The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1897, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1897. 19 Review of Mines and Mining in California J recent announcement of W. H. +, the Central Pacificland ageat, tne railroad company will re- le for the encouragement of | neral lands within its grant | = i to iv or for which it may re- | nd that it will afford free | t ers to discover and de- | als on such lands, will attract t among mining men. The | mpany announces that it will | ccting for minerals on its pat- under contracts the terms of not specitied, but which will | pector in any discovery he | It is also proclaimed that the | mally relinquish title to | Lly operated on land be- | railroad and will relinquish 1 mine on unpatented The manner and spirit | the railroad company will | es and the further ts gensral pol- rage the mining industry re- to be , as do the problems of the | on of the company in relation to bill pending in Con- | the announcement bill. The idea of a | ring to contract | stier’s benefit is campaign in eral lands bill will, of ned s vigorously as | land. to enc; ing mine d the effect o on the fate of the railroad company with prospe certainly a 1 bebalf of th course, bs maint e Miners g tors for m ever by Association. | e week has not brought any impor- ( developments in the pending legisia- at S mento in the interest of the e it has also brought no signs of opposition which change the coniident prospect that the important bills proposed | will be passed with little amendment. The State Mining Bureau seems certain to receive the iiberal appropriation which rvice to the mining industry and the present especial need of it warrant. Tirey L. Ford, chairman of one of the of the Miners’ o this al in- ! propose opriating , providing terest of mining legisiation, w n amendment to the bill reap; 50,000 ior restraining ihe proposed Commissioner be sub- ate Board of Examiners m A Southern Cali- nve be held in :h the efforts of the miners, and recom- State mining be form ip Company, sely, is not h to Alaska sc alrus! pre- | get Sound region. Qe or s was that from 15,000 to e the rush. Last year about 2000. the gen- the steamship company it nticipations are for con- a notable increase of nowever, will er from the sound to ot company steam every five days instead as last year. aska has not become an Francisco, but it is much livelier at Seattle an | 1 e d Tacomsa, and there | much interested in to go. The| ts are vigorously earry- | mpaign to induce prospectors | til they get to Juneau to buy | eir outfits and supplies and maintain a tle for that purpose. The Alaska Commercial Company will bly further improve its Yukon Rive ce. It will have five steamers on tha m this year instead of four as last | and irreg trips will be made | . Micbaels 1o Fortg-mile Camp and voints. One steamer wiil oceca- y reach Fort Sel 300 miles e mouth of at river. This ng year, will see tunities and con- subsistence and eamelioration of the tions which ectors and mir rchants ending eau at £ the g men with a ably a great future owever, and y developed t of money, failu presence of goid placers along the m is of cou in evidence that | deposits of gold-bearing quartz are some- where distribated o t region. According 10 reports frora Washington United States Geological Survey ed a report of the e the Alaskan goldfields plecer gold was traced to ¢ the heaawaters of tributaries of the zon, end a gold belt 300 miles long was utlin d. Tue Geological Survey will doubtless soon make a more adequate re- connoissance of the region and into it pros- pectors will be going hefore very Jong An 1liustration of the fact thut the time at last come when the debris ques- can bs debated calmly and with- erce hostilities is sffordea by a series pedition sent b fion | exceeded by $2,000,000 tue value of the gold | res bandled n 1895. Secretary Under- wood expects another warked increase ed and sen { tet sent to | o of those interesting articles thereon by an engineer just published by the Mining and Scientific Press without causing dispute or controversy. T.e articles were an effort to dispassionately analyze the damage done by detritus in the Sacramento Val- ley and the responsibility therefor. Jobn D. McGillivray, editor of that paper, briefly sums up the showing made as fol- lows:+ Fir: —Of the debris sent down into the Sac- nto drainage system while hydraulic ng was carred o unrestrictedly not over ne-fiizh could have come irom the mines. Second—Owing to the increased population in the {oothills and mountains since that time, and consequently greater erosion, the amount of debris