The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. MARCH 26, 1897. MARCH 26, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Bunday CALL, one week, by carrier. .§0.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Dally ané Sundsy CALL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Dally and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Dally snd Susday CALL, one month, by mall. Bunday CALX, one year, by mail.. . 180 W LEELY CALL, one year, by mall. . 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, an Francisco, Oalifornis. Telephon % Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone. ..Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 627 Montromery street, corner Clay; open umtl 9:80 o'elock. 589 Hayes strest: open until 9:80 o'clock. 616 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. V. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; opes o'clock. on street: open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth strect; open until 9 o'clock. 1305 Polk street; open untll 9:30 o'clocks OAKLAND OFFICB: 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Tooms 51 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager, e THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. — e e ) The war cloud i Earope looks lurid. Much rain and no frosts to speak of promise a year of prosperity that will break the record. It will be noticed that the tariff debate this time is not causing any alarm nor closing any mills. As the Sultan has begun to buy war- ships it is evident the war talk has meant business for somebody. We can well afford to let the arbitration treaty wait until we lina why England is B0 eager to have us hurry it along. Weyler's telegraph apparatus has lost its power. It has nou succeeded in heading off a single Cuban victory in a week. A streetcar conductor in New York City had a man arrested for spitting on the floor of a car, and now there is talk of erecting a monument to him. There is no shirking among the workers on the bouleverd, and there should be none among prosperous citizens in sub- scribing to the employment fund. It will avail Spain nothing to recall Weyler and leave the rest of her army in Cuba. If she wiches to save her forces ehe must get them all out of danger. The sympathies of the Russian people are with their fellow-members of the Greek church, and if the Czar continues %0 support the Turks he may find trouble ahead. People who wish to say something good of Blanther, now that he is dead, can say he practiced municipal econony by his death and saved the City a zood deal of morey. After all the talk of the diplomatists it is not yet certain whether the great powers intend to take a hand in Cretan affairs or just put a foot in it and let it go at that. The S rvian Government explains that the calling out of the troops of that coun- try was intended only for a week of maneuvers, and, of course, the explana- tion is satisfactor: As McMillin of Tennessee declares the Dingley turiff will lead to the overthrow of the Republican party in the next slec- tious it would seem that he is consistent in asserting that he opposes it in the in- terests of the country. It is gratifying to note that the Senate has taken up the immigration restriction bill which Cleveland vetoed, and will make it a part of the legislation of this session. We need that bill at the same time as the new tariff, so that cheap labor can be kept out of the country. Phenix, Ariz., rejoices because the in- troduction of the Gamewell fire alarm £ystem does away with what a local news- vaper calls “the time-honored system of giving notice of fire by a discharge of re- volvers.” As a municipel improvement this is decidedly noteworthy. Quite a number of Southern Democras are objecting to the Dingley bill because it does not give ail the protection they wish, and it may possibly be amended to suit them. Itlooks as if there would be no free-traders in this country hereafter cxcept among the importers of the big cities of the East. It is stated that 63 per cent of the man- ufactured food products of the United Btates are adulterated, and yet the people of this country cannot consume ail the pure foods they produce. It is clear, therefore, that we are 63 per cent an un- enlightened peoplie and need a new illu- mination of some kind. . ‘When Grosvenor asked the Democrats in Congress why they do mnot offer the Wilson bill as a substitute for the Dingley tariff he put the whole question in a nut- shell. If the free-traders object so seri- ously toa tariff that will provide a sur- vlus'way do they not consistently stand np for the tariff of deficiency? Brooklyn looks askance at the greater New York scheme because it would mean the domination of her politics by the New Yorker, ana New York hesitates because the consolidation would mean the settle- ment of about $6,000,000 of the debt of Brooklyn on the New York taxpayers. In this position the two communities glare at each other, and to call them “'sister cities” is to do an injustice to family affection, At & meeting of the Retail Grocers’ As- sociation on Wednesday evening it was stated that instances are known of boxes sent out by wholesalers stamped *‘cotton- seed oil” which contained tins of oil . marked with labels certifying the con- tents to be olive oil In these instances the fraud is apparent and there ought to be no difficulty in suppressing that kind of practice if the retailers would co-oper- ate with the Board of Health in an effort to do so. ¥or a number of years the average an- nual cost to Chicago for removing dead animals from the city has been about $37,- 500, but now a contract has been made by which the contractor agrees to remove the carcasses to & point three miles beyond the city limits and pays $5 a year for the privilege. Itis estimated that during the five years for which the contract is to run the city will save $187,500, and that is cer- tainly a very good showing for dead horse economy. THE TARIFF DEBATE. The debate on the tariff between Gros- venorof Ohio and McMillin of Tennessee on Wednesday presents the issue as it will be made up 10 go before the country. The two speakers are among the ablest repre- sentatives of their respective partiesand are well fitted to discuss economic ques- tions. What they have said therefore may be taken as a fair summary of all that will be said during the whole course of the debate. Mr. McMillin when he began the debate stated that the new bill is “the most un- conscionable effort at legislative robbery ever attempted on the people.” He de- clared that a sufficient surplus exists in the treasury to meet all estimated defi- ciencies for two years, and that the alleged necessity for the bill is a mere pretext. Finally he characterized the measure as one devised in the interests of trusts rather than of the people and predicted that the voters woald repudiate it at the next election. In these assertions there is nothing more than the old cry which was raised against the McKinley bill. Mr. Grosve- nor’s answer to every statemen of Mr. Mc- Millin was complete. He refuted the assertion that there is a surplus in the treasury by the well-known facts that the money now in the treasury has been ob- tainea by the sale of bonds and represents a debt imposed upon the people. Kver since the Wilson tariff went into effect there has been a deficiency, and not even the supporters of that tariff estimate it will ever yield s revenue equal to the expenditures of the Government. Two deadly evils, said Mr. Grosvenor, are upon us, Our labor is unemployed and the National treasury is bankrupt. There can be no business confidence in this country when the treasury of the United States is without revenue to meet its obligations, and no industrial pros- perity when American labor is exposed to the nnequal competition of cheap labor abroad. In summing up the effects of the meas- ure Mr. Grosvenor said the bill provides for the ultimate expenditure in the United States of more than $300,000,000 per an- num to the laborers of the country above that which is now being paid out. Under its operation the $125,000,000 now sent abroad every vear to buy susar will be expendea in the United States. the woolen schedules every spindle in the United States wiil be set to profitable work. The farmers-of the West and of the South will be benefited as well asthe working- men of the cities. Inshort, as Mr. Grosve- nor said: The policy of this billis to give to labor the degree of employment in the United States which will cause to be expended in this coun- try every dollar that is expended for such products of the soil, of the mine, of the shop | and of the factory, that we can producs in the United States on equal terms with the foreign producer. We propose that this country shall put iteelf on a war footing for the purpose of maintainiog itseli. We propose that it shall be in & position to produce its own sugar and its own wool and its own commodities of every character that God in his wisdom has made it possible to produce on this continent. In that statement we have the sub- stance and the intentof the Dingley tariff. It is in vain the free-traders rail against it. The people have had experience with a tariff of deficit and disaster and cannot again be deluded into rejecting one that means ample revenues, protection and prosperity. GOOD WORK WELL DONE. The retirement of Julian Sonntag from the presidency of the Manufacturers’and Producers’ Association forms a good op- portunity for reviewing the work of the organization. What has been accom- plished by the association has been largely due to the energy and sagacity of the re- tiring president, and stands as a memorial of his services to the community. No association in the City has under- taken a more important work than that of the manufacturers and proddcers. Its object is to build up home industries, and in that object all classes of citizens from capitalists to workingmen are interested. No greater duty confronts the people of California at this time than that of de- veloping their home industries, and a cordial support was given to the associa- tion as soon as it had outlined the policy it intended to pursue and set forth the ends which it sought to attain. Although many men of eminence and ability have given their time and services to the association and have aided it in many ways by their influence, it is not too much to say that the best results which have bzen achieved by it have been due mainly to the untiring efforts and wisely directed energies of President Sonvtag. His spirit has animated the association from the start, and to his initiative as well as fo his leadership is to be accredited many of its most notable undertakings and most beneficial accomplishments. In reviewing the work of the associa- tion during his term as president Mr. Sonntag was able to point out many benefits attained for the City. Among these was the fair held in conjunction with the Mechanics’ Institute for the purpose of displaying home products; the agitation in favor of pure food, which, under the direction of the Board of Health, is now doing so much to break up the sale of adulterated food articles in the State; the efforts made to limit the em- ployment of convict labor in competition with free labor; and, finally, the suppres- sion of many obnoxious “cinch bills” which might have worked serious injury to some of our most important industries. It is not strange that the resignation of President Sonntag was accepted very re- luctantly by the association. It will be difficult to find & man to fill the place with an equal zeal, energy and sagacity. Nevertheless the association has now been well started, the outline of its work 1aid upon broad policies and the en- thusiasm of a genuine public spirit in- fused into it. The incoming president will have the advantage of all that has been accomplished by Julian Sonntag to assist him in his work, and it is an easy prediction that the association will go forward as it has begun and continue to serve the public interests as well as it did under its first president. RUSSIA AND GREEOE. 