The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1897%. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprieto: SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free Dally and Sundsy CALL, one week, by carrier..0.18 | and Sunday CALL, One year, by mail.... 6.00 and Sunday CALL, six months, by mall.. 3.00 nday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 nday CALL, one month, by mail.. .65 Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.. 1.60 WEEXKLY CaLL, one year, by mall. 1.50 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Californl, Telephone.............. % ain—1868 EDITORIAL ROOM: 517 Clay Street. Main—1874 Telephone, BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open untfl 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open until § 615 Larkin street: open until o'clock. o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; oper antil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. ath street; open until 9 o'clock. 30 o’clock. 167 1305 Polk street OAKLAND OFFJCB: 808 Broadway. | EASTERN OFFICE: Reoms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. Now for the Nicaragua canal. The Cabinet position is still in sight and reach. Speaker Reed is doing business in the old style. The tariff-makers are building up pros- perity while we wai It is the short session of it 13 as lively as a long one. s Hi ey | Cleveland’s term isof few days, but the | signs are it will be full of trouble. Congress, but | | The Legislature has had to begin with a scandal, but it will end it promptly. The Cleveland days springtime and McK The monetary conference spoke at In- | dianapolis, but it was the voice of New | York. e flying fast and y are coming. —_— R ! It is expected the Valley road will| reach Bakersfield in June, and the good work goes bravely on. Bryan’s retirement from his engagement to deliver filty lectures is a proof that at times he has a lucid interval. We neverexpected a scandal in the Park | Commission; but, of course, it is always | the unexpected that happens. The sale of adulterated food is a menace to every household, and every citizen will support the law that prevents it. The arbitration treaty is for but five ars, and it is worth while trying it that | g just for the novelty of the thing. | It 1s not possible to tell as yet the next | card for the peovle to play in the game | against the defaulting Pacific roads. Itis| Cleveland’s lead now. Some say Sherman will and some say he won’t, but up to date it is by no means certain that McKinley has asked him | whether he will not. | Pennsylvania will be represented in the next Senate by the youngest man ‘in that body, and it goes without saying he will Chicago has a city ordinance against high theater hats, but society women not only refuse to rec e it but won’t en- tertain even an idea of it. 1 there is any issue before the country which Cleveland does not intend to shuffie | off on the McKinley administration’ we would like to know what it is, The Kentuckian who, by his own re- quest, has been buried in an air-tight coftin filled with whisky will undoubtediy accomplish the greatest soak on record. The death of a man in New York from a disease contracted by holding a piece of | paper money in his mouth is another warning to the public not to chew the rag. As the Boston police report an average of ninety arrests for drunkenness every day during last year it is evident the Bacchante was prompt in getting in her | work. The 8t. Louis Republic says “Missouri has been free from . office-hunting scram- bles that deserve to be called degrading.” This is news, indeed; but we wait for con- firmation from Chicego. It is a pily the monetary conference didn’t have sense enough to comprehend that no scheme for the retirement of greenbacks will work in this country. The people won’t have it. The promptness of the Legislature in investigating the scandal of the stuffed payrolls ausurs well for the future of the session. When an evil is once exposed it won’t happen again in a hurry. A German inventor has devised a heater to be placed in the heel of a shoe, so that aman won’t have to walk fast to keep his feet warm. The next thing ought to be a hat with a phonograph attachment, It is now fairly well assured that the Nicaragua canal bill will be taken up at this session of Congress, and the people of California should be prompt in giving it support. It is a good thing; push it along. It may have been all right for the Smithsonian Institution to send to the Sultan a life-size model of a Pawnee chief in his war paint, but, all the same, it would have been better to have sent him a Quaker. MU e As another evidence that there is no kind of opinion which is not held by some- body it is worth noting that a Kansas man has risen up to say ‘‘there are too many banks in this country fof the amount of business.’’ Secretary Olney has succeeded in zet- ting the Senators to debate the constitu- tional right of the President to deal ex- clusively with foreign affairs instead of the Cuban question itself, and to that extent he has accomplished what he was aiming at. The fact that Donald Cameron is to. be succeeded in the Senate by Boies Penrose, a young man hardly 36 years of age, has Dbeen made the subject of approving com- ment all over the Union. The peovle are tired of stagnation in the Senate and are glad when youpg hlood is infused, 1in thai bedy, This puis the measnro &g BOIES PENROSE. Of the new members who will enter the United Btates Senate with the beginning of the next Congress no one has been the subject of more comment than Boies Penrose, who is to succeed Senator Cam- eron of Pennsylvania. - It is gratifying to note that the comment upon his election has been in almost every instance favora- ble both to the new Senator and to the Republicans who selected him. Boies Penrose will be barely 36 years of age when he enters the Senate. He rep- resents the youth of the Republican party and his election gives assurance that Re- publicanism has in itself the facuity of renewing its vigor by calling into its coun- cils young blood, young brains and young energy at every epoch in its history. The election of Mr. Penrose by the Pennsyl- vania Republicans is the more commend- able becanse a man of his youth without wealth was chosen over so eminent a business man as the Hon. John Wana- maker. Pennsylvania is usually regarded as a State conservative almost to the de- gree of stagnation, but in this instance it gives evidence that it is still capable of leading the Union by promoting new men of talent and ability to deal with new issues. Notwithstanding his youth the new Senator stands in the forefront of Penn- sylvania politics. Young as he is in years he is ripe in experience of statesmanship and public affairs. From his earliest manhood he has taken a leading part in ail public questions and has been aciive in every canvass In support of Republican principles and Republican candidates. Trained in the law, he brought to the con- sideration of political questions a mina broadened by thestudy of the statutes of the country and the great principles which form the basis of our laws. Heis, therefore, well fitted for the responsible duties to which he has been called, and there can be little question that his elec- tion will reflect more credit upon Penn- sylvania than would have been done had even such a successful man as Mr. Wan- amaker been chosen for the place. Republicans throughout the Union will be gratified by thds action of the Pennsyl- vania Kepublicans, It has been ire- quently charged that the Republican party in its later years has fallen into the hands of millionaires and business inter- ests. It has been made a subject of re- proach to the party that it represents ouly the conservatism of the country; that it is out of sympathy with the progressive movements of the people and that it seeks only to maintain existing good instead of going forward to better things. The elec- tion of so young a man as Boies Penrose by the Republicans of Pennsylvauia will emphatically refute all these charges and the future of Republicanism. Born of young men, brought into exist- ence by the advocates of progress, the Re- publican party remains to this day the natural party of youth, genius and patri- otism. If in some States of the Union it what as a National party it is still the | political organization which most closely sympathizes with the aspirations of the people and is most attractive to the young and ardent patriots. This fact is felt even in those States where for the time youth seems to have been set aside, and Repub- licans throughout the country will unite in extending congratulations to Pennsyl- vania upon the election of a man like Boies Penrose to the United States Senate. THE MO_N}.'.TABY GOEFERENCE. The monetary conference has had its meeting, made Its speeches, adopted its resolutions, appointed a committee to carry out its schemes, adjonrned and closed its high career. Incidentally it de- cided to ignore the present Congress and direct its efforts to secure the legislation it desires from the incoming one, but that is a minor matter. The conference did what was expected. be taken to insure the ultimate retirement of all classes of United States notes by a gradual and steady process, and that a banking system should be provided which tion of the country and an elastic circula- tion. This means in brief that the Gov- ernment is to withdraw all of its paper ! money, and that currency of that kind hereafter is to be issued only by banks. The proposal is not new. It was pre- sented to the country in an elaborate form a few years ago under the name of the “Baltimore plan’’ and was extensively discussed at the time. Public opinion was adverse to it then and is adverse to it yet Cleveland, but is not likely to find one in President McKinley. To carry out the plan would entail the issue of bonds to retire greenbacks, and the people are cer- tainly opposed to any further issue of bonds in a time of peace. In a recent letter Senator Sherman very clearly expressed what is undoubtedly the prevailing Republican opinion on the subject. In the course of this letter he said: I do not sympathize with the movement Pproposed to retire United States notes from circulation. Ibelieve it iseasy to meintain & limited amount of these in circulation with- out danger or difficulty. The maintenance in circulation 0f$346,000,000 United States notes, supported by a reserve of 100,000,000 gold, notonly saves the interest on $246,000,000 