The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 1897, M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprictor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sundsy CALL, one week, by carrier..0.18 Dally and Sundsy CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Datly snd 3 undey CALL, six months, by mall.. S sily and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Bunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday CALL, one year, by mall.. W AXXLY CALL, ODe year, BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Marke: Street, £an Franclsco, Californi: Telephone. .. ...Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: Street. reeeeMaln-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery sireet, corner Clayy open untl 9:80 o'clock. 39 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 816 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission stree 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open unt!l 8 o'clock. 167 Ninth strect; open until 8 o'clock. 1305 Polk street; open until 9:30 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICB: 808 Brosdway. EASTERN OFFICE: fooms 81 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York Cltys DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. open CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. SATURDAY..... BRUARY 20, 1897 THE FAKE AND THE FACT. —THH FAKE— ‘The Ezaminer published for several days at the %op of l1s title page the following fake: THE EXAMINER PUBLISHED | 249,757 Inches Of Ads During 18%6. 5964 More | Than were published by any other San Francisco newspapes. In the publication of this fake the Eraminer was probably not aware that a careful record was being kept of the actual amount in inches of its sdvertising and that in consequence i could be contronted with the foilowing fact. —THHz FACT— THE EXAMINER PUBLISHED 236,528 Inches Of Ads During 1896, That is one fact and here is an- other: THE CALL PUBLISHED 239,551 Inches Of Ads During 1896. 3,023 More Inches were published in THE CALL than in the Examiner during 1896, It Is to be remembered that during 1896 the Zzaminer publisied approximately 800 iuches ot Tllegal lottery advertisements, of which THE CALL 4id not and would not publisn one. The monarch of the fakers has doubtless suc- ceeded in securing thousands of inches of adver- g during the past year by duping aud decelv- ing advertisers through falseand arrogant asser 11ons of the character of the foregoing fake. It would seem, however, from the facts that the merchants as rule have not been misled by iis srandulent pretenses. The Ezaminer boasts that Its books are open to 1aspection, but we suggest that it iuspect 1ts own tooks before 1t ventures ubon the publication of snother fake. We congratulate the public on the fact that the sure of this fake led the Ezaminer to drop It. Inthis the Eraminer was discreet, and if 1t is wise i will make 1o moge such bold attempts to eive the publ We can still ve thankfol that we don’t have Eastern weather. Don't forget that this is the day to leave orders for THE SUNDAY CALL. The farmers who didn’t plow early are now wisbing they badn’t waited. The Kaiser must be seriously getting his mad up, for he has quit talking. The storm was of the “‘all hail” kind, but we didn’t welcome it with any relish. Now, as for Senator Kyle of South Da- kota, he was born lucky, and knows how to pull wires. “here can never be genuine prosperity in any land that does not afford work for those who need it. Once more Gomez has broken through the trocha, and this time he took a forton the way. 'Rah for free Cuba. Greece claims the championship belt of the Levant, and, while there are many to dispute the claim, there are none to getin the ring. In the whole course of time as it rolls on to eternity there will hardly be a bet- ter season than this to begin work on the boulevard. About the time the Czar finds himself compelled 1o decide whether he will side with the Greeks or the Turks he will have another epileptic fit. . We may regret that Yvette Guilbert car- Ties $40,000 out of the country, but there is 10 use kicking about it, for that is the very game at which she made it. The Spanish Minister at Washington 1s reported to have said that the Cuban question has died out so far as American public opinion is concerned, but San Francisco will show him otherwise. The only place where & serious attempt has been made to reunite the silver and the gold wings of the Democratic party is St. Louis, and as & result there are now four wings of the party fiapping aboutand & large quantity of tail feathers floating in the air. Henry Watterson sasserts that the party to which he belongs will still be ufloat on the sea of politics when tne Siryanites will be “working their passage scross hell-for-sartin on a mud scow.” This is picturesque in style, but the words are far from golden. J. A. Porter, who has been selected a private secretary by McKinley, announces that his paper, the Hartford Post, will not pe an administration organ, and now his fellow-citizens