The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 24, 1897, Page 4

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EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 snd 32, 54 Park Row, New York CltFe DAVID M. FOLTZ, Fastern Manager. = THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country ona vacation * . Tt 50, 1¢ i5 1o trouble for ps to forward THE CALL to your address. - Do not let it miss you for yau will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left a Business Office will receive prompt astention. NOE This week the Senate tackles the tariff It is said the Demoecrats in the Senate will fight the duty on beer and let the rest go. They have begun to call it the Aldrich- Jones bill, and Mr. Dingley is not saying a word. The war has at least taught Greece the difference between a general and a crown prince, end the lesson was worth learn- ing. Senator Aldrich will scon rise and ex- piain the sugar duty and tnen the fellows who bave been making estimates will go and hide (heir heads. The first thing for the Western Senators t0do in the tariff fight is to knock off the duty on tea and provide for an increase in the revenue by an increase of duty on wine and dried Iruits. It is said the Spanish army in Cuba has received no pay in five months, and as it has won no glory it would not be surpris- ing if the soldiers should start off some fine day to imitate the Cubans and strike for liberty. It is reported to be the opinion of men in Wall street that a month’s imprison- ment will be worth $100,000 to Chapman, and if this is so it might be worth while to keep him there so as to make him rich enough to scorn the sugar trust and tell the truth, The motfor vehicles which have been tested in th» East while satisfactory in many respects are said to be extremel isy, and if no remedy can be found for that delect they will hardly be hailed as a blessing. Civilization has too many noises already. The expenditures of Spain in Cuba for the coming year are estimated at $131,- 000,000, and the revenues at $30,000,000. 1t is therefore & losing game beyond hope of redemption. Even the conquest of the island would hardly make up for such a loss of money to a people who can so il afford it as the over-taxed Spanish peas- ants. The Toronto Globe asserts that United States lumber companies own about 4235 square miles of forest in the province of Ontario and export most of the lumber to this country, and perhaps that is the rea- son why thereis so much opposition in some quarters of the East to the establisi- ment of a wholesome protective duty on lumber. The Australian federation movement seems to bLave struck a suag in the un- willingness of the province of West Au- stralia to join in. If the others go ahead, however, the laggard will probably get into the procession -before long. There will hardly be much satisiaction for one colony to flock off by itse!f in that corner of the world. Edison is quoted as having said recently: “1 believe it is possible to present grand opera in all the perfection of its detail with nothing more than a big sheet, a lot of phonographs end a kinetoscope ma- chine.” This being true it is evident that Patti’s farewell tour will sooner or later become an accomplished faci. She will be out of date. The assertion that the Benate Finance Committee made a thousand changes in the Dingley bill has been contradicted by the New York Tribune correspondent, who bas probably counted them, and who says they do not exceed 800. All the same the bill has been disfigured and would smell just as sweet under another name tnan that of Dingley. The assertion that the Turk is upheid by the bondholders of Europe, or that his empire exists only by the support of Eng- land or Russia may still serve to make a good point on occasion, but the fact re- mains that he has just given the world pretty good proof that some of his strength is due to his Bashi-Bazouk fighting qualities and the vigor of his red right hand. The British Government has never Jooked favorably upon the project of con- necting England with France by means of a tunnel under the channel, but it is said to be now considering » similer enterprise for joining Scotland with Ireland. A feasible route for the tunnel bas been marked out and itis estimated the work would cost $35,000,000 and would pay good dividends on the investment. The latest story of the Kaiser is that when ke was a boy he was always specu- lating upon the advantage it would be to him if Germany and France could unite and destroy “the modern Carthage,” as Le called England; and itis said he con- tinues to speculate on the subject even to this day. It is added that on the destruc- tion of the empire he would be willing to let France have Egypt and India, pro- vided he were allowed to take the British throne and annex the islands to Germany. Itis not likely that there is much truth in such siories, but the fact that they are told shows that the Kaiser is rezarded as alightly crazy. THE TARIFF DEBATE. The tariff debate which is to begin in the Senate this week will be the closing battle of a controversy which bas engaced the attention of the country for ten years, was the chief issue of two Presidential campaigns and in a third was of equal im- portance with the money question. Dur- ing that time it has seriously disturbed trade and indastry, confused