The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 11, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1897. CHARL M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: y CALL, One week, by carrier..§0.18 day CALL, one year,by mall.... 6.00 duy CALI, six months, by mail.. .00 unday CLi, three months by mail 1.50 ono mouth, by mall. .66 1.50 and Sund #0d &u and and Daily Daily Daily u Bunday CaLx W ELKLY CALL, One year, by mall. one year, b BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, £an ¥rancisco, Californta. Welephone......... ....Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: b17 Clay Street. Telephose ... atn-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: owery s:reet, coraer Clay; open mntll 580 Hayes street: open until 9:80 o'clock. 15 Larkin streel, open until 9:30 o'clook. EW. corner Sixtecutli and Mission sireets, open wtll 9 o'clock. £516 Mission street, open until 8 o'clook. 167 Ninth street, open natil 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open until 9:80 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty-second and Kemtuoky reeis: open (1§ o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICB: 908 Broad way. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 81 and 52, 34 Park Row, New York Citys DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. == THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMEKR MONTRS. Are you going (o the country ona vacation? It #0, 1t 18 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss Orders given 10 the carrier or left ai Business Office will recelye prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifty cents per monih for summer months. Mr. Maber and Mr. Sharkey shouild im- mediately have business at Carson. A warm welcome in California would be a pleasant surprise party to Bryan for he has been meeting with nothing but frosts in the East. The next time the House moeets the Speaker should by all means appoint a committee to find out what has become of “Boy Bailey.” As the so-called Silver Republicans cut their convention unexpectedly short it is | evident they saw notdare to go on. red but a small push from Ger- ot the Sultan to invade Greece, it now seems that all Europe has not h to get him out again. trouble ahead and did It req 0 o sugar trust is getting more free ad- t now than any other business organization in the country, but as itdoes not need it to advance trade it is not a bit The reports that the the increased d oposed tea tax and tax on beer are to be wit, wn are evidences that public opinion is getting in its work and the Senate is learn- ing wisdom. Eastern peovle are complaining that this has been the coldest spring on record, and on June 1 they had heavy frosts and slight snowstorms in severai localities to usher in the summer. A Georgia man has been fined $5 for| Kissiog a girl and a man in Pennsylvania has had to pay §15 for hugging a widow. 1: wiil beseen that ynder this administra- es are being taxed everywhere. It is announced that Armour and Pall- ran have organized an oil syndicate and will give the Standard Company a tussle for supremacy, so we have a chance of see- ing a first-class light contest between heavy-weis Grasshoppers of crops in the s er the destruction I regions of East- there are playing in hard 1 this season’s yield of fruit and grain promised to be the iargest in the history of the State. The State Department is said to be con- sidering the appointment of anotber com mission to continue the survey of the N ragua o and that is better than doing nothing; bat the people would prefer to see a commission appointed to begin the work. Tne objections of t e Saltanjfto Dr. Angell as Minister to his court have not yet been removed and the dlstinpuished gentieman whose appointment has been hover for a week between heaven and earth like an airship may yet have to take it bome like a collapsed balloon. The proposal of Eureka to celebrate the glorious Fourth by a three days’ carnival is one of the bright ideas which deserve success. Pa sm and rejoicing go well together in this prosperous country and Eureka ruck the right lead in com- bining them into somethinglike a jubilee, As the Millers’ National Association has found it necessary to pass resolutions pro- testing inst the adulteration of flonr with and other inferior meals it is evident that even the staff of life has been monkeyed with by tricksters and there is 1o safe reliance even on that. The reports of the famine in China are almost as appaliing as those from India, oand would be quite so perhaps if the coun- try were equally covered by telegraphs. Among both of these overcrowded peoples a large portion of the population lives con- tinually on the verze of starvation, and a crop failure in any wide territory means misery to multitudes and death to thou- and corn A petrified arm was found & few davs ago in a quartz mine near Kirbyville, Or., among the broken fragments of rock thrown up by a blast. It is supposed that the limb belonged to some antediluvian Oregonian, who, in his eager search for gold, neglected to put in timbers and was reaching out for a shining nugge: when the mine caved in and buried him in & sepulcher of quartz. Tariff bill proceedings in the Senate this week have thus ‘ar run more to oratory than 1o work, ard the chances of getting through without a wrangle and a tangle bavesomewhat diminished. 