The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1897, Page 6

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THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are yon going 10 the country ona_vacation? Tt #e, 12 18 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your sddress. Do not let it miss you for you will | miss Orders given 1o the carrier or left at Fusiness Office will recelve prompt attention. NO EXTHA CHARGE. Fifty cemts per month for summer months. —————————————————— Thers have been better jubiles ode written in San Francisco than any Lon- don turned out. According to all reports the Queen's jubilee has been nothing more than the biggest racket the world ever heard. The lion is roaring now all round the world, but he will shut up ou the Fourth of July when he hears the eacle scream. 1f Spain had really desired a crop of re- forms in Cuba she would not have har- rowed the island before she sowed the seed. The present bill will take the tariff out of politics by making it such good politics that no great party will ever think of fighting it. Spanish Liberals are demanding the re- call of Weyler, and if the Government has any sense it will be liberal enongh to grant the request. Notwithstanding his new title of Doctor of Laws Clevgland has not chunged to any degree, and still remains the same old mugwump doctrinaire, After the collapse of the South African gold speculations the British investor will feel inclined to turn to California and ®O to gold-mining on a business basis. The Sultan has not yet snggested that he will move out of Thessaly as soon as Great Britain moves out of Egypt, but he evidently has the thought in his mind. The celebration of the memory of Wolfe Tone, coming as it did in the jubi- lee week, is a good reminder that the Queen’s reign doesn’t deserve all the praiee it has received. So many girls in these days take to the | bicycle when they wish to run away and | get married that the wheel might as well be advertised as the lovers’ resort, or elopements made easy. | 1f Bryan is renominated for the Presi- | dency 1n 1900 Mr. Sewall expects to be re- nominated for the Vice-Presidency, and it is scarcely necessary to say that Tom ‘Watson is aware of the fac | The best source of rejoicing Americans | can have in the jubilee observances is the | fact that we bad McKinley in office to | write the letter of congratulation to the | Queen instesd of Graver Cleveland. i —_—— | The New York Central Railroad hasa | scheme for starting a line of cabs from its | depot in New York for the convenience of travelers, and those who have had experi- ence with New York hackmen are push- ing it along as a great reform. The Berkeley peovle are <aid to be op- | posed to annexation to Oakland mainly because of the impurity of Oakland poli- tics, and now it is for Oakland to decide whether union with Berkeley is worth the | trouble 1t will take ber to reform herself. The merchants and manufacturers of Los Angeles are talking of starting a new line of steamers to Mexican ports, and the talk means business. Tiere is emough | trade in Mexico to make it worth while for every city in California to try to get it The people of S8an Francisco are to be congratulated on having so able and ener. getic & business man as Mr. Montague at the head of the Postoffice in this City. Under his management we can count on having the most efficient service of which the office is capable. Cbief Justice Fuller is quoted as saying in a recent interview “business has up wonderfuily, and we can truly era of prosperity is at hand.” A dictam of that kind is as good as a Supreme Court decision on the subject, and we may now regard the issue as settled. 1t is said that over 3000 Christian En- deavorers have already been booked for Monterey and Pacific Grove, and from this we may infer how large is the crowd that is coming to this City. We snall bave to keep our eyes, hands, hearts and homes open to make our hospitality cqual to the occasion. Since New York has accepted the Bac- chante rejected by Boston the press of the metropolis has been busy informing the world that tke figure is “not immodest, but simply represents light-heartedness and gayety.” This, however, is an eva- sion of the issue. Boston never denied 1hat the figure is gay, but objected be- cause it had no clothes and was very evi- dently carrying a halcyon and vociferous jug. The. Connecticut Legislature has voted to mymfl each to seventeen newspaper correspondents who reported the proceed- ings éf the session, and this display of fraternal feeling and mutual apprecia- tion between the legislator and the news- paper man may be taken as the best evi dence yetgiven of the elemental brothe: hood of man and the existence of a touch of nature which makes the whole world kin, HE PILLARS OF AN EMPIRE’S POWER. In the magnificent pageant of Jubilee day in London there were two features, co- equal in supremacy—two features which told the story of Engiand better than words can tell it. There were no grand floats in the procession picturing the strides of British prog- ress in art or acience or mechanics; Britain; none of the many races and colors the red cross banner. none