are wondering whether he intends to turn it over to thecity as a hitching-post for the public; or will keep jtas something to tie to in case he gets turned adrift. A LIFE WORTH LIVING. The gathering of men and women of Institute on Thursday evening to do honor celebrate with them the occasion of their notable one. value the character and services of & man station, has done so much to give California honor wherever scis nobility of a true manhood are esteemed. It was a happy coinc light and learning at the Mark Hopkins to Dr. anda Mrs. Joseph Le Conte and to golden wedding was in many respecisa It was an evidence that the people of California appraise at their true who, without wealth and without official 1ce, learning and the dence that enabled a graduate of the University of Califor- nia, a student in the classrooms of Professor Le Conte, to appear in the assembly bolding the igh office of Governor of the Siate and baving the opportunity to an- nounce that he would sign the bill just passed by the Legislature providing for the university the increased appropriation w and growth. All the circumstances of the occasion were felicitous. hich is necessary for its proper maintenance The very scene of the gathering was an emblem of the tribute which wealth pays to culture, for the stately building erected to be the home of the profuse hospitality of & millionaire is now de- voled to public education and is a part of that university of whose life Professor Le Conte has been so large and so influential a part. occasion were in harmony, and the patheri attended it and even by many who know it The scene, the assembly and the ng will long be remembered by all who only from report. President Kellogg, in presenting to Dr. and Mrs. Le Conte the loving-cup of puie gold, accurately summed up the nature of saying: proud of his National and trans-Atlantic “This man has been more than a university professor. the life of this community and has become a name to conjure by. the se vices rendered by the professor in He has entered into Californians are reputatior. His late visit to the Eastern States and to England has shown us how certain it is that we own a foremost man of science, a writer of renown, an acknowledged authority in the higher ranges of thought.” In responding to the address of President Kellogg and in giving thanks for him- self and noble wife, Dr. Le Conte attributed the eminence he has attained to the influences of Californ ‘When I came t6 California,” he said, “I quickly absorbed the inspiration of a new civilization. The moment I reached the much of the success he has achieved and ia and the university, State I felt the quickening effects of the forces that were engaged in laying the foundation of a great commonwealth on the western border of the continent." sponded deeply and ympathetically, and To these influences, we know, the professor re- the measure of what he has accomplished serves us a test by which we may estimate what are the dominant influences of Cali- fornia life upon men of true culture and noble aspirations. Most cheering were the words which the professor spoke of the university. When he became identified with it it was an institution almost without support and of very small promise of speedy success. Nevertheless there was in it a potency to inspire those who loved it, and Professor Le Conte bore witness to that power when in speaking of his early association with the university he said: ening influence. than eny otber. tional institutions of the country.” “T felt then a quick- I felt as I feel now—that it was founded on more natural principles 1 bave watched it grow until it stands in the firat rank of the educa- A life of this nature devoted to noblé ends which has been blesced with tho satis- faction of seeing all the work in which it has engaged prosper, and all the institu- tions to which it was devoted flourish and increase, has most certainly been s happy one. Such a life is well worth the living. Iiis gratifying to know that the life thus lived is not ended and that it has beea prolonged to see the University of California priations made for its work. | enter into a new and more brilliant era of its history by reason of the increased appro- The golden wedding of T and Mrs, Le Conte promises to be for them the beginning of & golden era in theiglives, and it will be the wish of all that it may be long continued in health and capacity for unwearying service of the kind that has been rendered in the past. AN ALASKAN REPRESENFATIVE. The American population in Alaska nas now become so large and has developed such business interests in that Territory | asto feel the need of better legislation, and to obtain that they are now seeki from Congress the right to elect a repre- sentative who will look after their inter- | ests at Washington. In doing this they are simply following an impulse natural to Americans, and deserve to be successtul in the task. All of us would act as the Alaskans are now doing if we were in the same situa- | tion. Wherever any number of Ameri- | cans are gathered on a soil under the American flag, it is right and proper that they should feel themselves entitlea to representation at Washington. Every American Territory should have that privilege, and even if there were no spe- cial reasons for eranting the requests of the Alaskans it should be done on those general principles which underlie our po- | litical system. | 1t 13 not, however, solely upon the gen- eral right of Americans to have a repre- | sentative at Washington that the Alas- Kkans are basing theirrequests. They have reasons peculiar to the condition of Alaska which prompt them to the move- ment and add to the justice of their claims. At the present time the white vopulation of Alaska numbers about 12. 