1 thelead- er3 are sanguine the Lill will be enacted in time 10 go into effect by the first of the coming tiscal year, and with that promise we can sitand the oratory for a time, as no one is under compulsion to read it. One of the signs of the times is the vigor and energy with which Philadelphia has pegun to resent the imputation of being a sleepy city. For years such statements have been going the rounds without caus- ing any display of irntation on the part of e Philadelphia press. It is aifferent now, and New Yorx and Chicago bave suddenly discovered, to their sorrow, that the Quaker City 1s as wide awake as a nestful of distarbed hornets. | { | | THE END OF THE TARIFF WAR. The action of the Democratic Senators of the Southern States in moving to amend the tariff bill by providing a duty of 20 per cent on cotton imported into the United States and the prompt support given by the Republicans may be taken as conclusive proof that the long contest in this country over tariff issues has reached its close, and that protection has won a victory complete and universal. Ever since the present bill bas been under discussion in the Ssnate it has been ovi- dent that the strength of the free-trade party is broken, and that it could not muster a force sufficient even to filtbuster against the bill. to counted as stalwart supporters of the Cleveland policy of tariff for revenue only bave again and again voted for protective schedules, and now that the Southern mem- bers have almost unanimously voted for protection to the great staple crop of the Southern farmer it is clear that protection has won favor throughout the country, and that for the rest of this generation we are to have peace on this long-controverted issue. Itis true, the Democrats who have voted for protection have notshown themselves They have supported the tariff only where it provided pro- tection to the industries of their States, and have opposed it where it gave protection to interests in which they did not share. T still sectional rather than National, does not, however, seriously impair the victory. thorough protectionists, It is bus & step from sectional protection to will soon learn that if they are to have concede equal favors to others, and by and by what they do to-day as expediency they will recognize to be just in principle. The change thus made manifest in Southern sentiment is one of great importance. No political event of the year equals it in promise of coming good. that the long war over tariff questions isatan end, and that this contest, which for iness and industry, will pass away from our politics as soon as the present tariff is adopt ‘We may now look forward to an era of seitled commercial and industrial condi- Enterprises will be no longer harassed and threatened at every election. Parties may win or lose hereafter in tnis country, as they do in Great Britain, with- out disturbing the course of trade or causing uncertainty among the great induatries This will be a change of no ordinary nature, and the effect of it will be twelve years has so seriously disturbed bus tions. of the people. visible in every form of business as soon as and men who are engaged in the advancem I¢ was Cleveland who involved the Nation in this prolonged strife over business issues, and it is fitting the contest shoul His pernicious activities will no longer divide the American people on ques- tions which have arrayed one industry against another and tended to bring about discord between labor and capital, the consumer and the producer. career. the end of all that. THE VOIOE THAT FAILED. | That the popularity of William Jen- nings Bryan is on the wane is a fact that is being demonstrated on his present tour across the country. Where crowds went wild over him at a former time, and within a twelvemonth, he meets with a compa tive frost to-day. They have grown tired of Bryan. They no longer make the welkin ring with their shouts and their enthusiasm when the Nebraskan opens h s mouth and fires off his same old political stump speech, borrowed figures and all. Many of them have, doubtless, reached the conclusion that Bryan is somewhat of a falsealarm. And the “boy orator of the *latte'’ has only himself to thank for this condition of things. In the last campaign Bryan wasonly the leader of the Democracy; he is now seek- | ing to be recognized as sole dictator of | that party. He hasstarted out on his can- vass for 1900, and he demands that Bryan and his platform shall be the issue, as far as the Democracy is concerned, in every State and county battie from this time to the end of the century. In the State of Ohio the Democrats & been trying to organize and unite for fall campaign against the strong Rep: can forces under the leadership of Senator Hanna. Gold and silver D mocrats had almost conciuded to work together in unison when Bryan cast himself into the fight with the deciaration that the cam- paign must be made on the Chicago plat- form. This knocked all plans for harmony asunder, and the breach in the party ranks is wider than ever. All tuis is comfor: ing, from a Republican point of view, but be it also shows Mr. Bryan to in the political business strictly for Bryan. That is what Democrats are beginning to open their eyes to. That is why their ardor is cooling. Even many of the Buckeve sil- verites are rebelling against bis impudent interference and assumed authority. People have begun to ask themselves, “In what did Mr. Bryan's strength con sist?’ The “Black Eagle of Nebraska, answered that question recently in Wash- ington. A Democratic newspaper man who had opposed the candidate last ye remarked that Mr. Bryan bad given editor a great deal of trou e The re- ble. mainder of the incident is thus reported: Bryan raised the outsiretched hand of square chi the Mr. the newspaper man to hi sngular jaw. “Feel that” said calmly, “and tsll me whether yo likely 10 give more trouble or not? The Boy Orator's “jaw’’ may hold out for some time to come, but according to the signs it no longer wieids a magic spell, in the days of '96. We shall have bim in California very shortly. It wiil be teresting then to mark how voice and | catch phrases combined may stir an audi- ence. Possibly the audience, free from | the excitement incident toa campaig: may look for sometbing more than mere declamation, and in that event it is quite likely thattheaudience will not be sti SOME EASTERN WEATHER. | Our cousins in the Eastern States were treated to another new brand of weather at the opening of the Junetime. Back in | New York and Pennsylvania it is consid- ered foriunate to have so much weather, as otherwise the topics of conversation would be fewer. The newspapers tell in long articles with big captions about | “June Snow and Frost."’ 