that told of the wealth of the colonies of of men sheltered under the amole folds of There was no reminder of England’s mighty reaches in commerce, industry and trade; none of barcs who have sung the glory of Albion in strains immortal none of men who braved the perils of the northern icy wastes to plant the standard of St. George in the white islands of the Arctic. There was no suggestion of famous explorations of those adventurous spirits who pierced to the heart of Africa and tore the veil from the secrets of the Dark Conti- nent; queens of yore. There were two features in the pageant, none of statesmen, of philosophers or scholars; none of famous kings and and they spoke to the proudly gazing mil- lions as nothing else symbolic could sveak to them. They told of a vangaished Armada; of a Russeli and La Hogue; of a victory” Marlborough and Blenheim, “'the famous of Oudenarde; of a Clive and Plassey in India; of a Wolfe and Qusbec; of a Nelson at Aboukir on the Nile ana at Trafalgar; of a Wellington at Vitoria and Waterloo. They told of Balakiava and Inkerman; of a Havelock and Lucknow; of the Wolseleys, the Gordons and the Beresfords. Those two features were enough. With them the pageant was complete. them the countless throngs beheld the bulwacks of old England’s seagirt i In —the mighty pillars of a mighty empire; the power which made Britannia the mistress of the seven seas; the two giant arms which builded up the Anglo-Saxon throne and now maintain it in its splendor and majesty—the forces by which the Briton conjures in whatever lan¢ he be—which malke the flag of his home the true symbol of his protec- tion from pole to pole and wherever the eye of the sun looks down in its ceaseless course around the globe. It was fitting that there should be two features and two alons—the army and the navy. These, by their prowess and valor, have made possible all the civic triumphs of England—thete have been like inspiration to poet and orator and statesman; through their existence the English word commands respect; these in war have wrought to make England sublime in peace—the army and the navy, pride and glory of the British people and their beloved Queen. RROLAIMING THE MARSH LANDS. If the vast extent of marshland in the | territory bordering the bay of San Fran- | cisco could be reclaimed its value would | be great for commerce, manufacturing and | agriculture. To redeem these marshes, over a considerable portion of which one travels on the narrow-gauge railroad be- tween this City and the town of Alviso, | would be to introduce homes and gardens | and factories where to-day are only un- | healthy flats, chiefly observable for their | aspect of desolation. Of peculiar interest to us, therefore, is | the proposal of the people of New Jersey to reclaim the Passaic and Hackensack meadows, which are to-day not only an eyesore, but a breeding-place for malaria, | near the western approach of the city of New York. From the Tribune of the latter city we learn that the two meadows in question cover an area ot over 27,000 acres, being about eighteen miles long and hav- | ing an average width of four miles. The | surface is in general five feet above low- water level and a tritle above high tide. The soil is either blus clay or peat, the | depth of the clay ranging from ten to | fifteen feet, and the depth of ths peat | being, as a rule, less than eight feet, | C. C. Vermeule, member of the New ! Jersey State Geological Survey, in a re- port just published, discusses three methods of redemption. One is to dredge open canals through the marsh and use | the material 10 fill in intervening space. | Three-quarters of the surface would ihus | be reciaimed and the other quarter be- | come water surface. The cost of filling | by machinery would be from $484 to §700 an acre, but the plan, as a whole, would be unsatisfactory. The second method is to fill the meadows with extraneous ma- | terial. This would cost $1200 an acre for | a three-foot fill, or $2500 an acre to make | land available for building. This is far | too expensive for large areas. | The third method is an adoption of the system which made Holland and drainea the fen lands of England. It isatonce cheap and suited to large tracts. Mr. Vermeule would build dykes along the tide-water courses and remove the water from the land by tide sluices or by pump- ing. For ten years wooden gates, hinged at the top and swinging from the land so as to open for the outflow of drainage and | close when the tide turns, would answer | all purposes. But drained swamps shrink | as they are dried out, so it would proba- | bly be necessary to use pumps finally. | The cost of reclaiming an area of 27,000 acres is estimated at $1,268,400, or avout $47 an acre, and untl pumping begins interest and maintenance would cost $3 25 per acre annually. Pumping would add $3 75. 