The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897. SATURDAY = CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..80.18 Daily #nd Suncay CALL, one year, by mail £nd Sunday CALL, &ix months, by mall.. 3.00 and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 and Sunday CALL, ove month, by mail. .63 | CaLL, one year, by mail. weeee 150 | W aExLy CALL, One year, by mal . 160 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone........... +eeeves.Maln-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone......... <eueees-Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montromery street, corner Clay: open untll 9:50 o'clock. 859 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkln sireet: open unil 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; antil 9 o'clock. street ect; street open until 9 o'clock. n until 9 o'clock. open until 8:30 o'clock, OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: 31 and 82, 84 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. California reaches the Cabinet at last, Congratulations to ecretary McKenna. The new tarifl bill carries prosperity on its face. Reciprocity and enue sounds vell. 50,000,000 more of ey d | Decacent journahism wears the mask of & faker, but its trade is blackmail. i - | Every city of note in Nevada is getting | ready to fight its way to prosperity. | Leave your orders io-ds CaLL and assure yoursel morrow. The Legislature is sticking to business well enough, but the people expect it to stick also to economy be press of the interior has begun to give notice that the ground is thoroughly wet, and no more rain is needed. Before the Eraminer gets through it will announce positively that Butler is Li Yung Yuen and killed Little Pete. | ixtravagant appropriation bills are | sprouting thick and fast at Sscramento, and it is time to set 10 work with the pruning-knife. The attempt of the Eraminer gang to | blackmail the water company has been | stopped, and we can count one more vic- | tory for honest: 1 Butler repudiates the Eraminer’s alleged | interview and *“It will ha be necessary | for the Ezaminer toreiterate the statement and assert it 1s absolu'ely true.” Fake telegrams, fake interviews and fake | advertisements are intended by the Ex- aminer merely to fool the people. When it means business it hunts a subsidy Creeim, Yung Yue form a congenial tor Willie Hearst, | Lawrence and Ambrose Bierce. It is the | yard of daisies and the yard of pups in | combination. | and Batler trio Serding. women to interview murderers and making sensations of their reports is one of the reasons why there are so many silly and half-crazy women in the world to make pets of criminal The profit obtained on’ a 15.cent adver- nt with a yard of pups throwa in | be sufficient to help float alonga fake journal, but it would not do for one | engaged in legitimate business. The coin from Collis Wastoful Willie takes, | And with Long Green divides the stakes; Long Green pays B:erce, who then emits | a roar To make rich Collis pony up some more. The promptness with which the Repub- licans of Congress have set about the work of tariff revision gives encourage- ment to every indu-try in the country, and assures the speedy coming of better times. 1t Hearst discharges some of the sub- ordinates on whom he throws the blame for the fakes and fraudsof the Ezaminer the public would have more confidence in his integrity and less suspicion of his courage. The blame and the shame of the secret subsidy from the Southern Pacific were thrown by Hearst upon his subordinates, but as he did not prosecute any of them it is safe to say they turned the money into his pocket, and he knew it. Feke advertisements in a newspaper destroy public confidence as effsctuaily as fake stories in the news columns, and for that reason people pay no attention to an advertisement in the Eraminer. They can never be sure that it means business. If the Eraminer deducted from the amount of itsadvertising the illegal lottery advertisements and the fake advertise- ments it buys with s yard of puppies it would have less advertising to brag of, but it could then boast of doinga legiti- mate business, e The action of the Board of Supervisors in calling for a complete statement of the accounts of the water company is now sd- mitted by the Ezaminer to be right. The howl for arbitrary reduction has been silenced. This looks like another vindi- cation. Now that we have forced the Ezaminer to abandon its efforts to excite passion and prejudice against corporations in or- der to extort hush money from the water and the gas companies the work of fixing rates can be cerried out with that caim- ness and impartiality which are necessary for accurate results. By preventing Long Green Lawrence and the rest of Willie Hearst's gang from extorting money from the water and the £as companies we bave enabled those companies to furmish water and gas to the people more cheaply than they could had they been compelied to pay blackmail, and to that extent we have rendered the public a service of no small importance. But a little while ago the New York Journal and the San Francisco Ezaminer made a great outcry against the sensation- alism of sending women to report prize- fights and interview murderers, and now. the Ezaminer is to recommit the offense bef.re the noise of its former professions of reform have had time to be forgotten even by the most indifferent citizen 6.00 | | mote a scheme of public plunder. | (Mr. Spreckels) are understood to be the owner of THE CaLL.” NAILING A LIE The Ezaminer of yesterday contained an editorial