The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1897 SHORTRIDGE, | Proprietor. CHARLES M. Editor and SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dafly and Sunday CALx, one week, by carrier..80.18 | Daily snd Sundsy CLy, one year, by mail.... 6.00 3.00 Dally and Sunday CALL, six months, by mall. Dally and Sunday Cari, three months by mail 1.50 Daily aud Sunday CALL, one month, by mall. .65 | Bunday CaLL, one year, by mall....... WAEKLY CaLL, one year, by mail... 150 EUSINESS OFFICE: | 710 Market Strees, | Ban Francisco, Californis. Telephone.. ..Maln—1868 ROOMS: EDITORIAL 517 Cl Telephene. BRANCH OFFICBS: 627 Montgomery sireer, corner Clay; epen ERtll 8:80 o'clock. 839 Hayes street; open until 9:50 o'clock. 615 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. BW. corner Sixtéenth and Mission streets; open sntil 9 o'clock. 2518 Missior 167 street: open until 9 o'clocks t; open until 9 o'clock. 1305 Polk street: open until 8:30 o'clocks OAKLAND OFFICE: £08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE Rooms 31 and 82, ¥4 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Fastern Manager. CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. FRIDAY THE FAKE AYD THE FACT. —THE FAKHE— 10p of its t1tle page the following fake: THE EXAMINER PUBLISHED | 249,757 Inches 3 Of Ads During 1896, | | 59064 More | Government as will fulfill the popular demand. It is reasonable to expect, therefore, that our committee will hardly be called upon to make any extraordinary appeals It will be sufficlent that they represent the popular will and express Than were publishe‘! by any| other San Francisco §ewspapes. In the publication of th was probably not aware th being kept of the act sdvertising and th confronted with th fake the Eraminer in inches of its couid be sal amou consequence 1t owing fact. —THR FPACT— THE EXAMINER PUBLISHED | 236,528 Iinches : Of Ads During 1896, ’ That is one fact and here is an- | other: { THE CALL PUBLISHED | 239,551 Inches| Of Ads During 189. 3,023 More | Inches were published in THE CALL than in the Examiner during 189 | to be remembered tha: 1sements, of wi marca of the faxers hus doubtiess suc- | recuring thousands of inches of adver | vast year by dupine and dece ing advertisers through falseand arrogant asser. | tlons of the cnaracter of the foregoing fake. It | would seem, however, the facts that the | merchania a3 a rule have not been mialed by ki | The Ezaminer boasts that its books are open to | {ion, but we suggest that 1t Inspect its own S befors it ventures uon the publication of | er fake. | We congratulate the publicon the fact that the s take led the Ezaminer 10 drop L. ier was discreet, and 18 1t 13 wise | o more such bold stempis 1o | anring 1895 the 800 toches of ch THE CALL Work for the workers. Let us attend to the unemployed. It is safer to brag on this kind of weather than to bet on it. Don’t forget that the unemployed are asking for work and not for charity. It will take fire and a hot iron to take | Greece off the Cretan issue this time. As a sign of fair weather the seagull is decidedly as deceptive as any other gull. It has been a very warm winter for the trosts, and those that haven’t busted are getting roastea. The great powers will try the policy of coercion on Crete to see how it works be- fore they apply it to Turkey. Wherever there is a printing-press there is trouble, and even the State cannot have the one without getting the other. The immigration bill has passed Con- gress and gone to Grover, which we fearis equivalent to saying it has gone to veto. To open the boulevard from the park to | the ocean drive would be making way for pleasure and for work at the same time, Greece has -offerec to fight for Crete, | and as that is the highest bid yet made | it ought to be knocked down to her and | the squabble ended. Ii there should be a war in the Levant 1o shut off Russian wheat and Turkish prunes and figs we would have some Teason to regard it as a good thing and push it along. Compared with other large cities of the Union San Francisco has comparatively few calls for charity snd therefore ought to be the more willing to respond to re- quests for work The Democratic press in default of find- ing any other defects in the McKinley Cabinet are clamoring loudly that Lyman Gage wears a wig and seem determined to snatch him ba!d-headed. There will be no campaign of education | needed on the Cuban question. The | people bave iong since made up their | minds in favor of the independence of the | island and are now ready to express it. About the last thing San Francisco will ask of tbe Legislature will be & specialist in sociological education. There are plenty of people in the City who will vol- unteer instruction on that subject at any time. | The Cuban committee appointed by Mayor Phelan is composed of exactly the right men for the place. They can be counted on to do whatever is best to ad- vance the cause, and the people can safely trust in them. | tition with our own produce. The Cuban committee appointed by committees in other cities of the Union is support of our people. By general consent the direction of the work of all these combined committees | will be given to the great committee appointed in New York City. It is sltogether right and proper that thisshould be so. is the headquarters of the Cuban Ju in the field. 