The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1897, Page 22

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 1897 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor ond Proprietor. Postage Free: SUBSCRIPTION RATES— #nd Sunday CALL.O by carrier. .£0.13 snd 6.00 Daily end 1.50 Daily an 65 Sunday CALL, 0ne year, by 1.50 W EEXLY CALL, OLE year, . 160 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 San Francisco, California. Telephone. Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Stree & Telephone..... Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES 7 Montgomer e, corner Clay; open untll o'elock 9 Hayes s street an ntil 9 o'clock, or 30 o'clock, OAKLAND OFFICE: 08 Broadway. N OFFICE: & Row, New York Clty. Fastern Manager. THE PR ————— CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. ily prom- We are reaching the right end of the Harmen has a ch figure as Olvey. If the 8 ill only whirl in and come to town we will ha e a jubilee. The Ohio hung up, bu al prize has been afizht or a foot- race is not settled yet. canal bill prove to to show signs of sh concessions two drawbacks: mak hem and ve them, s way of An Illinois ing a tax of §10 or ® beard, and w bill it is evide a law impos- an who w e this may not beac b tly intended to shave close. The Government has been ass 1 receive § n on the Union Pa- and Kansas Pacific lines at least 754,000, and that is good enough fur a ured that The Germans have a law aga gambling and dealing in futares, 1 to work so bad st stock but it is that even the Kaiser doesn't consider its violation as an insult 10 his uniform. As the amount which England found it ary to expend for her navy last year was over $109.00 he with 0.000 it is not strange that taxpayers are eager for arbitration At the present time the William rs are out of the United States, and New York bravely makes a metro- ¥ and tries to act as if it were not a deserted village The legislators who stood up and ac- knowledged their share in the payroll scan- dal and took their medicine like men wi receive a degree of commendation from | the public, musts again. but they t go wrong to cut as big a| The.steps taken by Attorney-General | | Harmon to begin foreclosure proceedings | against the Union Pacific Railway Com- | pany are among the most encourazing features of the situation. The fact that | these steps have been taken enzourages the belief that the proposed reference of the debts of the defaulting Pac:fic roads | to a Government commission has no chance being adopted at this session of Congress. We may expect, therefore, that | thé will of the people will be carried out, and that the law will be enforced against these powerful corporations in the sam way as it would be against a defaulting homesteader. tis reported that before beginning any | proceedings for foreclosure the Attorney- | neral received from the reorganization e of the Union Pacific line a guar- | e xnauf the mortgage were foreclosed and the property soi¢ the Government | would receive on its liens on the Unicn cific and Kansas Pacific roads, fud- { ing the sinking fund, not less than $45.- 754,000. This sum, therefore, will be the least for which the Government claim wiil | be sold, and, since the sale would be pub- | lic, tiere is a reasonable expectation that higher bids will be made. It must be borne in mind when consid- | ering the financial side of the issue that in any case the debis of the road will have | 10 be paid by the people. Even if the re- | furding scheme had been carried out, and | | FOREOLOSURE BEGUN. [ { the Government had been assured of the | eveniual repayment of every dollar due rom the defauiting roads, it would still | have b-en the people who wo have had to make the payment. The directors of the road, who by its spoliation bave | | enrichea themselves to the extent of many | millions of dollars, would not have paid | ne cent. They would bave fixed their | rates and fares at such prices as to enabie te the road, pay the debt to | them 1o op | the Government and still further increase | their already enormous fortunes. The people are not so much interested | in the amount of ntoney which the Gov- | ernment may receive from the road as| they are in the enforcement of the law | | and the demonstration of the fact that rich corporations can no mors evade their responsibilities than can the obscure | private citizen. Toey have cesired to | the law enforced mainly because it is | law, and because they were unwilling this Government, which was pow | enough to put down a great rebellion and | is to-day strong enough to defy the world in arms, should show itself lacking in strength, honesty and integrity to enforce aws a a giant combination of corrupt m res. | he announ g of ment of the beginning re proceedings will be re- swhere w blic approval. note that at even a t 1 not lose the forecios ceived eve It is sati forced sale the Government w much of its just claims. Still more