adaressed to John D. Spreckels, The first sentence reads as follows: *You (Mr. Sgreckels) are a property-owner in | San Francisco, a young man of wealth and fair repute, the son of one of the most re- | spected citizens of fhe community.” To this, the editor and proprietor of THE CaLy gives bis most cordial assent. There is, however, a phrasa in the sentence which shows the cunning of the assassin who wrote it. The phrase is that in which Mr. | Spreckels is referred to as *‘young man of wealth and fair repute.” That the charac- ter of Mr. Spreckels stands absolutely above criticism is well known. He is non@st, honorable and courageous. He has never been known to go back upon his word or to | join hands with any man or set of men against the public good. We are not required | here, and it is not expected of us, that we will enter into any further eulogy of Mr- Spreckels, for whom we have the tenderest feelings of personal friendship and the highest regara as an honorable business man and a citizen of the best repute. The Eraminer further says, referring to Mr. Spreckels: “You are understood to be the owner of Tue CaLL.” The Ezaminer then adds some cowardly remarks regarding the character of the editor of THE CALL, and entirely ignores the fact that he has stood the test for over twenty years in journalism; that he is to-day the pro- prietor of the leading paper in San Jose, and, without boasting, has as many personal friends as any citizen of that beautiful city. But so far as we are personally con- cerned we do not feel justified in further answering or denying any charges which the lying Eraminer may make, The Ezaminer then goes on and declares that *‘the people would be very reluctant to believe that you (Mr. Bpreckels) would take money or pro- Your training, your wealth and your associations forbid the supposition.” To all of this the editor of Tne CALL gives the heartiest approval. says the Framiner, *‘your brother voted as a Supervisor against the present outrageous water order.” Itwill also be remembered, and the Ezaminer, if it bad an honest thonght or an Lonest intention, would publish the fact, that THE CALL approved the | course of A. B. Spreckels most beartily on that occasion. Again, the cowardly sheet ; says: “Yet, it is currently reported that a large sum of money has passed from the | leagued gas, electric-light and water monopolies to somebody connected with THE Carv. The exact amount even is specified.”” The Eraminer further adds that *You (Mr. Soreckels) owe it to yourself, to your family and to your name to find out who is dragging your reputation through the mud aud putan instant stop to his overations.” The Eraminer made this statement, knowing it to be a barefaced lie, and we here and now demand of it that it produce any evidence showing the truth of this statement or forever be branded as a venomous liar. Nevertheless, we agree with the Eraminer that Mr. Spreckels owes it to himself 10 expose any one who is in any manner “dragging his reputation throagh the mud and put a stop to his opera- tions.” We sincerely believe that Mr. Spreckels would do this, and we thus most publicly request of him to disclose any fact or circumstance which would in anywise connect any person associated with THE CALL with having received any sum of money, ora promise to receive any sum of money. from any human being connected with the gas company, water company, electric-light company or the Southern Pacific Company. We would like to add one word here with reference to the statement that “you The trath is, and it 1s easily established, that Charles M. Shortridge is the owner and sole proprietor of the’ property known as the San Francisco CaL. He received the title thereof directly from the Circuit Court of the United States, and to make it some little nducement to the blackmailers of the Ezaminer to bring forth their evidence the proprietor of Tug Cart will pay $1000 for any evidence (oral or written) which will show tnat the title to THE CALy stands in any other name, or belongs in law or in equity to any other human being than himself. That he is under personal obligations to Mr. Spreckels is true; that he has given his note for money borrowed is also true; that he has paid during the past two years the interest on this money is likewise true; but that he is more grateful than these poor words may express any one who knows him will edmit. His personal friendship and obligation to Mr. Spreckels are of the very highest order. He has been in the past and will be in the future loyal to him per- sonally and to his interests. % Every human being who reads these lines will well understand that the motive which induced the article to be written in the Ezaminer was not to aid or help the fair name of Mr. Spreckels, but was written for the purpose of tearing down THE CALL and with the dishonorable intent of in some manner changing the good-fellowship which exists between the editor of TrE CaLy and Mr. Spreckels. It has been made evident that the backing which Mr. Spreckels gave the editor of THE CALx, has enabled him to build up a great and powerful paper. It cannot be denied, and our books are oper: for inspection, taat TiE CALL has gained in the past two years more than five “Moreover,” | times as many new subscribers as has the Ezraminer, and the records will prove also | that THE Carr has been more largely patronized by the advertising public than the Ezaminer, notwithstanding the lie which it publishes at the head of its columns. It is stated by the Eraminer in the same article, that ““the records of the courts in San Jose may assist