the public mind to such an extent that the people voted first for protection, then for free trade, and aiter a disastrous experience ‘with that system returned to protection and elected to the Presidency the man whose name 1s more closely identified with the protective system than that of any other living American statesman. The closing debate on a subject which has so long involved the politics of the Nation, and over which statesmen have fourht so earnesily on both sides, mizht fairly be expected to be oneof the greatest in our bistory. In this case, however, 1t will be the unexpected that happens. Neither the Senate nor the country is 1n the humor for a grand discussion or a hard-fought struggle. The issue has been worn threadbare, and the main desire of all is to settle it and go forward to other things. If at any stage of the discussion a de- bate should arise, the advantage will be altogether on the side of the Republicans, They have such tariff experts as Allison, Aldrich, Hale, Frye, Burrows, Quay and Piatt of Connecticut to lead them, and these are supported by such vigorous young Senators as Foraker, Thurston, Mason, Fairbanks and Wilson. The Dem- ocratic ranks in the Senate, on the other hand, have lost some of their strongest men. They have no longer the leaders who directed them when the combat be- gan or even when the bettle was fought over the Wilson bill. Blackburn, Car- liste, Colquitt, Hill, Voorhees and Vance will be missed if a great debate should spring up, and there are no young men of force to take their places. Unless all signs fail the last struggle of the great controversy will be a tedious and uninteresting wrangle rather thaaa debate. Itisknown that the outcome is to be a protective tariff, and that the peo- ple wili not reopen the issue in another campaign. The discussion, therefore, will be over details of rates and schedules rather than over economic principles, and there will be no occasion for fervid ora- tory unless it be from some Senator who may feel it necessary to talk for bun- combe by way of making himself con- spicuous for a day. 1t is in fact a businers issue that is now before the Senate. Toe people have de- cided finally for protection, and the one question is how to make protection most comprehensive and thorough. We have in California interests which are antag- onized by strong elements in the East, and oar interest in the debate lies in that fact. The bill will certainly be a compro- mise measure in the end, and we must ses to it that the compromise doas not in- volve a sacrifice of the West. THE WRITING ON THE WALL According to the returns of the Burean of Statistics at Washington, the excess of exports of merchandise over imports dur- ing 1896 amounted to the enormous sum of $325, 000. In other words,the Amer: ican people last year sold $325322,000 worth of goods more than they bought. This is a record-breaker. came nearest to 1896 in this respect was 1878, when the excess of exports over im- in this connection is that that same year —1878—in which the exports preponder- the beginning of a season of prosperity, hence statisticians argue, with much plansibility, that the same conditions now indicate the eve of a similar season of prosperous times, The commercial history of the United States has been a history of alternate there much difference in the duration of each period. Years in Congress,”’ charged these fickle conditions to tariff changes. He con- clusively showed that whenever the Dem- ocrats secured control of the Government a low tarift immediately followed and a panic inevitably followed the low tariff. The panic caused the overthrow of the Democratic party, wherenpon the Whigs, and later the Republicans, rode into power, restored the tariff, immediately ensued. This has been the commercial record of the United States. It has never been disputed, for it is cold history, as distinctly marked as wars and Presidential successions. This being the case, we are evidently entering upon a season of renewed pros- perity. Unless the Senate so emasculates the tariff bill that itsefliciency is destroyed the next three or four years ought to be a period of good times. And the indications will probably be realized. It pleases the business class all over the country to be- lieve so at any rate, and the business class is never very far wrong where its csshbox isconcerned. So much for the condition of the coun- try atlarge. On this coast trade condi- tions have not materially changed during the week. ‘I'he crop outlook is now pretty well defined. We know just about how we stand. We know that the grain crop will be under the average and feel toler- ably certain that all cereals will bring at least fair prices. We are also equally sure that the fruit crop will not be excessive, and indications for fair prices are as good as those for grain, The grape crop looks better than any other, as weather con- ditions haye thus far not affected it, and chances are promising for reasonable prices for wine, though this' condition is not as sharply defined as the two others. On the whole, acalm survey of the sitna- tion leads the commercial analyst to ex- pact a gooa year in California. BIMETALLISM IN ENGLAND. The London National Review for May, in commenting upon the appointment of a United States commission to negotiate an international settlement of the