1If it is possible to judge the real inten- tions of European Governments by such statements as are made public and by overt actions then it is clear that the power which stands in the way of the an- nexation of Crete to Greece is Russia. The Governments of Western Europe, and particularly those of England and France, are too much subject to public opinion to defy the liberal spirit of Europe for the maintenance of the Turkish empire of their own will. It is nothing but the fear of a war with Russia, possibly aided by Germany, that impels them to act as they have done. It is to Russia tte world must look for the dominant factor in the problem of the Levantine crisis. Unless something oe- cifts to change the policy of the Czar the uprising in Crete will end in some form of compromise which will gettle nothing and serve no other purpose than that of post- poning a general European war. Itisin- b Under | teresting, therefore, to consider whether the Czar’s Government will beable to hold on its way in support of the Turks or whether thers may pot arise in Russia itself some power sufficiently strong to compel the autocrat either to aid the Greeks or at least to withhold his hand from assisting the Turks. The issue is notanew one in Russian history. Eerly in the century when the Greeks began their war of independence the Czar Alexander, for certain diptomatic reasons, refused to give them any aid or countenance. The Czar was at that time the popular hero of the Russians. It was under his rule they had overthrown the great Napoleon, and the people revered him almost asif he were divine. Never- theless so strong was Russian sympathy with their fellow-members of the Greek church that powerful conspiracies were organized throughout Russia to dethrone the Czar or assassinate him solely because he refused aid to what the Russian peas- ants called *‘our Greek brothers.” The strength of these conspiracies was so greal that the Russian Government was at Jast compelled to act in alliance with the English and the French for the purpo se of establishing the independence of Greece. What happened once may happen again. Russia has no Parliament, but nevertheless her stubborn people have a way of making their Czars understand their wishes, and the autocrat who holds on hisway in opposition to the popular will has generally died very suddenly. Meantime it is clear the King of Greece has confidence that the power of the peo ple throughout Europe is working for him against the Governments of the nations. The Athenian newspaper which is recog- nized as the official organ of the King declares “The Cretans reject autonomy which their King rejects also, and will accept only the one solution upon which the Greeks and the Cretans are sgreed. Every effort exerted by the powers in Creie will have its counter stroke on the frontier and beyond.” This is a clear note of defiance, and perhaps the Ozar, powerful though he be, may find it wise 10 give heed to the warning. THE REAL IMPRESSION. To thoroughly appreciate the blessing | which the building of the boulevard con- | fers upon so many needy laborers one should drive through the park some even- | ing when the men are wending their tired march homeward from work. Indeed, it is impossible to comprehend the real hu- man side—the vital side—of the affair without witnessing this daily ingathering of the faithful toilers and marking the ex- pression of their faces, the spirit of their | footsteps and the general air of fraternal | providence which hovers over them. It is very gratifying to sit in our break- | fast-rooms and felicitate ourseives and each other upon the generosity of those whose contribations to the relief fund we | read of in the morning papers, but this is | merely the picturesque view of that splen- | did benevolence. lmpressions conceived through mere assurance, however reliable imd agreeable to the belief, are notthe | vivia realization of actual observa- | tion. It is the indescribable essence i of the thing which appeals to you when you actually see the living condi- tions as you face the boulevard builders in the park, and this does notappeal to | vou when you read of the noble response that our citizens are making to those laborers’ appeals for aid, day by day. The things that you read are essentially de- scribable and material—the impressions tiat you derive from seeing the recipients in the very act of enjoying the good that you read of are sentimental ana morally elevating. What would the whole community of San Francisco give to this fund if every well-to-do man in it went forth and viewed the homing band at eventide, and were conironted by the great moral lesson which it silently yet so eloquently teaches? THE CALL has scarcely enough coluans to hola the figures that would be necessary to teil the wondrous tale, PERSONAL. J. R. Mathews of Ukiah is in the City. W. H. O'Neil of Elko, Nev., is {a town. James E. Blackwell of Seattle is in town. Dr. J. §. Stott of Gervais, Or., is at the Grand. James S. Siarkhouse of Nevada is on & visit here. Dr. V. B, Watson of Guerneville is here ona short visit. W. H. Macy of New York is visiting San Francisco. Francis A. Fee of Madera is here on a short business trip. Dr. G. W. Stockwell of Everett, Wash., is at the Occidental. J. Barlow of Scranton, Ohio, is at the Cos- mopolitan Hotel. F. V. Hartmann, s mining man of Mexico, is at the California. John J. Carrere, a newspaper man of Los An- geles, 1s in the City. A. Evans, a cattleman with headquarters at Reno, is at the Russ. J. Fraoks and William Franks, of Walla