you (Mr. Spreckels) in the search.” It is true that the records of the courts are open for inspection, and upon examination it will be found that not one word or jot or tittleexists on the records of those courts which in any wise reflects upon the honor or integrity of the editor of Tue CaLr, and it may be further stated that not one human being in all this State or elsewhere can be found who will testify or who can produce evidence that the editor of this paver ever blackmailed any person or corporation. We have at times fought for men and for principles, but we conducted that fight ovenly and honorably, as we zre conducting the contest now being waged between the blackmailing Ezaminer and Tz CALL, whose integrity of purpose and action no man can honestly assail. SEORETARY M'KENNA, The aunouncement yesterday that Judge McKenra of the United States Circuit | Court has been invited to accept a posi- | tion in the Cabinet of President-elect Me- | Kinley and that he has accepted the office was no surprise to the people of Califor- nia. For a long time past it has been fairly well assured that some citizen of California would have & place in the Cabi- net, and of late it has been well under- stood that the man chosen for the honor was Judge McKenna. Waile there was no surprise in the ap- pointment, there was none the less con- siderable gratification and pleasure. The people of California have long desired to see the prestige of the Siate in the Union THE LEGISLATURE. The people of California are eratified by the attention which the Lezislature is giving to the business before it, and by the fact that, up to this time, there has been but one suggestion of a scandal connected with its work. It will be well, however, for the lezislators to remember that the people expect something more than atten- tion to business and the absence of scan- dal; they expeet economy to be practiced in every direction and the maintenance of State institutions to be providad for with- out undue taxation upon citizens. Many of the appropriation biils intro- duced into the Legislature are, to say tie least, suggestive of extravagance. It is well understood that many of these have recognized by the seleciion of one of its citizens for a Cabinet position, and the appointment of almost any Californian would therefore have been received with satisfaction by the people. The selection of Judge McKenna added to the gratifica- tion felt since his eminent worth and fit- ness for the high officeare known threugh- out the State and the people are assured that he wiil well and ably represent Cali- fornia in the high office to which he has been chosen, Joseph McKenna has been a resident of California ever since 1855. He was edu- cated to a large extent in the public schools of the State, has represented his county in the State Legislature and his district in Congress. He is, therefore, not | only well informed concerning the needs and interests of California, but is thor- | oughly identified with its recent history | and its aspirations. In all positions of trust he has shown himself faithful to the best interests of the people and loyal to his own high conceptions of public duty. In whatever office he was called upon to fill ke has given new proofs of his ability, bis courage and his conscientious regard for personal integrity and public welfare, The new Becretary will enter upon his | duties = well-trained man in every re- | spect. He has been tested asa private citizen engaged in the practice of law and in various offices of a legislative and judi. cial capacity. In his present high pos tion as Judge of the United States Dis- trict Court he has added to honors al- ready attained and distinguished himselt among the younger Judges of the coun- try. From what he has achieved in the past it is easy to predict that his career in the Cabinet will be one of more than ordinary honor to himself and service to the people, It will be by no means a conventional courtesy which will be extended to Judge McKenna in the congratulations he will receive trom all parts of the State upon nisappointment. The people are aware that he well deserves the office, and feel more than ordinary State pride in his selection. Asa matter of fact, congratu- lations upon the appointment should be addressed not more to Judge McKenna than to President-elect McKinley and to the whole people of the United States, in whose service he will be engaged. The advence reportof duties proposed for the new tariff show that California in- dustries, o far as they have been dealt with up to this time, are to be protected, and we can now begin to see the end of I} the long depressior. no chance for passage, but the legislators should make itequally certain that none of them should be possed until every vestige of undue expenditure is stricken from it. Economy atthe present time is something more than a political cry. It 1S an urgent necessity of the present con- dition of our industries, and no legislator will be held guiltiess who knowingly votes for any messure which will impose upon the taxpayers a burden which is not abso- lutely necessary for the welfare and right- ful progress of the commonwealth. The quietness which has markea the session of the Legisiature has not dulled public interest in its work. The people and the press are watehful of every step that is taken either in the Assembly or in | the Senate, and it will be impossible for | any extravagance to be undertaken there that will not be noticed. The Republican members of the Legislature should bear that fact in mind, and remember that they and the Republican