satis- bowever, is the evidence giv that the rich and powerful as well as the must obey the law and fuisill their to the Government of the ry to LETTER-OARRIERS, ‘ ne of the few intances of busin vromptly transacted, oy which the Naticnal Senate has redeemed itself from f making this a session of ldle s shown in the passage of the bill g for an increase in the salaries of gher grades of letter-carriers. The ng passed the Senate now awaits | e House, and it is to be hoped will advance 1t on the calenda and enact it into law before the session The measure is a thorouzhly meritorious one and has been befors Congress for several years. It provides for the creation of a fourth grade of carriersin first-class postoffices and of a third grade in second- class offices; the salary in the first case to be $1200 a year and in the second $1000a year. It has been favorably reported at several sessions of Congress by committee of both Louses, but uatil the recent action of the Senate has never been acted on in | | either of them. The condition of the mail-carrier service | at present is this. An apphcant for such | a position must serve for four or five years as a substitute before he becomes a regu- | ar carrier and during that time he earns | but a bare subsistence. When placed upon | | sieen on without extra charge. | road is finished as far as Vladivostock em- { from Moscow to that point, 6000 miles, for | peculiarity in the atmosphere and such a | press of that city could be accused of al- | Francisco. | unduly exaggerated 1its influsnce cannot | | lic official from | bis fellow-citizen, | from being ready to help public enter- Judeing from reports, the resolution of | the payroll be receives for tne first year | Senator Lodge demanding the abolition of | $600. In first-class postoflices he receives the Congressional Record was a motion of | for the second year $800 and for the third | ted suddenness that it made hington oscillate like an earth. A great deal of useless comment has been written on the fact that a majority of the Kentucky delegation in Congress has expressed disapprobation of the use of wine in the White House, The Ken- ians should have been asked about llow who professes to know declares mo: of the sardines con<umed | s'country are cauzht on the cosst of Maine and are preserved in oil made of cotton seed. From this statement it seems | the only genuine sardine in the case is the consumer. During the last four years Massachusetts has expended $450,000 in exterminating the gypsy moth with a degree of success which is amply demonstrated by the report of the State entomologist, that the war will require $200,000 a year for the next five years, ways considered the city of | Chicaro is al rapid development in this courtry, while ! Philadelphia is regarded as slow of growth, but in the last year $24,819.700 was expended for buildings in Philadel- vphia, while Chicago put only $22.730,615 into new houses. It is ev.dently time to revise some of our popular ideas. The Greater Kepublic of Central America has begun its diplomacy by ob- jecting to the Nicaragua canal bill be- cause it places the control of the canal in the hands of the United States Govern- ment, but before long that same G reater | Reputlic will be very eager to have the | power of Uncle Sam exerted there to pro- tect things. As one way of solving the convict-labor | question Governor Tanner of Iliinois has recommended that the inmates of prisons in that State be set to the work of making | schoolbooks. The proposal sounds hum- orous, but as the scheme would break up the schoolbook trust and furnish edifying labor for the average prison intellect there may be virtue in it A new poet has been discovered in the East in the person of Mr. James Ballard of | Georgia. He sings of things whereof he knows and his pecems have plenty of that “local color” which higher criticism in- cessantly calls for. By way of example, take this wood note wild of his native town of R-doak: Monopolists this town has none Very greatly troubled For, withiu the last three years, Its business nearly doubled. If the verse be not accounted poetry, it | is at any rate a cood advertisement for the town and gives it enough feet to stand on. year $1000. To attain this salary it will be | scen he aas had to serve eight years, and | there for the present hisadvancement is | barred. The new bill will open for him one grade higher and after nine years’ work he will get the proposed $1200 & year. In second-ciass cffices the hizhest salary for carriers is $350, and the bill provides | therefore for an Increase for th. class also. | When it is remembered that a hizh | order of intelligence and fidelity and | | capacity for long continued and arduous | work in all kinds of weather is required of | | mail-carriers it will be seen that the prou | posed increase in their pay is no more | than justice and the welfare of the service | | requires. A man who has spent nine in- | | dustrious