The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1897 e e e e D THE NICARAGUA CANAL. l The memorial adopted at the mass- | meeting of business men in. this City on | Tuesday requesting Congress to enact the | Nicaragus. canal bill now pending was undoubtedly an expression of the prevail- ing sentiment of the people of California. The time has come when Some beginning 21, 1807 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, ’shuulfl be made in this important work, Editor and Proprietor. | and the specdiest way to begin is by the = ————— | adoption of the bill which is now before SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: | Congress. Dally snd Sunday CALL, oneweck, by carrier..§0.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year,by mail..... 6.00 Daily and Sundsy CALL, six months, by mal Daily and Sunday CALs, three months by m: Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by ma! Sunday CALL, one year, by W AXXLY CALL, 0ne year, by mall That there are features in the bill to which objection might be made is bevond | question. It is certain, however, that it would be impossible to devise a measure which would be satisfactory in all of its “ deta.ls to everybody. BUSINESS OFFICE: | the simiple one of promoting the construc- | | 710 Market Street, tion of the canal as promptly as possible Ean ¥rancisco, California. under conditions which would ptace irand Teleptone... cooen MaIn=1868 | 1 iniain it under the control of the | United States Government. These essen- | tial points seem to be well secured by the | pending bill, and this being so there 15 no i reason why it shouid not be supported by | | ROOMS: EDITORIAL Telephone.. 527 Montromery street, corner ) o'clock. 9 Hayes street; open unt 615 Larkin street: open u. all who really desire to see the completion of the work Senator Turpie of Indiana in speaking [ the Senate declared SW. corner Sixteenth and against the bill in . antil 9 o'clock. 8 himself in favor of the construction of the 18 Mission street: open un;llflo'clock. | canal, but asserted he was opposed to 167 Ninth strect; open vutil 9 0'clock. g r 3 1305 Polk street; open until 9:30 o'clock. | letting it go into the hands of a private | corporation. This was an uunfair state- OAKLAND OFFICE : | ment of the true nature of the proposed. oS Hoeiney. bill.” A safficient guarantee is provided in EASTERN OFFICE: | the measure for Government control to Row, New York City. ascern Manager. Rooms 31 and 82, make it certain that the corporation which DAVID M. F THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. respect subordinate to the Government. Senator Morgan in presenting the biil | stated that every detail of it had received the unanimous approval of the Nicaragua Canal Committee in the Senate, and this \slmement being undisputea is clearly a <o 5 satisiactory guarantee that the obj:ctions The cry of retrenchment is good, but a | made by Senator Turpie are not valid. vote for it would be better. | If we are to have the canal at all we A | must agree upon some method of con- They still talk of economy at Sacra- | structing it. Nothing can be gained by mento, but 1t is not all the talk. | wrangling over the details invoived. The = | construction of the.work by the Govern- State officials are willing to practice | ment directly is virtually imipossible. It economy, but object to naving it practiced | is not certain that 8 majority of the mem- on them. | bers of both houses of Congress would favor such a plan amd itis practicaliy sure that Nicaragua would object to it. The one way to obtain & speedy beginning of L | the work is to enact the bill now beZore It is a <ure thing that we cannof im- | the Senate and since the essential point is prove the park by slashing around with a | the construstion of the canal there ought volitical ax. | to be no serious objections to adopting the e | only means of obtaining it. isus bad a year for the monovoly at | The interests of Caiilornia in the canal Nordica owns the town, but she had to give good notes for it. In refusing to makea scapegoat of Duck- worth the legislators accept their part of | the blame. The main issue is | is to nominally build it would bein every | | Bacramento as at Washington, buv the | people call it good. | In the bills introduced at Sacramento there seem to be too many jokers to the pack to make a square game. The Senatorial elections in the East are about over, but there are still a few dead- | i locks to be picked in the West. i | By the election of **Billy’’ Mason Illinois as sent to the Senate an orator who will put some ginger in the stream of talk. The report of the Code Commission | seems to be so heavy that no one is willing | to take it up and try to carry it through. | The Queen’s speech is another evidence | that there will be always an Irish question | in British politics until nome rule pre- | vails. | The fight against Oiney’s arbitration | treaty is growing stronger. It is now called in some quarters *‘An entangling alliance.” The Champer of Commerce is devoted | to the trades of peace, but all the same it | bas given evidence 1t can walk the war- path on oceasion are great, but they are not greater than those of other sections of the country. The whole