party generally will be held responsible for the work of the session. If they expect to be re-clected, and if they desire their party to retain its hold upon the confidence of the people, they must so shape the legislation of the session tbat their work can be upheld in the press and on tne stump during the next campaign. We have no desire to impute evil where no evil is intenced. Therefore we make no charge at this time of extravagance against any particular member. We are ready to credit every honest legislator with a desire to serve the interests of the State at large, as well as of his own con- stituency. It is simply because we recog- nize this desire on the part of the m jority of the legislators that we abstain from hasty eriticism upon their actions and content ourselves with urging them to be careful of every measure which comes beiore them. ‘The time has come to re-establish among the people of Californiaa full confidence in the men whom they elect to represent them in the State Legislature, and the op- portumity offered at the present session should not be lost by any man who has a sufficient sense of his responsibility to his constituents, his party and the State to know what duty means. SOMETHING ABOUT LYMAN J GAGE “New York Sun. Personally Lyman J. Gage, who has sac- { cepted tne treasury portfolio from President- elect McKinley, is democratic to a degree that wiil be plessing to decrlers of convention- ality. Mr. Gege does not put his feeton the desk, or wear his trousers in his boots, or his hat at a leaning-tower angle; nor 1s_his man- ner of that inviting type which warrants the caller to slap him on the back. He is, how- ever, the most accessible public man in Chi- cago. The office-boy of Chicago has mnot reached the state of importance thatchar- acterizes him in New York, but it is the rule In the banks of the Luke City to have your name sent forward if you wish & conterence with the president. his rule does not apply to any officlal in fhe First National of wnich Mr. Gage is the head. The door of his room is lways open. Mr. Gage's desk i 1n such prox- imity to the entrance that he may address the callér who halts there, and without any ex- {ra exertion. The speciai policemen S0 Con- spicuous in most monetary institutions is uever seen about the office of Mr. Gage. When the ealler is admitted, by an indica- ton from Mr. Gage, the latter does not ple: important business in order to hasten the interview to conclusion. Mr. Gage is an easy listener, and when the mission 1s stated he answers rather deliberately tuan otherwise, avolding superfiuous words. Iis staieliness of physique di; Ts as be taiks. Frigid ss e seems when first approached, he is recep- tve, responsive and sympathétic. These tralisin his character and his accessibility have caused him to be imposed upon, but sucn experiences have not changed his habits. Mr. Gage has a concn it must be for the benefit of his family. His home, & plain house, 15 near Lincoln Park, and is (wo miles from the bank. In spite of the uncertainties of the Chicago climate and the pranks of the ble system, Mr. Gage travels over the cable- s summer and winter. People in the Vicinity of State and Division streets know to the minute when Mr. Gage will board the car &t that pointon his way to his office. Mr. Gage s fond of the theater, but unless the occasion is extraordinsry he Is never seen in & box, except during the opera season or the Theodore Thomas concert season at the Auditorium, and only when the last events are patronized by him does he ride in a car- riage. Mr. and Mrs. Gage go out very little in society, and vet the home of Mr. Gage is a 1avorite one with Chicago's best people. Mr. Gage prefers the neighborly call. Mr. Gage became generaily known to the country on account of his interest in the World's Fair of 1893. He was the first presi- dent of the directory of the Columbian Expo- sition, and although he deciined 10 remain at the head of the directory he never neglected &0 opportunity to show that he was proud of his city and its efforts to make the fair a suc- cess. Theie are a few men in Chicago who know how 1o sit a bruquet through and find their own hats. Mr. Gage is one of them. P. RSONAL H. D. Stolle of Denver is in the City. L. Johnson of Cambris is at the Russ, Frank 0’Connell of Anaconda is in town. Lorenzo Hervey of Ireiand is in the City, H. P. Spalding of Truckee is a late arrival here. G. H. Kirkpatrick of Honolulu is at the Grand. H. R. Wood of Salt Lake is a late arrival here. Henry Sarllan of Villedieu, France, is at the Occidental. E. W. Brown, a business man of Chicago, 1s at ihe Palece. W. H. Green of Fresno is registered at the Cosmopolitan. Lieutenant K. S. army isintown. Jobn H. Roberts, clerk in the Bank of Ma- dera, s at the Lick. Louis Meyer, proprietor of the Healdsburg Tribune, is on & visit here. Dr. G. Tucker Smith of navy isa late arrival here, James H. Bushnell and Mrs. Bushnell, of Chicago, are an & visit here. Torchlin of the German the United States George St. Clair and William &t Clair of Ophir, Utan, are at the Russ. Tom Lane of Angels Camp, superintendent of the Utica mine, is at the Palace. Lieutenant-Governor William T. Jeter is a visitor here. He is at the Palace. £ T. Black of Sacramento, State Superintend- ent of Public Instruction, s at the Grand. John R. Tregloan, the mining superintend- ent of Amador, is in town, end at the Grand. Lows Tinbert of Eordeaux came on the City of Peking yesterday. He is at the Oceidental, J. D. Ritchey sna John Fisher, both of Min- turn, are recent arrivals at the Cosmopolitan. Duryee, a