of debt, but 1s & vast convenience to the people at large. The best form of paper money is that which is backed by the Government and main- tained at the specie standard. The absolute security of these notes was never called in question, aiter the resumption of specie pay- ments in 1879, until the reserve was being trenched upon to meet deficiencies in current revenue, brought about by what is known as the Wilson tariff law of 1894. There can be no question of the truth of the statement that our recent monetary troubles have resulted, not from green- backs and what Cleveland called the ‘“endless chain,” but from a deficient revenue, which compelled the Secretary of the Treasury to use money from the gold reserve to pay current expenses. Under Republican administrations, oper- ating under Republican teriffs, we had no troubles with greenbacks in the past, and with similar circumstances we are not likely to have any in the future. The Indianapolis scheme might as well be consigned to the obscurity into which the Baltimore plan bas fallen. The people want none of it. THE NICARAGUA OANAL It 13 evident the Nicaragua canal bill is to be brought to the front at this session of Congress, and will probably form the next issue of importance to be considered by the National Legislature. The dis- patches of Tuesday announced that the bill had been considered by the Commit. tee of Rules of the House of Representa- tives, and those of yesterday gave the fur- ther information that the Senate is appa- rently as willing to take up the question as the House itself. According to the reports yesterday, the steering committee of the Senate has decided to give the bill the right of way will reassure the public mind concerning | seems to have fallen short of this high | characier, there can be no question but | The resotutions declare that steps should | It found a supporter in Presiaent | | will furnish credit facilities to every por- | | has ond only to the free homestead bill, and oives assurance that it will be taken up without delay. There are abundant rea- sons for believing the Senate as a whole will be as favorable to the-measure as was the steering committee, and that when the bili comes up for decision it will be promptly passed. The consideration given it by the House Committee on Rules promises an almost equally favorable sup- port in that body, and therefore we may reasonably look for the passage of the bill by this Congress. This is a decided change in the situa- tion. Buta short time ago it was doubt- ful whether the bill would have a hearing before this Congress at all. Now it is as- sured that a hearing will be given, and every prospect points to a measure which will find support in both bodies. We should not rely, however, solely upon tke present temper of Congress. There is cer- tain to be opposition to the bill, and those who are interested in it should be insist- ent, prompt and vigorous in urging its passage. It is not necessary to repeat again to the people of California how important this measure is to the welfare of the State. The subject has been gone Sver many times and every one who takes an intelli- gent interest in public affairs is familiar with it. All that is necessary to do now is to call attention to the crisis in the his- tory of the measure which has approached in Congress and to urge that chambers of commerce, boards of trade and all similar bodies throughout California should send petitions and memorials to our represen- tatives in Congress urging them to give every possible assistance in promoting the passage of the bill. The country has already watted too long in dealing definitely with this meas- ure and the present opportunity should not be allowed to pass without some action being taken which will tend to the speedy beginning of the enterprise and the earnest prosecution of it to a success- ful completion. ON TO BAKERSFIELD. There is something of cheer for every Californian in the announcement that there will soon be a revival of the work of construction on the Valley road. The right of way from Fresno to Bakersfield been secured and preparations are now being made to begin at once the task of grading the roadbed and laying the rails. It is estimated that within a few weeks upward of 400 men will be se: to work on the extension, and the expectation is to have the line open within three months. There is, therefore, a bright prospect that when the crops of the coming season are or market the farmers of the San n will have the benefit of a com- peting line all the way from Stockton to Bakersfield. The work of extension will not stop when Bakersfield is reached. The new road bears the name of San Francisco in its title as well as that of the San Joaquin, and its onward movement will never stop until this City has become its western terminus in fact as well as in name. The rapid progress being made in the valley is therefore an augury of a coming good for our merchants fully equal in importance to what has been achieved by it for the farmers and cities and towns along the line from Stockton southward. California led all the States of the Union in railroad building last year and there are fair prospects she will hold the same high rank during the present one. At any rate we are making