1t is probable that the whole work will be done on & uniform plan, under a single public authority, in order tiat by the | same work the meadows may be drained and navigation improved. If the latter | plan be selected, the resuit will be watched with much interest on this side of the continent, It is possible that we may THEY DRIFT ASUNDER, The split between the middle-of-the-road Populists and the Bryan forces has wid- ened into a chasm, and the Nebraska orator will never be able to bridge it. The fight against fusion begun by Tom Wat- son of Georgia has been taken up by straight-out Populists all over the country, | and the Nashville convention next month will settle once and for all time the ques- tion whether the Populist party is going Bryan band-wagon. Populists, as & rule, are sore over the manner in which they were treated by the silver Democrats in the last campaign. The fact that Bryan utterly ignored his running mate on the Populist ticket was enough in itself to turn against him all who had respect for Watson and fair treat- ment. Th things have been nails in the coffin of fusion. ‘Tom Watson is being supplied with am- munition from various quarters in his war on Bryanism. L C. Bateman, late Peo- ple’'s party candidate for Governor of Maine, asserts that Bryan’s recent gift of $1500 to the Populist National Committes ‘was made with the distinct understanding that no action against fusion should be taken by the People’s pariy before the next National convention. Mr. Bateman terms this direct bribery. Morenver, the same man declares aiso that Bryan ap- pended his (Bateman’s) name to Senator Allen’s letter of notification given out last Beptember. bateman was secretary of the Populist notification committee, but did not sign the letter in question. He says that Bryan's action in printing his name to the letter in his book is an act of political forgery. Bateman is a delegate to the middle-of-the-road National con. ference at Nashville July 4, and says he will bring these matters before that body. As 10 the merits of the charges we have nothing to say. They are matter for the Populists themselves to worry over and decide upon. But all these things serve to show that the breach between the Bryanites and the Populists has widened beyond the mending point; and that so far as all genuine, out-and-out Populists are concerned the hope of fusion in 1900, or any other time, is as dead as the possi- bility of & return to Clevelandism. want to follow New Jersey’s example. | to permit itself to be drageed behind the | OUR NEW POSTMASTER. President McKinley has been singularly fortunate in the selection of men to fill official positions under his aaministra- tion. This good fortune has not been dua 1o accident. It has been the result of his tact and sagacity in dealing with men and his resolute determination to appoint no man to any office who would not be equal to the duties reposed in him and satis- factory to the party and to the people at large. excellent illustration of the Presi- dent’s discriminating carein the selection of officials has been given the people of San Francisco by the appointment of W. W. Montague to the office of Postmaster. The choice is one on which the public may be well congratulated. Mr. Montague is one of those business men whom we de- ht to regard as representative of the zenship of the community and to whom the people look for leadership, not only 1n commercial affairs, but in all en- rerprises which tend 10 the upbuilding of the municipality. A thoroughly business administration of the Postoffice will be beneficial to all citizens and particularly so to those en- gaged in trade which is largely carried on by correspondence and to whom the prompt dispatch and delivery of mails are matters of great importance. Under Mr. Montague's management we may rely upon having a postal service as efficient as the office can provide. He knows from | experience what the commercial needs of the City require from the office and has ample ability and business training to fit him for supplying those needs to the fall extent of the power which 1he Govern- ment places at his disposal. It is scarcely necessary to say that the appointment of Mr. Montague will be sat- isfactory to the Republicans of San Fran- cisco and to the people generally. It will g0 far to allay any antagonisms whic. may have survived the struggies of the | campaign and will tend to harmonize all elements of the party and prepare the way | for unity of effort and cordial co-operation in the campaign ‘0 come. President Mc- Kinley promised the people to direct all bis energies to the work of promotinga revival of business and he has gone the right way about the work by giving usa business admimnistration and putting busi- ness men to the front. ENLISTING BRITISH OAPITAL. The well-known California mining mag« nate, Charles D. Lane, is negotiating with English capitaiisis for the sale ot valuable mining property in this State, and ex- Senator 8. W. Dorsey has organized a gigantic syndicate of rich Londoners to handle the Picacho mines in Arizona. The deals in botb instances represent vast amounts of money. Their chief signifi- cance to the Western and Southwestern country is that British capital is discover- ing tbe splendid inducemenis which exist in our mining felds and is evidently in- clined to invest largely in practically un- developed properties. | _The mines of California, despite the fact | that they nave yielded enormous profits | in tue past, are still in the infancy of their | development. It may truthfuily be said | that, in the majority of instances, only the surface croppings have been taken. The South African gold fields have had more money expended on them, in the matier of machinery, than the mines of the Golden West. If British capital could be interested to an equal extent in our Pacific Slope mines the output here would 200n astonish the world again, and from the depths of our mountains would be brought up fortunes that would demon- strate that our quartz mines hitherto have only been sampled. There are rich prospects all through the | mining counties lying untouched for want of the capital necessary to work them. Itisoneof the good signs of the | times that foreign money is seeking the safe investments afforded by our mines. Itisnot out of the reaim of possibility that the beginning of the twentieth cen- tury msy witness a mining excitement in the State of California quite comparable 1o that of the “days of '49."” POPULISM AND DEMOCRACY. 7o the Editor of the San Fiancisco Call—SIn: This brief note shall be devoted to showing the inberent smpossibility of a union between Populism and Democracy, leaving of my next a like exposition for Republicanism. Let at- tention be confined to one point. It is & fundamental with Democracy that encn State isan absolute sovereign, and that under its reserve power it may legisiate as to all things not expressly committed to the National Government. It was the unbridled supremacy of this idea that led to the old South Cerolina nullification laws, verging on revolution. Denying National sovereignty, an appeal was made to the sword in 1861, where- by eleven States were disorganized, a milijon lives sacrificed, the most gigantic war of modern times precipitated and the most stu- pendous debts coutracted. There can be honest doubt but that the conflict waged in the Rebellion was based on the different ideas 85 10 Stale sovereignty and Nutional sovi otwithstanding the pathetic tragedy at Ap- pomatiox, and refusiug the eloquent lesson of that surrender, the Democracy stili clings to the old idea of State supremacy. It continu. ally asseris it in its National platforms, in the editorials of its leading journals, in the speeches of 1ts orators and in the conversation of its voters. It is redical'y embedded in the constitution of the party andin the minas of 1ts adherents. There has been no movement in National edvancement for one Lundred years thet across pathway has not stalked the specter of Siate supremacy. That question has been Presented in Congress, in_ine courts, in con- ventions aud in public debates, so that to-day you can find no Democrst that will not in- nd valiantly defend this one ides, be- ¢ he believes it 1o be the very bedrock | cauy PERSONAL. J. J. Lynch of San Bernardino is in town. E. C.Long of Watsonvilie s at the Cosmo- politan. Miss E. Leschinsky and J. H. Crosby, of Hay- principle of his party. He bows in WOTShip &t | vorae ‘ars at the Cosmopolitan. this altar, not ing the trend of half | notwithstanding e ok d owner- road out & century is toward Nationalism, staading that National supremac; ship of ulilities is the only possib of our present widespread trouble. Omitiing furiher elabpration of this Demo- cratic trai: the four fundamentals of Populism may be named. Each one is based directiy on National sovereignty. First, that land mon- | opoly must be destroyed and ownership ol‘ foreigners denled. and no more sales made by | the Generalj Government. Second, that the United States shall own and operate sil rai roads. Third, that all money shall be *u.d directly by the Government and {8 v ume determined thereby, denying existence 10 National banks run for private gain and insisting that its paper money shall not be redeemed in its metallic money. Fourth, that the principle of direct legisiation, namely, Initiation of laws and the veto of laws by the general voters of the United States, shall be at once applied. These four princivles are flatly in dendly antagonism 1o Siate soverelgnty. How then can there bo any honest or respectable union | between the two organizations when each holds radically different ideas as to National vower and roiiey? Yours truly, June 22, 1897. JAMES TAYLOR ROGERS. A VOYAGER. Behind the bare and leaning spars Fades the iast splendor of the sun; Soon the nnfalling beacon stars Wil show their waichfires, one by one. A long while have 1 harbored here, Holdug 1a r co. verse friend with friend, Biding my call with careies But uow the tarryiug must For one bas come who maketh known A shadowy bark await th me, And I must go to seek alone A bourne beyond the outer sea. CLINTON SCOLLARD In Lotus. A STATUE OF BISMARCK. The new Bismarck monumentat Grunewald, & fashionable suburb of Berlin, is in its primi- tive ruggedness one of the most artistic statues recently unveiled. It s curious that this monument should be the first one of the great Chancellor to be erected in Berlin. In 1894, upon the occasion of his approachin, eightieth birthday, it was decided to place great national monument to Bismarck at the iront of the new Reichstag buiiding. About 100 different proposals were submitted, and three prizes were given 1o, the most