Walla, are in the City. J.D. Culp, the tobaceo-grower, of San Felive is u recent arrival here. Among the arrivals here yesterday was G. H. Barnhart of Baker City, Or. Aufred Wohler, wife and child of Hamburg, Germany, are at the Palace. B.Cohn, owner of a general store at Pomeroy, Wash., is a recent arrival here. H. P. Goodman, Who is interested in banking apa, arrived here yesterday. Ex-District Attorney Walter D. Tupper of Fresno is spending a few days here. D. W. French, a leading mining and bust- ness man of Montana, is in the City. 0.J. Wilkes, a prominent business man of Baltimore, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Brown, a leading mining man of Lead- Colo., is here on mining busines J. W. Phegis, a cattle-raiser of North Dakots, is registered at tne Cosmopolitan Hotel. J. H. Wilmans, owner of a general store and mining interests at Newman, is at the Lick. Albert Jeffers, a well-to-do mining man of Ouray, Colo., is in ihe City, accompanied by his wife. Ricardo Semimour, a wealthy resident of Mexico City, arrived here yesterday. He s at the Palace. W. W. Douglas of Sacramento, State Con- troller, came down last night and is stopping at the Grand. Ex-Superior Judge P. J. Hudson of Lakeport, Lake County, is here on a professional trip and 1s at the Grand. B Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Beddell, soclety people of New York, and Miss Castleman of Kentucky, are at the Palace. C. T. Peppers, who has been looking over Ranasburg and its mines for some time past, arrived here yesterday. Miss E. Trewartha of Bonora, Tuolumne County, is down on a visit and is staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A party consisting of W. A. Wilkins and Mrs. 'W. E. Jones, ¢ Gaynesboro, Ga., and Miss Flynn of Monterey, Mexico, is at the ¥alace. C. P. Huntington is on his way here from Los Angeles. H. E. Huntington, Manager Kruttschnitt and J. C. Stubbs are along. Mrs. C. C. Brice and Mra E. H. Wililams, of Lima, Ohio, are at the Palace. Mrs. Brice i relative of ex-United States Senator Calvin 8. Brice of Ohio. Commander in Chief Clarkson of the Grana Army, who has been on an annual inspecting trip through Southern Californis, will arrive here to-morrow. Henry T. Mason, Mrs. Mason, Miss K. A. | Mason and Frank Mason, of Pennsylvama, were among the promiment tourists who reached the City yesterday. William H. Scott, a wealthy Pennsylvanian Who 1s interested in mining enterprises, is in the City, accompanied by Mrs. Scott, John W. Scott and Miss Marths P. Scott. W. L. Clark and F. A. Rier, mining men of Alaska, who have been for some time in Beattle, arrived here yesterday and are at the Russ. They will leave on their return to Alaska to-day. Ex-Sherift J. M. standley of Mendocino County, who is known as one of the most in- domitable of sleuths and who nas sought out and brought to conviction many desperate characters, has arrived here and is at the Russ. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 25.—At the Plazs, W. B. Wilson; Imperial, A. L. Wisner; Everett, Mrs. Lansing; Marlborough, E. F. Murphy; Stuart, G. Neuburger; Murray Hill, Bishop and Mrs. Newman; Astor, T. O. Owen. WITH YOUR COFFEE. She—Are you sure it was a year to-day that we became engaged, dear? He—Yes. 1 looked it up {n my checkbogk this morning.—Tit-Bit Billy—And supposing Dr. Nansen was to find the north pole, Wot would he do Wiv it? Tommy—Why, stick it up on the embank- ment like they ’‘ave Cleoparty’s Needie.— London Punch. Mistress—Did you ask for milk bread ? Domestic—Yes, mum. ““What a miserable little loaf they gave you!” “Yes, mum. IVs my opinion, mum, that that baker is usin’ condinsed milk.”—Dublin World, Daughter—Father, I wish to marry the Count. Father—But, from the reports I hear, the fellow isn’t worth much. Daughter—Then, tather, if he {sn’t worth much, you certainly could afford to buy him for mei—Puck. He—Do you remember when first we met? The dew was on the grass, the air was full of summer scents, and — She—Yes; and now there’s no summet, 1o dew, no rass and no sense. By the way, have you heard of my engagement?—Detroit Free Press. *‘Has she stolen my heart?” His Grace the Duke rose and paced the apartment with nervous energy. “No,” he exclaimed, halting suddenly. ¢Certainly she will pay for it; if not now, ulti- mately. I must not aistrust her.”—Detroit Journal. *‘George, have you and Jimmie been fighting. again?” Well, Jim hit me.” “ didn’t nuther. He hit me first.” No such a thing. He hit me before I hitted him, “He's telling you a big story, mamma.” “Didn’t you hit me first?” “No, I dldn’t; you dodged.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. TEE ISLAND OF BO0O. On, T know a land where the Willywlg grows, Where the blossom-bird plays with bis bill, ‘Where the Bunts stroll about with rings on thelr toes, And the Moon maxes her home on the hill, Sne watches the children. te pretty old Moon, ¥rom her castie ubove the Boo-Band: And when she’s away on her trip every noon The Man {n the Moon takes a hand. It's the prettiest country you ever did see, ‘This island far out on (he Boo, With its appie-greeu sky and its baby-blue tree; A landscape just ready for two. There's a nice little bridge made of marshmallow past O'er a lovely hot chocolate stream: Bllver spoons grow by dozens if you care for & Laste, And a paupau will hand you the cream. There’s nothing to fear In this far-away land, “This Island just under the Moon. S0 bring all the chiidren; we'll float far away On the wings of the sweet afternoon. —HELENE MCCLAIN, In New York Sun. MEN AND WOMEN. The National Review of London expresses the hope that Colonel Jonn Hay is not an orator. A monument to Mazzini, with a revolution- ary inscription by Signor Bovio, has just been unveiled at Molfetta on the Adriatic. The Prince of Wales is enjoying a holiday along the Riviera, but he remains in constant telegraphic communication with