mone- tary question, commends President Mec- Kinley for his promptness in carrving out the pledge of the St. Louis platiorm to promote bimetallism by international agreement, and advances reasoils for be- lieving the commission will find cordial support in Kurope and even in England, which has always been considered the main detender of the gold standard. The Review says that Senator Wolcott, on his preliminary visit to Europe, saw all the chief statesmen of Great Britain, France and Germany and learned fnat a considerable change had come over the sentiment of Europe on this question. With characteristic sagacity,” it says, ‘‘se allowed absurd reports of his rebuffs to go uncontradicted and great was the rejoicing of the New York goldbugs and proportionate was the confidence and re- spect he inspired 1n British and Enropean statesmen by his easy indifference to gossip and misrepreseniation,” As evidences favorable to the work of the commission, the Review quotes a state- | ment of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chan- The year that | ports was $305,276,000. A significant fact | ated so largely over the imvports marked | Blainein his work, “Twenty | nl prosperity | cellor of the Exchequer, who is the only monometallist in the present Cabinet, as saving: “We (the British Government) are willing—we are anxious, seeing that there are evils in the present low value of silver and in the fluctuations in the pres- ent value of the two metals—to enter into a conlerence or into negotiations with other countries on the subjact.’ The Review adds that the abler editors of Lon- don are beginning to realize the profound importance of the question and that now the only papers of note in that city which continue to denounce bimetallism are the Times and Mr. Astor’s paper, the Pall Mall Gazette. A stricking illustration of the growth of sentiment in favor of bimetallism in Eax- land was shown at a recent meeting of the National Agricultural Union, at which it was unanimously decided to include in the parliamentary programme of the agricalturists *‘the establishment by in- ternational agreement of a stable mone- tary par of exchange between gold and silver.” The union as the Review points out, is far the most important agricul- tural organization in England. It has active branches all over the country and the action of the ruling council in adobt- ing bimetallism confirms belief in the rapid development of free silver senti- ment among the farmers of Great Britain. It wiil be seen that the outlook for in- ternational agreement in favor of the free coinage of silver is by no means so forlorn as the exiremists of both sides would have us believe, The farmers of Europe recog- nize the injury that has been done to them, as well as to the farmers of Amer- ica, by the establishment of the single gold standard, and when the international conference meets the bimetallists will have no lack of supporters in Europe any more than in the United States. OSTRICH FARMING. ‘We learn from the Los Angeles papers that last month the heaviest consignment of ostrich plumes ever sent from Califor- nia was shipped to Paris. This is coupled with the report that the industry has completely passed beyond the experi- mental stage and *is pot only profitable but likely to increase. There is a prospect that from $50,000 to $70,000 will be added during the coming year to the $200,000 already invested in this business of sup- plying fashion with fine feathers. The ostrich ranches being successfully conducted at Pasadena, Anaheim, Fall- brook, Santa Monica, Coronado and Po- mona have made sales this season agyre- gating $190,000. The profits of these ven- tures were for a long time in considerable doubt, but now it is known that so long as the ladies continue to delight in plumes the industry is an assured sucoess, There is no great danger of the market being flooded with feathers, for the cost of starting an ostrich farm in any effective way at all is about $15.000, and a thor- oughly equipped one requires an outlay of $25,000 to $30,00. This large invest- ment and the care and time necessary to ob:ain good results will deter any disas- trous rush of capital to compeie in the work. Tue prosperity of this growing business is not only pleasing in itself but has a suggestive feature which enhances its value. It makes clear the fact that there are always splendid possibilities of intro- ducing enterprises in California that will afford new uses for capital and industry and thus widen the extent of the State’s resources. Varied industries constitute a safer base for prosperity than restriction to a_few, however profitable, and tue lesson of the ostrich farms teaches the advisability of making still othsr experi- ments in the way of adding to our pro- ductive occupations, COAST EXCHANGES. The Mountain Echo of Aungels Camp has en- tered upon 1ts niveteenth volume. Preparations for the big carnival on Clear { Lake are progressing satisfactorily, says the waves of depression and prosperity. They | “2ke County Bec. recur with unvarying uniformity, nor is | The Santa Cruz Surf has sgain taken up the agitation for a redwood park, to be preserved somewhere in the Coast Range. According to the Erpositor, the Fresno whea: crop is going to turn out better thau was expected & few weeks ago. The Pasadens News states that a new system