Union would be benefited by the opening of this new waterway be- tween the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. It should be constructed by the aid of our Government in order, as the memorial states, that it “shall remain under the control of the United States Government— an American canal under American con- trol.” If we can achieve that much we will have gained all that is essential to National welfare in the construction of the great work, and it is to be hoped there- fore that Congress will cordially respond to the request of the memorial. THE ARBITRATION TREATY. In his address beiore the House of Lords on Tuesday Lord Salisbury, in alluding to the proposed treaty of arbitration with the United States, said he could not speak fully on the subject because the agree- ment bad not yet been ratified. He de- clared, however, that be felt at liberty to say that the British people must not think that they are living “in the millen- nial dispensation.” The only conclusion to be drawn from his remarks, therefore, is tnat Lord Salisbury is not an enthusiast [ SRR el | on arbitration and that he does not take the Benata . Tres slver man 1t 4 evidene | oy JOCEUISS viswn of the sebioss which {hat Clevelandism Is at a discount even In | 4q Jess experience in aealing with inter- R | national questions. A Chicago man who tried to bribe a | Lord Salisbury was wise in reminding Judge in that city has been sent to jail. | Parliament that the agreement had not It seems no one ever thought of sending | Yo been ratified. There are increasing e sl i | evidences that it will have a good deal of | opposition in the Senate, and may be ma- Cincinnati Enquirer asserts “‘the re- | terially amended before it is adopted. vision of the tariff is solemn business,” | While the people of the United States ap- and so indeed 1t is to American free- | proveof the general principle of arbitra- traders and British manufacturers. tion, they are not likely to enter into an — | agreement for permanent arbitration until The Infer Occan asserts the Senatorial | they see clearly the end to which such an fight iu Tllinois was not bitter, and we | agreement would lead tbem. It has been cannot say 1t was, but all the same it | suggested that the proposed treaty would seemed like very hot stuff for a sweet | involve us in something like “‘an entan- thing. | gling alliance” with Great Britain, and to As evidence has been made public show. | 288 Of €ourse no American statesman s 1 - fSs ing Shat the Wright irsigation law has | THCHSR 8 A0S TEEard Ior ARe Drecudnin been beneficial in some sections of the Stateand injurious in others it seems clear there is less in the law than in the way it | is applied. As it is asserted that Illinois has never | yet had a native Governor, it seems the | best of her native sons are wise enough to start west while they are still yonng and grow up in virtue far from the madding crowds of Chicago. All reports from Cuba show that the | patriots are on the aggressive and are | forcing the fighting. They are attacking everything Spanish in sight from a trocha to a warship and what they do not take | they disfigure mightily. Salisbury is noenthusiast on arbitration. He reminded Parliament that the pro- posed agreement with this country has not yet been ratified and said the people | must not think they are living under ni millennial dispensation. The speech of Senator Turpie in favor of the Nicaragua canal, but against the bill providing for its construction, is a siriking illustration of the attitude of that large class of people who are always 'in favor of the law, but agin its enforce- | ment.” The home-products fair at Los Angeles | is proving to be successful in every re- | spect. The attendance is large and the exhibitions are of a nature to gratify the people who are desirous of seeing that part of the State develop a diversified industry. It would be impossible to draw up a Nicaragua canal bill that would suit every- body in every detail. The one now before the Senate is good enough for the purpose of constructing the canal and maintaining it under American control, and deserves to be supported. The memorial adopted at the mass- | meeting on Tuesday urging upon Congress the passage of tue Nicaragua canal bill was a strong and terse expression of the sentiments of the people of all parts of California and ought to have weight in prompting Congress to settle the matter before the close of this session. As Senator Hill has made his first big speech in the Senate at this session, not on National polities, but on an eleectric- Jight question of municipal politics in Washington, it seems be has decided to go to the foot of the ladder and begin all of the Republic will consent. Lord Salisbury stated that the relations of England to the United States are full of small differences which are sometimes exaggerated and cause irritation and en- | mity. He thought that the formation of a tribunal of arbitration would serve to take these questions out of the domain of politics and to that extent would tend to the maintenance of friendliness between the two countries. He also declared that another advantage to be derived from the treaty would be that a Minister dealing with a subject