years in a particular branch of | | the public service acquires therein a fund | | of information that is of great value to the people, and it is but right that it ! should be duly rewarded. | | The bill which has 30 often beer recom- | | mende { 1o Congress has now a fair chance | of pas<age. It was passed by the Senate | | without a dissenting vote, and is now be- fore the House, but unfortunately far down on the calendar. It is a measure | | which the leaders of the House can well afford to advance to a position where it | | can be acted on before the session closes. Its consideration would not long delay other business, since it would hardly be much opposed or lead to a long debate. The House therefore would do well to imitate the action of the Senate 1n the matter and pass the bill at once. THE SIBERIAN RAI}..ROAD‘ Siberia has been so long associated in | our minds with severity and suftering that we regard it as the last place on earth to which to go for & pleasure trip. Barren, innhospitable, dangerous, with a harsh climate and a despotic Government, its | reputation repels all travelers except those | of a more than ordinarily adventurous disposition. We now learn, however, \lrom some American tourists that since | the new railroad is being pushed far into {the interior it is considered by the | Russians a veritable El Dorado, and | that people are pouring into it with pur- | pose to stay and settle. | The new road, which is now operated to Tomsk and will soon be completed to | Krasnoyarsk, the so-called Athens of Si- \ beria, iz, we are told, far more comfortable | to travel over than the average road in | | the United States. We are also informed | that firearms are a useless incumbrance. | | The whole country, it is said, reminds the i American of our vwn Northwest, and they talk there of going out east just as we do | of going vout West According to reports a quarter of a mil- lion emigrants have gone to Siberia from European Russia in the last few years, | pers delight in magnifying every possibie | which discredit it? | 2nd a simple straw hat. | happy to again exemplify the truth of the and scores are crossing the line every week. Only about a fifth of those who go fail to establish themselves satisfactorily. The railroad fare is very cheap, and one can go from Warsaw to Tomsk, a dis- tance of 3500 miles, for $25 second class and $15 third ciass. The convenience afforded the second-class passenger on this new Russian road might be a good sug- gestion to some, of our American roads. The backs of the seats are made =0 as to Lift up at night and thus one seat forms two comfortable bunks for passengers to Facilities for bathing the face and hands are also provided for the second-class passengers. In Russia, as we are told by the Ameri- can tourists, the policy of the Government is to encourage travel, and a large num- ber of passes are furnished. When the igrants will be carried the long distance the small sum of $12. There were a pumber of prisoners being carried out on the train in which the Americans were, but they saw nothing of that cruelty or harshness which fiction has made us couple with the thought of sentences to Siberia; and there is some hardiness in the Russian peasantry that numbers of them, who were crowded out of shelter and had to sleepin the open fielas, seemed far more joily and comfort- able than travelers who were huddled in- doors. Judging from the interesting sccounts received we must conclude that old Sibe- ria must be wiped from the mind’s map of the world and a new and {fairer’ Siberia placed thereon. NEWSPAPER INFLUENCE. Mr. Yerkes of Chicago is not a man whose reputation adds any weight to his words, but nevertheless he occasionally says something of sufficient gravity to need no adventitious aid 1o add to its sig- nificance. One of these sayings of self- contained weight he has just expressed in the question, “How can we expect out- siders to hold good opinions of our city when our own newspapers do their utmost to discredit 102" The question is the more remarkable coming from & Chicago man and referring to Chicago newspapers. In times past the most anything rather than of discrediting avght that was said or done in Chicago. The question, however, is pertinent to more cities than the one to which it 18 ad- | sed. For example, it is directly pertinent to the press and the City of San The judzment of outsiders concerning any community is more affected by the newspapers of that community than by an, ng else. It is mainly through the press that in our timea commun:ty makes itself known to the outer world. Its cuiture, its morals, its politics, its busi- ness and its aspirations are all supposed to be expressed or reflected in the news- papers which 1t supports and which it | sends abroad. If, therefore, these papers | credit the city, how can an outsider be | expeeted to hold a good opinion of it? That eulogists of the press have at times be doubted, but