London, in view of the Cretan situation. Queen Vietoria’s sciatic rheumatism has be- come s0 much worse that, with support, she can walk only a few feet, and that with diffi- culty. S8he has to be carried uo and down stairs and into her carriage, and wheeled from room to room. Isaac B. Allen, the negro of Boston who was elected a member of the Governor's council, thought he would make a lot of money by lec- turing on “How I Got There” in the towns of Massachusetts. He began with Haverhill, but as the receipts footed up only $9 he refused to speak. Itis announced that Ilg, the Bwiss engineer, to whose good offices the peace negotiated be- tween Italy and Abyssinia waschiefly due, has been presented by Menelek with a concession of land necessary for the construction of a railroad line from the interior of the Negus' reaim to the Red Sea, King Menelek of Abyssinia, a few weeks ago, was reported to have ordered from a Russian paintera battle picture representing the defeat of the fialians. Now he has commissioned the artist Schlelsing of Meiningen to paint a great panorama, to be put up in a building to be erected for the purpose. The Shah of Persia s going to send an em- bassy extraordinary to visit successively St. Potersburg, Vienna, Berlin, Paris and London Nassoret Mouik, son of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the late Shah, will be at the head of it. He is said to be an intelligent man, quite familiar with European affairs. Ibsen is of Scotch descent. His ml thropy is said to have grown on him to such an extent that he finds even {amily life unendur- able. He never visits his son, Dr. Sigurd Ib- sen,and when his son married, though he approyed the match, he took pains tostay away from the wedding. When Justin 8. Morrill of Vermont took his seat in the Senate at the begiuning of the present sesslon of Congress he entered upon his forty-second year of continuous serv'co as & National legislator. Of that long period the first twelve years were passed in the lower house, to which he was first elected in 1855, George Garrick, brother of the celebrated David, was the latter's most devoted slave and laborious packhorse. On coming behind the scene he usually iaquired: “Has David wanted me?” Itbeing asked once how George came todie sosoon aiter the demise of his famous brother & wag replied: “David wanted him.” FROM BAY TO OCEAN. The Clarendon Heights Improvement Club Urges the Opening of Soventeenth Street. The Clarendon Heights Improvement Club is urging the opening of Seventeenth street over the top of Mount Olympushill, where it will eventually connect with K street, which runs in a direct line to the Pacific Ocean. The difficulty of grading Seventeenth street from Uranus to Ashbury is made much easier than it was at first supposed, in consequence of an offer from Ferris & Williams, contractors, who have facilities for using considerable of the dirt to fill in adjoining m'oparly. t a recent meeting of the im: n club C./Belzerini -mls.d that in D::"i:’l.n? view with Uolonel Fred Crocker, in refer- ence to a transfer arrangement berween the cars of the Castro and Sixteenth and Fillmore st reet lines, he felt satisfied that Colonel Crocker would grant the The people of the district want tranafers issued at Fourteenth and Market sireets from the eastbound Castro-street c: to tue north and south bound. Fillmore and Bixteenth street cars, with brightness. THE SUNDAY CALL will tell of the discovery. SUNDAY CALL Will learn all about it. of’49!” CALL. prose and verse, “the expectant thrill.” art, in the next edition of THE SUNDAY CALL. paper. THIS STORY HAS CAUGHT THE POPULAR FAVOR. Last Sunday’s installment of Clark Russell's latest story, “The Last Entry,” now being pub- lished in THE SUNDAY CALL, Was {raught with thrilling interest, but the chapters of the vivid story which will be published next Sunday wili_excel all their predecessors in their in- tensity. Clark Russell never wrote s amore absorbing piece of narrative than he recounts in the nex chapters of “The Last Entry,” to be bad only in THE SUNDAY CALL. Anything appertaining to railroads is of par- ticular interest. The queerest raflway line in the United States—probably the oddest in the whole world—is located on the' Pacific Coast. Its odditles and smusing pecultarities will be most interestingly told in the next issue of THE SUNDAY CALL «A little touch of rature makes sl the world akin,” sang the bard. Adeline Knapp, who has been writing sach pretty stories of the woods and the fieids, and of the Inhabit- ants thereof, for THE SUNDAY CALL, has con- tributed = particularly entertaining article for next Sunday. Those who intend to spend the Sabbath in the woods, under the trees— “God’s first temples’’—should tuck THE SUN- DAY CaLLOD the top of the lunch-basket, and in the hush of the woodiand read to the chil- aren the beautiful things that this eloguent lover of nature has to tell. The *class in natural history” at school would not be “a circumstance” with such a lesson as this would afford. In no part of the world do the stars of the heavens twinkle brighter than they do on a clear night in California. Rose 0'Halloran, who has made a study of the heavenly twinklers, and who has learnod some wonderful things concerning them, has contributed a bright article for the next issue of THE SUNDAY CALL on astronomical subjects. She is recognized as one of the most authentic astron omical authorities of the State,and she tells story of the stars that fairly twinkles A new use has been found for electricity. Edison is not supposed to know about it, but A bird that is greater in stature that the famed moa has been found. The readers of THE There has been recently & wonderful revival of interest in mining in Californis, and the excellent and accurate mining department of THE SUNDAY CALL has become one of the most widely read features of the paper. A large portion