merito- Bismarck Monument at Grunewald. rious ones; then there arose a controvery whether the one that had been selected conld fittingly be placed in front of the Reichsteg; | for some little time the matter was discussed among art critics; then the noise subsided and nothing has been heard of the projected monument since, although there is plenty of money in the hands of the committee. Thus it hes come (o pass that the sculptor, Max Klein, himself a resident of Gruenwsaid, who had carried off the second prize at that com- petition in 1894 for his Bismarck in the tradi- tional unitorm of the Cuirassiers of the Guard, had the time to create another Bismarck, this time conceived as the “old man of the Saxon forest,” dressed in the conventional long coat s wears since his retirement from TIMES ARE BETTER. Every day tnat passes lessens the number of croakers and sweils the ranks of those who look forward to a period of positive prosperity. It 1s significant that the weekly statement of city banks issued yesterday shows for the first time a legitimate expansion of loans and mercantile discounts. Bonds and stocks continue to rise.— New York Herald. It is beyond dispute that the conditions of trade have been improving steadily, and that they continue to improve. The number of hanas employed. the volume of new orders for manufactured goods, and the sales in retail stores have increased during the past week, and have increased during each of the last four weeks.—Chicago Inter-Ocean. Just as soon as Republican legislation can take the place of the indescribable thing that now suswers the place of a tariff law, and so soun as Republican policies can be adovted in all branches of the Government, the Repub- lican party will respond to the calls upon it and fulfill the expectation of the Demoerats and Populisis who are looking 1o it for salvs- tion,—8t. Paul Dispatch. For the first time since 1893, the majority of business men are beginning 10 frel & real and substantial hope of the [uture. Confidence, that piant of slow and tender growth, is graduaily spreading over the country, and it is amply justified by tangibly impioved con- ditions in trade, rallway earnings, increasing investments and the nearing of the end of un- certainty on the tariff.—Philadelphia Bulletin. The recent reports to the Comptrolier of the Currency from national banks of the country show an increased acuivity in loans and dis- counts and other branches of their business. This is an additional evidence that the promised return of business activity has begun and isgoing to continue. There is no more accurate test of business conditions than these bank statements.—Kansas City Journal. The very fact that business men throughout the couniry are doing more business than s year ago, that & great many more men are em- ployed, is an argument in_favor of increasing prospetity which cannot be successfully con- tradicted. Facis are #1abborn things, and the facts available show that conditions are not only improving, but the greatest anticipations are feit for the tuture.—Philadelphis Inquirer. The Journal recently advised Democratic organs to quit calamity howline and look up some sort of excuse for returning prosperity. The Loulsville Post 1s sensible enough to act on the suggestion. “The corn, wheat and cotton flelds,’” says the Post, “‘are about to bring back good times and confidence, in spite of Republican legislation.” They will ali come to it in another month.—Kanssa City Journal. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. New York Press. Marriage is the embalming fluid of love. It often makes a lovely corpse. Women have a theory that & bad man can never like to watch a sunset or smell flowers. A man can always get the respectof a women by letting on that he doesn't tell sll he knows. No matter how good he is to her, a woman will always have a horrible doubt whether her husband will meet her in heaven. ‘When a woman wants to call her husband down before company she needn’t say any- thing. She only needs to smile in & sort of deprecating way. Some women’s idea of taking care of & man 1s to have a lot of fussy sachet bags to put in ;h. botiom of the drawers he keeps his shirts n. Thomas Burke, merchant, of Seattle, arrivea in the City yesterday and registered at the Palace. Mrs. S. Curnow and Miss C. Curnow, of So- nora, Tuolemne County, are at the Cosmo- politan. J. C. Tyson of Montgomery, Ala., is a guest of the Grand Hotel. He arrived in the City yesterday. Rev. 8. Wright Butler of Omaha arrived in San Francisco yesterday and registered at the Grand. His wife is with him. State Senator Samuel N. Androus of Pomona isin the City. At a meeting of the Pacific Const Jockey Club yesterdsy he was re-elected yresident of the association. Judge J. A. Barham, member of Congress from the First District, who has been sojourn- 1ng at the Occidental Hotel for two days, left the City for Washington, D, C., last evening. Frauk L. Coombs of ¥apa Is registered at the Grand Hotel. Mr. Coombs by virtue of his position as Speaker of the Assembly isa regent of the State University. He 1s diiigent in the discharge of his duly as a member of the board. o CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y. June 22.