of irrigating by means of storege reservoirs is about to bestarted in the Antelope Valley. There aresix distinct companies now repre- sented in the Whittier field, and several of them have already struck oil, says the Los An- geles Record. According to the Pasadena Star the elcctrie road ot present operating in that city hu offered to light all the streets and public build- ings in town free of charge in exchange for & cartain franchise, exclusive, of course. The wise citv fathers of Santa Monica have passed a law prohibiting the keeping of poul- try within the city }imits, says the Outlook, and the citizens are joyful at theglad tidings, but as far as is known have made no moisy demonstration. The Mohave County Miner, published in King- man, Ariz., has ceriainly & very poor opinion of the last session of the Legislaturo that met in the Territory. It refersto its work as fol- lows: “The phraseology of the new statutes is crude, vague, ungrammatical, and shows on the face the laboredwork of men of a low order of intelligence.” Pineapple cuiture as a practical proposition | isabout to be tried within the city limits of Sen Dlezo, says the Union of the southern sea- port. Riley R. Morrison is about to set out several acres in tha: favored locality, and ‘bases his hopes of success on the fact that he has alreaay done some experimenting in that line with the most gratifying results. He has produced pineapples weighing eight and a half pounds two years from the planting of the slip. 1t will now be profitable to the citizens of Redlands to have presentable front yards, for Albert K. Smiley of that place has offered prizes amounting to several hundred dollars for the best-kept gardens. The prizes are to be distributed unconditionally, and the giver has no other motive than the beautitying of the town. This fact has caused the Pomona Times to make an appeal to the wealihy citl- zeus of the orange town to do likewise, from which we may judge that something of the kind is needed. Now the McKinley tidal wave of prosperity has struck Bakersfleld, else why should the editor of the Californian write as follows: “Never were the pro<pects brighter for the town than now. Unlimited power is at hand 10 turn the wheels of the mill and the factory that will surely rise in our midst. The Valiey road is nearing the countr line and ere many months the whistle ot its locomotive will be heard within the limits of thecity. And this Iatest enterprise to furnish an uulimited sup- ply of water at rates that will reduce the ex. pense to & minimum will hasten the building up of our suburbs, make Bakersfield a more desirabie and comfortable place to reside and in every way materially advance the interests of the town. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES Ammiraglio di 8t. Bou, turret-ship of 9800 tons, was launched April 29 at the Venice dockyard. She was laid down esrly in 1894. It was rumored last month that one of the British trans Atlantlc steamship companies were favorably considering the scheme of buliding a steamer of 5000 tons to be driven by steam turbines. Nickel steel is 1lkely to displace the ordinary mild carbon steel in many parts of ships and marine encines. The Japaneso have promp:ly adopied this material in the ships Under coa- struction and are using nickel steel for armor, crank propetler shafts, connecting rods and other forgings. The remarkable success of the Turbiana may lead toa new departure in marine pro- pulsion. The little boat of 42 tons displace- ment and 100 feet in length msadsa speed over the measured mile, Aprii 10, of 823 knots, the highest ever made by any vessel. The machinery at 2000 revolutions gave 72 horsepower per ton weight and there were no vibrations whatever. An accident to the Star occurred at the Portsmouth dockyard April 29, very similar to that which befell the American torpedo- boat Erfcsson about two years ago. The Star was golng out on her second trial, and efforts were made to keep the coal consumption within the lmits of the contract. Shortly after getiing under way tho starboard low- pressure cylinder-head burst, and slthough steam was promptly shut off, five men wers badly sealded about the head and arms, but none are expected to dic from the injuries, Ope of the advantages of the water-tube bollors fitte | in the Powerful and Terrible is the great reduction in weight 8scompared with the Scotch boilers placed in the latest three battie-ships. The water tube boilers welghed 1162 tons and developed 25,000 horsepower, giving 21.51 horsepower per ton of boilers with water. In the battle-ships the boilers weighed 726.51 tons and gave 10, 000 horsepower- under natural draught, which was at the rate of 13.76 horsepower per ton of boilers, The water-tube boilers thus showed an advantage of 56 per cent over the Seoteh type. The Andromeda,wood-sheathed and coppered cruiser of 11,000 tons displacement, was Iaunched April 31 at Pembroke. She was be- gun December 2, 1895, and was thus only sev- enteen months on the stocks. It is claimed for her thatshe will cost5 per cent less than her sister snip, the Spartiate, owing largely to the economical and time-saving methods in- troduced by the constructor in charge. It has hitherto been the praciice to make wooden molds of every fraie, but this system hasin this case been abandoned, and the ironwork- ors take