a vigorous start, thanks to the energetic men who are pushing the wWork on the Valley road. They have shown the worid what Califor- nia can do in years of depression and can be counted on to make an equally good showing for the coming years of pros- perity. PERSONAL. J. E. McCarthy of Iowa is at the Russ. G. W. Carpenter of Yuba City is in town. Justus Briggs of New York is at the Palace. B. Galloway of Walnut Creek is at the Russ. Robert W. Dow of Scotland is at the Palace. F. T. Duking of Sonoma is here for a few aays. J.J. Hebbard, & banker of Salinas, 1s at the Grsnd. M. Elsasser of the City of Mexico got here yesterday. W. G. Cheney of Los Angeles arrived here yesterday. - William D. Smith of Blaine, Wash., is at the Occidental. C. A. Pinkham, a business man of Beattle, is at the Russ. A. B. Barry and wife of Fresno are guests at the Cosmopolitan. F. 8. Hardenbrook of Boston isoneof the late arrivals here. E Howard Scbree of Idgho is among the ar rivals at the Palace, Anton Meier of Sacramento 1s a late arrival at the Cosmopolitan. G, Stewert Simons of San Antonio, Tex., er- rived here yesterday. T. L. Richards, who owns & stock ranchat Grayson, is in the City. Judge E. B. Holland of Tulare was one of yesterday’s arrivals here, Among recent arrivals at the Cosmopolitan is 0. B. Randall of Merced. M. MacDougall, a wealthy business man of Seattle, is ut the Occidental. J.-A. Northway, proprietor of the Union Hotel at Nevada City, is in town. Samuel M. Mears, one of the well-to-do busi- ness men of Portland, Or., is in town. E.T. Albert, a well-known citizen of Stock- ton, is registered at the Cosmopolita: P. A Buell, the wealthy manafacturer, of Stockton 1s on a visit here and is at the Grand. William McKinley, superintendent of the Providence mine at Nevada City, is at the Lick. C. Sherman arrived from Houston, Tex., yes- terday morning and is staying at the Cosmo- politan, A. C. Dietz and family of Oakland are visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Peirce of 502 Geary street, in this City. Rabbi L. R. Farber of Spokane is at the Lick. He had & number of callers yesterday from among the rabbis of the City. E, P. McCormack, one of the substantial business men of Salem, Or., is on a visit here, The McCormacks are old residents of Salem. The Rev. T. C. Britton, & missionary of Foo- chow, China, who will sail for Ris post on the Coptic to-morrow, is at the Occidental accom- panied by his wife and child. District Attorney Charles W. O'Neil of Wal- lace, Idsho, in the widely known Ceeur @’Alene mining district, arrived here yester- day, and will probably stay in California for several weeks. Marion Ruth Benson, the actress, wife of Holbrook Blinn of the Roland Reed Company, arrived here from the East yesterday and is staylng with Colonel .and Mrs. Charles H. Blinn at 1527 Post street. g Joel A. Fithian, a wealthy resident of Santa Barbara, who is building a large stone busi- ness block in that city, is at the Palace. Mr. Fithian's marriage to a daughter of the iate W. W.Stow some time ago in San Francisco will be recalled by many people. John G. Follansbee, who is extensively in- terested in a very large cattle ranch in Chi- huahus and who owns a string of fast horses, hasarrived here after some time in Chihua- hua. ofr. Follanshee's interests are in connec- tion with those held in Mexico by the Hearst estate. A. A.Grant and D.G. Grant, the raflroad contractors who own the water and electric- 1ght plants at Albuquerque, N. Mex., and also L the Raily Demosrat o8 thet Plags, Desides g, portant interests at Los Angeles and else- where, arrived here from Los Angeles yester- day. They are at the Palace. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 14.—At the Plazs, D. J. Rodger; Warwick, H. Brunsbury; Grand Unign, A. L. Davis; Metropole, W. F. Cordes; Marlboro, J. 8. Templin, NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. “Hang this fog.’” “What's the matter?” “Why, it’s so thick I just walked into one of my creditors.” Preacher — How do you like your new mamms, Johnny? Johnny—Oh, purty good. I et s jar of plums yistady, an’ she blamed it on the hired girl.— Cleveland Leader. “I had a dreadful scare this morning; the ‘whole oflice force ran out into the street.” **Was the building on fire?” “No; the janitor’s dog had caught & rat.’’— Detroit Free Press. Dog (ancier—Yes, madam, I have all kinds o1 dogs here. Is there any particular breed you wish? 0ld lady (who reads the papers)—Oh, any- thing that's fashionable. Lemme me see an ocean grayhound.—New York Weekly, Tommy—I wonder why the words is spelled in such funny ways ? Jimmy—'Cause they was made in the first place by the schoolteachers, and they made ‘em that wWay 80’s they would have to be hired to teach how to spell 'em.—Cincinnati En- quirer. “Here’s s mother writes for information how to keep her 16-year-old son in atnights,” said the *‘Answers 1o Correspondents” man to the managing eaitor. *“Tell her tocut his hatr herself instead of sending him to a barber,” replied the editor.— Harlem Life. A favorite story of Sir Andrew Lusk, who some time back retired from public life, is that of an o0ld Essex lady who wrote to him after he had passed a heavy sentenceon & man for cruelty to a donkey, “thanking him in her own name and that of all the donkeysin the United Kingdom.”