000, and the business interests are by no means inconsiderable. The government of the Territory, however, is an anomaly in American law. There is at present no such thing as a land law in the Territory, and those who go there to make homes and 10 erect houses have to content them- selves with such titles as they can get trom a squatters’ claim, In various other ways the progress of the country is hindered by the lack of favorable legislation. The Territory isre- mote from the seat of the National Gov- ernment, and is easily overlooked by Representatives who have no local inter- | estsin it. As a result it is diff for the | people of Alaska to obtain from Congress | anything like the attention which the im- | portance of the Territory and the welfare | | of its white population demand. The fact that the white population is much smaller than is required to elect a Representative to Congress in other parts of the United Btates does not constitate a valid objection 1o the claims of the Alas- | kans. They are situated differently from | the inhabitants of other parts of the Union. They are remote from the seat of Government, and have many difficult problems to contend with in building up the vast Territory they occupy. It would be 11 full accord with the general princi- ples of our Government to give them a Representative in Congress, and this! shouldl be done at the present session so as to enable the Alaskan delegate to take his seat when the next Congress assembles at its regular session next fall. It will be remembered that before the Bradley Martin- ball was held it was everywhere asserted it would cost about $300,000. Now that it is over, however, the New York papers are revising their estimates, and some of them declare the | ball itself did not cost more than $50,000, | and the expenditures of the guests made | especially for the occasion did not exceed $75,600. These sums are high, but they are not rank. One of the most important positions McKinley will have to fill will be that of Minister to Spain. It will not be so pleas- anta place assome others, but the rignt man will find an opportunity in it to make a record to be proud of. The New York Chamber ot Commerce is | talking of giving Cleveland a complimen- tary ainner on his retirement from office, and as a matter of fact the whole country wouldn’t object to celebrating the occasion with feasting. The strange story comes from tie East | that Brown University is prouder of hav- | ing graduated Secretary Olney than of the captain of her football team. It is possi- ble, however, the story was started as a joke on Brown. | New Jersey offered the Pennsylvania Legislature the use of her State Capitol until a suitable building can be provided in Fennsylvania, and the courtesy deserves hbonor, for the New Jersey people were tak- ing great risks. i NEW CONDITIONS. In the memorial presented by a com- mittee of the State Board of Trace to the Governor the statement is made that “never before the present time in the his- tory of this State have the inducements to immigration been so great.” The com- mittee pointed out that these new condi- tions are the outcome of the past few vears of financial stringency, and it is always doubly good news to hear of a good that has been wrought out by what seemed a grievous evil, since it helps us to Work on with the renewed energy born of the belief that by being watchful ap- parent losses may be made the means of greater gain, It is stated in the memorial that before the recent hard times tne lands of Califor- nia were held atso exorbitant a price as to be far beyond the reach of profitable in- vestment, and this false idea of values | greatly retardea the development of the State, All this is now changed. ‘‘Lanas are no longer held at prices that anticipate development, and out of this grows the opportunity of reaping the reward of that enhancement which will necessarily ensue upon the more dense settlement of the State.” The toppling of former air castles of imaginary wealth will clear the ground for the building of substantial and en- durlng prosperity. The holding of the lands with purpose to make fortunes out of the expected increase in density of pop- ulation was the very thing that defeated the desire of the holders. Had the prop- erty been put on the market at prices pro- portionate to the demand the funds from it mignt have been