the shape of the frame by bending a bar of iron along the lines in the body plan as 1a1d down on the service-board. Blunders {n the British admiralty aze kept pretty quiet and sre rarely discussed in the press to the same extent as iu this country when something goes amiss with a ship. The fittiog out of the Thames, & second-class pro- tected cruiser of 4050 tons, for service in the coming maneuvers, coupled with the fact that 1018 the first service of that ship since she was built twelve years ago, recalls an incident of & gross blunder. The Forth, Mersey, Severn and Thames were built dufing the years 1885-89 and were originally intended to have « dispiacement of 3550 tons on a mean draught of 17 feet 9 inches. Thelr average time of construction extended over & period ol six years and when finally completed their displacement was 4050 tons or 500 tons more ihan 1ntended, although the normal ¢oal sup- ply had been reduced from 750 to 720 ton- and their dranght was increased about 20 inches. Thelr actusl speed never exceeded 17 The United States shivs San Francisco and Newark were built somewhat on the gen- eral plans of these British snips, but gave far better results 1n that they did not exceed their intended draught and thelr speeds ex- ceoded by two knots their types in the Britisn navy. PERSONAL. J. C. Bull Jr. of Arcata is in the City. George . Barnes of Chico is on a visit here. J. E. Fishburn of San Diego is on a visit here, James E. Bell of Everett, Wash., is at the Grand. F. 8. Wensinger of Trustone is at the Occi- dental. Joseph Healy of San Jose is atthe Cosmo- volitan. Dr. C. A. Burlelgh of Forest Hill arrived here yesteraay. John B. Durst has come in from the country and 1s at the California. N. H. Falk, a business man of Arcata, is one of the late arrivals here. The fifteen members of the Santa Rosa base- ball team are at the Russ. Philip Van Horne Lansdale of the United States Navy is in the City. Dayid Patks, a business man of Crescent City, arrived here vesterday. Robert W. Galt, chief engineer of the Urited States Navy, 18 at the Grand. Ex-Mayor W. C. White of Stockton 1sa late arrival here and is at the Lick. Sheriff T. M. Brown of Humboldt and Deputy P. M. McGringan are in the City. A. C. Carter and tne Misses B. E.and F. M. Nadin of England are at the Russ. S. 0. Cummings, editor of the Dunsmuir News, is among the arrivals at the Russ. C. G. Lashley and family of Cumberiand, Ind., are registered at the Cosmopolitan. G. W. Mann, a mining man of Daluth, Minn., s registered at the Cosmopolitan. A. J. Johnston, Superintendent of State Printing, arrived in this city last cvening. James O'Brien, the well-known mine owner ot Smartsville, is & new arrival at the Russ. Mrs. A. Goshen and Miss Estella Thompson otGlen Eilen ace staying at the Cosmopoli- tan. 8. E. Payne, & well-known vineyardist of Maders, is among the guests of the Cosmopoli- tan. R. A.'Bell, a business man of Helens, Mont., is at the Lick, accompanied by his wife and children. W. F. Knox, the widely known Sacramento banker and real cstate owner, arrived here iast night. James E. Dennis, an attorney of Reno, Ne: the partner of Congressman Newlands, is at the Palace. E. W. Dunn and wife and H. Jensen and wifo of Brigham City, Utah, are recent arrivals at the Cosmopolitan. Thomas Irvine and wife of Los Angeles, who aro on their wedding tour, have apartments at the Cosmopolitan. Mrs. Willey Benjamin Waters, wite of a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, and her daughter are at the Occidental. J. B. Peaks, formerly eagaged in the hotel business st Santa Cruz and Stockton, and now mining {n Caluveras County, is in town. Ex-Senator W. R. Forestof Seattle, who has served some time as chairman of tne Wa ngton Siate Land Commission, is among the arrivals here. He formerly lived in the mines of Nevads, but went to Seattle a number of years ago and engaged in merchandizing. 0. J. Woodward, president of the Kirst Na- tional Bank of Fresno, arrived here yesterday accompanied hy F. M. Milier of the bank and is at the Lick. Mr. Woodward is an old resi- dent of Fresno and was, for many years prior 10 engaging in banking, a dealer in real es tate, The Rev. Dr. H. M. Nagle of the Episcopal Chureb, who built the firs church of any kind in Randsburg, and who has been here for some time atiending the Caliiornia convention of Episcopal ministers, has left for his adopted home on the desert. While here he did what Re could to interest people in spreading the scripture in the new mining camo. FROM THE MONKEY'S POINT OF VIEW. ‘The ostrich bas wiags, but be cannot fily; “The horse lias on/y one toe: Have you noiiced ine size of the elephant's eyes? Or the piteh of the rooster’s crow? ‘The fox has & brush, but he does not paint. And [ think I a capitsl joke ‘That the yoat has horns which he cannot blow And a beard that he cannot stroke. I l‘h;:f.lhli 1s Ql‘llll. the funnlest world ver & wight could But the most rdicuions things of all Are the people who luugh at me.