1ln thisland ot perpetual summer it is difficult to realize the possibility of such a condition. Listen to the cheerful confession of the Phil delphia Inquirer: € and leader Iam n- May closed and June has come iu & remark- able fashion. Last year during May we were sweltering under tropical westher, while this Ar, with the exception of a few phenome- ally warm days, the month was marked by cold winds and keen frosts and rounded out its career with an earthquake, The beginuing | of June has also been notable for snowstorms and frosts in different parts of the countr involving serious damsge 10 esrly crops, an the farmer is In a very discoursged state of mind. ‘When we read such tales as that we can better appreciate the blessings we enjoy in regard to climate. While we are out | plucking wild flowers on the hillsides or gathering big red cherries and bright yel- low apricots in the valleys, or garnering the sheaves of the early harvest of golden grain, with perfect assurance, from our own experience as well as from history | and tradition, that the heavenly serenity | and mildness of our California Jane will | not be disturbed, these Eastern folk are | wishing that the Weather Bureau wouid nurry up with its kite system so that earlier forecasts may be had and so that the people may be better able to judge at which particular end of their daily routes they are to keep their ulsters and dusters, | A philosophical Eastern writer suggests | that the “cold and unpleasant days” ought to be welcomed “‘because we feel s0 g0od when they are gone.” The Eastern time for “feeling good"’ must be woeluily short st that rate. Those of our Eastern | The election of McKinley made it certain that the great States of | the North are for protection, and now the South takes her stand on the same side. | Hereafter protection is to be National, universal, permanent. old dissensions and can go forward to industry success wiil not be endangered by further fr | vere and cultivate the acquainzance of the | and regaled on the superior product of our | ning the day, but you deserve something more. Democrats who have been hither- his fact, while it shows that Democracy is National protection. The Southern men favor for their local interests they must It gives assurance ed. it becomes fully understood by capitalists ent of vast undertakings, d end with the close of his political We have reached We have closed up the and enterprise with the assurance that ee-trade agitations by any great party of relatives who can spare the time and the small outlay should take advantage of the Chbristian Endeavor special rates to the land by the Balboa shore and then ses how glorious it is to be in a climate where you *feel good’* all the time. SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE. | The current year break the record regards manufacturing exports for States. At the present re the banner year of 1892 will be surpassed. And yet we have, in reality, only begun 1o exploit the field of our possibilities One unfamiliar with the facts might sup- pose that this Nation enjoys a goodly share of the South American trade. How | much do we get of it? | Robert P. Porter, ex-Chief of Census, furnishes some very instructive figifres in this matter. A statement made during| the World’s Fair showed that the annual value of the merchandise imported by the countries south of the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grande reached above $600,000,000 comprises prepared food-, products the temperate zone, materials for clothing and manufactured ariicles of every description. Of the aggregate im- | ports the United States furnished only | sbout 10 per cent, or $60,000,000. Mr. Porter shows that by active and useful work and by fiscal promises to | the total of the United e of increase reciprocity this was in- creased to $120,000,000, but the Cuban war and other trade disturbances have reduced it again to about §90,000,000, a he seen by this table: Exports from United States. The republics to the south of us have been growing and expanding dusing the | last ten years in a manner not unlike the growth of our own country. Mr. Porter says that, as the railway system develop-, we are bound to get the lion’s share of the South American trade, if we only perse- people there. And what are the leaders of trade and commerce on the Pacific Coast doing to secure their share of this trade? The Eastern States export the bulk of the manufactures represented in that §90,000,000, ar.d Eastern business men were fully alive to their opportuniies when the International Commercial Con- gress met recently in Philadelph! The South American delegates were invited nere and there throughout the East, shown the big mills and factories and shipyards, as well as products of the soil, and treated royally in addition. A little effort might have brought many of those delegates to the Pacitic Coast, where they might have been introduced, for one thing, to our great wine industry, vineyards. Those South Americans doubt- less import their wines from France. It is possible that, kad they visited us, we might bave made converts of some of them. It would not have been out of the way for many of them to bave come to San Francisco. To secure a respectable percentage of the South American trade we must keep on ceaselessly urging snd pushing forward our advantages. We should lose no time 1in “culiivating the scquaintance” of our neigubors of the republics to the south of us. A CHESS-PLAYER'S REWARD. Washingion Post. Speaker Reed gazed over the House yester- day and his eyes fell upon Representative Shafroth of Colorado, the chess champion of the House. Soon a page came down the aisle and told the Coloradoan that the Speaker would like to see him at the desk. Mr. Shai- roth went up behind the clerks