—At the St Cloud, C. Spencer; Imperial, W. Armstrong, C. offman, J. Bourne: Manhattan, W. D. Clark, Miss F. Jewell; Gilsey, Mrs. Crocker; Stuart, R. W. Eberle; Vendome, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Forbes; Metropole, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wallace; St. Denis, Mrs. Faymsy. Right Rev. William Ford Nichols, Bishop of California, and wife left the St Cloud to safl on the Aurania for Liverpool; Rev. Davia McClure also satled. Mr and Mrs. A. L. Bertelsen and children and George Lowdon sailed on the Trave for Bremen. F. Holm, F. Schutze and M. Martin are here busing. Miss Fidelia Jewett arrived from Bremen on the Spree. | HORSELESS WAGON VS. HORSE. Pittsburg Dispateh. Never sweats. | Doesn’t feel its oats. Has no kick coming. Couldn’t1f it haa. Can zo on a mile track without a skip and never turn a bair. Can't Le jockeyed. Never scares at trolley-: Doesn’t “eat i1s head oft."” Goes like lightning. | Never stallstn an | Can’t be spurrea. Doesn’t get hot under the collar. Not afraid of bikers, Never backs over the dump. Doesn’t buck like & bronco. Isn’t afraid of the stable b:ss, Not a high-flyer. Will not jurip on the horseshoer. | e Anybody can ride {t"—if he or she knows | how. | Defies the hostler, | % lllmsn'L demolish the dashboard with its eels. Doesn’t want 1o stop at every watering trough on the rosd. Ras no object in taking the bit in its teeth. It will not bite. Doesn’t eat much. (J20’t airaid of getting its hoot caught fn & slot. Has 0o reason to depend on mane strength. STILL— It can’t do much plowing. Hence. it is not the farmer’s friend. Wouldn't be much account in a hurdle race, *cause it can’t jump fences and things. Couldn't “foilow the hounds” in s foxhunt. Doesn’t know gee irom haw. 1s liable to come on top of the pedeetrian *‘so sudden.” It has wheels. h wagon. BUT— It's a good thing, which doesn’t need pu; ing along. WITH YOUR COFFEE. “Did you succeed in convincing him that he was wrong?” “No; but I made him admit it.”—Detroit He—Darling, will you miss me when I am far away in a foreign land? She—Yes, dear; but you will write to me often, won't you? What a chance it will be for me to increase my co'lection of foreign stamps!—Boston Transeript. Talk ebout woman' no such thing. Ishould say it worked night and day.—Detrolt Journal idle curiosity! “This is & genuine Havana cigar, is 1t satd the baker to the tobacconist. “Aboutas genuine as your Vienna bread, I should judge,” replied the tobacco desler.— Harper's Bezar. Wallace—There is nothing like matrimony to make a man appreciate the value of money. Ferry—Thats so. A dollar & man gives to his wife does look bigger to him than any other dollar.—Cincinnati Enquirer. “Why do you look so dejected?” tin foil. “I was beaten out of $5 to-day,” replied the gold leat.—New York World. sked the Wife—You snored awiully last night, my dear. Husbend—Humph! me up? Wife—Because I prefer snoring to profanity, darling.—New York Evening Journal. Why didn’t you wake “Do you have mice in your house, Parker?” asked Wicks. ““Yes, lots of "em,” said Parker. ““What on earth do you do for them? I'm botbered to death by them at my home.” ““What do I do for 'em?” said Parker. “Why, Ido everythiug for them—provide 'em with a home, plenty to eat and so forth, What more can they expect?”’—Harper's Bazar. “What did that man do to make himselt so famous?” asked the Altrurian, gazing curi- ously on an individual who formed the center of a social group. “To the best of my knowledge, Cynic, “he did the Times. replied the Ppublic’’—Washingion Mother—Now, Johnnis the truth? Johnnie—It I an’t, why do you want to make me tell another lie by asking me such a question as that?—Boston Transcript. are you telling me MEN AND WOMEN. The Emperor of Germany stands twenty-first in the direct line of succession to the British throne. The woman lawn tennis champion of New Zealand has only one hand, and that hand tne left one. C. W. Walton, Justice of the Supreme Court of Maine, will soon retire after a setvice of forty years. Tt was in 1747 that a German chemist named Marggraf discovered that sugar could be made from beets, but the beet-sugar industry did not begin till half a century later. ‘The costiiest rugs in the world are owned by the Shah of Persia and the Sultan of Turkey, It is said thateach possesses a mat made of pearls and diamonds valued ata fabulous sum. The Bishop of Liverpool (Dr. Ryle) has just celebrated his eighty-first birthday, He is now the oldest Engiish prelate, and notwith- standing his sdvauced age is actively em- ployed in the discharge of his duties. Professor Walter William Skeat, the well. known scholar, editor and founder of the Eng. lish Dialect Society, bears another honor in RO wise scholastic. He points to the fact that he was the first Cambridge professor who rode & bicycle. Among the Pope's treasures is an Easter “egg” whichihe received from an English lady. The shell is made of ivory, its lining is of white satin, and the yolk is a golden case con- taining a large emeraid set in diamonds. The ‘whole is worth upward of $2000. ‘The young Duchess of Marlborough has & great fondness for