3, an natu For these reasons it 1.60 | look to New York for guidance and leadership in the important work which they have undertaken. The Cuban cause is one of those which bosoms and the business of men.”” responsive sympathies of all true. Ameri owned by Americans in theisland and the large trade which, in times of peace, is carried on between our country and the pecuniary and selfish interests, as well as American and unselfish ones, at stake in the contest, To the peole of California the question is largely and mainly one of patriotic sen- timent. We have little or no trade with t of the produce she exports to New York under normal conditions comes into compe- We are something more than disinterested in the quar- rel, for there might be some monetary ady is significant, therefore, of the strength of we rise superlor to commercial considerati of New York in lending every legitimate and justifiable aid to the Cuban patriots who are struggling for the independence of thei Itisin the hignest degres gratifving to note that public sentiment 1sin hearty accord with the movement which has been and supported by Mayor Phelan in the .FEBRUARY 18, 1897 | Teceived from citizens of weight and influence show that the movement will find cor- = dial support and prompt help whenever it is necessary to call for active aid. evident that San Francisco, not less than to bring about the establishment of Cuban independence and can be counted on to do everything which may be needful to attain There is reason to believe that nothing more will be required of the committes ‘The Examiner published for several daysatthe | than to concentrate public sentiment on the issue and co-operate with committees in other cities in exerting the moral influe world does public opinion have so much it is made evident to Congress and the administration that the American people desire the independence of Cuba, even if it should be necessary for our, Government to intervene, it will only be a question of t to the people. to those in power the policy which the The committee having been appoint vresident, and the next step will be to ai Ua carefal record was | sentiment and to afford an opportunity for tha expression of the will of the peopls. These steps we may expect to be taken as speedily as possible. In a case of th The public mind is full to the | ended, even if the steps taken to end it why there should be any delay. education is unnecessary. of the issue, and is fully made up the United States. THE OLOVERDALE FAIR. In his address at the opening of the Sonoma County Fair at Cloverdale Judge A. G. Burnett of Santa Rosa very truly eaid that no words or aavertising docu- ments could so clearly express the fertility and resources of ma Valley as the fine exhibits of fruit and wine which he saw around bim. This statement, though trite, was worth uttering and worth com- ment. It can never be too often repeatea that the best and surest way for Califorr The people of the Eastern States are nt of the real conditions of Califor- They know a little about some sec- nia. tions, but of the State as a whoie they know almost nothing. Accustomed to think of States as tiey exist in the Fast, where each has a certain definite climate and a certain limit of products, they do not realize that in California there is an infinite variety, and tbat within the limita of this commonwealth we have the snows and pine forests of Maine combined with the orange groves and mild winters of Florida. The few people of the East who do know something of the wide range of our products do not know that there isa citrus belt in the northern as weli as the southern part of the State, and that the | area of California suited for the produc- tion of semi-tropical fruits reaches further in a line from north to south than it does from east to west. The Cloverdale Citrus Society, in erect- ing a hanasome and spacious pavilion for holding county fairs, has conferred an important benefit not only upon the city of Cloverdale and county of Sonoma but upon the whole State. Reports of the ex- hibits will find their way to the East, and people in that section of the country who think of seeking homes in milder climates witlbe sure to look on the map to see where Cloverdale is. In this way an im- portant work of educating the Eastern mind will be accomplished, and the fair will achieve far more for Northern Cali- fornia than will be apparent from the sur- face. From the reports which come to us it seems that the exhibit includes a much larger variety of fruit than even some Cal- ifornians expected. There are excellent displays, not only of oranges and lemons but of limes, figs, prunes, olives and almonds. That the wine exhibit is good goes without saying, for Sonoma has long been famous for its wine production. It isto be noted that among other displays was a considerable one of silkworm co- coons. This gives another promise of the coming of the time when California will be a silk-producing State and when we will be able to furnish perhaps all the silk which the American market demands. Taking all things into consideration the exhibit has been a notable one in every respect, and reflects credit upon the enter- prise and the management of the men who promoted it. The Cloverdale fair will take rank hereafter among the important State events of each succeeding year, and, as time passes, will receive an increasing patronage. Congratulations are therefore due to the men and women who have taken the risks of the experiment and made it successful. They deserve the thanks not only of their own community but of the State at large. Senator Lexow of New York has the bappy facuity of getting appointed chair- man of committees charged with making investigations which attract ention, and he has aiso the facuity of making most of the opportunity. As a reputation maker on legislative lines he is now the most conspicuous man in the Union, and 1n fact is very nearly as well known as a prize-fighter. 