—St. Nicholas. MEN AN» WOMEN The Duchess of Fife—nicknamed ‘‘Her Royal Shyness”—never attends the Queen’s drawing- rooms, and the Princess Louise of Lorme despizes court functions and lives as far as she cen the life of a quiet country gentle- ‘woman. Henry M. Stanley and wife recently paid a visit 1o Budapest, where the éxplorer went to sce Professor Vambery, the famous Oriental- ist. On their return nortward they visited Brussels, where Stanley was to have a con- fereuce with Leapold over the affairs of the Congo State. Beth Low has been obliged to resign as presi- dent of the Archeological Institute of Amer- ica on account of the pressure of his other public duties, but at the annual meeting of the council of the Institute he was requested to remain as honorary president. Professor White of Harvard is the active president. On Verdi's recent birthday—his eighty- third—the veteran composer was scen &t 5 o'clock in the morning at the weekly market at Piacenzba with several sheep which he had brought to sell. He also wished to buy a cow and some vegetables, and so spent the entire day surrounded by farmers and tradesmen. At 6 o'clock in the evening he invited the Whole assemblage into the inn and gave them a fine supper. When Abdul Aziz, Sulian of Turkey, was de- posed, Queen Victorla telegraphed to his cap- tors in French, “Soignez le bien,” or ‘‘take A NOVEL LAUNCH How THE SUBMARINE TORPEDO-BOAT HOLLAND LEFT THE WAYS. The launch of the submarine ship-destroyer Holland st Eljzabethport, N. J., last week was in some respects unlike any Jaunch that ever took place. The vessel slid into the water on two greased Ways, as Is the custom. This eraft is ovoid in form, with the exception of a small flat superstructurs, and it was necessary to send it into the water in a eradie reaching well up the sides and holding the boat rigid, so that it should not roll over on the journey down the ways, This cradle was iastened to tha sliding ways. The ends of the narrow cross-beams of the cradie were held fast by stont ropes which were tied to supporis on the top of the boat. There was no anchor 1o be dropped as the boat resched tne water, but a long towline wes sire:ched from the stern 10 a tug ro that the boat should not get bevond control in the water. The Holiand has a beavy blunt bow,and tapers in the decreasing circies of the {rames LAUNCH OF THE HOLLAND. good care of him”; the wires said, “Saignez le bien,” which means something very aifferent, namely, “bleed him well” an error of the wires which reads grewsomely in tne light of the fate which befell that unhappy monarch. Commander Botkin of the Kansas G. A. R. bas issued an order making July 19 “Mother Bickerdyke day,” and directing that every post in the State hold a special meeting on the night of the 19th in honor of the celebrated 0ia army nurse, that being the eightieth anni. versary of her birth. *“Mother Bickerdyke” i now living at the home of her son, in Bunker Hill, Kans. WITH YOUR COFFEE. Flyaway—What aid Dashing’s ereaitors do when he died ? Fleetwosd—Charged everything up to loss by fire,.—New York Evening Journal. i | | “Janet, look at our neebor’s bairns enjoying themsel’s on the Sabbath day! Go an' set the dog on their bens; the Lord musibave ven- | geance one way or an'sher,”—Tllustrated Bits. | “I ses the Shah of veis harem to sIXty-two wive “Couldn’t stand the expenmse of buying wheels for any more, I presume.”—North American, “And what do you have in your garden ?* “Egg plants, mostly.” “Indeed 7" | “-Yes, the nefghbors’ chickens are there mcst | of the time.”—Chicago Journal. has cut down his Freshy—Professor, is 1t ever possible to take the greaterfrom the less ? Professor Potterby—There is a pretty close approach to it when the conceit is taken out of © freshman.—Indisnapolis Journal. The Pastor—I don’t see your husbend st church any more. The Wife—No; he never goes now. “What's the matter “Why, you kuow, be's a vegetarian, and he | says there s t00 much meat in your sermons to suit him."—Yonkers Statesman. They send no glittering statements ous When a bank goes to smash in Chivy To show "uis solvent beyond a doubt. When a bank goes to smash ia Chinza No piiying t ou s2e them shed ; But they take a big cheeseknife instead, And ampu:ate the president’s head; And bauks never break in China. —London Financial News. PRESITEN! JURCAN AND STATE EMPLOYMENT. To the Editor cf the San Francisco Call—Stn: Itis certainly safe 10 assume that intelligent readers of THE CALL fally reelize tnat the whole trend of thought in this country and Europe sets strongly toward a material in- crease in the duties of the State end the mu- nicipality with Teference to the welfare of the cltizen, more especially since strong corpora- tions and trusts of aggregated wealth and superior business ability practically render individua's of ordinary means and average ability slmost wholly powerless in the open fleld ol competition with these vastcorporate and trust resources arrayed against them. There can be but one view of this matter. 