—Tit-Bits. *Mr. Diggles,” said the little boy with big ruffles on his shoulders, ““I wish you would let me come and ses where youlive. Iwant to look at your room." “Why, certainly. of that?” “My sister seid it was better than your com- pany, so I thought it must be something fine.” —Washington Star. OMNIPRESENT. Tell me, yo winged winds That round my pathway fiit, Know ye some qaiet spot ‘Where mortals say not **Nit"? But what made you think Tell me, ye winged winds, ‘Tha: chill then straightway thaw me, Must we forever hear “Just tell them that—"'? Tell me, ye winged winds, A whisper will suflice— Know ye of no sylvan nook Devoid of * Cuts no ice”t Some valley in the West, Some lone and pleasant dell, Where free from care and pain, One hears not *+ W’at vell "2 Tell me, thou mighty deep Whose billows round me play, Know'st thou a spot where folks Say never * Dou't get gay 2 Some island far away Asleep in some far lake, ‘Where one may never hear “Come off—you take the cake”? And thou, serenest moon, Ere oceanward you sink, Didst ever note a place. Berett of “Idon’s think "t Dost 100k upon the earth Asleep in night's embrace, And note spot where ne'er Is heard * OB, close your face” ? TENVOL The winged winds, the mighty deep, The fair moon’s palest sheen, —Baltimore Sun, PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE A monument to Donatello, the sculptor, was recently unveiled in the Church of San Lo- renzo at Florence, in the presence of the royal family. The ‘‘Laureate of Greater Britain” s the title which E. C.Stedman gives to Rudyard Kipling in a recent review of the latter’s new book, “The Seven Seas.” - Lady Henry Somerset employs two secreta- ries, who are busy ten hours a day in replying to her correspondence, and who have to be diligent then to keep it within bounds. Mrs, Sala Is about to edit the much-talked-of “‘Commonplace Book” of her husband. When the work is publisned, the original volumes are to be presented to the British Museum. De Quincey, who devoted his life to the read- ing of books, said that the greatest number of books any one person could hope to get through With in man’sallotted time was 8500. John L. Sullivan has had his new side whiskers shaved off. He admitted, with others, that they made him look respectable; but they also made him look old, and he wouldn’t have it. The coachman who drives the Queen at Windsor, Balmoral and Osborne, and who likewise accompenies her to the Continent, is Thomas Sands, Thomas has been long in the service and is a great favorite. The Queen greets him elways with a friendly “Good- day.” An international exhibition of gastronomy and of culinary art is to take place at Vienna in 1898, in honorof the fitieth anniversary of the reign of the Emperor of Austria-Hun- gary, who, as is well known, is the most abste- mious monarch in Christendom in all matters relating to food and drink. Franecis Goodwin is the largest individual taxpayer in Hartford, Conn., he being taxed upon $847,875. Next to him come Leverett Brainard and wife, taxed on $450,451; then Robert Allyn, with $431,834 to Ppay upon; and William H. Bulkeley, with $424,233. These are all the citizens of the town who pay on over $400,000. EX-LECTURER BRYAN, Boston Advertiser. It Is impossible for any kind-hearted person to avoid feeling sympathy with Mr. Bryan on account of the collapse of his lecturing enter- prise. Thereisno just reason for saying cen- zorious thingsof him in thet connection. If his idea that he could get $1000 each for fifty lectures was t00 absurd for sane belief, he was no more to blame for entertaining the foolish notion than were the experienced, and pre- sumably business-like, managers, who prom- ised him that golden reward for the wagging of his silver tongue. The disillusionizing process is, of course, painful, but he appears to be bearing it like a man, and therein deserves our respect. - It is not strange at all that, after such an ex- perience as he had last summer and autumn, Wwhen “all outdoors'” was hardly big enough to hold the crowds who flocked to hear him, he should imagine that at least 1 per centof as many people weuld pay 50 cents each to hear him lecture in great public hails. If the; really wouid do 5o his §50,000 dream woulq be easily more then realized. What he has learned, to his chagrin, is that such frantic enthusiasm as his presence everywhero ex- cited a few months ago, s no prooi atall of a genuine and abiding interest in him. A great many other temporarily famous ave learned the same bitter lesson in the same hard school. AN EXCELLEN! ELEND. Clncinnati Commerelal Tribune. As the New York Sun truly says, the great- est office on earth is that oi an American President, who always preserves his Ameri- canism, and that is the kind of President the people expect William McKinley to be. Nor will they be disappointed. He is & man in whom patriotism, wisdom, and knowledge of the Nation’s needs are bl ed in excellent proportions, and in all things he may be called upon to do in his high office he will be governed by no impulse, no thought, save et ol the EFeaisst 000 of tRe Whole peonie, Bl AROUND THE CORRIDORS. 