put into something to promoie active industry and turned over many times with compounding profit in. stead of playing a barring out game of seeking to gain wealth by shutting others from opportunities of using nature's bounties. The new condition enforced by hard times is an object lesson in the policy of ‘dive and let live.” The multiplied in- dustry resuiting from the establishment of many happy homes on land that has been beld out of use will redound in tenfold weaith. It would have been 30 long ago if the speculative holders had let the -work- ers have full opportunity of prodactlon, The old conditions may have been good, but the new are better. All hail to them. —_— A BRITISH EXPERIENOE. The New York Press republishes from the Bradford (Eng.) Observer the letter of a member of a British manufacturing company defending the action of the directors in paying dividends out of a reserve fund, which clearly shows and honestly states the effects produced in England by the McKinley taritf and by the Wilson tariff. The point of the letter of interest to Americans is found in the following pas- sage: You must admit that we have had to face no ordinery difficulties, such as would have over- whelmed most concerns. Tha McKinley bill gavethe finishing blow to Saltaire and brousht Manningham 1o its knees, and would haye utterly ruined the much-bossted trade of Bradford had not the Wilson bill come most op: portunely to its reliel, The McKinley bill took half our trade away, 0 that we were obliged 1o reduce wages. t This statement, it will be seen, was in- tended simply to set forth the business conditions of the manufacturing company whose directors had been denounced for using a reserve fund to pay dividends. It was in no sense intended for political effect. It refers to American tariff legis- lation only to show how that legislation affected the business of that particular | company, and the statements are too im- portant to be overlooked by Americans. The McKinley tanff enabled this coun- try to manufacture its own goods. While it was in force there was work for our fac- tories, employment for our people and a home market for our farmers. English manufacturing companies could not pay dividends, but every American company could and did. We would soon bave driven the English out of the American market. As the writer of the letter say: “The McKinley bill gave the finishing blow to Saltaire and brought Manning. ham to its knees, and would have utterly ruined the much-boasted trade of Brad- ford had not the Wilson bill come most opportunely 10 its relief.”” With this British evidence before us we can see how absurd are the charges of the {ree-traders that the incoming Congress may injure the country by re-enacting a high tariff. The American people do not propose to legislate for English factories, but for those of America. We intend to | re-establish here an industrial system that will give employment to our own people. "The Britisu manufacturer might an well look to other Iands for a market. There will never be again in this genera- tion a Wilson bill to come opportunely to their relief. FERSONAL A. G. Eames of Chico s in town. H. E. Robinson of Gitroy is at the Lick. P. N. Groat of Salem, Or., is in the City. T. James of Ashland, Or., is at the Grand. N. L. Winans of St Lake is at the Palace. Dr. Anna Duncan of Salt Lake is at the Russ, . Leslie Cook of Portland arrived here yester- ay. CT. J. Fleld, the banker, of Monterey, is in the ity. D. C. Demorest of Angels Camp is a visitor here. Fred T. Duhring of Sonoma is at the Occi- dental. i George Bothwell of Randsburg 1 a late ar- rival here. Willlam G. Urldge of Fresno is here ona short visit J. D. Bradley, a business man of Merced, is in the City. M. Hagan of Grand Rapids, Mich., is at the Occidental. Rev. V. Aguilera of San Luis Obispo is at the Cosmopolitan. Professor Earl Barnes of Stanford University is at the Grand. de St. Brownell of the United States navy is at the Grand, J. A. Thompson of Mill Valley is registered al the Occidental. C. L. Adams is here from his home in Visalia and is at the Lick. T. W. Helyer, a business man of Japan, arrived here yesterday. R. M. Davidson, a mining and business msn of Butte, is in the City. President Jordan of Stanford University arrived here yesterday. W. Shearman, a wealthy resident of Holy- oke, Mass., is at the Palace. Miss Fannie Rice has returned from Southe ern California, and is at the Baldwin. J. A. Bacon and wife of Fresno are on their wedding tour. Theyareat the Cosmopolitau Hotel. Mrs. Julia Ryan of Butte, Mont., and Mrs. P. E. Gage of Fortland, Or., sre at the Cosmo- politan, D. H. Wolfersberger of the Rockwood Hotel, Rockwood, Pa., with his wife and son,isat the Cosmopolitan. William H. Skerrett, secretary to the ad- | miral of the United States navy, Vallejo, is | here on & brief stay. 8. G. Poole of Gloucester, Mass., a friend of | Chief Clerk O. Rich of the Grand Hotel, and | owner of extensive fish canneries and agencies in Gloucester, New York City and Tacoms, 1s at the Grand. He is accompanted by his wife