and received | the congratulations of the Speaker on account | of the game fight he had made and the suc- | cess he had achieved as ome of the House ieam in the international match. “You areto be congraiuiated.” said the Speaker, ““for win- The next time you want 10 get off one o! those raging 16 to 1 siiver speeches you just give me notice and I will let And the Speaker smiled one of those open-iaced grins with which members are familiar when he is in one of his nleasant moods. LINCOLN A> A CHESS-PLAYER. Mr. Lincoln was very partial to and quite skillful {n the game of chess, and a few years before hie was made President Judge Samuel H. Treat, a grave and learned gentleman, then Chief Justice of the Iilinois Supreme Court, was his frequeat satagonist, and probably a little his superior as a player, writes G. M. McConnel in the Chicago Times Herald. In the hot months of summer Springfield was a sleepy plsce, snd one sweltering summer noontide these two iriends were hAVINg an engrossing game in the still, deserted Supreme Court room, with the board on their knees between them. In the critical stage of the ciosely contesied game, while Treat wes deeply pondering a move. Lincolu's son “Ted,'' then probably 8 or 10 years old, came suddenly into the room and, fayiog his hand on his fathers shoulder, said, ‘insistenuy: “Pal Ma says for you to come down home right away. Ehe wants ou. “All right, Tod,” said his tather, abstract- 'you run home and tell her I'll be there in & minute. The boy had probably some experience of Wwhat ‘“in a minute” meant when ci s was in question, ana he mutiered something with an ominous shake of the head, but walked qui- etly to the door and waited there several min- utes. Treatdid not stir, but studied the board with the closest attention, sad Lincoln sat motionless. Presently the boy came back, gave his {ather a littie shake and repeatod: “1sgy, ma wants you to come down home taway! She wants you now!'" “Sh-sh!” Todl Yes—yes—in a minute—ina minute," said his father, with a deprecatory wave of his hand, but withou? teking his eyes from the bosrd. The boy stood for a minute or two fn petu- lant impatience, and then suddenly lifting his foot with & vigorous kick he sent the board and tne chessmen flying about the room. Treat aprang to his ieet, his usually quiet visage flaming with wrath, but clinched his teeth and said nothing. Mr. Lincoln dropped back in his chair with a curious laugh of smused dismay, looked up With unruffiied §00d humor and'sai “Well, Judge, guess that's Tod's gamel You set ’em up again and we'll haveitout some other day. Come slong, Tod. Let's go sce what ma wants,” and without other words he took the boy by the hand and strode calmly way toward home. The incident did not promise much in re. spect of disciplinary force in the matter of “‘bringing up” a boy *‘in the way he should £0.” but it did throw a strong light on that wonderful quality of serene and endless patience that carried him undismayed through the most appalling perplexities and responsi- bilities that have confronted any statesman of modern times. OF THE EaARTH, EaRTHY. ! (A GARDEN STUDY.) The radish (0 tha mustard said, on're looking kind of ‘seedy’; e 50 long You stay in bed, And waat the earth you're gréedy.” The mustard answered, * For you've a hollow heart: W heu man discovers i, ains, “T'will cause bis tears 1o st t0 grass, o The red-hot radish could not bear To be thought eise than sweet, And sald with scorn, “Y our pariner there 1s » confirmed “lead beet.’’ A melon vine observed the row, Ana wisely ran away, Nor did the pea vine care to bow, So ciimbed a pole that day. The cabbage was a coarser kind, And took In ail they said. And thought, “There's something 1a the wind,” And suyly shook | Ofeourse the corn heard everv word With his vouug roasting esr. And said, “Ah, shucks! IU's quite absur "Twill be a mess, I fear.” And then he laughed and waved a blade, As though he'd like 10 boss; The yepper heard the fuss he made And was prepared for sauce. Radish and mustard tongher grew, Untit the fuss was lulied. It euded as the many do, By each one getting ‘puiled.” JULTA MAUDE BoONE. PERSONAL. John A. Meaux of Fresno is a visitor here. Frank M. Mered:th of Tulare is 1n the City. Charles E. Thomas of Weshington, D, C., is in San Franeisco. H. A. Lemmon of Carson, Nev., was one of yesterday's arrivals. P. R. Dillon of Pittsburg is among the arsi- vals at the Occidental. Horace L. Smith, an attorney of Hanford, is registered at the Grand. William H. Hilton, vineyardist of Glen Eilen, is here for a brief visit C. H. Touzalin, representing Messrs. Lord & Thomas of Chicago, is in the City. J. Naglee, the widely known vineyardist and horse-owner of San Jose, is at the Palace. Dr. A. M. Gardner, snperintendent of the State Insaue Asyium at Napa, is in the City. N. H. Wilson of Merced, who owns the stages from that town to the Yosemite Parx, is in the City G. W. Hatch, & busivess man of Virginia City, is in the City, accompanicd by Mrs. Haieh. Dr. K. W. Millican of the Mountain Copper Company, Keswick, in Shasts County, is in the City. W. W. Thatcher, a general merchant of Hop- Iand, is in town on a bustness trip. He is at the Grand. Lieutenant Lambechtsen of the Dutch navy, whose home is at The Hague, in Holland, is at the Occidental, Robert Lewers, 8 wealthy lumber importer of Honolulu, who has been for a number of weeks In the East, has arrived here on nis way home. Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of Stan- ford University, left yesterdar, accompanied by his family, for Plscer County on a vaca- tion. Dr. Jordan wiil remain there till he staria for the seal islands for the Govern- nent. Licutenant Loufs Barrere, tnspector of r fle practice for the First Infantry, has been as- signed to the division staff. B. P. Hecht su ceeds him, having been relieved from the of- fice of quartermaster. H. Huber has been ap- pointed commissary fnstead of Lieutenant Kehrlein, who bas been promoted. Nat N. Wilson, member of the & Bro., 20 D: n street, prominent in club circles, or New Haven, Conn., to be Dresent at the trienntal reunion of Yale Col- lege. Heisagraduste of Yale of the class of '94. He will be married in Boston to & promi- nent society lady of thatcity. He is accom- panied by George Mariin, the capitalist, who will spend six months traveling in Europe. 