and he is made to lic on the side with the head a lit- tle forward the mouth is closed, the nose per- forms its proper function, and there are no more snores heard and 1o more complaints of dreams or nightmares. “Quiet and restful repose at night is indis- vensable efter a fatigueing day, but it is un- reasonable to expect this when nature’s prop- press upon you the necessity of breathing through your nose? “‘Shut your mouth and save vour life,’ »* e el kil FERSONAL. Ak - T. J. Field of Monterey is at the Palace. Julius C. Long of Portland is at the Palace. dF. L. Coombs of Napa arrived here yester- Ay, E. B. Judson of Tacoma is registered at the Grand. editor of the Fresno Expositor, is among 1y, arrivals here from Foisom, and is at the Lsrf Dr. H. E. Stafford of Salinas is in the for a few aays’ stay. J. K. Carlisle of New York i8 among the gryy. vals at the Baldwin.' Frank 8. Johnson has gone to Southern Calf-t fornia on a vacatioa. ity arrived here yesterday. Among the arri Macoughtry of Chicago. E. 8. McCoy, a merchant of Portland, is reg. istered at the Cosmopolitan, = E. J. Rector, proprietor of the National Hotel, Nevada City, isin town. E. T. Wallace, & business man of Yreka, iy among the arrivals at the Palace, Professor J. M. Schaeberle, of the Lick 0p. servatory, arrived here last night. Assemblyman 8. J. Duckworth of Mont is among the arrivals at the Grand. George R. Steuart, a cattle-ralser of Croys Landing, is here on a business trip, State Senator Simpson of Pasadens, is at thy Grand, accompanied by Mrs. Simpson. C. A. Smith and R. Ruymond, vineyardiats of Fresno, are guests at the Cosmopolitan, 0. P. Temple, & well-to-do 1and and mine owner of Livingston, Mont,, arrived here Jas; night. F. Nathan, owning large mining interests 4y Angels Camp, Calaveras County, is in town o & business visit. The family of the Hon. 8, H. Frienaly, Mayor of Eugene, Or., are visiting here and stopping at the Occidental, John MacMillen, a business man of New Westminster, was among the arrivals hers {rom the north yesterday. J. N. Gillett, the well-known attorney of Eureka, Humboldt County, and recently elected State Senator is in town. Professor Ferdinand Stack, concert-master of the original Hungarian Orchestra, which played here years ago, has returned here, after & long absence in Denver. He may remain here permanently. £ciplo Craig, long editor and owner of the Redlands Citrograph, the pioneer paper of Redlands, and an auihority on eitrus fruits, i among the visitors here. He is en route to Sacramento to witness the opening procee( ings of the Legislature. Bishop Morris, the well-known Episcopal churchman of Oregon, is among those who yesterday registered at the Palace. Mrs. Mor- ris, the Misses R. W. and Louisa Morris and Anna Lourey are with him. As Bishop of Ore- gon for many years the distinguished gentle- man has performed able work for his church and has become widely known. He and his family will probably be in California for sey- eral weeks. John P. Wilson, the author of ‘‘Dat Bosg Bully,” the song now sung all over the coun- wry, returned here yesterday after being for some time on the road with & vaudeville com- pany. According to Mr. Wilson he has had a lively time., He spent money and devoted his services and finally got left in the lurch to such an extent that he was obliged to call in the services of J. Rauer. This being done, he got a cinch on things and is now awaiting the consideration of his ease in court. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 30.—At the Wind- sor, C. F. Saylor: Holland, A. S. Kittle; Grand Union, W. Huntington; Manhattan, K. J. Park, FIVE O'CLOLK TEA. Saucers and insincerity; Clatter of tougues and Spoons; Gossip and spice.; AsprriLy, Atmosphere—good f0r sw00DS. Move, it the swift dexierity Krpown 10 the clown be thine, I hat's what you see Ata b o'clock tea €erved in a social shrine. This is the game Soclety (~pelt with=a big, big 8) Plays todispel satiety, Weariness dispossess, Tannical {zsobriety Varies the dreary round, ‘I'herefore you roam To a crammed At Home, Carefully groomed or gowned. “Awfully glad jee you!” ARV P00k & Some i The rest, as the damsels tea you, 1 lost in the' wildring hum. Nobody comes 1o free you Of saucer and spoon and cup; So you stand and smile Ina vacaut style, And long to be out and up. —The Sketch. 4 1bs. famous broken candy, handsome bkts,, 50c. Townsend’s, Palace building. * FINEST eyeglasses, specs, 15¢ to 60c. Sun- days, 740 Market, Kast shoestore; week days, H 65 Fourth, next bakery. ————————— The late Judge Elmer 8. Dundy of the Fede- ral court for the District of Nebraska at one time had himself carried to court while suf- fering with a broken leg, to prevent another Judge trying his case. .. FPECIAL information daily to manufacturare, business houses and public men by the Prasy Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, Last ¥eek; the winter exhibition will close on Sunday afternoon, January 3. The School of Design will reopen’ Monday, January 4. * ———————— “It's a sad thing,” said the sympathetie man, “but Blykins has become a veritable miser.” ' “Impossible.” “It's true. The last I heard of him he didn’t getany pleasure out of anything except sit- ting down in his cellar counting his hoard of anthracite coal over and over again.”—Wash- ington Star. Phillips’ Kock Island Ixcursions Leave San Franciaco every Wednesday, via Rie Grande and Rock Island Rallwa; Through tourist sleeping-cars §o Chicago and Eoston. Man- ager and_porters mpany these excursions to Boston. For 17 kets. sleeping-car accommodations snd further information, address Clinton Jones, General Agent Hook Island Raliway, 30 Monw gOmery street. an Franciseo. —————— As adressing and color restorer nothing is so satistactory as PARKER'S HATR BALSAM. PARKER'S GINGER TONIC strengthens the lungs. —————————— “BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES” are un- equaled for clearing the voice. Public speakers and singers the world over use them. PHYSICIANS recommena Ayer's Pills for dys- pepsia and liver complaint, and for general family use. See Ayer's Almanac. .- LADIES never have any dyspepsia aftera wine- glass of Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters. o S 2 s ot - Sister—There, you have candy all over your new suit. What will mamma say ? Little brother—Well, mamma won’t let me have any fun in these clothes till Iget'em spoiled.—Boston Traveler. NEW TO-DAY. Scrofula is a word you don’t quite understand, but if you talk with your doctor, 1he will tell you that it is generally believed to be due to the same cause which gives rise to Consumption. It appears mostly in those who are fat-starved and thin, usually in early life. A course of treatment of Scott’s Emulsion with the Hypo- Chatles H. Jacobs of Detroit is st the ocei- | Phosites wherever Scrofula dental, * Senator T. H. Gaff of S8an Bernard: & visit here. o W. P. Martsch of Watertown, Wis., is at the Cosmopolitan. George E. Goodman Jr. 18 at the Palace. Joseph E. Baker, formerly of the Alta and Chronicle of this City, and s few years since of the Bank of Napa manifests itself, will prevent the development of the dis- ease. Let us send you a book. Free. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York, J. W. Scofield, 8 wealthy resident of Dl‘nve;’ Is yesterday was P, 3, | 1