7 A bill has been introduced into the South Carolina Legislature to provide for the sale of native wines at the State dis- pensaries, and if in that way the people can be taught to use wine instead of | ment, whisky the dispensary system will prove one of the best steps in the direction of temperance ever made in America. A curious fraud has been exposed by a showing made to Congress that quite a number of works are brough. into this country marked “‘copyright” when they are not copyrighted at all and have neve; paid copyright duties. It is proposed to enact a law imposing heavy penalties for | the frauaulent use of the word. THE CUBAN QUESTION. posed of men who represent the real sentiments of the people of San Francisco on the great 1ssue, and will ably serve to give to the cause of Cuban independence the moral It involves the issues ot the liberty of an Ameri- can people and the independence of an American country, and therefore excites the Mayor Phelan to co-operate with similar in every respect a good one. It is com- New York is the metropolis of America, it dthe citizens’ committee there was the first ral that committees in other cities should Lord Bacon described as appealing to “the ican . It also involves valuable property Cubans. The United States has, thereforer he island of Cuba. On the contiary much antage to us if the war were prolonged. It genuine Americanism in our peaple that on and cordially co-operate with the people r country. 50 auspiciously inaugurated by Tue CALL appointment of this committee. Latters Itis the cities of the East, is eager and ardent 1 the desired end. nce of the peaple. In no country in the eifect upon Government as in this. When me when such steps will be taken by the reople desire to see enforced. ed will soon organize by the election of a rrange for & mass-meeting to arouse public There is no reason kind a preliminary campaign of | instructed on the importance determination that the war should be should involve the active interference of | THE UNEMPLOYED. Among the plans provosed for giving work to the unemployed men of the City are the construction of the much-discussed boulevard connecting the park und the ocean drive, the opening of vacant lands | of the City for cultivation in the growth of vegetables and the employment of men in placer mining on Government lands. Eaci of these plans hasits peculiar merits, | and all of them deserve to be tried. Cer- tainly San Francisco ought to be able to | provide some means for employing her la- bor, and should not hesitate to make ex- | periments in that direction. Of the proposed plans the one most | likely to receive popular favor is the.con- struction of the boulevard. The work is | one which has long been under considera- | tion. It has been thoroughly discussed, and puvlic opinion approves it. To| carry out the work, however, it will be necessary to raise at least $20.000 by pri- subscription, since it seems that the City has no money to devote to the pur- | pose. The sum is large, but not too large, | for a City of such wealth as this, | It must be borne in mind that the bur- den of charity imposed upon the wealthy people of San Francisco is very slight in comparison with that which rests upon | t e weaithy of other cities of the Union. The severe blizzards of the East require lare gifts from the well-to-do people in Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Chi- cago to furnish the poor of those cities with food, fuel and clothing. From such calls for charity as this our climate relieves us, and it would seem, therefore, that we ought easily to obtain the money neces- sary to give work to those who need it. ‘ It is doubtful whether the plan of open- ing vacant lots in the City for cultivation .‘would prove as advantageous here as it | did in Detroit, where, under the direction of Mayor Pingree, it was first tried. The | Detroit_workers achieved their greatest | success in the growing of potatoes. This | was possible in Michigan, but in Califor- nia, where potatoes are produced in quan- | tities which outrun the demands of the market, it is not likely that any great | profit would result to the workers who cul- | tivated the lots. The same objection | woutd apply to almost any vegetables | that could be raised. The worker would | get what be needed for his own table, but, could hardiy hope to obtain any profit | from what he had to sell in the market. ‘What could be accomplished in the way of placer mining by inexperienced work- | ers it is impossible to foresee. That there is gold in our mountain streams available to those who know how to work them vroperly is made evident by the statement of Commissioner Fitzgerald that upward of 10,000 Chinese are engaged in the in- dustry, and that they send annually to the Mint over $300,000 in gold. The work, however, is a risky experiment, and it could hardly be entered upon by a man who had 2 family to support. It is of course better to do that than to do noth- ing, and to that extent the plan may rank among those which are worth trying. LAND FRAUDS. The State Board of Trade has done weil in calling the attention of the Governor and the Legislature to the injury inflicted upon the State by fraudulent schemes projected by unscrupulous men to sell worthless lands in this State to credulous people in the East or in Europe. Itis time that theseschemes should be checked. They work harm not only to the person deceived but to the people at large, and the issue of their prompt suppression, therefore, is & matter of public concern. The Board of Trade recalls the fact that recently a report of the British | Consul-General residing in San Francisco | declaring that the colonization schemes projected in this State were for the most | partfraudulent and deceptive was deemed | of sufficient importance by the British | Goverament to be transmitted to Parlia- It was, therefore, given the widest | publicity, and will have its effect in | determining intending home-seekers not l only 1 Great Britain, but in many parts of Earope, to avoid California in selecting | sites for their proposed colonizations. | As the Board of Trade points out the representations made by the British Con- sul were not wholly. faise. They contain s0 much of trath that it 13 impossible for | us to meet them with a general denial. The only recourse leit is to take the !initiative in exposing fraudulent land | | busin schemes and thereby give assurance to intending immigrants that they will not be cheated and deceived when they trust to representations made by the land agents of the State. We cannot agree with the Board of Trade that there should be appointed a ssion of immigration whose duty it shall be to institute inquiry into the char- acter of all colonization schemes projected in the State. We have already more com- missions than the people care to support, and the results obtained from those in ex- istence are not of a nature to induce the public to approve of the creation of a new commission. 