'm of Wilson CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK N June 10.—At the Plaza, J. H. Abrahams; Goldtree, Mrs. H Golatree, J. Luvy; Holland, W. H. Allen Metropolitan,W. T. Andrews, Mrs. K. D. Boyne St. Dents, J. C. Pascoe; Everett, Mrs. H. Ful ler, Morton E. Stein; Broadway Central, F.J, Harding. NEW YORK, N | ABUNDANT F.GHTING MATERIAL. Boston Globe. Our Government has just completed a grand census of the entire American militia, prob- ably with & view of ascertaining where we shouid stand in the case of & war with some otber power. The new figures collected show that we have to-day in this country over 112,000 uniformed and organized State militiamen, who mignt at any time be added to our 25,000 regular soldiers. This would make a total of over | 137,000 organized soidiers ready to fightata day’s notice. But even this is only one-sixth of the esti- | mated armed strength of Great Britain. In case of war we shoaid have to depend upon volunteers or a drafi, and et our maximum quots we could place in the field 10,087,576 men. Those lisble and available for military service between the ages of 18 and 45 years in the United States, if placed in a long. single rauk, side by side, with the usual space be- tween, would reach from New York to San Fi cisco without a break. This is greater n the estimated strength of any other nation in the world, except Russia. 1t is well to know our possibie strength, even if we never again have occasion to iully test it. Untl general arbitration takes commaud, probably the best saeguard against war will & proved ability tosus forced {nto it. RFFLECTIONS CF A BACHELOR. New Yourk Press. Be good and your wife will not be happy. The worst kind of a cynicat heart is the man Wno says he used to be one. A girl is never really in love with a man till she tells him the funuy dreams she has. Every old bachelor knows less about love than he will admit and every married man knows more. Probably the serpeut told Eve that eating over all the bargain-day advertisements. A woman will quarrel with n because hesitsin his snirisieeves and then zo around the house with no corsets and a combing sack on. POSSIBILITIES OF MOLERN PROG- RESS. Pittsborg Commercial. And now there 1s talk of a telephone line across the Atlantic Ocean. Time was when auy such contemplation would have been cousidered proof positive of insamity. Now the consummation of such a project, siupend- ous a8 it would be, would occasion little sur- » 50 dim have science and invention made nh.le es between the possible and impos- sible. the apple would be Just the same as reading | idea of how the historic Mausion House will sion House is the official residence of the Lord to the corporation and private offices of its DECORATION OF A HISTORIC LONDON BUILDING. The accompanying illustration, reproduced from the Westminster Gazette, gives some appear on Diamond Jubilee day. The Man- Mayorof London, and conta ns, in addition to chief executive, a palatial private residence wherein he can dispense hospitality to Visiting notabilitles. The Mansion House is situ- FIFIT S L 4 ated in the heart of the city, amid all its noise England and the Royal Exchange, and, like walls evidence of great age. It is only on decoration of the Mansion House is made, and dollars have been set a the gaudy bunting to be used on Jubilee day will certainly be a curious one. de by the city of London for the purpose named. and bustle. It stands opposite the Bank of these two vast institutions, bears upon its rare occasions that any attempt at exterior the contrast between the begrimed walls and Eight thousand MEN AND WOMEN Earl Gray Wilson, the newly elected Mayor of Morrow, Ohio, is #aid to be only 21 years | old. Miss Susan B. Anthony is busily at work as- | sisting Mrs. Ida Harper in the preparation of her biography. Officer George F. Osborne is the tallest mem- | ber of Philadelphia’s police force. He is 6 feet | 935 inches in height. ! Tobies Kile, 92 years old, of Quakertown, | Pa., recenily enjoyed for the first time in his | life the services of a barber. | Miss Charlotte S. Gannett, one of the young- est players 1n the Essex County Golf Club, is the bappy possessor of the title of woman champion. { _AlJersey City landlord aroused a tenant at 12:45 o'clock on the morning of Aprii 1 to de- mand the rent due that dsy, and was thrown down his own stairs. A Bath (Me.) boy is the proud possessor of an autograph letter from the Queen of Holland. Iis interest in collecting foreign postage Ps won him the royal favor. | In a church at Grulich, Bohemis, the pastor | the other day united in marriage at the same hour four couples, of whom one of the bride- grooms and three of the brides were brother and sisters | Mrs. Harriet Tubman, the courageous old colored woman who has done so much for her | people, is passing a few davs in Boston. Ga rison and P ilps and the old abolitionists held her fo the highest estimation, and John | | Brown called her *‘Genera! Tubman. | | | It was recently found that Representative Bricker of Michigan is in very much the same predicament as Governor Pingree was. Bricker is Mayor of Beld 1at the same time rep- Tesents his district in the Le nothing has been done slature. As yet | in the matter. | clubs of Columbus, Ohio, have | rated a movement which is intended to | assist Mark Twain todischarge his financial obiigations from the sales of the books he is now at work upon. Th, will ask the co-op- | eration of women's clubs everywhere, each | | member to pleige herself 1o purchase one | copy. ANSWERS 10 COXRESPONLENTS. | — | | TEE Puise—A. L L., Soquel, Santa Cruz | County, Cal. The puise of a healthy young man, 18 to 21, beats when standing about 80, § about 70, when sleeping about 6 The women inau ED OF A STEAMER—H. M., Alameda, Cal. f the maximum speed of a steamer is eight knots an hour in slack water she would not make any headway agaiast an eight-knot tide in smooth water. Sr CONSERVATORIES Tnere are oF MUsic—F. L., San Miguel, 1Wwo conservatories of musi th of San Francisco. They are in San Jose, lara County, but this department can- ia Clara Coun not adveriise them, as they are private insti. RAWBERRIE: .95 @ The strawberry s piant. Itis remarkabie for the fact that the edible portion is not the real fruit—which consists of very small seeds scattered on or | slightly imbedded in its surface—but is merely the receptacle thereof. A DiME—W. T. &, City. A dime of 1894 is worth just ten cents, it it is in good condition, unless it is one having the letter S underneath the wreath that encircles the words “One Dime.” Such dimes, aud there are only twen- ty-four of them, command & premium. AMES OF STATES—Subscribe; Califor- | called the Golden State; Ohio, the Buck- te; Peunsylvania, the Keystone State; Massachusetts, the O1d Bay State; Utah is some. times calied the Mormon State, and Louisiana | is the Creole State. Idaho has by some writers been called the Fiower State, but it is not gen- | ¥ known by that name. | THE WHEEL—Subscriber, San Jose, Cal. The | method of torturing by the wheel is said to bave first been used in Germany in the four- teenth century. The criminal waslaid on a | large cart-wheel, the arms and legs extended and fastened to the sp and in that posi- | tion as the wheel wa ned eround the mbs were broken by successive blows with s 1ron bar. | JUDICIARY—W. T. S, City. The judiciary | system the United States includes the Supreme Court of the Usiled States, Circult | courts, District courts end Circuit courts of appealof the United States. In the different Siates are the Supreme, Superior, Circu:t, oyer and terminer appeals (or error and appeals) chancery, orphans (or surrogates), gene: and | special “sessions, common pleas, municipsl, | distriet, police and Justice of the Peace courts, | — PAPIER-MAcHE—V. L. N, Oekland, Csl | Papier-mache is French (papier, paper; mache, | cnewed or masticated.) It is paper reauced to pulp, molded into any variety of form, and afterward japanned. Iis manufacture has | been known for more than & century in Eu- | Tope, bul probadly it was suggested first | by some of the besutiful productions of Sinde and other parts of India, where it was employed {n the making of boxes, trays and fancy articles, as weil as in China and Japan. Iis first application as far as known | was in the manufacture of snuffboxes by a German named Martinin 1740, who learned | | the process irom a Frenchman named Lefevre, of but the Germans say that he learned theartin England. speaking, papier-mache is | paper to shape, and s not only used to make small articles but interior decorations in houser, such ss cornices ceilings. From the extension of | | the manufacsure of light and useful ar-| ticles of _papler - mache modifications | have taken place in its composition, and it is | now of three kinds. First, the true kind of paper pulp; second, sheets of paper pasted together after the manner of pasteboard, but submitted to far greater pressure, and third, sheets of thick millboard cast from the pulp, also heavily pressed. Toe term papier-mache is in trade he.d to apply rather to the articles made than to the pulp itself, and a vast | manufscture hss sprang up during the | nineteenth century. The articies made of this | | material are coated with succe-sive layers of | | asphalt varnish, which is acted upon_by heat in ovens uatil iis volatile parts are dissipated nd it becomes hard and capable of receiving 8 high polish. Mother-of-pearl is much used in their decorations, for which pur Pose, when several layers of the var. nish’ still remain to be appiied, _thin flakes of the shell of the form of the patiern are piaced on the varnish,and are covered by the succeeding layers, giving rise 1o elevations where they are hidden by the coats of varnish. The surface is then | ground down smooth and polished, and the grinding down brings 1o light the pieces ol moiber-of-pearl, which resent the appearsace of inlaid patierns. The fins surface which can be given 10 the halt var- nish also permits of burnished gilding and other decorative applications with excellent 1 effect. | were others | members o1 the order, their WITH YOUR COFFEE “Poor Heidsix has lost his job in the post- office. “You don’t say!” “ButIdosay. Some crank mailed a letter addressed simply to ‘The Greatest Man in Americs,'and instead of sending it to his chief Heidsix sent it to Bob Fitzsimmons.— Indisnapolis Journ I wonder,” said Mr. Drinkhorn, as he filled his glass with the ease of an expert, “I won- der who started the custom of calling a drink ofliquor & ‘smile? “I wouldn't call that there one s ‘smile,’ ” said the barkeeper. “‘It’s notning short of a horselaugh."—Cineinnati Enquirer. Judge—What's your name ? Prisoner—I'm Pat Murphy, your Honor. *“Where do you live Prisoner—Sure, T don’t live anywhere, sorr. Judge (to second prisoner) — What's your name ? “T'm Den is McCarthy, sorr.” Judge—Where do you live? “Begorra, your Honor, I live next door to Pat Murphy.”—Punch. She—How do you account for the enormous increase of the English sparrow in America? He—They’rs 100 ugly to go on women’s hats.—Chicago Record. Mrs. Hornbeak—I wonder what we'd better give Cousin Em’ly for a weddin’ present ought to be something cheap that will m: big show. Farmer Hornbeak—Guess we'd better give her a load of hay, then.—New York World. Young Hewitt—Say, old voy, do you believe there is such a thing as hard luck ? 0Old Jewett—Certain otherwise how is it that every time 1have $5 Imeet you. York Tribune. “My t cently, “consists in saving young men." h?” replied the maiden with & soulf longing, “‘save a nice looking one for me."