of the population of the cosst seizes upen any uews concerning mines with avidity. The revival in mining industry has attained re markable proportions, and promises to eclipse any similar awakening since the “glorious days All the latest news of mines and miners will be found in the next issue of THE SUNDAY How many little readers of the children’s department of THE SUNDAY CALL have made their tiny logs tired during the bright days of the springtide in gathering the golden poppies of the fields! The children’s department of next Sunday’s CALL will be largely devoted to this beantiful flower—the floral emblem of the State. The beauties of the poppy Will be shown in striking illustrations, and its glories sung in Styles in dress for women and men will be made known on the fashion page. Tips from San Francisco milliners, tailors and merchants have been secured, and “she or he” Who de- sires to be “‘correct” should réad THE SUNDAY CALL. There will be a story of one of California’s most famed explorers that will give the reader The book page will be one of surpassing merit. There will be items of greatest interest, new and novel, concerning science, literature and See to it that your newsdealer has your order for the next issue of this model Sunday ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A DiME OF 1820—J. B., Sacramento, Cal. A dime of 1820 is not one of the kind for which a premium is offered. CortoN’s WorE—W. M., San Diezo. The book you inquire about will be procured for you by any first-class book-dealer. EXPENSE OF GOVERNMENT—A. T. 8., City. The average aunual expense of the Govern- ment of the United States per capita is $4 28, TrE Grris' HiGH ScHOOL—A. E. 8., City. The seating capacity of the auditorium of the Girls’ High School in this City is about 2200, SAN RAFAEL PAPERS—Folsom Street, City. There are two papers published in San Rafael, Marin County—the Tocsin and the Marin County Journal, both weekl. FrE1BURG—F. 8, San Francisco, Cal. If yon will call at the State Mining Bureau, 24 Fourth street, you will obtain information about the school of mines at Freiburg, Ger- many. A BET ON THE FIGHT—A. D., City. In the State of Californis it has been held that bet- ting on & prize-fight is against good morals, and the courts have refused (o sustain bets on such. To Vore—L. R., City. A man cannot vots in the State of California for Presidential electors or for any other office unless he is a citizen of the United States and of the State of Cali- fornia, The tact that a foreigner upon arrival in California makes a declaration to become a citizen of the United States does not give him the right to vote in California. JourNaTIsM—H. C,, City. There is no school in San Francisco in which journalism is taught. The correspondent in his communication writes: “If there s no such school what is the best method for & person who wishes to write articles for publication and yet feels the need of instruction in the routine or discip- line to acquire the necessary knowledge?” Do better answer can be furnished than that given by an Eastern journalist when asked a similar question by an intending journslist. 1t was as follows: “There are hundreds of just such young men who have some ‘literary and journalistic ability,’ who try their hand in the field of litera ture and journalism ouly to fall short of the looked-for eminence and compensation. Even with the talent the correspondent thinks he possesses he will, it is likely, find the way 10 a position in the literary world beset with # thousand difficulties, which nothing but the closest_attention and the most unremitting toil will remove. Take a reporter, for in- stance. A reporter’s duties are so numerous end varied that only the most careful reader of s daily journal can appreciate the many-sided character of the seryice. Here s a paper with the hasty history of the day. We find politics, city and county affairs, military matiers, re- ligious conventions, Government news, social events, eriminal notes, interyiews, articles on special tobics, court proceedings, market re- ports, marine intelligence, sporting news (such as baseball, cricket, races, both runaing and trotting, archery contests, pedestrianism, football, handball, sprinkled with commence. ment_exercises), Tailrond subjects, together with the simost ¢ ndess record of the day; the musical and dramatic criticisms, the great range of correspondence, and 5o on ad {nfini- tum. Nothing is said and nothing can be given of the way this newsisobtained, the short time 1o prepare long and 1mportant articles for the columus of the paper for the mext morning; nothing of the reporter as a detective, critic, judge of evidence or of his discrimination as to the value of news. These things come to the mewspaper man only after prayer and fasting—sometimes a great deal of the lat- tor. 1 any young man with journal isw_in his eye thinks he could cut any sort of figure beside other men who are ‘up’ in these several branches, why he has probabiy & better opinion of himself than & city editor would have after a month’s tri A Teporter’s work is done when i is finished; in other words, it is never done. To-morrow will be the same 88 to-day ; it may be lato to- night and early in the morning. His work is on’ public exhibition every day. It is com- ared with the work of accomplished journal- [ii& at every edition of his paper. When the reporter writes bis paper speaks. He is un- known; his personality is hidden. With all other work the laborer receives the credit. With a reporter the paper he represents i3 the gainer, and of course to a certain extent he is, 100, But the work is the wheel, moving round and rourd until the tire comes off, or the hub weakens or the spokes break or the axie gives way; then & pew wheel is at hand to take iis place. Reporters are gentlemen of *intelli- gence, good social position, well read, hard- working, inventive, shrewd, of