involyving the honor of his country would have in the Court of Arbi- tration ashield from the attacks of *jin- goes,” since, as he says, it would be im- possible for the opponents of a Minister to say he had trifled with the honor of his country when he had submitted the mat. ter to the decision of an impartial tr:bunal. There can be no question of the gen- eral correctness of ihese statements. The proposed treaty will not be the beginning of the miilennium,. It will not be the tinal solution of all problems between Eugland and America. It will, haweyer, be helpful in settling those minor dispfites which are continually recurring. This view will doubtless be taken by the Senate when the subject comes up for settlement. We are not going to enter into an entangling al- | liance with England, but we can make some agreement with her that will be for the benefit of both countries. If Secretary Olney has gone tao far it will be the duty of the Senate to amend the proposed treaty and this we can expect to be. done without fai THE QUEEN'S SPEECH The speech from the throne at the open- ing of the session of the British Parlia- ment has long since become very little more than an idle ceremony. Her Ma- jesty’s Ministers who frame the speech for her make use of it merely to outline the business to which they will call fipon Parliament to attend. Itisnot until the bills dealing ®ith this business are actu- ally introduced that the public is made thoroughly acquainted with the course which the administration intends to pursue. In the speech delivered on Tuesday her | Majesty’s Ministers give very little infor- mation concerning their course of action. All that can be gathered from the address is that the march into Upper Ezypt is to be sustained and the country annexed to Ezypt and placed under British protec- tion; the depressed condition of the sugar over again. We may next hear of him as a candidate for Aiderman in Greater New York. industry in the West Indies is to be con- sidered and possibly some mensires may be devised to protect ita the House of Commons will be called on, to continue liveral expenditures for national defense; a measure will be introduced to promote primary education by securing the main- tenance of voluntary schools; a bill will be offered making better - provision for compensation to working people who suf- fer from accidents; attention will be paid to the water supply of London, to agricul- ture in the kingdom and to the disposi- tion of goods manufactured in prisons in other countries; the Irish problem will receive attention, and efforts will be made to relieve that country of some of the ills feom which it now suffers. This is certainly a broad and long pro- gramme of work. Itisnotable irom the fact that home affairs are treated as of much more importance than the foreign difficulties in which the empire is in- vo'ved. There can be little question that the bills which will be most edrnestly de- bated in Parliament will be those reiating to education, agricuiture, coupensation for workingmen injured by accident and the promised relief for Ireland. Such a programme wouid not have been so strange had it come from a Liberal Min- istry, but it is a striking evidence of the changed condition of public sentiment in England that a high Tory administration should direct itself to remedying the eviis of workingmen and farmers at home in- stead of seekine presiige by a brilliant display of British power abroad. Until the bills providing the proposed relief are introduced it will be impossible to intelligently criticize the policy of the administration. 1he bills may provide for efficient remedi=s for the evils which exist, and on the other hand they may be nothing more than temporary expedients intended to silence the cries of the clam- orers. Itisnot yet known which of these is to Le expected. Not muci bas hitherto been done for farmers, for workingmen and for Ireland by the Tories, but this is no proof that something may not be done by the present administration. Agricultural distress in Great Britain affects the great laud-owners as well as farmers, and ever since the days of Lord Randolph Churchill there has been such a thing in England as a Tory democracy, devoted to the welfare of the common people. The influences resuiting from these may determine Lord Salisbury to be almost as radical in his measures of relief as could have been expected from a Liberal Ministry. The world will nave to wait therefore for the introduction of the bills before it can determine how far the Salis- bury government deserves the support of the British people. MINES AND MINING. No industry of California has more im- portant interests at stake in legislation this winter than that of the miners. Both in the State Legislature and in Congress measures are pending which will affect the mining interests in many ways, and it behooves the people and the press to give every assistance possible to the miners in obtaining thie desired legisiation which is needed to advance the welfare of their in- dustry. The mining men themselves are show- ing commendable vigor and umty of pur- pose in. promoting the adoption of meas- ures they desire. The executive commit- tee of the mining association is doing good work