— Dublin World. The Lady of the House—Who broke all these dishes, Anafe? Annie—I did, mum. Shure, didn’t you tell me when I first came when I heard the door- bell to drop everrthing *—Yonkers Statesman. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT, | The Mauner in Which Golden Gate Council of the National Union | Is Inereasing. Golden Gate Council of the National Union g on last Tuesday evening re- ceived forty-eight applications for member- , making a total of sixty-three received g one month. Twenty-eight candidates were inj ed, thereby asing the mem. bership to 212. R.N. Arter, W. W. Healey and W. T. Thom- son were elected to the assembly and Frauk ow W. Sumuper, J. M. Litchfield and J. E. Field | alternates. As in the other councils, the de gates were instructed to vote for J. E. Field for Senator. This gentleman, who is ex-presi- | dent of the council, being present, thanked the council for indorsing his candidscy for the Nationa!Union Senate. C. H. Van Orden, speaer of California Coun- cil and leader of iis quartet, sang a song with that purity of voice that makes the listening t0 his vocalization an exquisite pleasure. The service of Calitornia Council’s quartet has been engaged for th meetings of Golden Gate Council. J. Meaznes, one of the newly initiated mem- bers, delivered a patriotic address, which was frequentiy interrupted by spplause. Ther who entertained ine audienc wild remarks. ture for all regular Starr King Council. A meeting of the various councilors of the Jr.0. U. A. M. in San Francisco County was heid last Tuesday evening in the commitiee- room of Starr King Couneil The meeting was called by Councilor Ed- ward W. Close of Starr King Council for the purpose of devising ways and means for a more united action of e councils of the order in this cou: Councilor W. A. Lord of the U. S. Grant Council was elected temporar: chairman, and Councilor Mark Lane of Abr bam Lincoln C 1emMpOrary secretary. A numbver of plaus were suggested and acted upon. It was decided to invite all past co cilors of the order residing in San Francisco County 1o meet at Starr King Couneil on next Tuesday evening, and effect & permanent or- ganization to be known as the Past Coun- cilors’ and Councilors’ Association. The temporary tecreiary was instructed to issue a call for the meeiing. It wasalso de- | cid:d to bold a union meeting once every month, ernating the mon between the councils. The object of this meeting will be educate the members of the organization in principles, and bring about & greater so- cisbility among the members of the order. The first union meeting will pe held in July at | Abraham Lincoln Counctl, 1t being the oldest council in the county. The meeting was then adjourned until next Tuesday evening. Starr King Council held a most interesting meeting on last Tuesday evening. Councilor Lord delivered a very able and instruc- ‘Peru and the Andes,” whicn tly appreciated by ail present, and re- lted in the adoption of & resolution thank- ing the lecturer 1or his interesting address. Arrangements were completed and the coun- cil will attend the picnic of the Bunker Hill Association &t Lis Gatos, at the foot of the ty. | Sauta Cruz Mountains, on’ Thursday, June 17. At the request of State Councllor Scheerizer 2 commitiee was appointed io conter with like committees from other counctls in the City to srrange for a celebration of the Fourth of July with literary exercises and a grand ball. The eiection of officers resulted in the fol- lowing members being elected for the term commencing July 18: Councilor, Edward W. Ciose (re-clected); vice-councilor, Caspar G. Strippel; assistant recording secretery, C. M Prater; recording secretary, Georgs S. Lon, financial secretary, George L Johneon; cone ductor, Benjamin O. Cameron; treasurer, C. J. Gardoer (thiid consecutive term); warden, W. C. Norton; chaplain and organist, Profe: sor F. 8, Norman; physician, Dr. W. D, Clark, The committes on pub'ic instaliation re- ported that arrangements had been consum- mated for 8 public installation and dance on Tuesday evening, July 13, to which the n iends and tac public are invited to attend. The Siate Coun- cilor, Heary C. Schmerizar, will officiate, as sisted by the other members of ihe State Council Starr K107 Council’s lectures have proved of grest iniecest 10 the membersof the order, £nd the council is due great credit for its in- teresting and instructive teacnings. The fol- lowing lectures have been agreed upon: On Tuesday evening, Junme 15. Horace W. Pniibrook on the “Life of the Contineatal Pat- riot. Samusl Adams” ; June 22, Fast Councilor Dr. A. M. rlood on the “Life of Thomas Jeffer- son, the Father of D -mocracy and Framer of the Deciaration of Independence”; June 29, the last -vening the ensuing term, Councilor Edward W. Ciess on “Our Couneil.” Norman Lodge, Kuights of Honer. | the ensuine ter: in life,” sald the pastor, compla- | | Clipping Bu Norman Lodge No. 1341 of the Knights of Honor has elected the following officers for George W. Harlow, past dictator; F. William Kotelman, dictator; George W. Murphy, vice-dictator; Joseph Mor- ris, ossistant dictator; J. Gans, reporter; P. L Joyce, financial reporter; F. William Zehfu:s, tréasurer; T. Sto z. chaplain; N. H. Hirsch: feld, guide; F. Wilkins, guardian; A. Selig. sentinel; W. Perry, M.D., medicai exam- iner; D.'Davis, Charies Grossiicht, J. C. Saw= telle, trustees. Pickwick Lodge, Sons of St. George. The reports presented at the last held meet- ing of Pickwick Lodge of the Sons of St. George snow a rapid increase and grest prosperity during the past six months. At that meeting the following officers were installed by Grand Presiaent C. W. Pope and Mr. Harris of Hono- lulu, the district deputy worthy grand presi- dent: J. B. Brown, worthy president; Fred Curtis, worthy vice-president; T. Poyser, worthy secretary; T. Musgrave, urer; A. Gray, W. A.'S.; H. R. messenger. After the ceremonies were over there was an impromp'u