pets. At Blenheim she has set up a menagerie containing two ostriches, several eagles and vulturesand an ibis. But the strangets of the young bride’s pets isa garter snake, which she purchased on the banks of the Nile while on her honeymoon. It1$50 tame that when she approsches 1t crawls toward ner. Joseph Thorne, who died st Sing Sing last week at the age of 71, was the inventor of & typesetting machine whict bears his name. He also invented a sewing-machine anda type- writer, FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. Court Adelaide of the Ancient Order of Foresters Entertains Uts Many Friends. Last Monday evening there was a gathering of the many friends of the members of Court Adelaide of the Anclent Order of Foresters in Social Hall in the Foresters’ building to listen 10 an enteriainment ana take part in a dance that had been prepared for them. The follow- ing was the programme tha: was presented, which was received with many marks of sp- proval: Remarks, Sylvan Mish, P. C. R.; piano solo. H. Shuman; vocal solo, Mrs. A inger; recitation, H. Levy; violiu solo, Milton Schoenberg; vocal 80lo, Albert Getz; recito: tion. J. E. Mish; plano’ solo, Gus Merzbach; vocal solo, Oswald Mish; vocal solo (comic), J. Lippman. Aller the entertainment there was dancing that kept on until the orchesira played “Home, Bweet Home,” st midnight. The event was conducted under the management of the following named: Committee ot ar- rangements—S. Mish, J. Geiz, G. Winters, J Finnigan, 0. Mish; Teception commitiee— Lipyman, J. Adams, J. F. McGowan; floor manager, Sylvan Mish. Independent Order of Foresters. After an sbsence of twenty-eight days, during which he visited the courts in Central and Northern Californis, High Chief Ranger Mc- Eliresh returned to his home in Los Angeles a few days since. During his absence he ad- dressed twenty-four largely attended meetings and these resulted in the presentation of 124 applications for membership. The high chief | ranger in speaking of the celebration in San Francisco a few weeks ago, said to the reporter es paper that it a credit to ndent Foresters of San Francisco, ost successful affair in the line of California. Fores'ry in Santa Ana is waking up jndging from the activity of the members. A few nightssioce there was a meeting tuere, pre- liminary to the organization of & ew court at that place. There were present a large num: ber of people including more then eigh members from Buena Park, Orangs and West- minster. High Chief Ranger McEifresh, who was present, deiivered an uddress with the re- 1t that efghteen applications vere filed. The Dew court was insiituted last Tuesday with thirty members. The Right Guide Surprised. Miss M. Martha Schafer, right guide of Sher- wood Circle, Companions of the Forest, was, after the close of the business of the meeting iast Monday night, surprised to have all the members of the circle crowd around her,and the cause of this was explained when ‘they gongratulated her on the anniversary of her birih. Afier that there was & programme, & dance and refreshments in her honor. About two hours were pleasantly spent. Olympus Parlor, N, S. G, W. The high jinks which is to follow the instal- tion of the officers of Olympus Parlor of the Netive Sons of the Golden West will be given in Devisadero Hall on the evening of the 7th oi July, and mot this evening, as has been announced. This parlor has among its members some of the bestamateur talent in the City, and a most entertaluing programme will be’presented. The grand officers have been invited to attend on that evening. Fraternal Neglect. In all fraternal organizations there is a rule that when a member absents himself from the place where tne subordinate body to which he belongs is located he may tske a card with him. When a member in good standing finds himself in a stravge place in which | there is a subordinate of the order to which he belongs, he wiil always on presentation of his card find a welcome and in case of need as- sistance. Some time ago the regent of one of the Jocal councils of the Royal Arcanum was notified that a member of oue of the Eastera | councils had died in the vieinity of San Fran- nd he was requested to mske an in- tion and report. After some inquiry it wi ce ned that the member had died in Oakland and hed been buried without any one of the order naving becen notfied of the iact. Had he made himseif known upon his arrival in the State several months before, he would, when on his bed of sickness, have had the care which fellow-members oi the order would have gladiy given him, and he would nothave passed away, as it was in his case, s SiTADger aMODg Strangers. ANSWERS TO CORRESPGNDENTS. Gyrsiss—E. M. V., City. There is & gypsy mp on the Potrero, in the vicinity of Six- teenth and Solano street: ARBITRATION—H. H. 8., City. The general arbitration treaty was submitted to the Senate of tne United States for ratification January SIDNEY BELL—J. D., City. The end of Sid- ney Bell, who was accused of the murder of Jacobsen, was his conviction on three charges of robbery, and he was sent to_the peniten- tiary for sixty years September 17, 1892. THE MILITARY DRAFT—V. W. E,, Napa, Cal Four days aiter