now coming down is about as great &5 it was while the mines were in operation, and consequently the evils then complained of | are as great as ever. Third—That had hydranlic mining not been discontinued some $75,000,000 would nhave been produced from the mines, and the 1 value of capital and income to the State has amounted to over $200,000,000. Fourth—The direct damage caused by the debris making 1ands valueless, ioss of product and loss to sympathetic industries has not amounted to over $50,000,000, and of this cer- | tainly not over one-fiith could be cherged to the hydraulic miners. Sixth—The maximum damage possible 1f all | ds that lie low enough to be covered with | debris should be destroyed would not exceed $40,000,000. During 1896 the Selby Smelting Works | bandled gold ores, the total yalue of which T mi o! during 1897. This great consern is the only smelter in California doing custom | work, but the near future promises to see the estabiishment of other big smelters in | this State, as well as in Oregon, Washing- ton and British Columbia. There ismuch | talk going on about smelters being erected | at various points, and a number of towns | are wanting one. Coiton and Los Angeles, Grants Pass. Oregon, Vancouver and Ross- land, B. C., are among them. The Mountain copper mines in Bhasta Count; ving an impetus to the min- | ing of low: | rade ores in that region by | buying them for use as a flux for their | copper ores in their smelter. It is expected that the Bellwether, Argo- naut and Anita mines in Amador County will each receive forty-stamp mills during Rich ore has been found in tbe Tyron, near Angels, in'Calaveras County. | The old Skinner mine mn El Dorado | is to be renamed the Empr»nsj Josepaine by the recent purchasers, who | aredriving & tunnel into the hili in the | development of its deeper es. R. D. Harper of San Francisco has| bonded the Sierra Rica and Pedro Gosa mines in Mariposa County, which have | | lain idle for years. Fresno and Eastern people who have t several mines in the Buerlocks country, Mariposa County, intend to erect an electric power plant on Sherlocks Creek Lo operate the mines. Two prospectors recently found a small deposit of gravel on Squaw Creek, Sbasta | County, which yielded them $800. Many men are at work on old gravel or at crevi- cing. The Colorado River Mininz Company of San Diego isone of the latest mining cor- | porations. The capital is $1,000,000 and | the incorporators are of Arizona and Southern California. Randsburg can now telephone to Mo~ jave. | A cyanide plant with a capacity of wenty tons a day will be erected at Cow | Wells, twelve miies from Randsburg. | The Lost Horse mine, the largest pro- ducer in the Mojave uesert, is yielding | abont $6000 a montb. John Lang, the prospecior who originally discovered the Lost Horse, bas just made a rich find three miles irom the Lost Horse. The Golden Cross mine in Southern California, near Yuma, is yielding $1000 a | day. The Colton cement works have resumed operations, and expect to keep going this time. The Gold Mountain mine, San Bernar- | dino County, has teen closed down for the winter. | The Adelaide copper mine, Humboldt | County, Nev., now employs forty men. | A debris agitation seems to be brewing | in the Lower Fraser, in British Columbia, as the mining development proceeds. According to the Oroville Mercury, Butte County produced $250,000 more in | gold in 1896 than in 18395. Carbonate Hiil, Leadville, whick has produced ore worth §75,00,000 and given emvployment to a thou-and people, has lled for some years as a certain of the strike. Tho hoisting out of the big pumps in some of the largest/ proverties and the consequent flooding bas dismayed the city and the striking | | miners. The activity of the Leedville | distr whenever it is resumed inthe | , will bein theline of developmentin other parts of the district and it will be years befoie Leaaville recovers from the blow of the still unsettled strike. Keen competition has demoralized the smelting industry in Utah. be | travel. Denver people are pushing a project for a biz smelter at Rossland, B. C. Rich strikes in the Colorado mining dis- tricts are constantly reported in the Den- ver papers. The Puma mining district in Park County, Colorado, is the latest new field in that State. The present lessees of the Nightingale mine in the Cripple Creek district have found on mine dump ore assaying $5760, which was thrown away by orevi- ous lessees who did not discover its value. The Town Council of Vancouver is con- templating the offer of a bonus for a smel- ter at that place. The Arizona Legislature has prohibitea the relocation of mining claims by parties who have failed to do the required annual assessment work. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is prepar- ing to publish a book, “Mining in the Pa- cific Northwest,” by L. K. Hodges, for some time a special mining correspondent of the paper. The work will be illustrated by twenty maps and give a mass of de- tailed and general information, which will doubtless give it great value and in- terest. An illustration of how Rossland, B. C., boomed during the great mining develop- ment of last year 18 the fact thatin the year its population increasad from 400 to 6000. Oregon capitalists who have secured bonds covering several hundred acres in the big bend of the Klamath River, Siski- you County, will build a flume to carry 4000 inches of water from the east fork of Indian Creek. At New Chum Hill, Bendigo, Australia, arich discovery is reperied in & quartz mine at 2 depth of 3200 feet, after going through 1000 feet of low-grade ore. Cali- fornia is destined to display many just such instances. The increase in the mineral output of Yavapal County, Ariz, over that of 1885 is put at §300,000. In the St Peter-Martin mines near Jerome, Ariz., ore assaying $1744 in gold bas been tound. The United Verde Copper Company of Jerome, Arnz., is greatly enlarging its olant, while its daily output is estimated at nearly $20,000. Notes From Randsburg. RANDSBURG, Jan. 26, 1897. There is an immense amount of irelghting to this point, both by way of Kramer and Mo- jave, and the long desert roads are literaily spotted with tenms of all descriptions. There are now six daily stages bringing loads of pas- sengers, and a safe estimate of the arrivals | would be at least forty-people cach day by stage and probably half as many more by private converance. Hotels and lodging- | houses are being built on all sidesand ere taxed to their utmost to accommodate the There are now over 200 wooden buiid- ings and nearly 300 tents in the town proper. The Olympns, Kinyon, Wedge and Butte mines are working a full force of men and turning out ierge quantities of high-grade ore. A rich rike was made in the Butte mine the other day end ore that wiil run §20 to the sack is now being sent to the mill. Real estate has taken quite a spurt during | the past week and many transfers are being made at rates fully 100 per cent in advance of prices ruling a week ago. This movement s due largely to the fact of the organization of & | strong company backed by Los Angeles capi- tal that has taken hold of the Val Verde group of mines, formerly owned by C. A. Burcham. This company proposes 10 at once commence work on & three-compartment shaft | and sink to the depth of 1000 feet. There are two well-definec veins ruaning parallel to each other on this property and about 300 feet apart, showing about six feet of $20 ore, and it is aimed to cut the upper one at about 300 feet and the lower one at 600 feetdepth. A part of the plan of operation is to pipe water from a point ten miles distant and in ample quantity to not oniy supply their own needs but for all purposes of miiling and domestic | uses at & rate not to exceed one-fiith of the present cost. This will bring milling down to about $5 per ton and enable the starting up ot many low-grade properties, in which this dis- trict abounds. There sre a great many practical mine operators here at the present time who are ciosely investigating the district, and many | purchases of mining claims are being quietly | mad: by men of means ana experience, indi- cating that the camp is on the eve of a genu- ine boom. Representatives sre here from every large mining syndicate on the Pacific Slope. Marcus Daly of Montana has one or more men here at all times, and the old-time methods that have made him famous in every California mining camp until he gets a fcot- hold are being observed here in his crying down every enterprise that tends to real de- velopment of the camp; at the same time he is negotiating for several promising pieces of property here. Messrs. Brown and Shinn, large owners in toe Litt.e Johnny mine, the famous goid-producer of Leadville, Colo., have made severa’ purchases and are pushing development work on all their claims. Arich strike has been made in the Eureka mine, Ising immediately south of the O.ym- pus, and a body of ore measuring over four jeet in thickness and running fully §40 per ton was cut by & cross tunnel at a depth of 200 feot from the croppings on the suriace. This proverty is owned b; R. F. Dickenson of Fresno, who came here a short time ago, hav- ing had no former experience in minin The new