missionary of Amoy, China, arrived here yesterday, and is at the Occidental. Paymester A. W. Bacon of the United States navy was among the arrivalson the City of Pexing yesterday. C. A. Harper arrived here to-day on the steamship City of Peking, and Is staying at the Cosmopolitan. Joseph A. Manning, a prominent young business man of San Jose, is & recent arrival at the Cosmopolitan. Ex-Goyernor J. H. Kinkead of Nevada and Alaska, who is now superintendent ot leading properties on the Coms tock, is at the Palace. C. Justice H. Garoutte of the Supreme Court, Mrs. Garoutte and daughters returned yesterday on the City of Peking from a visit to Honolulu. Robert N. Lynch, the private secretary of ihe Rev. J. George Gibson and student of theology, will leave to-day for Lousville, Ky., to take a three years' course in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. General John R. Matthews, Postmaster of Los Angeles, and M. H. Flint, a Postoflice In- spector of the same place, arrived {n this City yesterday and called on tha Postoffice authori- ties to discuss matters connected with the de- partment. K. Aoki and Y. Wadaki, offizials of the Japanese navy, who have come to watch the bullding of two cruisers at the Union Iron Works and two at Cramp's yard, are at the Oc- cidental. accompanied by four Japanese engi- neers, They will be here some time before setting out for Philadelphia. CALIFORNIANs IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 5.—At New York hotels: Windsor, E. RoytJr., R. O'Nelll, Miss C. Gibbon, J. Childs; Murray Hill, C. C. Riedy. Miss Gertrude Buck arrived on the Trave. SPO1S ON THE SUN. The large sun spot of January is again visi- ble to the naked eye. Having crossed the disk in the first weeks of that month, on the 15th it was near the western limb of the suu, and on the following day was undiscernib'e. Solar rotation brought it round to view again on January 29, near the east limb. A less fore- shortened view on February 1 showed that it was in three parts; that its long penumbral m W;‘” Sunspot, February 5, 2 P. M. train had been lost, and thatit was decreased in size; but notwithstanding these changes, when near the center of the disk on February 5 it was distinctly visivle without maguiiying power. The largest section is about 27,000 miles iu diameter and the two smaller about one-fourth, On the west 1imb of the sun is a telescopic group composed of spots of average size, which appeared on January 30 and the days follow- 1ng. RosE O. HALLORAN, * San Francisco, February 5 HIS RECORD KEPT CLEAN. Lynchburg News. A few days ago a tramp called at a well- known home in the city at about breakfast time and asked for something to eat. The gentleman of the house informed the tramp that there was a pile of wood in his back yazd, and thet if ke would saw up & quantity of it he would give him a breakfast. The tramp agreed, and the gentleman of the house forthwith conducted him to the plie of wood, and after pointing out to him the saw retired into the house. A short time thereafter, wishing to see how the tramp was progressing, he went out into the yard. The tramp had disappeared and not & 10g of wood had been sawed. As he ap- proached the pile of wood he noticed a piece of Paver fastened 16 e saw, and on it were writ ten these words: Just tell them that you saw me, Eut you never saw me saw. SOON THERE WILL BE NO SUCH THING AS A SECRET. Any one may be told things about himself which he never even dreamed of. For Instance, you can be shown just how you would act under carlllcnhc‘isrclnox;x:l;:c‘c:nn‘:lrm\: S or no! X do this correctly. Now society has a new fad. Tt s that of judging the characters of hu- manity by the ‘‘windows of the soul,” and any of those who have become ‘nlt!es!v&d init can tell you lots of things about yourself, v hey do it? }\w:::’e: who knows ell about it gives his knowledge to the world through the columns of THE CALL, and it will all appear on Sunday. Did you ever try to think out just what “power” was ? Sometimes there s enough of that strange thing called “power” in a little object that would not cover an inch on a piane surface to wreck buildings and take hundreds of human lives. Consider the power in a torpedo that could sink one of our large warships. But & way has been found to protect warships from these torpedoes. THE SUNDAY CALL has a long article on the subject which it will be worth your while to read. If you like cats you will enjoy yourself to the utmost in reading about that Black Cat. It's not a troublesome cat with one eye gone, but a bright, intelligent cat. One of those that you wouldn't be afraid to meet in some future reincarnation. Though you don’t want to wait until the cat catches up with you. 1f you don’t like cats, you will be interested anyway in THE CALL'S bright and novel story to-morrow. The ““hobby” story is bound to catch your fancy. It treats of people you know, and their fads. Then there is the children’s page with so many pretty stories aud puzzies and apt illustrations; and there are characteristic letters trom the little ones, and very pleasant they are, 100, The society people have received a great deal of attention this week, and their doings are faithfully chronicled. There are fashions straight from Paris. Descriptions of bewitching =owns and hats and lingerie. Besides, to lovers of whist, there are new points on the game to be found in THE SUNDAY CALL which are invaluabie. Aund you cannot find them any- where else. The book page is not the least among the attractions, and will give you news concerning the best authors and ther latest works. In fact, there