nevertheless that influ- | ence is muck greater than is somectimes supposed. Men’s minds are largely col- | ored by what they read every day. If| they rise in the morning to read in the paper at their breakiast table words of sanguine cheerfuluess and good import, they will go forth to their day’'s work bright and confident, trusting in them- | selves and willing to trust largely to others. If, on the other hand, they are met in the morning with sensational re- | ports of crimes, scandals and follies, and with reiterated charges of corruption, wrongdoing and dishonesty in every pub- highest to lowest, the effect cannot fail to be depressing. The reader will begin to doubt the virtue of the excellence of the community in which he lives, and so far | prises will be inclined to regard each and 8il of them as a job whereby some cunaing raseal is going to defraud the public. The question ought to be asked every day in San Francisco, how can we expect outsiders to hold good opinions of our City when our own newspapers do their utmost to discredit it? There are papers which live, move and have their being only to publish the vilest sensations which | crime can furnish, or a faker concoct when crime is not forthcoming. Such newspa- error into an actual offense against honor ana morality. They are eager to seek out rumors of quarrels in private families, or differences of opinion among officials, and exaggerate them into scandals and charges of dishonesty. Where such papers are supporied the fame of the community is | rendered evil by the way in which it is made known, and anything like a public support of large municipat improvements is prevented by exciting in the minds of the people a belief that no one in office can be trusted to undertake them. To the question asied by Mr. Yerkes there should be added another: How can we expect outsiders to hold good opinions of our City when we support newspapers Sensational journal- ism cannot live by the siums alone, though it may appeal to them for support and patronage. In a certain sense every subscriber to an indecent, libelous, mahg- nant and disreputable journal is an of- fender against the weifara of the City. Newspapers have influence wider than the circle by which they are read. They affect public opinion concerning the community, and those which devote themselves to spreading abroad evil reports are injurious not only to its fame abroad, but to its ad- vancement at home. PARAGRAPHS AbOUT PEOPLE. J. C. Marvel, who for fifty years has been the postmaster of Rehoboth, K. L, has resigned. Governor-clect Andrew E. Lee, Populist, of South Dakota, 0wns more land there than any other resident of the State, and is still adaing 10 his possessions. King Leopold’s Christmas gift to his daugh- ter, the Princess Clementine, was an elegant tiitle vietoria, lined inside with light brown silk, the Belgian court color. It is revorted in Wasbington that Congress- man Benton McMillin of Tennessee wiil be married the latter part of January to s young woman of Shreveport, La., who is a frequent visitor to Washington. Mrs. E. F. Elliott of Minneapolis is the teacher of fourteen whist clubs in Minneapo- lis and St. Paul. She is the champlon piayer there and teaches a number of othér classes composed of both men and women. She also gives private lessons. Almost all the mourning dresses worn by the German Empress are mede at home, and her Majesty in this way is able to economize greatly. When 1in private she likes to be dressed as simply as possible, and her favorite cosiume is & serge skirt with a pretty blouse Mme. Zoia has no aamiration for her hus. band’s literary talents, and openly boasts that she never reads hisnovels. M. Zola is quite proverb (hat a prophet is without honor in his own country, and says that he chose his wife for her heart and not for her head, THE RALLY TO MALLALLY. Caliahan - Gave a *‘tes’ —a sort of “rally"— To Mallally, Who had safely sailed & course Of rocky *exams” for the “jorce.” Nolily of the valley ‘Was ever garbed as was Mal The night he first * Struck the street The darkness fled awey And ’twas day, For his buttons were & sunburst On the beat. When afar His star Shone Above his belted zone Paralytic consternation Seized the station. So Mallally, the cop beauty, When all harnessed up for dut From his helmet in the air To his brogans on the sod Was the prize-exhibit tnere And the glory of the squad iy. The idea of & “rally” To Mallally Had been caught As itran Through the dome of thought Of Lanigan. 