five-stamp mill at Cuddeback lake, near the famous St. Elmo mine, was started up this week. This makes thirty-five s:amps now dropping in the district and one five-foot Huntington rober mill with cyanide atiach- ment. TOHILO A Y. W, L DAY Local Councils Will Patriotically Celebrate It on Febru- ary 22. There Wil! Be an Entertainment in the Alfternoon ani a Grand Ball in the Evening. The members of the thirteen councils of | the Young Men’s Institute of this City have for some time past been busy mak- ing preparations for the proper observ- ance of the anniversary of the birth of George Washington, which has been se- lected as Y. M. L. d The members of this order are inspired by vatriotism, the teaching of which is one of the principles of the organization. Atone of the sessions of the Grand Council it was suggested that one day in the year be selected as the one to be ob- served by the membsrs, ‘and it was fur- ther suggested that the one to be se- ected should be one identified with Amer- can history. After the matter bad been oroughly canvassed it was decided to cicct the 22d of February. The initial stevs for t.e coming celebra- tion were taken a few weeks ago, and since then the various commitiees se- Jecied bhave been actively at work, to the end that this year's arrangements shall surpass thosc of the previous year. The jollowing-named have been selected | (esairman), 1. O'Rourke_(secretary), | Johin E. Owens, o | Cummins,T. P. O’Brien, J.mes P. Foiey, P. J. Whalen, A. T. | Coakley, James A. Riley, J. H. Maloney, | Dr. C.A. Glover, E. R. Myrick, M. E. | King, R. Tobin, M.J. Connerion, Mal F. Silk, F. J. Driscoll, E. Hayden, P. J. Law- lor, H. J. McGunnis. J. F. Comyns, J.Mul- | ligan. The sub-committees are the following: Talent committee—T. P, O . Fojey, E. K. Myrick, it ] McOimni s uditing committec—3f. E. K | goll, Jumes A. Riley, Jam )-_'"beg‘y:y'%z”i Brien. | n. |~ Printing committse—P. J. What 5 Glover, . E King, . J. Driscair 5 nerton. 5 i Decorating committee—John E. . 7. Comytits E. Hazden 3. Mulnens, 0o & Press jcommitiee—Mal ¥, Sil Chris Cum- | mins. | ™Mukio committee—A. F. Conk | 203 Connerton, & 3. Lewigr < % B Tobin, As yet nothing further has been de- | cided upon_beyond the determination to | hold a musical and litarary entertainment 1in Metropolitan Hall during the after- | noon and a ball in the Mechanics’ Pavition |in the evening. The programme for tne | afternoon will include patriotic. addess and vocal and instrumental musio. Tne speakers and those who will render the | various numbers are to be selected in the {near future. It is ihe intention of the | committee to make the ball in the evening one of the most_uttractive events of the kind ever given in this City. et FRIENDS OF DUMB BEASTS, The State Humane Uonvention Will Be Held in This City. The regular monthly meeting of the Bociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held Thursday. There were | present: Trustees N. P. Cole, Colonel J. | P. Jackson, C._S. Crittenden, Columbus | Waterhouse, J. S. Hutchinson, H. E. as the general committee: E. B, Thomas | Holmes, F. B,. Gibson, Theodore Gruen- hagen and Max Stein. Thefollowing new members were elected : William Hart, Joseph Friedlander, J. W. Northey, E. A. Perrin, David J. Buck, Charies Battie, L. Kevtler, Louis L-vy. J. M. Foge, Louis Muller, A. Wacker, William_Denmark, John Anderson, George H. Siebe, Fred Pott, L. H. Kohn were elected as officers tor the society. The report of the secr tary showed 310 cases reported, 1nvolving 1025 animals, The officers investigated 306 cases and prosecuted 34, and secured 21 convictions, Which resuited in 20 fines and 1 imprison- ment. Durine the month 13 animals were killed and 198 taken from work. Cash amounting 10 was received, and $373 80 disbursed, leaving $190 20 on hand. Secretary Holbrook gave a report of the meeting, or convention, of the California State Humane Association at Sacramento, and stated that the local delegates bad in- viled the State association to hold its next convention in San Fraucisco. The invita- tion was accepted, and the convention will be held here during the carnival week. From all accounts there will be a large gathering when the convention meets, for at the Sacramento meeting fourteen so- cieties were represented, and all promised fo attend the next one. A communication was received from the Olympic Gun Club asking permission to hold a live pigeon trap-shooting tour- nament. The request was made as the members of this club do not intend to enter into any controversy with the so- ciety, whose aims and objects it indorses, If the request was granted every pre- caution would be taken to prevent cruelty. No action was taken, which means that the society will not in any way give its Numerous experiments to delermine the best fire-resisting materials for the constraction of doors have proved that wood covered with tin resists fire better than iron door. | An Unrestricted And Unsparing Sacrifice. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. . Our Great Sacrifice Clearance Sale opens the month of February with SOME OF THE GREATEST AND MOST STARTLING PRICE REDUCTIONS EVER KNOWN even in the history of our many former wonderful Bargain Sales, for these PRICE REDUCTIONS ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO A FEW SPECIAL LINES, as is so often the case in many so-=cailed “Clearance Sales,” BUT EXTEND TO AND EMBRACE EVERY PARTICLE OF OUR COLOS- SAL SURPLUS STOCK of Fall and Winter Dry Goods, which MUST BE FORCED OUT IMMEDIATELY Cost or Value. Regardless of EMBROIDERIES. EMBROIDERIES. CAMBRIC GUIPURE EMBROID- ERY, regular price 10c per yard. Clearance sale price........ CAMBRIC GUIPURE EMBROID. ERY, recular price 15¢ per yard. Clearance sale price......... CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK AND SW 188 GUIPURE EMBROID- ERY, regular price 20c per yard. Clearance sale price. . 10¢ CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK AND SWISS GUIPURE EMBROID- ERY, regular price 30c and 35¢ per yard. Clearance sale price.... 15¢ CAMBRIC* NAINSOOK AND BWISS GUIPURE EMBROID- ERY, regular price 40c and 45¢ per yard. Clearance sale price..... 20¢ CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK AND SWISS GUIPURE EMBROID- ERY, regular price 50c and 60c per yard. Clearance sale price.... 250 AT HALF PRICE, NANSOOK SETS. FINE NAINSOOK SETS, edging and in- sertion to match, will be offered dur- ing this sale at half usual prices. MEN’S 180dozen MEN'S and BOYS' HEM-. WEAR STITCHED HAND- + KERCHIEFS, with white and fancy borders, extra large size, regular price $120 a dozen, Clearance sale price....each 5¢ 75 dozen MEN'S FULL-FINISHED HEAVY MERINO SOCKS, with double heels and toes, regular price 25¢c a pair. Clearance sale price o 10¢ 62 dozen MEN'S EXTRA FINE CASHMERE LAMB'S-WOOL SOCKS, in assorted tans, vicuna and cadet blue shades, extra good C value for §3 & dozen. sale price 3 nee 165 45dozen MEN'S HEAVY TWILLED MUSLIN NIGHTSHIRTS, made exira large with double yoked backs and felled seams, regular price 85c each. Clearance eale O R es s e e Lo 50¢ 35dozen MEN’S AND BOYS' TEN- NIS FLANNEL OVERSHIRTS, made fuil sizes, with double yuked backs and’ with pearl but- tons, extra value for 75¢ each. Clearance sala price...... g 50¢ 20 dozen MEN’S EXTRA HEAVY CAMEL'S-HAIR UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, fancy silk_fin- isied, oud sizes, regular price $1 25 each.’ Clearance sale price 65¢ 28 dozen MEN'S AUSTRALIAN LAMB'S-WOOL AND CAMEL'S- HAIR MiXED UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, warranted thor- gushly shrunk, extra value for ¢1.00 $15) each. Clearance sale price.. $1° 10 U E N MOU LADIES’ 5 GLOVES. AIRE UNDRESSED GLOVES, in durk ani med: tan shades, worth regular $150 pair. Clearance sale price.. ______ 90¢.! | 100 dozen 4-BUTTON GENUINE | FRENCH KID GLOVES, em- | | broidered backs and larxe but- tons, in dark, medium and dark | shades, also black, worth regular Clearance $1 75 'a pair 00! vrice { all? $l. | | 97 dozen 8-BUTTON LENGTH I MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED | KID GLOVES, n dark and medium tun shades, worth regular $1 75 u$ 100 | pair. Clearance sale price... & 90 dozen'4-BUTTON DERBY KID | GLOVES, large battons, in dark | and meaium brown shades, worth i regu.ar $150 a pair. Clearance e pricer e . ot RIBBONS. RlBBONS EAI:;[XUA*:I{ ‘ GRAIN RIBBONS, in_assorted colors, value 734c a 'yard. Clear- ance sale price.. | i No. 40, 3-INCH ALL-SILK MOIRE TAFF. RIBBONS, in assorted I5¢ | colors, vaiue sale price. No. 80, 4% H ALL-SILK | MOIRE TAFFETA RIBBONS, in assorted coiors, value 40c a yard. 2)'(. | cu yard. Clearance Clearance sale price.. 103dozen HILDREN'S BLACK RIB- BED COTTON HOSIERY DEP'T. HOSE, spliced knees, double ueels 5¢ a and toes, fast black, worth 2 pair, Clearance Sale price... 114 dozen LADIES' IMPORTED BLACK COTTON HOSE, doubl heeis und toes, worth 25¢ a pair, price. Sale Clearance 73 _dozen LADIES’ IMPORTED BLACK CASHMERE WOOL HOSE, fine rivbed, aouble heels, soles and toes, regular yrice 75¢ a pair, Clearance Sale price. . 5 70 dozen LADIES’ BED EGYPTIA VESTS, high neck, Banasomely trimmed front; drawers to mat value' (0c each, Clearance Sale 30¢ price... 