1t ought to be possible for us to suppress fravdulent colonization schemes by the machinery of law already in existence. Certainly it would be well for us to try what could be done without imposing further burdens upon the people belore we resort to the experiment pro- posed. The matter is one requiring careful con- sideration. It eannot be dismissed as of little importance, nor can it be rightly solved by hasty and inconsiderate action. Deterence is due of course to the recom- mendations made by the State Board of Trade, for the officers and directors of that body have undoubtedly given the subject more study than others. They bave clearly vointed out the injury which isdone to the commonwealth, and even if their solution of the problem is not ac- cepted. it is none the less worthy of care- ful study on the part of the Governor and the Legislature before it is rejected. PER:ONAL. L. H. Owen ot Fresno is here, G. Gardner of Ireland is at the Occidental. J. L Thornton of Fresno is at the Occidental. S. E. Crow of Esnta Barbara is on a visit here. William . Searl of New York is at the Palace. John Horne of Edinburgh, Scotland, is & late arrival here. W. R. Spaulding, the lumber manufacturer, s at the Lick. Jonn G. Brady, who owns a sawmill at Sitka, Alacka, is in the City. John G. Mack, a business man of Portland, Or., is on a visit here. Professor O. P. Jenkins of Stanford Uni- versity is at the Palace. Phillip Ott, a wealthy resident of Jefferson City, Mo., is at the Russ. C. W. Smead and wife of Fresno are regis tered at the Cosmopolitan. x-Superior Judge Hervey Lindley of Los Angeles arrived here last night. Mrs. L. Fernell and child of Portland, Or., arestaying at the Cosmopolitan. J. C. Turner and 0, 0. Rossland, mining men of Redlands, are on a visit here. Charles 0. Clark, the well-known resident of Siskiycu, is visiting in the City. Sydney Smith, a mining man of Cleveland, Ohio, 1s here on mining business. James P. McCarthy, real estate.man, isin Los Angeles on & short business trip. Mrs. M. Blanton of Chicago, wife of a mer- chant of that city, 1s at the Cosmopolitan. Protessor Le Conte of the State University and his two daughters are at the Occidental, otessor Robert F. Pennell, superintendent of the State Normal School &t Chico, is at the Grand, E.S. Nolan, a prominent bustness man of Merced, is in the City and staying at the Cos- mopolitan. John L. Truslow of Santa Barbara, general agent of the Atchison, Topeks and Santa Fe Railroad, is in the City. 0. H. Harrlson, who is interested in mines and business in Mexico, arrived here yester- day. Heisat the Palace, Jarrett T. Richards, s leading attorney of Santa Barbars, isat the Palsce. He was one of the first Mayors of Santa Barbare. F. D. Fraser, a mine-owner of Siskivou who has been absent for several months in New York and Canada on mining 8, 18 registered at the Russ. Edwara P. Ricker, proprietor of one of the leading hotels in Portiand, Me. Charles 8. Cook of thé same city and Dr. M. Wedgewood of Lewiston, Me., are at the Palace. Professor Brad Bamor of London, a mining engineer, who has been connected with im- portant enterprises and who is interested in mines on the motner lode, 1s ia town. C. A. Griscom, manager of the International Steamship Company, New York, and one of the purcaasers of land at Polnt Loma fora school of theosophy, has arrived here after a visit to Honolulu. George Bothwell, tne mining expert, is in town for a few days. Mr. Bothwell s inter ested with James . McCarthy, a well-known real estate man of this City, in a big mining project at Randsburg. CAL FORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, A\‘ Feb. 18.—At the St. Cloud, W. C. James. Everett, E. E. Caswell, Mariboro, A. L. Wisner. Sturtevant, Mrs Chase. " EASY ALL! ** Easy all!" riogs out the order, A nd the muscles cease Lo sirain, And the awing of oars In rowlocks Stops its riythmical refraln, And the sinking heart beats freely, And the spent breath comes again, ** Easy all”_ Oh, joyous mandate T0 the struggiers on life's flood, Be It but & yassing resplte, _For the brain. and streugth, and blood, Though :ar distant be the fuenton— Fame, or weaith, or l1vellhood ! When the summer sunshine brightens Grimy street and sullen wall, From the strips of azure heaven Seems to come the kindly call: “ Rest a while, e weary toliers, Drop your oars, and easy all "all Mall Gazette, NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. A man who bad tastes anthrophagus Explred of a severed sophagus; ‘“Ihey laid him away Under six feet of clay In a hieroglyphicked sarcophagus. —Harper's Bazar. Brown—Jones doesn’t forget his almamater. Robinson—He doesn’t, eh? Brown—No, indeed! He's trying-to teach his baby the college yell.—Puck. The giddy young thing—What Is that pro- verb about there being no marrying in heaven? The chronic bachelor—Fools rush in where sogels fear to tread.”—Indianapolis Journal, Judge—Gnilty or not guilty? Prisoner—Not guilty, boss. v Judge—Ever arrested before? Prisoner—No, boss; an’ I nevah done stole nuffin before, needer.—Harper's Weekly. Aunt—What! Bitting up writing st this hour? Niece—Yes, auntle. Harry. Aunt—Why, Hairy left you only five min- utes ego. Niece—Yes; but there 1s something 1 forgot to ask him, and 11's very important. Aunt—Yes? & Niece—1 asked him if he loved me, and, he said “Yes,” but I forgot to ask him if he would love me always.