0. B. Lefurgey, & miner of Cripple Creek, Colo,, who recently wen o Rendsburg and has become interested there, s at the New Western. He thinks there is & good show for Randsburg to become a great camp. “Ibought two claims there,” he said, “not because they are particularly good, at least 50 far as 1 know, but because I wanted to be in on the thing. The indications for gold all around there are good. Then, too, there are quite a number of mines that have paid their way from the grass roots. When you get Pproperties to do that they are pretty good. “My ides 15 that it will be a great camp if the veins go deep. There are probably 2000 Mobile Bay and thus inspire our futurs. 2;‘{,’,3‘.‘,.,.,, behind their steel plates with some of the skill and courage of David Glas- gow Farragut. A. K. FULTON, ‘An ex-Officer of the U. 8. 8. Hartford. ———e——— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS BEARDSLEY—F. G.. City. The English artist whose work has attracted a great deal of tention of late years is named Aubrey Bears- ley. His address is London, Eng. Exrorts—A. S, City. The value of exports by sea from the customs district of 8an Fran- cisco for the year ending June 30, 1890, was £36,876,001; 1892, $10,737,044; 1893, §30,- 376,296 1804, $24,314,369; 1895, $24,278,- people in the camp now, and probaply thirty i 090. During the first eight months of the LOWER RATES ON COAL. Several Important Questions Considered by the Manufacturers’ and Pro- ducers’ Association. Tie board of directors of the Manufac- turers’ and Producers’ Association held its rgular meeting in the Mills building yesterday. The principal subject dis cussed was a duty on coal. i Thy resignations of Henry Crocke er ad M. McGignn were accepted and Hessrs, Kerr and Currier appointed a comnittee of two to select two men to fill the vacancies. Juliaa Sonntag reported that at the local tariff convention the committee of five had recommended a duty of 50 cents on bitumirous and 75 cents on anthracite coal containing 84 per cent carbon or overs He ther brougnt forward the following petition, signed by a large number of Cal- ifornia manufacturers: California pays 90 per centof all duty on coal. We manufacturers respectfuily protest against any increase in duty. Weand Califor- nia coal producers recommend thatthe pres- ent duty 0i40 cents remain intact. A resolution was adopted to send the pe- tition to tke Ways and Means Committee at Washington as a telegram through the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- ion. b The request of a local dealer that a bill be formulaied to the effect that all goods sent out by firms should be labeled, time marked, wes denied. The bill was ordered returned tcits author. A bill wis indorsed empowering the board of directors of the Industrial Home for Mechanizal Trades for the Adult Blind of the State of California to fix the market price of all wares manufactured. in the home and sll wares manufactured else- where by thle non-resident beneficiaries, and to fix the compensation of common laborers and all other employes at the home whose wages were not established in the proposed bil . OCCIDENTAL KINDERGARTEN. Annual Meeting of Its Association, Officers Elected. The annual meeting of the Occidental Kindergarten Association was beld yes- terday at 122 )’Farrell street. The follow- ing board of cfficers was electea: President, Miss Florence Musto; first vice- president, Miss Rose Steinhart; second vice- president, Miss Annie Bremer; corresponding secretary, Miss Jennie A. Moore; recording secretary, Miss Minnie Hollub; treasurer, Miss Amelia Frapolli. Many suggestions were made for the work of the coming year, and it was de- cided upon that in memory of the de- ceased Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper appropriate resolutions should be sent to the family. The kindergarten has (thanks to its many subscribers and friends) been greatly benefited, and hopes for an equally prosperous year to follow last. Pigage e San Rafael Presbyterian Church. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Presby- terian’ Church will give the first entertain- ment of their proposed series next Monday evening in the San Rafael Opera-house, when Mrs. Frances Edgerton, now with Modjeska's compeny, will give her popular reading, “Portia, 'the Perfect Woman.’ The ladics most prominent in this moyement ot enter- 0. B. LEFURGEY, Now Here, Who Gives the Latest News About Randsburg. [Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.] or forty a day coming in by the various stages. It is not a wild eamp, as such camps go. There is a dancehouse and other features of that kind, but I would call it a quiet camp, “The hotels and restaurants are.doing a big business, but accommodations are not high. A man cen board for §1 & day at the best hotol, or get board and lodging for $10 a week. “In connection with the principal hotelis a big tent, which is just in the rear of the hotel. When a man comes in and makes a plea for a good room the landlord always says to the clerk: ‘Show the gentleman room 11’ Well, that means that he lands him in the big tent, which is always referred to as No. 11. In this tent are twenty or thirty bunks, and one of these is all 8 man gets who gets into the tent. He is often in luck, too, to get that. “I sent out and got a tent and bed of my own and set them