programme and a col'ation and refreshments were served. The following- named members entertained with songs, recitations and short addresses: T. Nowlen, W. T. Sob 'y, J. H. Coates, Dr. Hunkin, H. R. Carles, F. Sproston, Joseph A. Bridges, Dr. Alderman, G. B. Rosewell, Hugh Williamson, 8. M. West, T. Tregellas worthy treas- rles, worthy Preparing for the Fourth, Alargely attended and enthusiastic meeting of delegates representing the Junior Order United American Mechanics’ Councils and Daughters of Liberty was held last Wednes- day in Shiels vutiding for the purpose of mak- ing arrangements for an appropriate celebra- tion of te Fouth of July. Every councll was represented, and after the objects of the meet- en stated & permanent organization 1 and committees were appointed. ded 10 hold a celebration at0dd on the evening of the 5th of , 8 the Fourth falls on Sunday. Thero will be a literary and musical programme, for which fi class talent will be secured. Atthe close of the programme there will be a dance. Cal Ewing is the secretary of the committee of arrangements. There will be another meeting next Wednesday. ©0dd Fellows' Hall Association. At a meeting of the members of the Odd Fel- lows’ Hall Association held on Tuesday even- ing 63,682 shares out of 68.341 were repre- sented. The report presented showed that the association had done fairly well during the year and that two dividends had been de- clared. The following named were elected directors for the ensuing year: J. W. Adams, W. H. Blunden, A. H. Cousins, J. R. Daly, C. W. Derby, T. Elam, E. O. Fianders. C. P. Gibton: J.W. 'Harris, E. C. Hisgen, T. Hock. H. S. Jones, K. H. Lioyd, J. M. Loane, Dayis Louder- | back, J. J. Loggie, M. Mason, C. P. Overton, M. J. Platshek, A. Pauba, C. L. Parent, Charles Quast, J. S. Reed, William Roirosky, C. Roe- ver, A. B. Schultz, Charles Joseph W The ¢ on ti Richet, H. Stern, T. Steiner, Otto s Stallman, Charles A. Sumner, utner, F. W. Warren, M. P. Wolf, iterbarn, W. W. Watson, ers of the association will be elected 1inst. LOCOMOTIVE SEARCHLIGHT. From the Albany Argus. Persons who happened to be in the Union station yard last night about 10:30 were struck with the unusual brilliancy of the piace. The reason for this was that the pri- vate engine of Dr. Seward Webb, the Nehaseve, wes in the yard with & new searchlight on its pilot, which threw a very powerful light on the track and the objects within its range. The searchlizht is about the size of the ordi- v light carried on the pilots of locomo- tives only it is many times more brilliant. The power for the Mght is generated in & small dynamo operated dependent of the mecha- nism of the engi . Tne engine was in ckarge of Engincer McFadden, who was kept busy expiaining the light to a curious and inter- estec owd of railroad men. The engine was orde: to Utica and leiton its run at 10:30 o'clock. The light is able to allow the engi- distincily &t the dis- neer to discern objects tance of a m! b, CALIFORNIA glace fr1 e FPFCIAL Information daily to manufacturer business houses and public men by the Press au (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. crom b e Walter Besant is anxious to have established a general holiday for the English-speaking race, and suggests April 23, which is Shake- speare’s birthday, as well s St. George’s day. Townsend's.* $25 Rate to Chicago via the Great Santa Fe Koute. The low rates made for Christian Endeavorers will be open to the public &s well. An opportu- Biiy to visit the never before enjoyed by Cal- torniss. Pullman Palace Drawing-room Sleep- he latest pattern. Modern upholstered ~cars run daily through from Uak land pier to Chicago. See time-table in advertls ing column. San Francisco ticket office 644 Market Chronfele bui ding. 7Telephoze Main 1681 nd, 1118 Brosdway. e G PR Greatly TReduced Kates to Spokane, Helena, Butte and St. Paul. Tickets both first and second class sold to the sbove-mentioned points at s great reduction. These rates may oniy be in effect for alimited pe- riog, 80 buy your tickeis at once. Now is your time to go tothe Kootenal mining districi on these low rates. Call on or address T. K. Stateler, general agent Northern Pacific Ralway, 63 Market street, San Francisco, before buying your ticke: anywhere else. ———— Declision of Great Importance to Users of Ice and Refrigerating Machinery. The well-known The De La Vergne Refrigeras- 1ng Machine Company of New YOrk bas. aker five years’ litigation, obtained a fial decision in the United Stat~3 Court of Appesls, making users of the Boyle patents liable for heavy damages to tbe De La Vergne Company, which are esumated to Amountto Dot less than $500,000. e “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup! Fias been used over fity years by millions off mothers for their children whiie Teetaing with per, fect success. It sooihesthe child, softens thegums, allays Pain. cures Wind Colic, regulates :he Boweiy and s the best remedy for Diarrheas, whether aris ing from tee:hing or other causes. For sale by drug §1st8 In every part of the world. Be sure and as< for Mrs. Winslow’s Sootbing Syrup. £5¢ & botuay S L P e A CoRONADO.—Almosphere Is perfectly dry. soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mou further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen daye' board a: the Hoteldel Coronado, $60 longer stay $2 50 perday. Appiy 4 New Monigomery street, San Fraacisca. e Constipation causes grief, But the trouble need be briet, For Ayer's Pilis give prompt reltet. —_—————— Black Hawk, the chief of the Winnebagoes, will visit tae Jowa State Fair this summe ne chief is now 90 years old, and has not been as strong as usual since he was sirickea with paralysis some time ago. NEW TO-DATY! Any chemist can make “Lemon Ex- tract” when there's not a lemon within a thousand miles. But that's not the kind you get when you ask for &—\ Jpramg Flavoring Extracts —companions to “Tillmann’s”Spices and 4 Powder. Tillmans & Bendel, Mys. E’»aking USRS i :