—~Answers. Ivs onty a little note to Visitor—I don’t like the looks of this place, Your town is small and your cemetery is large. Besides, I have met three funerals already, Native—Oh, that's nothing, sir. You see, this is a health resort.—Leslie’s Weekly. “I hear your minister resigned from his charge. “Well, no, not edzag'ly. ‘How was it then?'” Why, you see, we'd been resigned ter him 85 long a5 we could stand it, and we tnought that it wuz time for him to recippercat dian’t resign; we resigned him.”—Wa: ton Times. “What is & crank, papa?” “A crank, my som, is & fellow who goes sround with his wheels.”—Yonkers 'Btates- man, STARTLING INNOVATIONS MARK THE PRESENT ERA. From time to time, at intervals of almos ¢ dramatic shortness,ideas which change the whole economy of modern warfare or prospective warfare occur. With the new year came the startling fact battle-ship, the latest addition to tne navies This new motor cycle may be considered that in its most perfect state the most perfect of the world, was practically uscless as far as imperviousness to the torpedoes of an enemy was concerned, for the discovery of & new and terribly destructive missile had just preciuded ossibility of defense. : F Tact, the changes and increase in war's marvels and possibilities seem never-ending and as regular of recurrence as fashion’s de- crees, and the latest of them all is one which may offset the aspect of the battlefield, be- fore, during and after conflict. It is a novel cycle which fs going tc do all this, that cycle which has borne the brunt of the flouts and jibes and jeers of military men on account of its declared utter inappli- cability to the usages of modern warfare. Its disability in this connection has been overcome at last, however, and the cycle is about to usurp the railroad train’s privilege in the transportation of troaps, not only trans- porting them but enabling them to travel even in the face of an enemy, for the soldier in this case will be armed as no soldier was ever armed before. s genuine scientific acquisition, and you can learn the full particulars concerning it in THE SUNDAY CALL. The French and particularly the Parisians are & wonderful people in many ways, and in none more so than in the precision and punctuslity with which they executq and realize undertakings which in their conception seem in: superably difficult of performance.* Now, the Exposition Universelle which they have under consideration at present will Provabiy contain a building which, exteriorily wonderful achievements. at least in some partic and interiorily, will probably excel their other ulars. It is to be a woman’s building on & most bizarre plan. The interior will be fitted up very much on conventional lines having waiting-rooms, re- tiring-rooms, lecture hall, library, even bedrooms and bath facilities, etc., just like any well, appointed ladi: club, But it is the exterior of this building which shall be the cynosure of all eyes by day, and even more intently by night, and if you reaa Tuk CALL next Sunday you will be able to appre- ciate its que beauty as thongh you saw it. The artistic will enjoy a congenial literary repact next Sunday in two fine contributions on the subject of pictures. Oneis by Van Dyck Brown and is in his usual entertaining vein. The other treats of portrait painting, its histor: vicissitudes and triumphs of the masters of one ‘‘He that runs may read” and he that sits at home may enjoy the results of the run. its existence in collected form and the lass of art. great The naturalist-at-large has contributed to our plethoric budget of good things many descriptions of the beauties of nature, and it1s to your adventage to follow these “Idyls of the Field” in order to acquire & desirable knowledge of nature in California and the incentive thereto. Tom Gregory, the Clark Russeil of this Coast, has written & most deligntful story for the delectation of the readers of THE SUSDAY CALL, all about pllots and the life which they know on the “treacherous fluid,” as Captain Marryat expresses it, and_any one who hag read Clark Russell’s famous thrillers may expect a similar smack and savor from this neerer-shore narra- tive in THE SUNDAY CAL Professor A. E. Verrill of tne United Btates Fish Commission discourses on his recent piscatorial discovery, the change of hue which some denizens of the deep affect when night comes on or morning dawns. Marcells is always athand with the latest thing, the newest tip, the last chet &'ceuvre of Worth or Redfern, and her talk wi SUNDAY CALL. not be less full of timely suggestions than usual in THE The children’s page and the C. R. C. still flourish and wax strong and healthy under the genial sun of juveuile appreciation, and will n friends this week as always. The children's department will be replete w The literary epicure and bookworm will ot fail to amuse, instruct and guide our little ith patriotic literature on Sunday. have their usual gratification and scholarly pilotage in the book page of THE SUNDAY CaLL, and should not fatl of its careful perusal. In fact, THE and extensive telegraphic new: NDAY CALL will be a compendium of terse and pithy editorials, accurato most reliable local information for all; short and enjoyable stories, science, art, literature, drama and fashion; in fact, everytning that goes to make up a great newspaper and to make life worth living. Be wise and feil not to secure a copy, and 100 late to obiain the excellent Sunday number. send in your orders now, that you may not be AROUND THE CORRIDORS. | Unusual Interest is be.ng caused by the Eng- | lish capitalists who a few days ago bought & | large area of land near Rialto, to be used in the production of canaigre. It is belfeved they | will make a big suceess of it. Thomas H. Van | Frank, the electrician, of this City, who is in- | terested in an orange ranch