and son. A. F. Graefer of Dillon, Mont., owner of ex- tensive gravel mines and of large cattle inter- ests in his State, is among the arrivals here and is at the Lick. He has lately been ona visit to Cy Mulkey, at the Spreckels horse ranch, Napa County. A party of twenty-five persons from various parts of Pennsylvania and otner States ar- rived here yesterday. They were one of the Pennsylvania Railroad excursions which are sent here each winter. They remainea for lunch and then went to Monterey. Edward Richland, formerly of Denver, but | now of Salt Lake, and who owns a large in- terest in a handsomely paying gold mine at Ouray, Colo., is among the arrivals here. Mr. Richland is on mining business. He has had & loog experience in different kinds of mining. CAL/FORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 19.—At the Windsor —W. B. Anderson; Marlboro—J. A. Leden; Hoffman—C. B. Carroll, G. Stone. Mrs. Annie M. Brown and Miss Annie A. Brown lefs the Windsor to sail on the Kaiser Wilhelm II for Egypt. TALKING IN THEIR SLEEP. “You think I'm dead,” The apple tree sl “Because 1 have never a leaf o show, Because I stoop Aud my branches droop, And the dull mosses over me grow! Bat I'm alive in trunk and shoot; The buds of next May 1fold away, But I pity the withered grass at my root.” “You think I'm deaa,” he quick grass sald, “Because I have parted with stem and blade; But under the gronrd ound, thick blanket over me laid. I'm all a'lve and reaty to shoot Should the spring of the year Come dancing here: But 1 pity the Hower without branch or root.” “You think T am dead,” A soft voice said, “Because not a branch or root I own. In a plumy seed the wind has sown. Patient I wait through the long winter hours You will see me again— 1 shail Iauzh at you then Out of the eyes of a hundred flowers.” EDITICM THOMAS, In Mail and Express. ANSWERS TO CORRESEONDENTS. AN INVENTION— L. K., City. This department cannot tell you what would be the value of an invention that would increase the speed of steamboats 40 ver cent, reduce the smount of coal one-thir1 and proportionately reduce the amount of labor and machinery, “byt if y. have such an invention, you have a fortune, You had better consult iome one in the stear- boat business. DetecTivES—For information, City. From the standpoint ot those who make s business of studying crime, criminals and their methods the American detectives are the su- perlor ot those of England for shrewdness and results. Both countries have good—very #ood—individual detectives, but those in the United States are credited as & class with being the shrowdest. WATER METER—L. E. B., City. If you havea complaint as (o the charges for water made by the Srrlnz alley Company call on the Gas and Water Inspector, whose office is in the City Hall, &nd it becomes his duty under the ordinances of the City to have & test made and determine the justuess or unjustness of the charge, and be is empowered to have a meter placed on the premises for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of water used by the consumer. WATERMELONS — Concord, County, Cal. It is probable that the reason your watermelon crop has falled is because it Das been attacked by the golnernes or yellow striped bug which belongs to the beetle fam. ily. It issaid that a thin layer of tow spread over the melon ptants when they first appear will save them irom the yellow str ped bug. Itis also suggested that to ot a coop with hens and chicks in the melon patch will de- stroy the bugs. ALASKA FISHING CRUISE—J. County, Cal. 1f a boy wishes to ship on a fish- ing cruise to Alaska he must watch the ship- Ping news of THE CaL and when he sees & vessel snnounced as going on such & cruise he should make application to the master of the vessel. He might make application to some shipping-house in San Francisco, with a re. quest that he be notified when there might be an opening. There is no fixed time for the salling of such vessel Contra Costa , Bolinas, Marin BACK 10 RUSSIA—R., San Jose, Cal. If a native of Russia or Poland who left his country with- out having performed military duty, even though he were a minor at the time, should return to his native country ke would be liable to arrest for desertion and Would have to per. form his military service. The fact that aiter leaving his native country he hsd become & cltizen of the United States wouid not save him The motto of that country is a Russian once, & Russian always. A CORRECT PHRASE—F. W., City, The asser- tion, “My stock is the best; my prices low,” is correct. It would also be correct if the writer used & period after “hest” and capitalized “my.