1t was a full recognition of these conditions, with a clear understanding cf their signifi- cance, which led President jordan ot Stanford University in addressing the Pure Food Con- gress to ridicule the enactment of the laws asked for by the unempioyed, to oppose all effort to find work for them and to biuntly Iimit the duty of the State to providing police- men, judges and jails. Ot course, this is carrsing individuslism and its fuevitable competition 1o their fuil and fair logical resulls. When I left the farm at 17, near Joliet, 111., where I was_born_heir to all the disadvaniages afforded a pioneer's son, more than half & century ago, 1 had lerrned to rear sheep, shear their wool, card it by hand, spin it, weave it and dye thecloth a bautiful butternut brown, and my mother made my clothes of it. We cannot now o back to the free competition of those times. Uncle Sam’” ia not *‘rich enough togive us all & farm” now, though he was fiity years ago, for our “big brothers” of the Miller & Lux ability to grab the land, and our fool laws which allow them and our rich Lnglish cousins across the Atlantic to acquire title 10 it, never seem 10 WOrTy because so many are poor and have no land, nor home, nor work. nor bread, and our dear old Uncle Sam is bad- 1y in debt, has to borrow mouey himself, and he has no time 1o think of us now or try 1o find outsome way in which he could lend i nand and heip us, though he used to be | kind ns cou.d be aslong as he had any Jan 10 g.ve us, and in those days noone had to Jook for work and not find. & thing to do, and the bad word “trawp” was not madeat that time, but came into use when all the 1and was gone and there was no work to be found. These conditions are perilous. Ominous ex- ecrailons disturb theair. Hungry menclamor for employment, despite Presideat Jordan’s counsel, for bread they must huve 10F their iitt.e ones and wives. in this juncture homes are promised to about a tnousand men and their families by one of our millionaires who has both brains and & heart. I believethat thousands of men all over our land will thank God witn fervent hearts for the example of Claus Spreckels and will invoke the iavor of God to attend him in vroviding homes for other homeless onesand bread for the huugry. ‘True, he helps himseif whiie he helps others. And this is wise. Why cannot other miliion: aires do the same? It will pay. blessing is better than a begzar’s curse. Toe way is now prepared for a consideration of the duly of the State and the municipality 10 the unemployed, and I hope to show Prer dent Jordan and the men for whom he speaks that there is a betler and a safer way than to dismiss the hungry men with loved ones in | distress fo hunt for work where all know there is no work for them to find. JOSEPH_ASBURY JOHNSON. Sen Francisco, May 23, 1897. THE NAVY :N THE REVOLUTION Boston J ournal. Hon. A. 8. Roe, Rev. Edward Everett Hale and others were present Mouday morning at the hearing by the Committee on Federal Re- lations on Senator Roe’s bill to expend $20,- 000 in celebrating the centennial of the launching of the {rigate Coastitution. Dr. Hale allegea that Massachusetts won the Revolutionary War. With the exception of a period of six weeks there were more men in ihe navy than George Washington ever had under his command. The Massachuselts pri- vateers took an average of two British mer- t:::x'x't:mn day through the seven yearsof to a very sharp stern. She weizhed about fifty tons when ready for launching, and it was necessary to guard against complete sub- mergence under the momentum gathered on the ways. Boats with the ordinary lines are usually lifted at the stern by Lhe water when they are lsunched. Opbe with & stern sharpenea almost to & point, as the Holland wes, it was feared might go to the bottom. | Five tons of water were put in her bow, there- fore, 50 as to raise her stern perceptivy. Then there had to be an especial prepara- tion of the ways. Those on which the Hol- land rested ended: about ten feet in the water, where a: high tide there was a depth of 9ply about four fect. Mr. Nixon pleced out the stationary ways to deep water by floating ways, which were sirapped to the siationary ones. The idea was that when the Holland reached the floating ways she would press them into the mud, riving the boat a nearly level position before she slid into deep water. On the firstmove of the boat the crowd in the yard gave a mighty cheer. When the boat Teached the water the cheer died awsy. The Holiand sssumed nearly a horizontal position whils passing overthe floting ways. Thenshe began to dip at thestern and gradualiy sink into the water. The bow rose sligntly, and finally the vessel became clear. Down fiiio the waler piunged the beavily laden bow with & SUTf courtesy. The bow was not submerged and arose quickly. The vessel continued to siide backward in(o the water and 1o sink by the stern. There was aimost absoute still- ness as the spectatois watched to see if she way going under. The bow began to sink again slightly, and before the vessel had gone tweniy feet the stern began to ris: and in a second or two the Holland was floating on the water just es it was predictcd she wouid float. A noise akin to what pandemonium 18 sup- posed to- be started in ine shipyard, and Mr. {olland wss overwhelmed with congratula- tions. One of the local experts employed in the shipyard had writien in chalk on the ves- sel & iow days before she was lsunched: When thie véssel 15 lannched she will sink and never come up.” Tue Holiand’s perform- ance showed how much this locai expert knows. She floated two inches above her esti- mated water line. AMERICAN APFLES IN EUROPE. Philadelphia Ledger. The American apple is par_excellence cerr: ing all before it in Austria-Hungary, but the supply, which may be saiely chronicled enormous, In nowise satisfies the demand. There was an overwhelming invasion of the iruit in the Europenn market atthe begin- ning of last autumn, when the bellef pre- vailed that the transoceanic stranger would last out the