near the great | purchase, in talking about it yesterday at the | Patace Hotel, said it was the most important | transaction that had taken place in that part | of California for a long time. Said he: ““The .ransfer of the large holdings of the | San Francisco Savings Unlon, in the San Ber- | nardino Valley, to a syndicate of English capi- taists, and the colonization of the 8000 or more acres by the new company opeus up & fleld of industry new to Californis, and is an | experiment, the successful outcome of which | will be watched with more than ordinary in- | terest. | “Canaigre, as a staple article of commeree, has received but little attention in the United | States, although indigenous to the mesas of Southern California and some portions of Ati- zona. “During the winter months the plant flour- | ishes In its perfection, and, by virtue of fts tuber-like roots, has spread with such rapid- ity, in the cultivated districts, as to become a source of serious aunoyance to orchardists, | “The broad, luxuriant, beet-like leaves grow | with wonderful rapidity, new plants spring- ing s if by magic from the root particles that | escape the cultivator of the watcnful orchard- 1st. | he roots, resembling in appearance a | small sweet potato, are rich in tannin, or tan- nic acid, valuable chiefly for tanning pur- poses; and itis with this object in view that English promoters have taken hold of Califor- nia’s new industry. ‘The land to be devoted to the growingof | canaigre comprises one of the most fertile | tracts in the san Bernardino Valley, in the | heart of the citrus district. The vast holdings | embrace what has for vears been known as the “Thirteen-milo Desert,’ lying west of the | town of Rialto, on the Southern California | Raiiroad. The soil—a rich sandy loam—has never been subjected to cultivation, because of the scarcity of the water supply. “English capital has secured the valuable water rights oi the San Francisco Savings Union, which for many years have been the source of the bitterest contention and npon which Judge McKinley lately passed a aecision favorable to the present owners. The land will be thrown open for the cult- tion of canaigre, and thus one of California’s so-called pests will be brought to a high state of cultivation and subjected to & rigid test as | & money-making commodity.” PARAGRAPA4S ABOUT PEOPLE Banator Pritchard was a printer's “devil” twenty-five years ago in the office of the Jones- boro (Tenn.) Tribune. 5 “Father Danforth” of Springfield, Ohio, arives his cows in harness. He uses them at the same time for dairy purposes. Samuel W. Stone, author of “Wait for? the Wagon” and other popular songs, died at To- peka, Kans., recently. He was 84 years old. The Rev. Caroline Bartlett of Kalamazoo, Mich., has just married Dr. Augustus W. Crane. The bride performed the ceremony herself. Mrs. Ftances Hodgson-Burnett, for the first time in several years, is occupying her home in Washington. Ot late years she has lived abroed. Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith has resumed his former charge of superintendent of the First Presbyterian Church since his return to At- | lanta, Ga. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has presented Sir Henry Irving with the identical ring worn by David Garrick when he played the part of Richard IIL King Oscar of Sweden has expressed himself enchanted with the lovely singing of Frau Nansen, the wife of the explorer, who has hitherto hid her light under a bushel. Miss Pond is to conduct the European tour of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the colored poet, who will read from his own poems. They in- tend to visit all the great literary centers. Professor Lewls Swift of Rochester, N. Y., has been awarded the Jackson gold medal by the Reyal Asironomical Society of England in recoguition of hls services to the canse of sclence in the discovery of planets, nebu'm, and other wanderers in space. He now has four gold and four bronze medals. CHANGES IN 1HIRIY YEARS New York Times. In 1867 the money in the country was $20.11 per capita; in 1896 it was $32.86. The monmey in circulation was then $18.28 per capita, and about one-half of it was worth less than 72 cents to the dollar; now it 1s $21.10 per capita, and every dollar is worth 100 cents, and Will bs kept at that. Our National aebt was then $69.26 per capita, and is now $18.41, less than one-fifth; the intereston that dabt was then $3.84 8 year; it is now 49 cents, barely one-eighti. The average Ameri. can then contributed $9.87 to the revenues of Letters From the People. A CITY’S SAVINGS BANKS. How Paris Provides for the Her Prople. To the Editor of the San Francisco Cali—Sr Ihave tried to show,how Paris as a city gov- vernment provides shelter, food and even clothes, to some extent, for her dependent poor; also how the city has provided pawn- shops, which have been established over a hundred years to loan money on goods and chattels ata low rate of interest to unfortu- nate citizens in the time of their misfortune or distress, both as a matter of municipal hu- manity and prudent bu.iness. I now invite attention to her municipal avings banks in the briefest manner possible. My authority for the information presented 1s the same that I have frequently cited of late, Muoicipal Government in Coutinental Eu. rope,” by Albert Shaw. I take tne liberty of transcribing a paragraph. *A good sysiem of savings banks is much more than a conveni- ence to the prudent and economical of a com- munity. It is a powerful promoter of thrift and a constant enemy of xtravagance and improvidence. The multiplication of savings bauks throughout France—municipal and pri- vate systems s well as the branches of the national postal system—is & factor of prime importance in the conservation of the national wealth. Paris is elaborately served by a series of branches belonging 1o the natioual system; but it has