up there. That is the best way todo. Then you are independent. “As for water in the camp it will be piped in this week. A company has been organized and it is piping it six miles into Johannes- burg, fhe new town just over the hill from Randsburg. The company has arranged, too, to get water down into Randsburg. I think there will be enough for all practical pur- Pposes.” Mr. Lefurgey will leave on his return to the desert camp to-morrow. Letters From the -Peopla IT WAS A QUOTATION. Author of a Brautiful Prayer That Aroused Attention at a Recent Criminal Trial, To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: In your issue of to-day I notice in the article in reference to Robert Hamilton, the writer of improper letters, that the prayer or blessing written by him is subposed by many to be original with him. I am glad to be able to tes- tify thatitisnotso. 1have in my possession &0 old autograph album in which appears the same beautiful prayer, written in 1862, nor was it original with the person who wrote it then, mor claimed as such. Itis taken from an old Indian legend, and was the blessing prayed for by an Indian mother upon the head of the Judge to whom she was pleading for the life of her son, who had been sentenced to doatli. There isd lady in San Francisco who I think has or should have & copy of the prayer also, it being sent to her on the occa- sion of her'marriage a few years ago, T am glad to be able to refute the idea that a mind capable of such sweet and holy senti- ments could stoop to the depravity of writing obscene literature. MRs. M. G. PERRY. Vallejo, Jan. 13, 1897. FARRAGUT’S FLAGSHIP. An Ex-Officer of the Hartford Makes a Plea for Her Preservation. January 9, 1897. Editor of the Call—Taking advantage of this, my first trip to the Coast, I to-day visited Mare Island Navy-yard. It was with no idle curiosity that I found myself wandering among the great battleships of the present era, but rather as a pilgrim to do reverence to the memory of my old commander, who fought behind wooden walls in the days long since passed and gone, and, it would seem, quite for- gotten by the present generation. I was encouraged when I saw displayed the pivot guns of the Kearsarge as well as her fig- urehead, but I looked in vain for some relic of the old Hartford, Admiral Farragut’s flagship. Far out in the stream lay anchored two bat- tered old hulks. They mightreadily have been taken for two venerable and dismantled whalers, but there was nothing to indicate that they had pursued any other calling than that of peace. They lay high out of water and were fast going to decay, and yet one of those old relics of the past was once the formidable battleship of the heroic Farragut. My heart rew sick at the sight, for no one could ever ave recognized her in her present plight. I had not seen hersince 1863, when she returned from her victorious campaign on the Missis- sippi River, after haviag successfully passed Forts Jackson and 8t. Phillips and captured New Orleans, aided in destroying a Confeder- ate fleet, run the !nntlel at Chalmett, at Vicksburg twice and Grand Gulf twice, en- countered the Confeder: ironclad Arkansas and on the nextcruise aided in the capture of Mobile. T venture to say that no ship ever afloat has passed through more desperate batties than th ime old vessel. No ship ever fought uch appalling odds, against such an array of heavy guns and at so short a range as this same old Hartford, which bore the msrks Tpas ana ngfm‘ upon her return from the Mississippl River of over 300 shots. Burely the Government shouid not allow this noble old vessel to-pass out of existence— if not out of reverence for her old commander, then as an object 12sson to the present genera- tion of young officers. Return her as nearly as possible to her former appearance and keej 0T in the twlm 8BS Pere on the Misslsaippi | Woodwazd, Za;r 1896 the exports amounted to ($16,622,- ONCE MORE THAT DiME—R. W., East Oak- land, Cal. In a number of issues of THE CALL this department has stated that a dime of 1894 is worth but 10 cents unless it was minted in San Francisco. A MINOR—G. L. T., City. Whether a father is responsible for debts incurred by his son who is under the age of 18 may depend upon cir- cumstances. A general answer cannot be glven to this question. Y. M. C. A.—D. A, City. There s no class in chemistry in the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association of this City. The secre- tary will on application furnish all informa- tion desired about the association. HOMESTEAD—G, L. T., City. A person desir- ing to take up a homestead under the laws of the United States can obtain all the informa- tion he desires on application to the land pffice of the district fn which he may wish to ocate. TEACHERS WHO MARRY—F., 1871, City. Rule 165 of the Board of Education says: “When- ever a female teacher marries her position in the department thereby becomes vacant.” A male teacher may marry, but he does not lose his position. BEIGNIORAGE—J, C. 0., Sutter Creek, Amador County, Cal. The meaning of seigniorage as related to the coinage issue means the dif- ference between the cost of & quantity of bul- lion and the face value of the pieces of money minted from it. FAruiNa HArr—Florence, City, There area