3 69 dozen LADIES’ JERSEY RIB- | "BED WO0OL AND COTTON MIXED VESTS, high neck, long sleeves; drawers to maich; war- ranted no inking, white and natural, regular price §1 each, mx Clearance Sale price.............. (90 64dozen LA ATURAL SR SANITARY WOOL long sleeves; to mateh; w srinking, worth $1 = Clearance Sale price......... 756 CORSETS. , pii% BLACK SATE CORS extra long waist, Ligh bu-t, two side steels each side, sranteed perfect fitting, worth $1 each, Ciearance Sale price 656 Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strests. Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Strests Murphy Bullding, Market and Jonss Strects. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streecs. FROM GREATER NEW YORK Budget of Interesting News and Qossip About the Galifornia Golony in the Eastern Metropolis EW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1597.— There's a tempest in the punch- A5¥Y vowl; and the great and small craft of Gotham’s society are eagerly tack- ing for fair-weather ports, where iattered sails and damaged hulks may be mended without inconvenience to the owners. Like a typhoon on the Chinese seas, a reverend doctor—one William 8. Rains- ford—has swept all before him during the past week. Boldly and bravely he has declared that the lavish and gandy osten- tation of the mighty rich in New York1s driving the thousands of balf-starved poor 10 despair and desperation. From bis pulpit in St. George’s Protes- tant Episcopal Church in Stuyvesant- square he has hurled burning sentences of scorn and bitter reprimand at the be- diamonded rich, and with swimming eyes and trembling voice, hall choked with Christian emotion, he has told the lioarders of riches the oft-repeated tale of poverty and starvation, strengthening the force of it by throwing the high lights of local color on the sufferings of tne half- starved, half-clad poor of Greater New York. The whole rumpus has been brought about by a bunch of busybodies, and though Dr. Rainsford refrained from using names every one felt convinced that he was slapping the Bradley- Martins squarely across the front. On the 10th of February ome of the grandest and most costly balls of the sea- son will be given at the Waldorf by Mr. and Mrs. Bradley-Martin. Invitations have been sent out biading atout 400 guests to attend their grand bal masque. "Tis said their cotillon given at Delmon- jco’s several years ago cost over $50,000. Their bal masque at the Waldorf will amount to something like $100,000. Query—Isn't it a good thing for the com- munity at large to have the wealthy pleas- ure-seekers loosen their private sacks and empiy some of their shekels into the paims of the generous trades people. “The ayes have it!” Jerome Cox Ball and his lovely bride a: rived in town on Monday and registered at the Park Avenue Hotel on Fourth avenue. They only remained a few days at the hotel, when they moved out to 223 West One Hundred and Sixth street, where they will reside for the wiater. Last Tuesday found District Attorney Carl E. Lindsay of Santa Cruz way down on Nassau street looking wise and serious. “I'm not supposed to be in New York just now,” said he with a smile, “but I hap- pened to arrive a day or two ahead of time. I will remain ‘but a coule of days here. 1can’tsay Iam bent on any par- ticular business; there were really :everal reasons tor my flying trip to this cold ana ice-bound city,” and with a hearty Califor- n1a bandshake, he hurried along and was lost in the changing throng. Mrs, H. H. Sherwood of S8an Francisco and her little son are cosily settlea at the Park Avenue. Mrs. BSherwood has a number of intimate friends here, who have made her visit thus far very pleasant: Lieutenant William R. Smedberg Jr.’ U. 8. A., is a guest at the Grand. Marshall Pierce and Miss Pierce of Oak- land are spending a few weeks at the New Manhattan. The Lotos Club has issued very neat cards of invitation for the ““Ladies’ Dny‘ Reception to the Manuscript Society of New York, by the Lotos Club, Thursday, January 28, 1897; from 2 until 5 o'clock.” One of the most popular members of the Lotos Club is our own gifted Julian Rix. Though Mr. Rix has been away from California for a number of years he is still true to the old friends in his former home, and i: goes without saying that the old friends do not forget Julian Rix. His bandsome studio on Fifth avenue is not a rendezyous for restless or idle Bobemians, though ne makes a few cnosen friends weicome. He is too busy to spare the daylight hours away from his paints and canvas, because his time is constantly oc- cupied in creating new light and shade effects. Mr. Rix spends four or five months