1t may be well expected That Daniel recollected That no human being living Was more adept in giving— Tnat Do men on earth abiding Was more expert providing Creature comfort than Callahen. Albeit he told Donovan, Who concurred, And said the plan Was a “bird.” Possibly some other dishes Stch as loaves and fishes Were the kind Runaing riot through his mind. Whén Mallally At the rally Had been felicitated, Toasted. lauded, dedicated From drink to drink— And each particular link Of feilowship's eternal chain Had been drenched again, agaln, MeGuire got to his feet, Steadied by 0’Conaor, And said they had the honor “ There to meet One whose noble name Was a searchlight on the glowing 5 Golden dome of fame; From Pierfan fountains flowing Streams of classic lore, this man Of godly eminence and rank Had arank’— (Here Lanigan, With great precipitation And elation, Moved they pour a full libation Out to godiike Mallally And the rally). “ A man,” went on McGuire, When the rites were ended. And each deifier And nis draught had blended, “ A man whose reputation Is an illumination On the pages Of the ages. Brush and pen Have combined to glorify Such men; Empires have erected Tombs to such &8 man— Though they never die— Nations have elected”’— (Here Donovan Awoke and heard The final word, And proposed they ratify Mallaliy, And likewlse the rally). McGuire, When each joyful ratifier Had put himseif on record, said, “ Take the wings of morning; tread The farther bounds of time— In deeps prof.und, on heignts sublime Speed away Beyond the solar ray, Beyond the splendid force”— (At this arose McPhail Of the police-court detail, And sia he had the honor As aid Officer 0'Connor To be of thet fine body which in course Of his remarks the speaker had Alluded to; and he would add That they couldn’t better make reply To the sentiment than by Arising to Malially, The *force” and the rally). “—Of gravity,” spoke on McGuire, His train of thought still on the track; When each replier Had made reply and settled back In his chair. “Go on end onward where The burning consteliations run Around some distant central sun; Then search each bounding planet o'er, Beyond" —(McNally Got the floor. ‘While he agreed To all the speaker said, he’d Take the liberty to state That while they wait For Mac to find a star They could find the bar And toast Mallally). When the crowd returned to him Mac sailed along through regions dim; “ Bayond,” he said, “‘beyond the flight Of all coneeption not of infinite, Till time itself snall be Lost in blank immensity”— (Hore uneasy, thirsty Ryan Nudzed O'Brien, And in a heavy whisper, said he Thought much time was lost aiready “ Betwixed the drinks,” and if McGuire Flew \ A few feet higher ) They’d lose him t00). Then 0'Brien slowly rising, Said with much apologizing, He was thinking The hour had coms for drinking To the honor of Mallally And the rally. When they had done this, Flynn Checked O’Rrien’s speech by saying They might as well begin Without delaying To tonst Mallally’s health, Success and future wealth, Which they did with vim Across the merry goblet’s rim. He would have kept the floor, but McElroy Asked what greater joy Could be theirs than in dispensing, 1f the gentlemen were willing, With other business, and commencing The evening, 5o to say, By filling up—he got no further—they Shut off debate by filling. ‘When Dolan said: “We may Kill time by drinking”—they Shut off debate by killing. In this style rushed the rally To Mailally. Callahan, When all had gone— Had fluttered homeward through The dewy golden dawn That tinted hill and dale, Was as “one Who trod alone Some banquet hafl deserted.” He viewed his erst-filled fruitful store To want and emptiness converted, * And hung & legend on the door Which ran Bar and fixtures new, For sale. J. CALLAHAN.” ToM GREGORY. San Francisco, January 23, 1897. SIR JULIAN'S WAY. Philadelphia Press. Embassedor Bayard hus been weeping again over tlie wondrous spectacle of John Bull and Jonathan locked in a friendly embraco through his good offices, Does it ever occur to the tender-hearted Delawarcan that Embas- sador Pauncefote issominously silent on this ide of the water! No American newspaper has to chronicle what Sir Julian said at the Mutual Admirers’ annusl banquet, or when | he laid the cornerstoue of the Hail Columbin Grammar School, or assisted in celebrating the Evacuation of New York by the British, or in commemorating Geueral Jecksow's victory at New Orleans. If S Julian can promote the era of good feeling by minding his own busi- ness, does it not seem strange that our Em bas- sndnr at St. James cannot take a British hint? | He takes British compliments, and greedily. PER-ONAL. R. G. Brown of Bodie is in the City. | John Norsevick of Armona is in town. Warren Campbell of Los Angeles is in the city. T. B. Rickey, a banker of Carson, Nev.,1s at | the Palace. : | F. H. Ballard of Fresno is a recent arrival at | the Cosmopolitan. ! C. M. Coglan of the State Board of Equaliza- tion is at the Lick. George H. Davis, superintendent of the 8000- acre ranch of Lillienthal, near Pleasanton, ,‘ AROUND THE CORRIDORS Edward B. Carr, editor and proprietor of the | Fernd le Enterprise, the only semi-weekly newspaper in the northern part of California, | and recognized as one of the best local papers | in the State, is registered st the Grand. He | was interviewed last evening by a CALL repre- I sentative, and reports