is hardly an item of live interest to our people that TIE SUNDAY CALL will not touch upon. - Don’t fail to have a bright, newsy sheet to read after breakfast Sunday morning. The SUNDAY CALL 18 what you want. THE COW-PUNCHERS LAMENT THE “DUCHESS.” “Yes, the ‘Duchess is dead,” said one of the habitues of & downtown resort, as he elevated his feet to the top of a small table in a retired corner, says the Washington Post. “Yes, shi dead, poor old Duchess, and who do you suppose will wear tne most crape for her? Itwon't be the society women who read her and pretended they didu’t really care about her; it won’t be the boarding-school girls who smuggled her stories into bed in the dormitories after the lights were supposed to be out, nor it won't be the ladies below stairs, but another class of citizens entirely. It will be the cow- punchers and mule-skinners out West. As 001 as the news gets around their way they will genuinely mourn and sssure one another that the light of modern literature hus gone out, though that won’t be the way they will probably put it. They will discuss it around the campfires at night, digging their boot heels into the sand the while,and interlard their eulogies with profanity. But the grief will be genuine, more so than will be printed in any literary review. The cow-puncher is going fast. He wil s00n follow the Duchess to her long home, but while he lusts he is one of her stanch support- ers. This may seem strange, but it is so. No less an authority than Teddy Rooseveltcom- ments on it in his ‘Life on the Rauge, and I have noted 1t mysel, knocking around ‘west of the hundredth ‘meridian. The cow-puncher and the miner have a vein of romanticiem in their natures not suspected by those who view them ‘from a car window’ after the manner of our own R. Harding Davis. “I have struck a cow camp by the road after twilight, when the bacon was sending up its grateful Inceuse to heaven and the cook was swearing because the salaratus for the bis- cuits had given out. .There were five men of the outfitstretched out on the sand, reading by the light of a stab.e lantern, swung from the tail of the grub wagon. Four of those five men were reading stories by the Duchess, and the fifth was absorbed in a volume by Mrs. E. D, N. Southworth. He was a friend of mine, “Happy Jack’ Denison. of more or less feme in Coiorado. He told me once in confidence that meny years before he had read a book by Mrs. swapping books is one of the the grub w anything on the board. anmber and sort of out-of-date magazines. used {0 buy one of ber books, becaus “I'm vot tryiug to explain it. lament her loss.” Southworth, and ever after thar, if he wanted to read anything, because he knew then he wouid be getting somethine he liked. fany others in the arid West are of his mind, but the Duchess has the call, {mlllc-mcnule: of the cattie trail. paper-backs rolled in his slicker benind his saddle, or stowed in his warbag at the bottom of on, snd when & stranger breaks into camp there is a gencral exchange of litera- ture. T have fiathed my stock of literature on a ranchhouse table aiter supper or in a camp by some remote water hole, and I ulways figured that She will take precedence over Ju Iconfess a partialit Iknew when I had traded off all my own stock I would come back with as many of her books as I had room to pack with my plunder. I'm only steting & fact, and paper-back books in a frontier town will tell you the same thing. Tne Duchess appeals to the tender vein of love and romance in the breast of the cow-pu ”‘ Y i he got something else by her, You know Every man_ has two or three tne Duchess was ace high on a trade for s Verne and Bret Harte or any for Ler myself, but I never any storckeeper who vends scher, and he will, with profanity, PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE Lord Salisbury is fond of relating the tale of “The Small Barber of Porismouth.” Some vears ago Lard Salisbury had ocersion to enter into & barber’s-shop in a suburb of the “Naval City.”” The tonsorisl artist recognized his cus- tomer, for when his Lordship passed the shop some two or three days after the event he was surprised and amused to find a placard in the window bearing the followicg notice: ‘Hair cut,3d. With the same scissors as I cut Lord Salisbury’s hair, 6d." For some years Emperor William wore his mustache with a ferocious upper curl that save him a very military aspect. A great change has taken place during the last few months. The imperial mustache now stands at right angles with the imperial countenance, just as an ordinary civilian's might. This more pacific habit of William’s whiskers is regarded by some as & happy augury for the peace of Europe. Pillsbury, the greet American chess-plsyer, maintains his wonderful control oi his nerv- ous system by great care in his hebits. He eats meat but once a day, never drinks any- thing stronger than milk, and always sleeps at least seven hours out of the :twenty-four. He smokes many strong cigars a day, however. The Archduke Francis Ferdinand is one of the crack shots of Europe. He preiers to shoot with smokeless powder, and handles his weapon very rapidiy and with an extremely accurate aim. The Austrian heir-presumptive is recently credited with having kiilea over 480 head of game in an hour and a half. To perform this great feat he kept three loaders coustently employed, General Baratieri, the Ttalian soldier, who has so far recovered the use of his fezt that he can move about his house at Arco with the ald of crutches, s now working on his memoirs, in which the ill-fated African campaign will have an importaut part. Salt, sausages and hard-boiled eggs soaked in brine formed ihe yearly Chrisimas present which the Halle and der Sasle Salt Corpora- tion offered to the German Emperor. NEWSPsPER PLEASANIRY. Freddy, the small son of & well-known min- ister, had misbeaved, and to punish him he was not allowed to eat at the family table. A smail table was set for him in the corner of the dining-room. When his diuner was placed before him Freday said very solemnly: “Lord, I thauk thee that thou hast spread a table before me in presence of my enemies.” Jndge. “Yes, sir,” said Mr. Winbiddle to a stranger, “ insist that all water used for drinking and culinary purposes shouid be boiled at least half an hour.” *You are & physician, I presume.” “No; Iem a coal-dealer.”