every year at his little bungalow studio. among the Singac Hills in New Jersey. There he paints exclusively out of doors, catching the sunlight as it falls acress an. open in the woods, or quickly reproducing the tender atmosphere which beautifies even the dullest landscape. Among his recent works arc several that will appeal to the lovers of nature's peace and repose. Oue is “The Edge of the Forest Aftera Rain.” The trees look newly washed and t e ground, grasses and rocks look glisten- ing and wet as taougl a heavy rain had just ceased. The gray skies are breaking and showing patches of blue and white between. Another is a moonlight scene, and Mr. Rix has cunningly caught the wonderful iridescent effect on the water that one often sees but cannot describe. Hanging i.. 8 heavy frame of gilt is an immense picture of the Santa Cruz Mountains, with great, heavy banks of white foz creeping down over their sum- mits, Itisdubbed “Incoming Fog:" “Easterners don’t like Western scenery, as s rule,” says Mr. Rix, “first, because few of them have ever seen such high mounteins and the majority won’t believe there are such rugged h ights. That is the reason most of my compositions are of the lowlands and placid lakes. Atmo- sphere, nature’s joyous colorings and the red glow of a crimson sunset are worth a lfetime of study if one can just succeed pow and then in reproducing them on canvas,” says Mr. Rix, in a cheerful and confident tone. He has succeeded. ‘‘No, I have never married, and”’ (sighing) “‘I'm 100 much of & bachelor now to ever try marriage.” There may be some one who will con- vince him to the contrary. P. E. Benner of San Francisco has been in the city over a week. F. A. Lyon of Sacramento, Cal., regis- tered at an uptown hotel, with the expla- nation that “New York would not know him very long.” Many compliments and congratulations | have been paid Clara Foltz during the past few days concerning her very excellent bill on public defenders, which was intro- duced in the New York Legislature by Senator Grady of New York City last Wednesday. The Albany newspapers and | New York papers are unanimously in | favor of the just bill. There is no doubt that Pauline Ag: nes Ryder will make a name and fam for herself, which will carry her up among the gifted ones in the world of music. Born at Los Angeles .in 1879 she grew to be a girl of eleven years before her mother, Mrs. L. C. Ryder, discovered her daughter had natural gifts for music. The violin | was the young girl’s chosen instrum nt. After several years of industrious study in | Los Angeles, she and her mother came on 1o New York. Since her arrival she has been studying under the best masters. Recently sbe has played ata number of | musicales and recitals most successfully. Her rendering of Mendelssohn’s famous “Capriccioso” is marvelous in execution, and she has been warmly received and highly complimented by such great musi- | | | cians as Paderewski and Camilla Urso, the grea: violinist. Miss Ryder is quite | tall, lithe and gracefu! and forms a pretty | picture when in the poetic position a | violinist may assume when plaving. She is a true Californian in her ambition to be the first on top, and fame in all its refine- ment will undoubtedly be ners. She ieso young and unassuming that until one has beard her piay one can scarcely realize | the wondrous gifts which nature has| showered on her. She is at preseat study- ing with Mme. Wrencowski, who is here in New York for the purpose of preparing pupils for the great maestro, Lechitezky | of Vienna. Miss Ryder will go abroad | next fall. | This week the women’s clubs are to meet | ot Carnegie Lyceum ani discuss the “Charter of Greater New York."” the ladies do not like the form of said charter. There is considerable interest expressed in what the women are likely to say. This little story is not exactly apropos, batitisa bit on the same lines of con-| demnation: “Mr. Milkman, you needn’t leave milk | for us after to-morrow."” H “What's the matter, lady? Ain’t our | milk all right?” “Well, it's just this way: The milk you leave is too weak for bluing and it's too wet for milk.”” Tableau. TrELLA Forrz ToLAND. 