good times in Eel River | Valiey, now noted as obe of the great dsiry | centers of the West, notwithstanding tfe gen eral business depression which prevaiis on coast. River Valley which has atout duu bulidings. rich bottom land which surround the town,” feed for the thousands and thousands of cows dairied in , with their | J “The thousands end thousands of acresof | ‘W hat writest thon?” said Mr. Carr, *‘furnish green the valley. Eel River creameries, modern machinery, dairying industry in Humboldt Coun ing brought outter-meking down to a sclence, and tneir production is now placed on the market as the standard of excellence. “The creamery has entirely supplanted the E. B. CARR, Editor and Owner of the Fe [Sketched from life by a * Ca rndale Enterprise, Now on a Visit Herc. » artist.] which is devoted largely to wine and hops, is | among the arrivals at the Russ. C. F. Kohl of San Mateo is among those reg- | isterea at the Palace. | A. C. Scanlan of St. Louis and Mrs. Scanlan arrived here yesterday. Supervisor J. D. Enright of County is on a visit here. August Broecklin, editor of the Germanis, Los Angeles, is at the Grand. United States Judge W. B. Gllvertof Oregon arrived from the north yesterday. [ Charles 8. Craig, a well-to-do farmer of El- mira, is here, accompanied by Mrs. Craig. John W. Roe, & prominent merchant of Wheatland, is registered at the Cosmopolitan. J. A. Campbell, who is engaged in lumber- | ing at Port Blakeley, Wash., 1s on a visit to the | City. | Frank H. Short, the attorney of Fresno, one | of the owners of the Fresno Republican, is at | the Palace. | Basil Schegoleff and Simon and Tsoder | 1 Santa Cruz Shadron, mining men of Russis, are at the Occidental. H.R. McCullough, general traffic manager of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, is ai the Palace. Mrs. F. C. Campbell and her daughter, Miss Fannfe Campbell, of Sacramento, are visiting iriends in this city. Dr. C. Aoki and D. Nshioda of Tokio arrived | here on the steamer Gaelic yesterday. They | are at the Occidental. | Charles Clift, an Englishman, who has tor some time past been visiting in Manila, arrived here on the Gaelic yesterda: C. Pernet, Consul of France at Yokohama, arrived here on the Gaelic vesterdsy. He is en route to Paris on a leave of abseuce. J. H. Kelly, chief clerk of the ocean dock of the Oregon Kailway and Navigation Company, Portland, 1s among the latest arrivals here. J. W. Fletcher, a wealthy farmer of Oregon, who has for the past six weeks been visiting Los Angeles and neighboring points, is at the Russ. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I Spear left last night for the East, proposing to visit Mark Hanna at Cleveland and attend the inaugural at Wash- ington, D. C. Presiaing Judge Seawell has been slightly in- Qisposed for several days. He expects to be able to resume his duties on the bench to- morrow morning. Henry Blackman, who used to live here, but who years ago engaged i the mercantile busihess in Eastern Oregon, and who is now Collector of Internal Revenue for Oregon, is in the City. A par of prominent Dillon (Mont.) peo- ple are at the Occidental, consisting of J. E. Moore, Mrs. Moore, Misses Blanche B. and ‘Alma N. Moore, Howard E. Moore and Miss M. L. Pailinger. Fred Marriott of the News Letter will be kept in a dark room for a few days. He has had a } delicate operation performed on his left eye | by Dr. Isaac M. Jones. It is not considered | serious, however. | E. H. Vance, one of the wealthiest resident of Eureka, who owns large interests in exten- sive sawmills, the Eel River Railroad, the | Vance Hotel and other properties, came down | from Humboldt yesterday on a business trip. | John Sparks, the heavy grower of cattie in | Nevada, who has extensive ranges there and | has been many years in the business, is quar- | tered at the Palace. Mr. Sparks haslaiely | been making much money from the sales of | beef cattle. | Earl Daggett of Visalia, the plucky Deputy | Sheriff who braved a brace of bandits ona | Southern Pacific engine, got one and was in | turn shot by the other, is umong the arrivals | nere. Heis supstantially weliof his wound, & very bad one. | W. A. Wileox and A. B. Alexander, the special Fish Commissioners of Washington, D. C., who for some time past have been col- lecting statistics about fish on this coast, | [ returned yesterday fiom Eureka, where tney | had been for a week. They areat the Grand. | H. G. Struve of Seattle, one oi the leading | lawyers of Washington, is at the Palace. Mr. Struve has been many years a resident of Puget Sound and has held many official positions | under the Territorial government. Of late | years his law practice has been so Jarge that he has devoted his attention solely to it. Awong the arrivals here is Henry Heppner, the widely known pioncer of the Umatilla country, who §s & famous man in his way there. For many years he ranged his exten- sive bands of shecp over what are known as the Heppner Hills. Ee also founded the town of Heppner, now s flourishing piace, the center of the farming and wool industry fora large territory in Eastern Oregon. Mr. Hepp- ner is accompanied by Henry Blackman of Portiand and J. Hoover of Spokane, He will probably be here for some time. ! CALIFORN.ANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 23.