also a distinct municipal system of earlier date and of still greater local impor- tance.” Some details must ve given. There is a great central bank ana 1t has in ail forty branches located throughout the city and in the suburbs. The numb-r of individual depositors in 1890 s 582,000, which had increased in 1893 to 30,000. Thus one person in every four for the population was & depositor in 1893. In that year the total amount of the deposits was 160,000,000 francs, or £32,000,000, and nearly alf the depositors had iess than 5 francs, or , their deposits being about a milijon and a Ligif of the total $32,000,000 of deposits. In 1892, ten years uiter the establishment the national postal savings banks, which are kept in the branch postoffices, the Paris depositors had 1o their credit in these banks 68,600,000 francs, though the average credit wasmuch smaller thau in the municipal bauks. The primary schools of Paris also haveschool savings banks, which are branches of the municipal system sud are established mainly for educational purposes; and yot these sehool banks annually collect about 150,000 francs from the smalischool children. The funds of all these savings banks are invested chietly in public bonds ot various kinds, municipal and State, aud depositors are paid from 3, 84 to 31 per cent interest on their sayings. When we read that Paris advances rent- money to her distressed citizens; that the mu- nicipality loans money as a pawnbroker to [eople tn fuancial “siraiis at6 per contas usiness affair and finds it profitabie; that municipal employment agencies find work for the unemployed Iree of cost as an economic measure; that the city has lodging-houses in which to sheiter aud feed destitute men and women while seeking employment; that poor children are clotned, fed, sheltered and edu- cated and healthful’ occupations found for them on leaving school; that skillful ny- sicians are sent to the homes of the destitnie Wants of sick, and medicines and nurses are supplied gratis by the ci that the city ~ provides slaughter - hous | inspects ine meat and protecis the people against infection and extortion; that city duiries supply pure milk to the poor at the lowest price which returns a small profit; that, in & word, the municivality assumes the care of the less fortunaie of the population in the iraternal spirit of “a_big brother” who cares for his own and is able to do it, because he cannot afford to have members'of his family 1n distress or sick and dying for the want of a helping hand; and tuat all these humane things are done by such wise business methods that the municipality not only saves money by preventing crime and breeding criminals, but sctually ‘‘makes 1t pay,” and at the same time is elevating ana enlightening the whole sub- strawum of Scciety, we in Sau Francisco may well pruse and do'a little rational thinking. While the unemployed are parading our streets to the number of 500, who have turned outin the face of the reluctance all men feel to make a show of their misfortunes, and when they appesl in plain good English and a patient spirit_for an opportunity to work i1 a time of peace if the State shall expect to call upon them in war to lay down their lives if need be for their country and its iustitu- tions, and that appeal is met in a flutter of does séem to me that itis high time for us to learn how they manage these things which are done so much better in Paris, Glasgow and the English cities. JOSEPIT ASBURY JOHNSON, 11 Essex street. February 18, 1897. OUR NATIVE SONS. Stanford Parlor’s At Homo’’ in Shasta Hall to Its Lady Friends. Stanford Parior of the Native Sons of the Golden West had an “at home” last Tuesday night in Shasta Hall, Native Sous’ building. It was & night for the lady friends of the mem- bers, and the ladies with their escorts re- sponded to the invitations to that degree that the large hall was uncomfortably crowded, which was & high compliment of the ap- preciation of the parlor’s entertainments. The hall had been decorated by A. F. Schleicher, » member of the order who is of an artistic turn of mind, in a mau- ner representative of the Valentine season. There was a commingling of blood red heerts, true lovers’ knots and favors, all suggestive of the tender passion, which is supposed to be strongest at this period. It was a very neat conceit and much admired. Harrisou House- worth, president of the parlor, ncted as master the Government, and now is called on for on; $4 94, > of ceremoniés, and he was assisted by J.J. McCarthy, Ed Avgelo, John Croon, R. K. Mar- helplessness by the municipal government, it | un and C. D. Steiger, the commitice of ments. The following pP-ogramm sented: Overture; wh Gray; piano solo, Mrs. W Vit Flora Howell; tenor 8010, %. K. Desmon Few Remarks on Anything and Eyery Dr. W, H. Seiberst; piano due arrang, L recitation, A. H. Clifford. and basso so Tarbox. During the evening there we,o addresses by Grand Orator others and ice-cream was served A dance closed the entertainr joyable one. The new officers R. R Martin, past president worih, _presidenc: C. 1L F. Rato and 3. J. dents; J. W. Lewis. marshy Foh, tremsurer: D. A. Curtls, M. llur Dalv, trustecs: F. Van Dewater, sece Cox. financial secretary: M. J. O sentinei: A, Trautfetter, outside s Eryant, surgeon. ihis parlor il eloventh anniversary by & ball, to be 26th vlt. Pacific Parlor’s Hospitality Last Tuesday night Grand Orator Fr. Mattison of Santa Cruz paid an ofl Pacific Parlor, and after the serio of the evening had been transacted an adjournment to the benquet there was an evidence of ine p tality in the nature of a collation gramme of music and orators. T Short, instructive and to the point rein the visiting grand officials, G dent . D. Clark, Grand Secre of Stanford Jta McCartuy, v stedt and Grand Trust The following named were among t contributed to the eve Al Bohm and W. McSorley 5 Thomas Lewis, evidence of & Mrs. Hermann’; A. A. Boriini, baryton, H. Quast, 1 J. H. Desmond, ter the piano, and 'he effair was 1 McDonald, w unconfined. Reynolds, v the mastarship of care that the joy w8 With Golden Gate Parlor. Golden Gate Parlor was visited night by Grand Orator Mattison those who were present at the ¢ last tion were Grand Pr nt Trustee Garratt, Gra Assistant Grand Secri eral district deputie: addresses were made afier which there was by the grand c a special u &n hour or two spent {n recreative enjoy A very fine collation was served, & portio plates end the rest in glass. El Dorado’s Twelfth Anniversary. To-night El Dorado Parlor No.52, Native Sons, will celebrate its twelfth anniversary by agrand ball in Native Sons’ Hall, and as the parior hes a reputation for the fine entertain ments it gives there is no doubt that the function this evening will equal il mot eclipse those of previous vears. The affair will be under charge of the fo.lowing-named committee of arran Crowley, W. J. Haw chumucher, ¥. T. Norton, F. A. 8 ter, P. Mans- F. Hancock, J. G. Joly, B. D. Sowney. The following named are ihe reception com- ee: Joo Cummin Jates, T. W. G V. Phelan, Dr. H. J. Seitz, J. V. Guinnane, J. Nagl ments: B. Mayer, J.J. latt, Dr. E. J. Frisbfe, r, W. E. Marron, W.J! Knights and Ladies of Honor. Next Fridey evening Berkeley Lodge No. 1941, of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, will give a select social in American Hall, opposite East Berkeley station. A commitie¢ has had charge of this entertainment for some time, and from the preparations it has made it i3 evident that il who attend will spend an en- joyable evening. A number of members from the local lodges have signified their intention t0 be present on that evening. —_—— I suppose you suspect what I came for,” he said, as he prepared to ask her father for her hand. “Oh, yes,” replied the father; borrow money; And the you Philadelphia you want to but [ haven’ta cent.’’ g man deferred his proposal.— rth Ameri LARGEST variely chocolate creams. Townsend's, PorATO, It 905 Larkin SPECTAL informatio: business houses and p Clipping Bureau (All daily to manufacturars, ic men by the Fray; 0 Montgomary. * A man named Robel, who was rabbft hunt- ing near Marshfield, Wis., the other day, stepped in a bear trap, aud before he had time to wink was jerked up into the air, where he hung by b s from & sapling top uatil rescued by another hunter. Excursion Kates to Washington. For the benefit of those desiring to wtness the inauguration of the next President of the Unfted States the Baltimore and Ohio Railrosd will sell excursion tickets at one fare for the round trip from ail points on 1ts lines in Ohio, Indiana and Iilinois. Tickets will be sola March 1,2 and 8, alid for return untll March 8 Similar tickets via B. and O. R. B- will be sold by all the railroads throughout the West. In addition to being the shortest and most direct line to Washington the B. and O. passes through a region of greater scenfo magnificence and historic interest than any in all America. Passengers a'so have the option of trav- eling via Akron #nd Pitisburg or via Bellaire and Grafton elther golng or returning. The throngh tralng of the B. and O. are vestibuled throughout, equipped with Pullman sleepers and the dining- carservice Is unsurpassed. Information in detail will be cheerfully furnished upon application by LS. Allen, assistant genersl passenger agent, B. and O. B. R., Grand Central stazion, Chicago. —_————— ¢ The Overland Limited’—Only Three and a Half Days to Chicago. The Unlon Pacific s the only line rurnfng Pall- man double @rawing-room and tourist sleepers and dining-cars, San_ Francisco to Chicago without change. Buffet, smoking and libra: Ogden to Chicago. Tickets and sieeping-car vations at 1 Montgomery st. D. W. Hiichcock, General Agent, San Francisco. S “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup’ Has been used over fity years by oas of mothers for their chiidren whie Teeth: fect guccess. it <0o:hes the child, softers e allays Paln. cures Wind Colic, reguiates -he Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhass, whether aris. ing from teeshing or other causes. For sale by drug 81818 10 every part of the worid. Bo sure and ask 1or Mrs. Winsiow’s Eoothing Syrup. 25¢ & boitle. — —— COROXADO.—Atmosphera Is perfactly dry, soft and miid, being entirely freo from the mists com: mon further north. Round-trip t:ckets, by steam: ship, including fifteen days' board a: the Hotel del Coronado, $65: longer stay §2 50 per day. APpY 4 New Mourgomery st, San Francisco. BB WHY suffer from corns when HINDERCORNS } Temoves them go easily. 15 cts at drugglsts. PARKER'S HATR BALSAM is life to the haur. AYER'S Halr Vigor Is & best preparation swhich can be obtalned for removing dandraft and curing humors of the scalp. — e o Lord Arthur Grosyenor, son of the Duke of Westminster, has accepted the presidency of the ““Tennessee Darkies’ Amateur Minstrel So- olety.” He says it deserves “*the utmost sup- port both {or 1ts own bene d the good it has done to Chester charitic NEW TO-DAY. Your anxiety is for your delicate child; the child that inspite of all your care- ful over-watching, keeps thin and pale. Exercise seems to weaken her and food fails to nourish. That child needs Scott’s Emulsion with the Hypophosphites— not as a medicine, but as a food containing all the elements of growth. It means rich blood, strong\ bones, healthy nerves, sound digestion. No child refuses Scott’s Emulsion. It is pleasant and palatable. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York, Master Peiser; vocsl 5010, My Dream F. O'Brien; mandol: and zuitar trip Mis. McCauley and Messrs. McCauley g » the banquet-hall, which was patriotically g decorated for the ocession. Under th tion of Al Eberhardt, master of ceremones, an excellent programme was presente | P 2 PRl ARl w4 DA B LR ol e S ety el il SR € SR b e e St PR A T S