34 Park Row. SO0IALISTS AOTIVE. Will Have to Secure More Commodious Quarters. The Socialists are nothing if not aggres- | sive. They are determined that the world shall be made better by their efforts | and if toey fail many times their defeat gives them renewed couraze and iucreased | strength to fight the battles over again. At the Iast election the Socialist Labor party had a ticket in the field, not that they ever believed that the general public | had accepted the Socialists’ ideas of eco- nomics and would elect their candidates, but to demonstrate that there is a large | ™ element in the community that is not satisfied with the present order of things. They were defeated, but not crushed, for now these earnest workers are prepar- ing for another campaign under the red flag of the brotherhcod of man. Next! March there will be a muricipal election in Oakland and preparations are being made for another battle in the City of Qaks across the bay. S The party has a goodly following in | section was organized a wevk ago, It seems | o that city and it proposes to put before the people the names of Socialist candidates or cffice. In this movement they will be vigorously supported by the Socialists of San Francisco. Able speakers will ba sent from this side to assist in stumping Oakland and in their campaigning tha Sodialists always do telling work in edu- cating the people in matters of political and social economy. They will no doubt obtain many con- verts Lo their views, for they have done o wherever they have planted their banner. On Monday Messrs, Kingsley and Ford, both convincing speakers, went 1o Oake land in the interests of the cause and to open the Oakland campaign, In this City the socialists of the Ameri- can branch will resume their street meet- ings. Inthe past they have had troubla with the authorities and with private in- dividuals in holding these street lectures, but they hope that these annoyances and interference with free speech will be avoided in the future, Many converis to socialism have been made at these open- air gatherings of people who stopped throuzh curiosity to listen, but who were not previously sufficiently interested to astend the rezular meetings. ‘Word received yesterday from Sacra- mento shows that the section there is in a most flourishing condition and its most enthusiastic members are employed 1n the railroad workshops. Another lively so- cialist center Ia in_Berkeley, where & new Nota few of the students of the State University believe that they can learn much of mat- ters of political eccnomy from those who raily under the red flag. A's stated in last Monday’s CALL the at- tendance at the educational lectures given by the American Branch in t is City is so large that it will b> necessary to move from Pythian Castle to Washinzton Hall, 35 Eddy street. The change will be made L i ki Indian Relief Fund. The clergymen of San Francisco are respect- fully invited to present to iheir congregations on Sunday next the apj-eal of the starving mul titudes of India for aid. The committee of fifty amed by Masor Phelan will meet to-day at 2 er of Commeice Hall to inaugu- ment for relief. It is hoped the ili ald in the charitable work by giving it wider publici ty from the pulpit. e e A German has invented an incandes- cent lump apparatus for showing the inte- rior of boilers while filled with steam. NEW TO-DAT FREE T0 EVERT MAW. THE METHOD OF 1 GREAT TREATHENT Fok WEAKSENS OF MEY. WHICH (URED HIM AFTER EVERY- THING ELSE FAILED, Painful diseases are bad cnough, but when a man is slowly wasting away ith nervous weakness the mental forebodings aro ten times worse than the most severe pain. There isnoletup to the mental suffering day or night. Sleep is almost impossible, and _under such & Strain men are scarcely responsibie for what they do. For years the writer rolled and tossed on the troubled sex of sexual weakness until it was & question whether he had not Detter take o dose of poison and thus end all his throubles. . But providential inspiration came to his aid in the shape of a combjnation | of medicines that not only completely restored the general heaith, but enlarged his weak, emaciated parts to naturel size snd vigor, and he now declares that any men who, will take the trouble to send his name and uidress may have the method of this wonderful treatment free. Now, when I say free I mean absoiutely without cost, because I want every weakened 1o get the beaefit of my experience. Tam not a philantnropist, nor do I poseas an enthusias, but there are thousands of men suffering the mental tortcres of weskened manhood who would be cured at once could they but get such a remedy s the one thac cured me. Do not iry to study out how I can afford to pay the few postage-stamps necessaty 10 mail the information, but sead for it anda learn that there are o few things on earth that, although they cost uothing to get, are worth a fortune to some inen and mean a life- time of happiness to mostof us. Writa to Thomas Slater, box 2283, Ka amagoo, Mich., and the information Wil be msiled in & plain sealod envelope.