—At the Plazs, C. F. Griswoid; Hoffman, B. Manzy; Albe- | marle, D. T. Perkins and family; Broadway, | P. Greenberg, 8. Erhlich; Metropolitan, Dr. R. C. Meyers; Barrett, P. &, Bates; Marlborough, E F. Murphy. Miss D. Hays left the Piazs to satl on tho Servis for England. If & man really received all his punishment on earth, whata lotof fun his enemies could have.—Buffelo Times. { than by old method of butter-making in the valley, thus resuiting in a material dairymen in Jabor, etc. ing the amount and ality of the produc greatly jmproving the | By the scparator pro- milk will 1d 15 per cent more butter fat ie 0d time pan process. “The creamery m now well orga the Humbola number of th the California Dairy Assoclation.” Mr. Carr states thata fine new creamery now being erected at Grizzly B from Ferndal aff, three miles lace of the one recently destroyed by fire, and when com- | pleted, ul\nmed and most convenient creamery in the State, The pasturage in Eel River Valley is prin- cipally red clover ana grows prolifically throughout the year without irrigation, and it is not uncommon to cut three heavy crops of clover hay from the same plece of land dur- | ing a season. At Port Kenyon, two miles from | Ferndale, a condensed milk factory is in suc- cessful operation, and the product therefrom is said to equal the celebrated Gail Borden brand. Messrs. Smith and A exander, the gentlemen in charge of the factory, are ex: perienced in the business, have means to back it up and its suceess is already assured. Mr. Carr states that THE CALL is now the populer San Francisco daity in his neighbor- Lood and that the people of his county are not | lacking in appreciation of THE CALL'S efforts to advertise and mske known the advantages of their section of the State. BUT IT IS THE LAW. Albany Argus. New Yorkers are laughing at an absurdity of legal decision in a recent case in which 1t w held that: “A dog isnot vicious in contem- plation of the law until he has established a reputation by a first bite.” Itis not recorded that the Judge offered his services for experi- mentation as to the dog's vicious propensities | by the rule proposed. A PLEA FUR T1:.E APPLE. Medical Review. A Brooklyn physician translates the follows ing from o German writer: “Theapple 1ssuch & common frait that few persons are familiar with its remarkably cfficacious medicinal properties. Everybody ought to kmow that the very best thing he can do is to eat apples | just before gomng to bed. The avple is ex- Cellent brain food, because 1t has more phos- phoric acid, In an easily digestibie shape, than any other fruit known. Itexcites the action | of the liver, promotes sound and heaithy sloep | i he | Awoke one night from u de Fernaaie is located i the heart of Eel | and ‘s a beautiful little city, d the number of its | bav, revolutionized ihe | saving to the | ., as well as increas- ! ess, it 13 estimated that any given quality of 1 of Humboldt County are | i, having what is known as | Creamery Exchange, and a large | dairymen are also members of | lina. is | sess lative sessions unsettles States which still adner its owners hove to have the best | haveabandoned the and thoroughly disinfects the mouth. It alo agglutinates the surplus acids of the stomach, heips the kidney secretions and prevents cai culus growih, whiie it obviates indigestion and is one of the best preventives of disenses of the throat. Next to lemo: and orange, it s 150 the pest antidote for the thirstand cr n\'r) a of Doy addicted to the alcohol and opit hebicr WANTIT. Sezzoe Dont Wantit (does his tribe increase?) dream of peace And saw within the moonlig it in his room. Making it briliiant and <€ a candidate’s boom, McKin ey wrl.ing in # book of gold. ki xceeding nerve had made Dont Wantit bold, | And 10 the Pres-nee u the room he said: The A raised bis head 1 thut sounded [k« & sob, who w e N ke more SEZZ:E D(NT Aid with a si A-gwered And is p fed the Major. I names of 1e one?” asked Se Sezzee sp ata £0% 30, | B }ut ches-fuliy siiil, and swid: “You know e, i £iX it, won't you 50 it never wiii, i ¢ and vanished. ‘Ihe nex: nigh with « great wakening e names of those snc Dont Wantit's nam NE WSPAk R PLEASAI\TRY «“Isuppose there were said at Mrs. Lionunter’s literary din last night?” A few. *“Who got off the most {nteresting?”’ “The butler—when he remarked that din: was ready.’—London Iliustrated News. «I understand, sir, that freak?” *No, sir; Idid not. I called you a two-faced 1d:01."—Philadelphia North American. Femous Author (who has been in | dinner, to himsel)—Whst & wretche | Ishall take good care not to make & remarks.