in this direction, and in addition to urging the enactment by Congress of a bill providing ‘or a commission to deter- mine the mineral or non-mineral nature of land 1a railroad grants, is baving pre- pared for submission to the State Legisla- ture a number of measures which it is belisved will be of great benefit to the miniag industry. In this connection it is gratifying to note that Senator Perkins is preparing a bill providing for the establishment of a Secretary of Mines and Mining of Cabinet rank. The California Senator will have the support of Senators from all the West- ern States and a considerable number from among the Representatives of the larger mining States of the East. There s, there- fore, some grounds for the expectation that 1f the biil be pushed forward with vizor it will find sufficient approval in both houses of Congress to become a law. This would be a great advantage to the miners, inasmuch as it would give their industry a representative in the Cabinet and would lead to the settlement of many of those vexed problems of mining law which are now so detrimental to the in- dustry. In order that the advocatesof the ap- pointment of the proposed Secretary should have the full benefit of pubiic sen- timent in its favor that sentiment should now manifest itself as speedily as possi- ble through the press and through the voice of the boards of trade, chambers of commerce and similar bodies, as well as of associations of miners. From the Great West there should go a unanimous declaration from all the States and Territories in favor of the measure. Much benefit will, no doubt, be conferred upon the miners by the enactment of the bills wnich they are now urging, but all of these combined would not be so advan- tageous as the accomplishment of the appointment of a Secretary of Mines and Mining. Such an official is necessary and such an official we can get if we work for it. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Lord Charles Beresford wili soon be pro- moted to flag rank, it is said. He will be the youngest rear-admiral in the navy. Miss Knight of London has been appointed professor of anatomy and pathology in the Lbudiana Medical School, Northwestern prov- inces, India. It is said that the late Joseph B. McCullagh never attended a place of amusement or any public meeting, and never was the guestat eny entertainment. On December 21 Thomas Byrns, a diver, leaped from the Frith of Forth bridge, Scot. land, a distance of 150 feet, into the sea, and was picked up uginjured. Horatio, Earl Nelson, who is 74 years of age, is now the omnly surviving peer who was alive and in the enjoyment of his title when the Queen came to the throne. He is the third in descent from the hero of Trafaigar. The late General Francis A. Waiker was fairly loaded aith academic honors. The de- gree of LL.D. came to him from Amherst and Columbia colleges and the universities of Yale, Harvard, St. Andrew’s and Edinburgh. He received the degree of Ph.D. at Yale in 1875. The family of Mrs. Mary Ragland, a widow of 83 living near Port Gibson, Miss., objected to her marriage with L. H. Lyman, & neigh- boring farmer of 70, who had courted her for two years; so the lovers eloped and were united in matrimony at the courthouse by a Supervisor, An English explorer, Edward A. Fitzgerald, has set out with an elaborately equipped party to climb Aconcagua, on the borders of Chile and the Argentine Republic. This mountain is 22,000 feet high—the highest peak outside of the Himalayas—and if Mr. Fitzgerald suc- ceeds he will have climbed the highest moun- tain yet ascended. Thomas J. Martin, & barber of Dowagiac, Mich., shaved many eminent men in times before the war and during the war. Fora long term of years he was employed on steamboats on the Mississippi, Ohio and Cumberiana rivers, and among hifs customers were Gener- als Twigg, Pillow, Taylor, Buell and Lyon and Presidents Polk and Lincoin, MUSIC AND Luigi Mebeinelli, about the most popular conductor who has wielded the baton at the Metropolitan Opera-house, seems to be getting iato the sen of trouble and discord which sur- rounds so many of Mr. Grau’s artisis at pres- ent. Heis accused of all soris of sins against art, and especially against art as represented by Richard Wagner, and his friends reply by pointing with pride to the fact that Wagner in his time spplauded Mancinelli’s conducting Luigi Manciselli, the Latest Subject for Dispute at the Metropol- itan Opera-House. [Reproduced from a copyrighted photo in the Song Journal.] of his works, and thanked him with & “bravis- simo” in his own nandwriting for & perform- ance of “Lohengrin” which he directed in Rome. Mancinelli is not at all disturbed to hear himself accused of not understanding modern music, especially Wagner. He tekes it all philosophically, and does not indulge in any of tho recrimination which has character- ized the disputes among the lyric artists. Taken all round, though, this is the champion sedson for strife in New York operatic circles. The European musical papers express great indignation over the misfortunes which have befallen an Jtalian barytone named Paciniat Caracas. According to the cabled accounts this singer has been acrested at Caracas on the demand of his