*" The inference to be drawn irom the assertion is that the individusl has on hand & varied stock of goods, and, of course. it is natural to suppose that he has a different price for each class, consequentiy “‘priceslow’ l appliesand is correct. If his stock was wholly one class of goods, then he would have to use “my price is low.” _ HAS THE EARTH MORE THAN ONE MOON? i { her sons, Mother Earth in her peregrinations exhibits some of the peculiarities of those of he Who, having looked upon the wine when 1t is red, may requently be seen wending bome thelr tortuous way. The reason for this erratic conduct on the part of our sphers is o longes fos 10 seek, for science has solved the knotty problem at last, and you will find in ::mfllmed o & saiisiactors solution of the phenomenon which exists, notwithstanding the allezed vaded, steady fuflueuce of our sun sud moon upon the earth and thelr mutual attractions John Bonner has contributed a valuable and highly interesting ""“g o '(;Z;:];ped CALL on the discovery of prenistoric human remains in Egypt which, it has been de phyats oro thoso of & peaple entirely removed from the Egyptians of osinbrrimla g cally and in their customs, civilization, implements «nd mode o! L This people exhibited no traits which “Pnuld connect them with the negro,and txhr:e“fln!‘: covery of their remains leads us further into the complexiqug:liflfl of our origin, &t time throwing new light on the migratory nations of antiquity. Besides thess speblal teatures yon will have the chance to know all sbout the Intest engine of war, the motor cycie, which in its peculiar way 15 more appailing and wonderful than many e ———" S { - & —— —_— o POSITION OF INVISIBLE MOON. of the recent terrors with which science has confronted him “that seeketh the bubble reputa- tion even in the cannon’s mouth,” withal. There is a story about a wondrous house, to be erected at the Paris Exhibition, now 1nhc°:- templation, which will be the bauner attraction of that great fair, and beside which the Coney Jsiand elephant would be & freak. The naturalist at lurge will again gladden your heart with the sense of coming spring, and delight your ear with the sweet notes of California’s woodland songsters. Nor will THE SUNDAY CALL be lacking in ocean breezes and thrilling marine adventures, for Tom Gregory bas provided s story of the sea equal to any and surpassing many of the most popular nautical yarns from the days of Hawkins or of Drake, though dealing wih the humble guardian angels of the merchantmen—the pilots. . Our literary puge is, as ever, the true guide to the reader who desires to have the best books and wishes to know sbout the personalities of their makers Science, art and fashion devotees are vaid the most studious attention and all their wants supplied to the best possible advantage in THE SUNDAY CALL. s That thing of hea'thy and continuous growth, the C. R. C., and the children’s page, are objects of special attention this week, patriotic subjects being the principal feature. Editorial, telegraphic and local matters will be at their usual mark, which is invariably high and superior in THE SUNDAY CALL. If you don’t get THE SUNDAY CALL, you fail to get the best budget of news, entertain- ment, instruction and genuine hearty humor which San Fraucisco affords. Don’t fall 1o place your order for THE SUNDAY CALL. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. | MNelson Bennett, who has cut such a figurein | PugetSound and in Montana for the last few | gcott are seven in number, and four of them years and who has been at the Palace for the | are boys. The eldest, Walter Joseph, is now in past few days, has had & great many persons to | his 21st year. call on him. Since the real estate excitement died down in the Northwest hundredsjand thousands of men who were then active participants in it have come to Californin, A considerable PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The great-great-grandchildren of Sir Walter Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, is the only one of the English princesses who wears her halr artistically. The others favor too much height and too much elaboration of NELSON BENNETT. (Sketched from life by a “Cald™ artist.] curly fringe, but the Marchioness, who really grows handsomer and handsomer as she leave: girlhooa behind her, abjures all court hair- dressers. number of them came to San Francisco, and when Bennett resched here, a man so con- spicuous in different enterprises at_the period they were north, it was no wonder he had e i o French 2-cent postal cards, issued for the contractor, and has made large sums out of | CZ2I'8 visit to Paris, are now sold for $1 it the contracts he has had In Washington, | they bearthe postmark of the dayof the Czar's Idaho and Montana. IHe hasmined at times | 87Fival considerably also, his most fortunate property | At Rome City, Ind., a Pitisburg traveling bung a goid mine ia Montans, wnich besan | man became acquainted with a girl on Mop to pay pretty fairly thiee or four years ago. | sy, wired her an offer of marriage on the fol- He has sold out about all his inlerests there, | lowing Wednesday, was acospted. by retnos however, and is aoing some g0od work 0u & | dispatch, and the marriage took place on large and promising gold property in North- | Thursdsy. ern California. Probably no man in the Northwest is better known than he. He is very energetic. Mr. Bennett left for the north last night. NEWSPAPER PLSaSANTRY. “There are a ‘great many men looking for work,” said the philanthropist. “Perhaps,”” said Senator Sorghum, as he leid aside a plle of letters. “Butit seems to me there must be a great many more looking for positions.”"