Sreat many preparations used to strengthen the hair and prevent it from falling out, but which particular kind would prove beneficial in your case this department cannot tel. You should consult a physician for the hair. AN ENGLISHMAN'S SoNs—H. V. 8., Sulphur Creek Cal. If an Englishman and his wife locate in the United States and during their residence—in which time the father does not become naturalized—sons shouid be born to them, those sons would be Americans by birth. When they attain their majority those sons may elect to become citizeus of the United Staies or of Great Britain. FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS—L., City. The following statistics show the numerical standing of each of the organizations named in the Unlted States and Canada as taken from the last issued reports of the supreme bodies. In many instances there has been a notable increase in membership, but for the purpose of lhnwln% the relative strength of the various bodies having a membership of more than 50,000 these figures will serve the purpose: 0Odd Fellows, 54,144; Free Masons, 935,945: Kuights of Pythias, 464,589; Ancient Order Umited Workmen, 361,562; Order of the Maccabees, 241,000; Modern Woodmen of America, 200, 063; Royal Arcanum, 189,161; Junior Order of United American_Mechanics, 170,000 For- esters of America, 127,703; Knights of Honor, 107,534; Independent Order of Foresters 100,000; Ancient Order of Hibernians of America, 95,000; Knights and Ladies of Honor, §1,000; Woodmen of the World, 69~ 966; Knights’ of the Golden Eagle, 59,224 grdar ((1!“ nited Ame\gglil Mechanics, 54,731° ons of Temperance, 52, 113; American 2 of Honor, 52,100. AEln ' MARIA KIP ORPHANAGE. Annual Meeting of the Society—Elec- tion of Officers. , The annual meeting of the Maria Kip Orphanage was held at the diocesan house Monday afternoon, January 11. Bishop Nichols, president of the trustees, pre- sided. A report from the building committee was made by its chairman, Mrs.J. C. Johnson, showing the amounts expended on the new editice, which is now in course of construction on the corner of Lake street and Seyenth avenue. Mrs. Sidney Worth, treasurer of the board of man- lgan,‘rnuenl-d her annual report, which showe $ulte & balance on hand, Mrs. Thomas P. Woodward, the secretary, read areport of the events of the past year, dwelling at length upon the efforts and work of the joint boards, whose exertions had resulted in the erection of the hand- some building which, it is hoped, will be ready for occupancy by the firstof next August, he following trustees and managers were then elected: Trustees—Riznt Rev. William F. Nichols, D.D., Thomas P. Woodward, E. H. Rixford, W. H. Crocker and J. C. Johnson; managers—Miss Carrie Gwin (president), Mrs. W. L. Wood (vice- president), Mrs. T. P. Woodward (secre- tary), Miss Mary C. Heath (corresponding unraurfi Mrs. Sidney Worth (treasurer), Mrs. R. B. Sanchez, Mrs. George H. Buck- ingham, Mrs, P. 1. Asbury, Mrs. J. B. Milton, Miss Maynard, Mrs. George C. tainments are: Mrs. W. dent of the society; Mr . Corbeley, Mi C. L. Robinson and Mrs. J. E. Alexander, —————— FRENCH nougat and fruit glace. 905 Larkin,* - CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townsend's® ————-— - STANDARD patterns, highest perfection, lowest price. Domestic office, 1021 Market, nr. 6th.* [ D S — SPECIAL nformation daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —_——— HUSBAND'S Caleined Magnesia—Four first premium medals awarded. More agreeable to the taste and smaller dose than other mag. ta, sale on i et L y in ttles with reglslcr.ml —————— Miss Prion (quoting)—Wise men make prov. erbs and fools repeat them. Miss Smart (musingly)—Yes. Iwonder what wise man made theome you just repeated. rondon Tit-Bits. o e i —_— Phillips’ Kock Island Kxcursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Ria Grande and Rock Island Hailways. Throngh tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Man. sger and porters accompany thess excursions ta Boaton. For ckets, sleeping-car accommodations and further information, address Clinton Jones, General Agent itock Island Raliway, 30 Mons gomery atreet, San Franciseo. E——— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Hag been used over fitty years by milllons nt mothers for their children white Teething withpas fect success. It soothes the child, softens thegams, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowely and 1s the best remedy for Diarrhcees, whether aris- ing from teeching or other causes. For sale by drag- gISts In every part of the worid. Bo sure and asg for Mrs. Winslow’s Scothing Syrup. 25¢ a bottla, —_——— CoroxADO.—Atmosphere is perfactly dry, sots and mild, belng entirely free from the mists come mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, Including fifteen days’ board at the Hotal da | Coronado, $65; longer stuy $2 50 per day. APp 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. —_———— THE best remedy for constipation Is Aver's Pills. They never fail. Have you seen Ayer's Almanac for this year? — She—T would marzy you if I lived to be 100 years old, He—Well, I should say you wouldn’t if I had anything tosayin the matter.—London House hold Wor NEW TO-DAY. 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