empresario because he refused to give an encore (o an aria which the public Applauded, on the pretext that he was suffer- ing from a slight indisposition and did not care to sing more than heconld help. Le Menestrel says: “It seems that the inhab- ftants of the republic of Venezuela use toward recalcitrant artists the same treatment that was employed in France under the ancient monarchy and under the first empire. One could understand the conduct ot the'sutnori- ties at Caracas 11 the artist had proved refrac- tory and had refused his assistance at & representation which had been previously announced, but the questlon was simply one of an_encore, and according to all the rules of opbra and of jurisprudence, the singer had a perfect right to refuse to give one. Ina thea- ter the public only has a right to demand the full performance of the work announced, and the repetition of any piece is very often ruin- ous to the drematic interpretation of the opera, and in the eye of enlightened afnateurs isan iniolerable abuse. In any case the public has noright to force the artists to giveen- cores, and in aimost all the big theatersin Germany rigorous rules command the singers to reirain from yielding to the popular de- mand for encores. It is then the height of in- justice and barbarism to imprison a singer for refusing to repeat & piece. The cables in- form us thac Signor Pacini has been con- demned to fifteen days for injury to the cor- poretion of the town of Caracas, which subsi- aizes the theater. A comical adventure recently happened to Herr Bulsz, leading barytone of the Royal Opera of Berlin, He announced a concert in a fairly impertant town beionging to thean- clent kingdom of Hanover, and the very even- ing on which he was (o appear received an urgent invitaiion to Tepair immediately to the office of the Chief of Police. Naturally he went instead to the hall, where the audience was expecting him, and very shortly afterward he was waited on by the Chief of Police, who asked him curily for his singer's diploma. “What's that?”’ asked the artist, a little con- fused, and the guardian of the law explained that before being allowed to sing he must pro- duce a certificate, setting forth his talents, as the town had already been several times de- celved by soi-disant pianists and singers, who were not what they preiended to be. After declaring vigorously that he was really a singer to the court, and showing bis decora- tions, Herr Bulsz was finally permitted to sing and prove to the Chief of Police, who watched his exploits with an anxious coun. tenance, that he was not an imposter. For the last twenty years Boito has been an- nouncing that he is working on an opers, “Nero,” of which nobody so far has ever heard a single note. Recently the Italian papers have begun to joke on the subject, and one editor gravely announces that the first scene of the first tableau of the first act of “Nero” is now completed, and that only the orchestral score has to be written. Ata performance given at the Victor Emanuel Theater at An- coria for the benefit of the art schoo) the chief attraction consisted of a parody of Bojfo's “Nero.” “How?’msks one newspaper, “is it possible to parody an opera whose very exist- ence no one is in & position to afirm?”’ " “That is very simple,” replies a contemporary; “just 1ift the curtain for & moment on a scene show- ing nothing but a few clouds, and then lower it again, in silence. That would give the spectators a very good idea of Boito's ‘Nero.' For the last few years there has existed at Lemburg, the capital of Galicia, in Austria, a Jewish theater, in which all the pieces are vleyed in that odd jargon of the Polish and Russian Jews, which drives philologists to de- spair. At this theater has just been performed an unpubiished opera in five acts entitled “Yehouds-ben-Halevy,” the words by Auer- bach and the music by Wolfthal. The hero of this opera is not the composer of “La Juive,” as one would be tempted to believe from its titie, but a celebrated Jewish poet who lived in Spain several centuries ago and to whom are due Hebraic verses of great merit, among others the superb “Melodies of Jerusalem,” some of which are interlaced in the text of the opera in question. The Austrian journals state that this first genuine Jewish opera has had a great success. The Conservatory of Mexico, which has been complained of for some time, seems to be fall- ing into & most deplorable condition, not only on uccount of its bad organization, but also because of the total incompetence of the pro- fessors. The annual examinations which took place not long ago are said to have re- sulted in such a colossal flasco that there is serious taik of closing the institution in order that it may be completely reorganized. The death is announced from Naples, at the age of 73, of Bina Steffenone, who had her hour ol fame. Not only was she well known in Europe, but in the early filtles she visited America and sang with brilliant success at Havana, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and in Mexico, The Society of Friends of Music of Vienna bas opened a competition for the best opers, oratorio, cantats, symphony or concerto. Manuseripts must be sent in before September 15,1897. The successful