—Washington Star. She had just promised to be hi still had her doubis upon some points. “Shall we run away?”’ he asked. “I don’t 1mmd,”’ she answered, “provided you have the price of & round-trip ticket.” He reatized then that she was & new woman who did not beliove in tsking any chances.— Chicago Post. “Hear about that American young woman paying $1,000,000 for a cigarette-holder?” “Get out 7" “Fact. I beleve it also had a titie or some- thing."—Cineinnati Enquirer. Prince Bismarck is reported as enjoying the political commotion he has caused by his rev elations. Toa visitor the other day he said: | “Ieertainly thought that the stone which the | Hamburger Nachrichien threw into the duck | pond would cause a good deal of quacking, but that the noise would be so dreadiul is a great | surprise to me.” —_— ON FRATERNAL LINES, Notes That Will Interest the Members of the Independent Order of 0dd Fellows. Next Thursday evening Alta, Unity, Pacifi Ophir, Golden West and Farnsworth Todges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will, under the auspices of Pacific and Golden West lodges, hold a public meeting in Memorial Hall, in 0dd Fellows' bullding, at whica all members of the subordinates and their gentle. men friends will be welcome. This is to be a meeting of district 67, of which T. P, Duley is the eputy. The committee having charge of the affair has prepared a first-cl programme. Grand Master Warboys will be present. Loyal Rebekah Lodge No. 215 will give its entertainment and dance on Monday evenin; Dext in Memorial Hsil, I. 0. O. F. building. There wiil he the presentation of a shados pARtomime éntitled “The Bogus Dime, but she Mrs, Wainwood—I was speaking with Miss Elder to-day. She says that everybody tells her that she holds her age remarkably, Mrs. Grimm—Yes; she has been 30 for the last six years, to my knowledge.—Boston Transcript. L eral musical numbors and a fen e Do you doubt my statement ? attendance and a good time Is antis paieq *No, sir.” “Well, then?” “I simply don’t believe it.”—Philadelphia North American. Amity Rebekah e will pary R g give s valenilne ran ter Warboys will visit Te; Lodge on the eventng of the 34 of Muren™ P *F Parker Lodge at a recent meeting initiated one candidate in the presence of a jarge num. ?ee:no{lviuét;"ntnnddlinengd 10 & number of in- sting, brief and 1ot Saresting, hn e-poini addresses by [There was a large and enthusiastic meeting of Pacific Lodge on the gceasion of the recent Visit of Grand Master J. W. Warboys, which was an official on He—Would you scream if I kissed you? She—I usually do—indianapolis Journal. Sometimes a man gets credit for thoughtful- ness and generosity by bringing his wife home a box of French candy, and then eats four- fifths of it himsell.—Somervilie Journal. In higk terms on the performance of their work il the initiatory degree. Apoll Lodge at the close of its last meeting, atwhic) a candidate was initlated, presented a literargprogramme. in honor of the presence of the Voterans. Several very interesting ad. dresseswere deliverrd. OphirLodge had a largely attended meeting last weex (o witness the ceremony of a double initiatios and performance of the work, in which the officers of this lodge take & jus; pride. Atthe ciose ol the lodge work there wag & cigar snoker, duritg which & very interest ing programme was yresented. (Last Tuesday Magudia Lodge bad an initia- tion. On Wednesday lag Farnsworth Lodge re- ceived an officjal visitfrom the grand master and initiated one candidate. Grand Secreta Shaw and Grand Marsial Forbes were preseit during the evenin Grand Secretary Shiw was an_ interested spectator at the recepton tendered last Thu Qay to Grand Master Wrboys by Santa Rosa Lodge at Santa Rosa. The new rituals for tie Rebekah lodges havs been received and are jeing distributed by the grand secretary. In view of the fact tht the contributions to the home for the orplans of Odd Fellows which is to be built ) Gilroy have all come from the fraternity of Odd Fellows, it & been decided that bid will not be rece: from any one who isno an 0dd Fellow. specifications will be reidy during the comi week, and bidders’ blangs will be turni application to Grand jecretary Mrs. M. Donoho, in the Odd Felbws’ building. Oriental Encampmentwill work in the pa- triarchal degree this evaning. Last Thursdiy night Wildey Encam worked in the patriarthel snd gol degrees, the work being done in & v pressive manner. Next Tuesday evening Bay City Lo have a double initintior, aiter w Y will ve an emtertainment and a g time. Progressive Endowment Gulid In accordane with the custom of the Fro- gressive Eudovment Guiid, the annua perting ot th( books and accounts has b held, and the result shows: Assessments ceived, §110,}47 91; death benefits pai $21,042 74; spk benefits sdvanced, $1907 50 assets, $172,42 67; value of certificate: issued during the year, $2,501,500. port shows anincrease in membérship. At the meetig of San Francisco Chapter last Wednesday tlere was an initiation in_the presence of a lirge membership. One applica- ton presente( was accepted. The following named will tae part in the entertainment. to be given by ths council fu Golden Gate Hall on the evenhg of 2d of March: M. T. Moses, Profesur M. Kolander, Miss Caroline The re- Schindler, Priessor Cyrus B. Newion, J C Flood, GeorgaW. Calyert, Miss Ida Huveriey. The followin;-named committee will have charge of thegetting up of th and the ball vhich wili follow. Henry Huffsam Dr. J. P. Lejevre, Johu F Eggert, W. ( Read, Dr. A. T. Derby, J. E Munn 'R. W.