winter. Cargoes, however, con- tinued to arrive throughout the winter, and were snatched up with all dispateh. It is now anticipated that last year's crops will continue 10 supply the market until this year's crops arrive. Austrian cultivators naturally compluin on tho ptea tha, although the home produce of last autumn was extremely scarce, they look to a plentiful harvest this yoar, which, owing to tke inferiority of the home product, will be unable to compete with the superior American imports. REFLECTiON»> 4 EACHELOR New York Press. When poverty comes in at the skylight love gets into the cyclone cellar. Some men won’t be happy in heaven becsuse they could’ t subles their place on earth. When a man is angry he keeps his lips to- gether; when a Woman is angry she shows her teeth. The average woman’s idea of wifely effection 18 to have n. certain hour in the day when she thinks of her husband. Heaven is place wiere & man will always be just as hungry when he begins his dessert &s he was when e finished his soup. The fact that a man always dresses in black and never buys loud ties is 1o proof that he doesn’t wear baby blue underclothes and yel- low garters. WAR DISFATC:ES BOILED DOWN, This is how the Lewiston (Me.) Journal boils Qown Stephen Crane's war dispatches: 1 have seen a battle. Ifind it is very like what 1 wrote up before. 1 congratuiate myself that Iever saw a battle. 1am pleased with the sound of war. I think it i3 beautiful. 1 thought it would be, Iam suro of my note for battle. did not see anv war correspondents whi 1 was watching the battle except e OF MEMORIAL SERVICES. Glowing Tributes Paid to the Memory of Mrs. Metha Nelson, Memorial services in memory of Mrs. Metha Nelson, Who died just a year ago, were held in the chiapel of the Oid People’s Home on Pine and Pierca streets yester- day afternoon. Mrs. Nelson was the founder of the home, and it was at her instieation that Mr NEW TO-DAY. The greatest praise other emulsions can to themselves is mtamké are “Just as good as 4 Scott’s He ” Emulsion Measured by this standard of the world} are these un- m preparations [:he st & or you to buy when and life are at stake? SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New Yok, vy beautifal home of the present. In the ad- dress yesterday glowiny tributes were paid to the memory of the ladv who was so well beloved by one and all. Following was the programme: Seripture lesson, 146th Psalm, v:10, Rev. W. Phelps, D.D.; bymn, “Geulan g choir and_congregation; prayer, Willey. D.D.; 8010, “Thy Wili 9:17; Re 3 Wes wood Wright Case, We Meet Beyond the Riv Rev. 0. C. Miiler; soo, Miss Ivy Gardner; address, K D. stranger to myself and thee, Temacks, Rev. Charies McK ; “The Lost Chord,” Miss's Doane Mann and Heymann; hvmn, ¢ you till we meet agaln,” 74: be; e A generous gentleman in Bangor, Ma,, was asked for & donation toa hospital, and the convalescing patients when they learned he had sent 2506 cj, ottes for Lheir use. -———— CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 502 1b. Townsang's.s Love Divine,” . ev. F. R. Farran olo, “My God permit me not 10 be W. C. Campoell; quartet, Gurdner, G0d be with tion, FPECTAL information daily to manufacturary bustness houses and public men by Pross Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Moutgouer, Mgr. Allen, who bas juSt been o Bishop of Shrewsbury by the } the stenographers at the Vatican Co twenty-seven years Ago. Excursion to the Eust and Yellowstone Park. A party is now being formed to make the toor of the Yellowstone Park, leaving here the 29th of May. Ttwill be in charge of Dr.J. (. Branner of Stanford Universl:y Rates will bs ver; reasonable and accommodations first class. The Yellowstone Park can justiy Jay claim 1o hay- ing more natural wonders and magnificent scen- ery within its bounds than any other spot In the world, and a trip there Js one that will never be forgotten. 1f you would Ifke to join the pariy communicate at once with J. E. McDowell, Stan- ford University, or I tateler, general agent Northern Pacific Railway, 638 Market st, S. ¥. The Swiftest Train in the West— 315 Days to Chicago or St. Louis— 415 Days to New York. The Santa Fe Limited has dining-car, buffes smoking-car snd Puliman palace drawing-room sleepiug-cars. Leaving San Franeisco at5 . M. Monuays and Thursdays, connection Is mads at Barstow with this handsome train. Through cars to Chicago, Loth Puliman paiace drawing-room aud modern upholstered tourist sleepers, run daily. Tickets also sold via Fortiand, Ogden, Loy Angeles, Deming or EI raso to all points in the United States, Canada. 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The maker said you could hit them with a hammer and it wouldn’t hurt the finish. He ought to know. California Furniture Company (N P Cole & Co) U:{ry‘e:l 117 Geary Street s CLOSE ONE FYE a0 N THE OTHER 1FYOou CANNOT SEE EQUALLY WELL BOTH NERR. AND FAR_CALL AND SEE US OPTICIANS PHOTOS" . g obuies b SUENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS o, 7 642 MARKET ST. /N UNDIR CHRONICLE BUILDING v 0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-000 THE GRILL ROOM OF THE B Tt ©0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 GROVE L. JOHNSON | iovamenitn wify Wttt &R N G always be obtained in n town. HAs RKMOVED HIS LAW OFFICKS FROM E, Whitaker, with offices at §10 Ploe sc. i —— e o et TR e e