work will receive a prize of $400, but each composer msy send only one composition. The Liszt Society of Lelpsic executed with Breat successat its iast concert a symphonic poem entitled “Rosmersholm,” whose com- poser, Gustay Brecher, is barely 17 years of MUSICIANS. age and is still a pupil at school. His work is said to be interesting snd full of artistic promise. The tenor. Barbot, who first ‘created the role of Faust at the Theatre Lyrique in Paris, and who wes until recently a distinguished pro- fessor of singing at the Paris Conservatory, has just died at the age of 62. At the Theater An der Wien, in Vienna, a new operetta by Milloecker, “‘The Light of the North,’” has been produced with great success. e PERSONAL. H. Roper of London is at the Ocetdental. T. Hinrose of Honolulu is at the Cosmopoli- tan. Peter H. Coniff ‘ot Alaska is a recent arrival here. Joe Steinhart of Stockton is & late arrival here. WO Charles H. Gibson of Sonora, Mexico, is in town. Dr. P. L. Finsgan of San Jose is & guestof the Lick. General M. W. Huller of Fresno is at the Calffornia. . 3 H. H.Lombard of North Yakims, Wash,, is in the City. Theodore -F. von Vtoten of Honolulu is at the Oceidental. . Prentiss Masslin, an attorney of Greenwood, is at the Grand, Ex-Judgze Hervey Lindley of Los Angeles is visiting the City. F. A. Davidson, a business man of Astoris, Or., is at the Russ. J. E. Dooley of Salt Lake is among thear- rivals at the Palace, M. A. Dunham, a wheat-grower of Pomeroy, Wash,, is in the City. M. J. Hebbard and wife of Vallejo are stay- ing at the Cosmopolitan. C.E. Bigelow and Miss Bigelow of Santa Barbara are at the Palace. Ruaolph Herring of New York {s among the arrivals at the Occidental, . As L. Buhrmeister and wife of Suisun are among recent arrivals bere. John S. Williams, & mining man of Sonora, Mexlco, arrived here yesterday. John Campbell and Mrs. Campbell of Van- couver, B. C,, are at the Baldwin. H. . Hobson, who owns mining interests at Cariboo, B. C., is a recent arrival here. 'ss, manager for J. Camp of Fort Jones, and J. H. Woods are at the Russ. D. C. McLaughlin arrived last evening from Fresno and is registered at the Cosmopolitan. Among the arrivals at the Palace yesterday was S F. Shannon, & leading mining man of Montana. C. Anderson, Mrs. Anderson and Miss Ander- son of Boston are among the arrivals at the California. M. Rhinehart, 8 business man of Chehalis, Wash,, is here for a few days in the interest of his business. J. Henderson of Fort Jones arrived in the City to-day on his way to Arizona, hoping to improve his health. J. K. Barker, superintendent of large hy- draulic mines at Cariboo, B. C., is among the arrivals at the Commercial. Captain McCoy, recently master of the tug Relief, has been appointed superintendent of the Spreckles’ Towboat Company. H. B. Gillis, ex-District Attorney of Yreka, and one of the richest men there, is at the Grand, accomapanied by his wife, Mr. Gillls is one of the pioneers of Yreka. Captain Bray of Honolulu, who commanded the misstonary ship Evangel on her recent crulse among the islands, was ome of the arrivals by the Australia yesterday. Frank Bach, owner of a general merchandiz- ing-store on Douglas Island, Alasks, is on & visit here of 8 few weeks and is at the Com- mercial. - He is accompanied by his wife. Sidney Clementsceau, the extensive wool buyer of Boston, who has for many years been going to Australia by way of San Francisco, to buy wool, arrived here yesterday. Mrs. Clem entsceau is along. They are at the Pal M. F. Glade, ex-Consul-General of Germany at Honolulu, and for a number of years past interested in commerclal enterprises in Ha- waii, arrived on yesterday’s steamer fromthe island republic. He ison a visit to Germany. W. W. Van Arsdale, manager for the Siski- you Lumber and Mercantile Company and the McClcud River Lumber Compeny, is in the City. The companies controlied the output of five sawmills in the vicinity of Sissons last year, with which next season they will run the large mill now building at the new rail- road terminus, with a capacity of 100,000 feeta day, besides & box factory. All the best sugar pine is controlled by these mills. CALIFORNIANS IN' NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 20.—At the Windsor, A. H. Meyers; Holland, W. H. Allen; Marlbor- ough, Drs. M. and K. Blue; Astor, W. 8. Zeilin; Hoffman, G. Ashley; Belvidere, W. Bogen; Continental, Mrs. B. Winfield. Counselor William MacDonald was at the Windsor with J. S. Belden of Chicago. Mrs. A. V. and Eibert Urldge left the Windsor 10 sil on the New York. POETRY AND PROSE. PORTRY. Love one morning came a-rapping Rapping on ber heart: «Piease,” said he, “do come and make me ©Of your life a part!” Love one mornin, came a-rapping, Ralsing such a din; Cold, he trembied in'the doorway, And she let him lo. a-Tapping, '3 said he, “do come and open This confounded door!” Love one morning came a-rapping, Raising such a din: Cold, he fumaolea 1or the keghole, And she let him 1n. —Baltimore News. NEWSParER FLEASANTRY “What? You & blue-grass Kentuckian, reared on a farm, and don’t know now cider vinegar is made?” “Fac’,seh. We tried it several times, sah, butnevah got beyond hard-cidah stage, sah, befo’ the material all ran out, sab.”