}cGarvie, W. H. Thompson aund J. R, Wear. A MISSIVE FROM CALIFORNIA. Washington Post. The agitathn over saloons at the Capitol has stirred sane people among the masses of California. postal addressed to *‘Senator H. M. Teller, th: White House, Washington D.C.,” was received by that gentleman yes- terday. Itrerds: “Most Honorable Senaior: Ky 5 are oi ine commities for the removing salodhs and dens of vice from our Nation's Capitol we pray thatvou will do your best to remove the Black Plague from the Whita House.”” Thit was all the postal said. It wes signed by bw one citizen, who did not give bis address o the date of writing. The posts mark was fron a California City. ntertainment M. 8. Feinbarg, HE S\W 1:E SPEAKER. When Repnsentative Washington of Tenn- essee went toSpeaker Reed, writes a Washing- ton corresporlent, and asked to be recognizéd for the consfleration of s bill for the benefit of the Methaist Book Concern of Nsshville he couid get naatisfaction. Finally Mr. Washe ington said: “Mr. Speake, what can I tell my constitu- ents to show that I am doing something in their behalf?' The Speakelooked at the genial Tennessee member for anoment and drawled: “Joseph, just tell themhat yon saw me.” A VORD CF CHEER Detroit Journal We can begi to see out of the woods. A few weak and dis¢sed banks have fallen, but they were moribur] before the election. The gen- eral outlook } better, and brightens as the new era apprmches. So the word of to-day should be & tord of cheer. Eetter days are near. Condifons are distinctly improving. Let us all be gtting ready for the be:ter timo coming. We ave confidence that 1897 will mark the begkning of a long period of pros- perity. B ELEGANT firé@tched boxes given away with 1 1b. Californ§ Glace Fruits, 50c. Townsend's® 4 SPECTAL intdmation daily to manufacturars, bustness housk and public men by the Prasi Clipping Buren (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * Wife—Be sue to advertise for Fido In the morning newbape: Next day th wife read as follows in the newspaper: “Ten Shilligs Reward.—Lost, 8 mangy lap dog, with onfeye and no tail. Too fat to walk. Resports to the name of Fido. Smells like a monky-house. Ii returned stuSed thirty shilling reward.”—Tit-Bits, Exeursia Rates to Washington. For the benfit of those desiring to witness the inauguration okhe next President of the United States the Balimore and Ohio Rallrosd will sell excursion tickts at one fare for the round trip from ail poing on its lines in Ohio, Indiana and Tliinofs. Tickes will be sola March 1, 2 and 3, valid for retup until March 8. Similar tickets via B. and 0. ¥ R. will be sold by all the railroads throughout thi West. In addition to being the shortest and gost direct line to Washington the B. and O. pass through a reglon of greater scenic magnificence ©id historic interest than any in ail America. Pasengers also have the option of trav eling via Akroland Piitsburg or via Bellaire and Grafion elthergoing or retoraing. The throngh traios of the Band O. are vestibuled throughout, equipped withPullman sleepers and the dining- car service Is usurpassed. Information in detall will be cheerflly furnished upon application by L. S. Alien, assstant general passenger agent, B. and O. B, ., Gand Centra! station, Chicago. ———e e ““The Overand Limited'—Only Three and aHalf Days to Chicago. The Union Mcific is the only line running Pull- man double irawing-room and tourist sleepers and dining-cas, San_ Franclsco to Chicago dally without chang. Buflet, smoking and library cars, Ogden to Chiggo. Tickets and sieeplng-car resers vations at 1 Jfontgomery st. D. W. Hitchcock, General Agent San Francisco. e SUFFERERS oM COUGHS, SoRE THREOAT, etc., should be caistantly A with “Brown's Bronchial Troties.” Av ! P AYER'S Har Vigor is the best preparation which can be sbtained for removing dandroff and curing humorsof the scalp. e Schoentag, the head of the claque at tho Vienna Operi-house, where Hans Richter is conductor, reently profited by a benefit per- formance on the occasion of his completing twenty-five years of service. He is the i ventdr of thebravo a catena, a chain of bravos starting in om corner and taken up in differ- ent parts of tle house. Absolutely Pure. Celebrated #r its grest leavenlug strength and healthrulness. Assures the f00d against alum and all forms of afulleration common to the cheap brands. He commended tue officers | KovaL Bax®c PoWDES Co. New Yotk —————— W sl