—Now York Jour- nal, “Is the sail the ouly thing that guides a ship?” asked the green passenger. “No,” said tne mate, “there are rudders.”— Indianapolis Journal. Thompson—I had a great surprise last even- ing. Darrow—How was that ? Thompson—My wife introduced me to s fel- low who never was one of her old beaus.— Cleveland Leader. “Prisoner at the bar,” sald his Lordship solemnly, having donned the black cap, “you will shortly have to appear before another, and —perhaps—a better Judge.”— London Household Words. “Wouldn't you feel helpless, Emcline, if you heard the wolf at your door ? *Not much; I'd pull him in by the ears and make a lovely rug out of him.”—Detroit Free Press. “Why didn’t the fight come off * me of the pugilists had an attack of ‘writer’s cramp.’ " —Judge. | rooms in the City. IN FRATERNAL BONDS, Magnolia Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen Has Housewarming. Magnolia Lodge No.41, A.0.TU. W, held a great meeting last Monday night in celebra- tion of moving into new guarters in Shiels building. It hes now one of thelargest lodge- There was & large attend- ence of members and many visitors. There was the initiation of three candidates, the re- ception of three applications, the election of M.J. Hrley as master and 8. Schwartz as fore- man of th lodge, to fill the vacancies, and the election of John Hoesch, Jacob Davis, John Rafferty, 5. Isancs and Caleb Brind as repre- sentatives to the Grand Lodge. Then followed 2n impromptu programme, John Hoesch act- ing as mester of ceremonies. Past Supreme Master Workmen William H. Jordan delivered an saddress; Joseph Piutz sang a song; Bobbie Mitchell sang a song and gave a recitation; Grend Overseer Herman Scheffner delivered an interesiing address; Prolessor Bazzini favored with a song; Cbaries McCarthy had something to say about the new quariers; the district deputy gave some musical selections, and after a song by Willlam Brown and com- icalities by Joseph Telphoon refreshments were served. ‘Since the adoption of the new plan of assessments this lodge has increased its memb ‘rship by thirty, and there are now the names of 200 members on_the roll. The lodge pays $10 a weck to members in case of sickness. During the last iourteen years the lodge has paid in sick benefits $36,000, and has still $7500 in bank. The Junior Order. State Councilor Schacrtzer of the Junior Order American Mechanies, who is meking o tour of the southern part of the State, visit- ing councils there, reports that he found the council at Redondo flourishing and that it expects to send two representatives to the next meeting of the State council. At Los Angeles he found John Adsms Council in a good condition, and at San Diego noted much activity and laterest in the council at that place. He announces that there is every pros- pectof a council being instituted at Escon- dldo before the fession of the next Grand ouncil which 1s to be held in Sacra the 2d of next March. B Starr King Council held s meeting last Tuesday night, when the subject of remoy- ing irom the council hall in Snieis building 10 & hall in the Mission district was brought up end discussed. The matier was finally re- ferred to a committee to investigate and re- POt s 1o the class of Liall that couid be se- cured fn that district. The council was or- ganjzed in the Mission and the members fecl that their meeting-place ought to be there. The council received a progress report from its committee on Washington’s birthday cele- bration. The council, which numbers 162, €xpects to make & fine showing in the parade in Oakland, On Weduesday this council was called upon to pay the last honors to the memory of one of ts members, Ernest Augustus Johnson, Wwho died afew days since at the age of 19 years. The council foliowed the remains of itslate member to the last resting-place. a Silver Star Lodge, O. of the W. The officers of Silver Ster Lodge, Order of the World, were recently installed in Foresters' Hall by Deputy Dove, assisted by Deputy Car- brae, in the presence of alarge number of Leo- ple. The following named are the officers for the ensuing term: Richard Cayford, president F. 0. Hoimquist, vice-president; H. R. Deitz secretary; Mrs. Warner, treasurer; J. A. Dove- chaplain; Charles A. Britian, marshsl, Mrs Hobboce, gnard; William Kippes, sentinal; Mrs. R. Cayford. J. L. Cahill and J. T. Clancey, trustees, and Mrs, Williams, organist. Afier the installation there was an impromptu fro- gramme and refresaments in the banquet National Union. The following-named officers of Yosemite Council, National Union, were installed last Monday by Deputy Bunting: M. Crotty, presi- dent; A. Breen, vice-vresident; A. H, Cousin, ex-president; E. Souther, speaker; W. W. Peck, recording secretary; F. W. Cooke, financial secretary; Thomas Hullng, treasurer; R. K. Anderson, cisplain: J. J. Logie, usher; J. Hoft, sergeant; 0. W. Boyd, doorkeeper. After the installation a pleasant hour was spentand there was 8 imoke at the expense of the coun- cil. At its 1ast 1eld meeting Golden Gate Coun- cil received applications and initiated five candidatis. Addresses were made by sev- eral of the members and President Arter alluded to the very sudden death ot his father as illustrating certain passages of toe ritual of the order, ) J. N. Bunting has been elected secretary of the cabinet, With an office at 618 Spreckels builaing. Peralta Counal of Oakland will hereafter meet on the third Thursday of each month, and at the next meeting & delegation from Sa Fruncisco Council will attend and witness fnstallation of the new officers. Ligue d’Henri IV. The Ligue d'Henri IV has elected the follow. ing named officers for the ensuing year; J Bayle, president; J.s.Godeau and grade, vice-presidents; J. A. Bergerot, rec, ing seeretary; J, Arees, financial secretary Berges, treasurer; P. A. Bergerot, B. far, A. Miqueu, L. Lacaze and G. Pouchan, ex tive committee. The Rebekahs. Stella rebekah Lolze of San Jose will entertalnment on the 9.h fast. in aid of orphanace to be bulit at Gilroy. Cypress Rebekan Lodge h s secured a meeti; place 1n the naw hall recentiy erccted i Pac Grove. On the eyening of the 12th Azilea Rebeiy Lodse will give an enteriainment in Auburs 1 help swell the fund for the orphanage. The new ritual for the Rebekah 10dges wil Do raady for distribucion until the end of the rent month. California Rebekah Lodge No. 1 will give old clothes soclal on Saturday, the 13ih iny Welcome Hall, 0dd Feilows’ butiding. Mission Tent, Knights of the Maccabees There was an unusually large attendance av Teview of Mission Tent, Knights of the Maccabees and & great deal of enthusigsm Wa3 manifeste Four candidates were initiatea and the tent is cc tinually increasing its memoership. The order generally is flourlsning, and those at its head ex soon 10 make It oue of the leading ones of an ANSWERS TO (ORRESPONDENIS. THE CUSTOMS SERVICE—Subscriber, San fael, Marin County, Cal. Presuming that your question refers to the Custom-house at b port of San Francisco will inform you that th chief clerk, who is also special deputy, re- ceives an aunual salary of $4000, There aro other clerks, who are paid different annual salaries; namely, $1800, $1600, $1400 and $1200. Day inspectors are pa'd $3 per day, ussistant weighers are paid $1200 a year and messengers $840 & year. LoTTeRY TicKETs—P. K., City. Under the State law it is & misdemeanor for any person to sell lottery tickets, punishable by a fine of 00 or six months’ imprisonment, or both. The law does not in direct terms say that it is a crime to purchase a lottery ticket. An ordi- nance of the City and County of San Francisco makes it » misdeameanor to have in possession & lottery ticket, unless the same be for an innocent or law- ful purpose. It is also a misdemesnor for any one to contribute in any manner to the support of & lottery. The punishment under the Clty ordinance is & fine not to exceed $500 Al;r imprisonment not to exceed six months, or oth. AT LARGE—C. P. F., Shandon, San Luis Obispo County, Cal. In the United Statess Congressman at large is one elected by the voters of the whole State instead of those of a district. When a State fails to redistrict beiora the election following the reappointment for Representatives according to the latest census, the additional members of the Houee from that State are elected by the entire State in- stead of by districts. When the pumber of Congressmen in a State s reduced, and the State also fails o redistrict previousto ele tion, all the Representatives from that State are elected on a general ticket, and are known as Congressmer. at large. Their duties are the same as those of any other R-presentative Delegates at large are those delegates who rep- Tesent a State or a county, and not & particular aistrict or section. MRS. SEALES' DEATH. A Former Resident of San Franciseo Expires in Cleveland, Ohio. The followinz extract from the Cleve- land Leader of the “4th ult., regarding tha death of a former resident of this Oity, will be read with interest: In the death of Mrs. W. Virginia Seales, wife of Daniel Seales Sr., at her home, 345 Woodland avenue, Wednesday morning, a patient suf. ferer of twelve years breathed her last, Hemorrhage of the heart caus her death. Mrs. Seales was in her sixty-sev h year and leaves besid er husband to mourn her loss four childre: r. Charies B. Seale, a druggist of Chicago; Mrs. J. C. Robinson of Mississippi, anod Miss Elizabeth H. Seales and D el Seales Jr. of this City. Mrs. Seales was of a patient and lovabie nature, a devoted wife and ideal mother. Eundowed with the cardinal virtne of forgiveness, the nobie side of her nature was shown to all. Mrs. Seales was a member of Plymouth Congrega- tionai Chut ¢h, the family’s house of worshi The funeral occurred {rom her late home yes- terday at 2 P. )., the remains being placed in the vau!t in Woodland Cemetery, where the family lot is. Owing to the sickness of Rey L. L. Taylor of Plymouth Congregational Church, Rev. Dr. Robert . Hutchins of the Woodland-avenue Presbyterian Church offi~ ciated at the services. S G OHARLES MAYNE'S ESTATE. Claims of the So-Called DMerzbach Heirs Disputed in the Probate Court. In the matter of the estate ot Charles Mayne (also known as Merzbach), de- ceased, Berthold Tausk and Mrs. Hulda Stearn have filed an answer to the contest ot Simon Merzbach, Mrs. Rosalie Gold- smith and Leopold Merzbach. 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