—Cincia. nati Enquirer. Mrs. Gray—Mr. Boulc is golng to preach to- morrow. 1 wouldn't miss hearing him for anything. Mrs. Greene—I'm awfully sorry I shan’t be able to go. Mrs. Gray (after saying goodby)—No wonder she doesn’t want to be seen in that shabby old cape again. Mrs. Greene—Got a new bonnet or some- thing, I suppose.—Boston Transcript. Funeral Director (to gentleman entering the door)—Are you one of the mourners, sir? Gentleman—Yes; he owed me $500.—Boston Transeript. "~ “Canyouread French?” “Er—not aloud.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Hoetess (entertaining two lady friends, to herself)—Oh dear, I a0 wish one would go—I Liave so much to tell either of them about the other.—London Tid-Bits. * “‘See that young couple?” said the doorkeep- er at the theater. “Yes. “They've been married a little over a month. 1don’t know their names nor where they live, it lean tell that much about them.” “How?” “They used to come every waek and sit in the orchestra chairs, Now they come every other week and sit in the balcony.—Washing- ton Star. Cynthia—Do you think Frank will love me ‘when I am old, Maud? Maud—Well, ther#s one thing, dear—you’ll s00n know.—Pick-Me-Up. Mother—When the boy in the other house threw stones at you, why didn’t you come and tell me? Bobby—Becat mamms, I can throw them back better thafi you. He's more likely to get hit—Hartford Times. ’ . WERE YOU EVER HYPNOTIZED? Well, it-ds not likely. But there are dozens of people in San Francisco who are existing under ihe strange psychic spell. : You may meet some of them daily on the streets, and ~othing 'y their manner would suggest to you this marvelous fati—it is skeletons in their ciosets, and the skeleton does got rattle its bom and make known its presence until your acquantaince is brought in contact with the thing o object against which it 1s hynotized. But why are these people hypnotized? “Aye, there’s the rubl” They wouldn’t want you to Know either the fact or the cause, If you knew their inside history, however, you would learn that it was to drive off the drink habit; to save the from the morphine vice; to rescue them from the demon cigaretic They have weak wiils, these poor creatures, but hypnotism fixe them so that they cannot exercise their injurious habit. Cannot! Why? Ab, thatis just what next Sunday’s CALL will te you, It will tell you who these people are; how they came tob hynotized; who it is that does the hypnotizing, and the strange wa in which the operator treats his subject. " Every family has a pet, and every family will be interested | Florence Percy Matheson’s story in Sunday’s CALL of the pets ‘of prominent San Fraucisco families. The pets referred to are favorite birds and ani- mals, and very many of them are described, especially as to their traits, by the falented writer. For instance, emong the pets in question is “Buster Dickinson,” a beautiful prize Maltese cat, and which has the good fortune to:belong to Mrs. P. T. Dickinson, and has known nefther a care nor a sorrow during his twelve years of life. «“Buster” wears a silver collar, sits in a high chair at the table when no guests are present, waits for grace and then ents his food from his own special china plate with dainti- ness and decorum. He hates only one person in the world, ana that is a harmless and necessary dentist, wno looks after the well- being of his teeth. The girl fire-eater will tell all about ber most thrilling experlences, and the very latest exploits in the fleld of science’ will be given in lucid aud instructive as well as entertaining style. The best of llterature from authors whose talents ,are respected far and near will also contribute to the sterling merits of the best and most characteristic California Sunday newspaper, THE SUNDAY CALL,and these few suggestions are thrown onfy to prepare the way for a rare good holiday treat thaf is in store for you. THE THREE CHUMS. Yesterday was a great day for Senator White and Representative Maguire of Californis, sasy the Washington Postof the 12th inst. Both were active and indefatigable opponents of th Pacific railioad funding bill, and Senator White had & seatby the Congressman while the vote was being taken. In this, a5 in almost all other political affairs, the Senator and the Congressman have been together. Their relations amount to a singular coincidence. They were both reared in the same county and on the same farm in California, and both have becn bosom friends ever since. Governor Budd, another of the most prominent men in the State, is & chum of both Senator and Congressman, and the trio are inseparable. They are in the same political combi” nations and form an invincible team. They are all about the same size, and until Mr. Maguire shaved off his beard he looked like Senator White. His wife made him dispense with his ‘whiskers because, she sald. too many people took him for the Senator. When Mr. Maguire made his speech against the funding bill last week, Senator White sat by his side. ‘‘Give the road —, Jim,” said the Senator. Atthe same time a page handed the Congressman & bundle of telegrams. They Were from Governor Budd. “Give them —, Jim,” said the Governor. the library and have him establish his idexn- ANSWERS TO- CORRESPONDENTS