unusual cui- ture, and yet are generally inaifferently well paid.On the monetary side the profession is ot attractive, It is DOt easy to secure em- ployment without wxperience iu the many duties journalism entalls.” FRATERNAL FELLOWSHIP. The Ladles of the Golden Eagle Pay a Visit to the Gallant Knights of the Same Order. Last Wednesday night the members of Alpha Temple, Ladies of the Golden Eagle, paid a visit to California Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle, in Coloma Hall, the Native Sons’ building. This was the first of a seris otsuch visits that the ladies intend to pay to the castles. in this City with a view to estab- lishing a more fraternal spirit and to enable the members of each branch of the order to become better acquainted. T for this visit, the Sir Knights Plate, Oscar Hocks and George mittee to arrange & programme for the enter- tainment of the visitors and their friends. As soon as the Knights had transacted routine business the doors were opened 1o the ladi end friends who had been invited, and it wi not long betore A. F. Plate, acting as master of ceremonies, calied upon’the taient. W. F, Norcross, P. G. C,, for those unacquainted with the order and its work, gave & brief explanation of it. Then L. P. Sanborn, better known as Lew Rattler, gaye two recitations, “The Gamester” and “Ciaude Melnotte's description: of his home by the Lake of Como.” The old-time minstrel gave the selections with all the vigor that made him a favorite in the early sixties. Frank 8. Bat- turs, a member of the castle, sang an original song, in which he gave the prominent mem- bers of the castle s good-natured verbal prod; Miss Dora Macdougall, who possesses s very sweet voice, clear s a bell. seng with good ei- fect ““Punchiinello,” J. Clement, & pupil of Gus- tay Hinrichs, being the accompanist on the violin; Miss ‘Gladys Plate, dsughier of the chairman, a bright miss of 10, told the story “Two Little Kittens”; then Charles E. Baile sang “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep”; J. Clement gave as a violin solo *“The Cradle Song,” by Hause, & most exquisite perform- ance. Tnen followed dancing and the serving of lemonade and cakes. Golden Gate Castle. At the meeting neld last Monday evening in the Alcazar building, Golden Gate Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle, there was work in the initiatory degree, and at the close of the business session there was a “smoker” and an impromptu programme in which Numa Rose, G. V. C., P. J. Mitchell, J. H. Delury, Joseph ‘W. Williams, Silas Moore and A. . Cheshire took part and furnished entertain- ment for about two hours for the audience. Liberty Circle, 0. C. F. Liberty Circle, Companions of the Forest, branch of the A. 0. F. Friendly Soclety, which was instituted but a_month ago, gave its first entertainment last Wednesday night in the temple of the Maccabees, on Mission street, to a large audience. The committee of ar- rangements, composed of Mrs. T. Meyer, Mra. M Pheips, Mrs. R. Banz, Mrs. G. Banz and Mrs. G. McPherson, prepared a fish-pond party which was followed by a dance. It was a very creditable affair, and sfforded a great _deal of enjoyment to all participants. The officers of the new circle Mrs. L. Mueller, P. C. Mrs. M. Phillips, C. C.; Miss R. B H Mrs, T. Meyer, T.; Mrs. Moore, F. 8. Pherson, L. G.; Miss G. Soolm: 1da White, O. G. The circle ha: stitution made remsarkable progress, and 1t hopes to boom and rush ahead in the future. Las Lomas Parlor, Native Daughters. Las Lomas Parior nad an enjoyable meeting last Monday night. Among the visitors were Grand President Mrs. Mary E. Tillman, who was accompanied by Miss Carrie Creigh of Minerva Parlor. Mrs. Tillman, under the head of gocd of the order, made an address which was full of good suggestions and was listened to with marked attention and very thankfull; received. At the close of business, coffee ani alight collation were served. This parlor is enjoying a healthy ana steady growth. The noted sociability of its members has done much to increase 1ts membership. The hall in which this parlor holds its meet- ings on the second and fourth Mondays in_the month is a place in which all who attend derive instruction and pleasure. Pacific Councll, Ladles’ Night. Pacific Council No. 547 of the National Union: will have a ladies’ might to-morrow evening in Washington Hall, Red Men’s build- ing. Edward Dillon jr., James Grabam Menzies and J. N. Bunting, the commitiee.on enter- tainment, announce that they have arranged a programme that will be producive of much enjoyment to all participants. Woodmen of the World. Golden Gate Camp No. 64, at its meeting last Monday nignt, acted upon eight applica- tions. Two candidates were initiated and tnree members were received on cards from other camps. There was a large attendance of members, and there were aiso present s large number of vieitors from other camps. At the social session after the close of the busi- ness meeting there was a smoker, 500 cigars having been presented to the camp on it hay- ing reached the 500 notch in membership. The present was {rom General John W. Brown- ing, the head clerk at Denver, Colo, Those WO were present enjoyed the smoke, and there are stiil cigars to burn at the next meet- ing of the camp._ There is considerable activ- ity in the several local camps at this time, Golden ‘Gate. Camp has had BS appl.cations since the 1st inst.; Redwood Camp 50, Mission Camp 12 and Western Addition Camp 25. Olympus Parlor’s Reception. Olympus Parlor gave a reception last night to its president, Harry L Mulcrevy, upon his return from Sacramento, where he did State some service in the Legislature. The hall on Devisadero street, where the lor meets, was handsomely docorated, and after oan address of congratulation upon 'his return to the City the presidentdelivered a neat little speech, aiter Which there wasa