—F.iegende Blaetter. you called me a “Hear what they are pianter’s to & 3 “Nc; what?” ~He wouldn his plantation, so his evitaph is to be ‘Co but not for cotton.’ "—Cincinnati Commercie. Tribune. y g0ing to put on t raise snything but cor " said Those rags he poet, “though you say you are. “Hold!” cried the tremp. “I have been try- g to make & living by selling your books.” Then the poet put his arms around him and —Atlania | | i “You don't look 1 | | they went in and ordered dinner. Constitution. Borgeus—3ay, Fred, can’t von lend me $10? 1sball have some money coming in the last of | next week Gilgal—Ver; of next week. We'll wait until the last n Transeript. The industrious workman's flew But what else could he h fingers fairly ve expected? The saw was running at full speed.—Indianapolis | Journal. 3 Friend—Don’t the police 3 about the burglary? he Vietim-—I don’t pect the police.—Boton hink s | Mother—Tommy, what oz ing for? Tommy—He's ang | eause I was trying to your glove stretcner.—Pu. y with OI\LY SX OUr CF these being G sey, New Y Formerly the butone by one 1 opposition sentime and it may not be g m éarly meetings. : STRAINE CLURTESY. ‘ New York Mall and Express. History will no doub: set Altgeld down as | the most dangerously polite man that ever held office as Governor of IlLinofs. As far as [ the record shows o convicied murderer ever begged nis pardon without get | THE NIGHT Pa>:ING AWAY Philadelphia Telegraph. 1t is gratifving to note the resumption of acuvits at u number of industrial pointa in the East and Wost. The dark clouds will soon break for good. '1 e nigi.t of Democratic de- | pression wiil not last mueh longer. y CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c¢ ib. Townssad'v* P’ —————— E. H. BLack. painter, 120 Ed Siamll g x | TcecmEAM and cakes. Guillev's, 905 Larkin. * 3 = BurNETT's Corn Cure. 327 Montgomery. 25¢c. ® st SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Pras; | Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * = Rudyard Kipling recently refused a hand- some price for his Vermont farm. Itissaid | that after next year he will occupy it perma- | nently. dy strean. No TOILET is complete without a bottle of Ayer's Halr Vigor—the best hair-dresmng. Ask your druggist for Ayer's Almanac. ——————— Ir afiicted with sore eyes use D-. Isaac Thomp- | sou's Eye Water. Druggls:s sell it at 25 cents. | General Caspar Crowninshield, who died last week, came of a noted Massachusetts family, | two of his ancestors having been Secretaries of | the Navy. Hererved bravely during the War of the Rebellion us an officer of the Second | Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, being wiih Sheridan fu some of his most noted conflicts. NEW TO-DAY FRESH BARGAINS Last week the store was crowded, but extra clerks were in attend- ance, and all were waited on. ———— Infants’ Fine Black Cloth Top, buiton, hana turn- ed, with pretty bows at top, patent leather tip, sizes 2 to 6. l(ui\u'\:d from ..$1.00 to Infants’ Fine Kid, button, patent leather (ip, hand turned, sizes 2 to6....... 45¢ Child’s Kid Button, hand T0c turned, patent mn!her Lip, $pEing hecl, sizes to Reduced to, 3 T5e Child's Pebble Grain, but- ton, stout soles. narrow, squere toe and pebbls 119, Spriog hecl, » zes5 to Tls. Reduced fo. 80¢ sizes 8 to 1014 Re- AUSERH G T 90c Misses' Pebble Grain, but- ton, styli-h, narrow, square to: and pebble tip, spring heel, sizes 11 to Keduced t0............... s1.10 Ldies’ Fur-bound aneos Reduced from............$1.50 to $1.00 Ladies’ Wine-colored Kid, Fur-bound Romeos. Re duced from. .. Y $..,50 to 81.530 | Kast's 7388-740 Market St. Carry a Full Line of Buckingham & Hecht's Fine Shoes. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. S ST AT KAST'S SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE. This week we cut the former prices in two. Come early in the morning and av the crush. An sessorted lot of Ladies’ Button Shoes, sizex 2, 214 and 2, AA to Cwiatn, &4, , §6 and §7 shees. Re. duced 10........... 95¢ Ledies’ Felt Lace 5’!0?5, felt soles. Reduced from.$1.50 to 75¢ Ladics' Felt Sippers, wi b leatner soles and low hees. Reduced irom.. Ladies’ Fine Glace i Lace Shoes, pointed toe | audtip. Reduced from..$2.50 to $1.35 Ladies’ Box Calf, doubie sole, luced, pointed toe. Reanc:d from . Boys' Veal Button, sizes 11 t0 6. Redueed irom Men’s Fine Calf Luce and Congress. R:duced trom §2.0 Men's Calf, cork sles, luce aud Congress. Reduced SroRe el aand Men's Best Freme patent leather, to 65¢ $1.00 $3.00 to 82,15 2.00 to $1.15 50 to $1.50 $5 to 83.25 Ca iace and Jongress, assurted. Re- duced irom .....37.00 to 84.00 Asnal lot s Ca f, call lined, double soie, omted toe, lace shoes. educed from........ 118 pairs Men'’s Fine Caif, TazZor or narrow square toe, lace, nice dressy shoes. Reduced from. $3.00 to 82,60 2 o Kasts 738-740 Market St. We Do Not Prepay Mail or FEx- press Charges on the Above Adver- tised Goods, MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.