SUBMARINE CABLES—C. E. W., Oakland, Cal. The tollowing sets forth the entire system of submarine cables of the world, including tity. DANDRUFF—M. H., City. The preparatio you name in your communication may \? good in some cases and it may be bad ih others. This department does not advocate the merits of any particular preparation for dandruff. SAVINGS BANK—M. M., Alameds, Cal. This department has no means of knowing which of the savings banks of San Francisco will pay the greatest amount of interest in the future. Itis not a part of the duty of this department t0 say which is the best of these banks. You snould make personal inquiry. Any of the banks will furnish the desired information. those along the shores and in the bays, gulfs and estuaries of rivers,but excepting those in lakes and interior watércourses of continents. The list includes all cables operated by private companies COMPANTES. 91V 10 309wy o wauay Anglo-American Telegraph Co.: Trans- A tiantic system—Vaientia, reland) to Heart's Content, A DiME oF 1885—Recent Subseriber, Santa Cruz, Cal. A dime of 1835 does not command any premium. M‘A foundiana) 4 7,805 pon (near Breec 1| 3718| BROKENsoitbadycream,15¢1b. Townsend’s.® Communication ol coastas 9| 1,963 | SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, European communication 1 101 | business houses and public men by the Prasy e 5 Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —————— | Mrs. 8. Guerney-Lapham of Syracuse is making a new departure in the field of women’s enterprise. She has interested her- Commercial Cable Company Trags-Atlantic sys.em — W ville (Ireland) to Canso San Franclsco every Wednesday, via Ri Grande and Rock Island Hallways. Thmn; tourlst sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Mam sgor and porters accompany thess excursions te 888 4 chma R 3| ®55% | seltsolargely in the matter of life insurance e et R T B 519 | for women that she is being called upon for Communication in Europe ... 2 839 | lectures and informal talks on this subject. Total ~| o074 | Women were formerly considered unde- et sirable subjects for insurance; butthe com- Digect Unlied Sustes Cable Co panies have at last become convinced of their Ballnpkellge By (Ifelsnd) fo| | g gaq | value as policy-holde Halifax, N. 8, to Rye be AN A0 L Phillips’ Rock Island Exoursions Total 3 Lea Western Union Telegraph Co. Trans-Atisntic sy .iem — ~ennen Cove (near Peazance, England) y v 5,10 ploDorer Bay (nearCansy N 8)) 2 $:107 | Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations Gulf of Mexico system.. X s 459 | 8ud further Informaiion, address Clinton Jones, e General Agent Kook Island Rallway, 30 Mons Total.. . 2| _7.842 | gomery street. San Franciseo = e A Coven SHOULD NoT BE NEGLECTED. “Brown's Bronehial Troches” are 8 simple Temedy and give immediate relief. Avold imitations. e —— ALWAYS keep in the house a bottle of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, for throat apd lung troubles. Your druggist has Aver's Almanac. —————— She—Fred, why don’t you ask father for my band to-day? Compagnie Francaise du Tele- graphe de Paris a New York: Brest (France) to St. Plerre-Mi- que.on. ... & St Pierre 1o Cape Cod, Mas: Other branch lines...... Total Sk African District Telegraph Co.. Black Sea I elegraph Company. Biazilian Submarine Telegraph Co.: near Lisbon (Portu- Carcavelio, i #a1), 10 3adeira, to St. Vincent Fred—I'm afraid to do it to-day. Wait (CapeVerdelsiands), to Pernam-| to-morrow and I'll buy a bicyele exactly buco (Brazil) g his.—Atlanta Constitution, Central and Sou graph Company. Cuba Submurine T Direct Spanish Telegraph Company. Eastern and South African Tele- graph Company .. Eastern Extension Austraiasia and China Telegraph Company........ Eastern Telegrsph Compan; Anglo- - punish- Portuguese System| 8y siem west of Malt % T:alo-ureek System Austro-Geek System.. Greek Sys.em. Turko-Greek System. Turkish System . Xgypio-kuropean Sysiem. Egyption System. Egypto-In Total...... .. Europe and Azores Telegraph Co... Great NortuernTelegraps Cos Cab es in Europe a Halitax and Bermuda ... udo-Eurcpean el h Compan: Ingia Rubber, Guita Percha ana ‘elegraph Works Company... Mexican elogruph Compavy ver Plate Telegraph C Socioe Francaive des Telegr Sous-Marins South American Gy West African Telegraph Compan: West Coast of America Telegraph| Compary 3 Western and’ Brazilian Telegraph Compan: : West Iudia and Panama Telegraph Company. ........ . Total...... NEW TO-DAY. System. 7. les Telegrap 310/ 130704 THE FREE LIBRARY—H. H., City. The officers of a iree library who are charged with issuing cards to those who wish to avail themselves of the privileges of the library are bound to take all precautions as to the persons to whom they issue cards aud as to those who become their guarantors. If the name of a guarantor does not appesr in the directory, that would be a sufficient excuse for refusiug the acceptance of the persoa offered, notwithstanding the fact “that ne is & resident of the City, has nis name on the register and is & property-owner.” 1f Dby some mishap the name of the person you offered did not get into the directory, it would be an easy matter for you to preseat him at Will any Baking Podwer do? Then ““Trophy”’ is too good for you- 3