programme, in which Dr. Sieberst, Messrs. Adams an Ovendorf, A. Clifford, Hale and Wesling and others t0ok part. Then was a collation at which {mpromotu toasts were offered and re- sponded to. The ¥ Tocopion was well plaaned, enjoyment TR yment for all who FIRE DEPARTMENT. An Engineer Fined for Neglect of and Appointmen ..H.d. i Fers The Fire Commissioners met yesterday afternoon and fined T.J. Canavan, en- gineer of engine 3, five day: pay for neglect of duty. Rovert F. Woods was appointed truck- man of truck 4, and Eaward Donnett hose- P35 HEabe b . J. McCabe, hoseman ‘made application for an nwo:n:: ;}n;& as compensation for injuries received while in the performance of his duty at a fire on Commercial street on December 25. He fell off the roof of the house, injuring his back and spine and ying him up for three months. The Commissioners recom- mended the Board of Supervisors to grant the benefit of | the application, NSIST O THE BATTLER TEST The Supervisors Will Not Change Foundation Specifications. Choking of Sewers Is Attributed to the Use of Inferior Rock. Children’s Hospital Granted one Year’s D:lay in the Performance of Street Work. The ““Rattler’ test for rock used in con- crete foundations of bituminous street- work has again found favor in the eyes of the Street Committee of the Board of Superyisors, and the wishes of the San Francisco Association of Improvement Clubs have been set at naught. The association recently petitioned the board to eliminate the test from the speci- fications for stone concrete foundation for bitumen and the matter was thor- oughly investigated by the committee. In its report, prepared yesterday, the committee said that a great many | opinions as to the advisability of using the test had been sought and that in r‘r majority of cases the verdict had been i: favor of it because of tbe evils that had arisen from the use of inferior rock that would not stand the test. In this connection attention was called to the necessity of frequent cleaning of the sewers, at a large expense to the City, because of the debris of inferior rock used on the streets, and the case of the Chan- nel-street sewer is particularly referred to. The statement is made tuat the larger portion of the material tha: chokes this outiet is composed of rotten rock from the contiguous streets and that the same is true of other rewers about the City. The committee further argued that while the present specifications permit the use of rock to macadamize streets without the test it would be against all precedent to permit it to be used in the composition of concrete under the pavements unless subjected to the test as to its haraness and toughness, or in any work where the present specitications re- quire the test. The report was therefore against the petition. Mrs. John T. Merrill, one of the charit- able who assists in maintaining the Chil- dren’s Hospital, appeared before the com- mittee and asked that the measure or- dering Sacramento street, between Cherry and Maple paved, be vacated or at least laid over for a period. She stated that the ex- pense of the work would fall on the hos- pital and that as it was at present trying to liquidate other large bills it would em- barrass the institution to a considerable extent. The committee agreed to recommend that the matter be laid over for one year. Verein Concordia Election, Wednesday evening officers were elected and installed for the ensuing term by the Verein Concordia. After the installation the verein sat down 10 & collation, which was got up with the same good taste that characterizes ail their undertakings. The officers are: President, Poul Bail; vice-president, Winard Kiosesre: cording secretary, A. Asmann ; finaneial secre tary, C. Wuestefold; treasurer, H. Wrede; property clerk, W. H.8ith; surgbon, DE. F. ¥. rd; irustees—F. J. Mink, Edward Wrede, Fred Schaefer, Julius Wrede'and B. Bendit. e TourisTs—California glace fruat, 50¢1b., in el- egant fire-eiched bxs. Justwhat you want for Eastern friends. Townsend's, Palace Hotel B'd™ — SPECIAL information daily to manufscturers, business nouses and public men by the Press Clipping Buresu (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * —— HUSBAND'S Calcined Magnesia—Four first. premium medals awarded. More sgreeable to the taste and smaller dose than other mag- nesia. For sale only in bottles with regis- tered trade-mark label. * e —————— No ruler’s head was impressed on coins until after the death of Alexander the Great. All images before that time were of images. Santa Fe Limited From San Francisco, Three and & Half Days to Chicago Via fanta Fe Route. To accommodate our Northern California pa- trons, on April 2 and each succeeding Monday and Friday the first-class Pullman sieeping-car leav- ing San Francisco at 6 P. 3. will connect at Bar- stow with the Santa Fe vestibule train, carrying dintog-car. buffet, smoking-car znd Pu Imsn pal- ace drawing-room sleeping-cars for both St. Lou's and Chicago via Kaosas City. This shortens the Tunning time twelve hours. Send for literaiurs descriptive of our route. San Francisco ticke: office, 644 Market. street, Chronice building; tele- Pphone main 1681. 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HFbrrester—You live in & quiet part of the town, do you not? Lancastet—Not now. Forrester—Moved ? Lancaster—No. Got twins.—Dublin World1. — e ilin ot NEW TO-DAY, Not everyone can go South for March, but almost every- body can spend a dollar or two for Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil. * If you have got a lingering cough or are rundown; are weak and ex— hausted by reason of the Grippe, ask your doctor if Scott’s Emulsion isn’t just what you need in the emer- gency. The combined vir- tues of the Cod-liver Oil, the Hypophosphites and Glycer- ine as prepared in Scott’s Emulsion will give you flesh and strength rapidly and help you back to health, . T P o ’ B e