the surrender of General Lee's army. Auril 9, 1865, & public notice was given by the War Department that orders would be speedily issued to stop all dralting and re. crufting. Voring—R. H. W., City. Neither a soldier nor a marine in the service of the United States can vote at a Presidential election at the place at which he may be unless he has resided in the State, county and prectuct the required lengih of time to give him ihe right vote. MOUNT ULYMPUS—Subscriber, Mount City. Olympus, in the City and County of San Fran- | ©isco, 18 270 feet high, that is the apex is that much higher than the base line of the City, which 18 six fes d seven-tenths sbove ordi- nary high tide, at & point near Pacific and Davis sireets. THEATERS—J. D, City, The question asked about the size of {wo of the local theaters has been answered 80 often in this department that every reader ought to know what the figures are. For auswer to your question see **Largest Thea in answers to corresnond- ents in THE CALL of Sunday, April 11, 1897. C1IviL SERVICE—E. A., City. No time has yet been fixed for civil service examination in the department named in your communication. Notice of such examination is posted in the office of the department in which it is to be heid. Those who are interested should pay periodical visits to the departments and watch for the notices. SEWING-MACHINES—A. M., City. The large sewing-machine factories of this country are located: Two at Cleveland, Ohio; one esch at Elizabeth, N.J., Newark, N.J., Bridgeport, Conn., Orange, Mass., Plactsburg, N. Y., and Belvedire, Il Factorles that produce on a small scale are in the following-named cittes: Two each in New York Ciiy and Chicago; one each 1n Dayton, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, Wiiliams- rt, Pa., Philadelphis, Pa., Providence, R. L, kiord, 1ll., Elgin, IIL, Fiorence, Mass, There are 'two in Canads, ono (small) at Guelph and oue (iarge) at Montreal; two’ in Glasgow, Scotland, one ar Oldham, one at Manchester, Engiand, and probably several others of small account in England, In Ger- fmany theré ate two or thz-o {aciories ench in rlin, en, Altenberg, Blelfeld, Magde- Diirg, Kariruhe, Saalfeld, féuumumn, tha one each uriach, Meisen, Leipsig and Braunschw There' are two or more in Vienna, one in Budapest, one in Luzerne, switzerland, one in Paris, one in Audicourt and one at St. Urban, France. The machines manuisctured at the places named ate for general use—tkat is, for fami: lies and the ordinary purposes of manufac. ture. Machines for special purposes are mamn- ufactured in many New England oitles and i Germany. There are & dozen or more Small {inwr.l;- of m‘r’ hnp«;n.-nco thlilmd through ermany, and & few sue F G‘;;‘!éml s in France and ere 1800 Tecord of the yearly output sewing machines, The Dolie; of -{A :m‘e)mlnn! companies i3 1o withhold the facts and to en- courage the idea of large or indeflnite pro- duction, except at times when one or another could show the largest production, During the old “combination” patents the regularls Iicensed companies reported their sales in this country, but there was no record of their ex. ported machines or of the many unlicensed Ones that were always in the market. THE OLDEST REPUBLIC—B, P., Vallejo, Cal. San Marino, Italy, situated smid thje lel::r rAnges of the Appemines and encircled by provinces that formerly belonged to the pou- tifical States, is the oldest reputlic in the world. It is also the smallest independent re- public. It is governed by a legislative Sen. ate of sixty mem bers elected for life, an execu- tive councll of tweive, two-thirds of whom 8o ‘Schies- | ndent Forestry ever held in the State of | out every year, and two Presidents elected for six months. That has bven the form of gov- erament since 1847, when the constiiation was cousiderably coanged. The area of this republic is thirty.two square miles—:.en square miles smaller than San Francisco. It contalns five villages with an aggregate population of about 8200. The capitai of tan Marino is a viilage of the same name, perched on the crest of & mountai 2635 feet above the level of the sea. Itis fecied by walls and towers and 18 accessibig only by & carriage way. Itcontainsseveral Stréets and squares, seven churches,a town hall, theater, conveuts, museums and hospi. The inhabitants of the republic are hospitality, sobriety, industry and general morality. They are sensitively jeaious of their rights and cling with tenacity to their territorial and legislaiive independeuce. The early nistory of this miniature republic islost in the cbscure past, but it is said that it was founded early in_the fourth century St. Marinus, a converted stonemason, who fled from Rimini, twelve miies to the north, to avoid persecution. Duning the medieval wars of Italy San Marino had its pigmy feuds and | factions, which seem to have been nonme the | less euvenomed from the petiiness of their | arena. In 1740 the democratical iorm of gov- ernment was secnrely guaranteed against iur- her assault. The rights of this diminutive | state were serupulously respected by Napolron | during his Italian campeign. The republic | has an army of 88 ofiicers and 950 men, and hasan snuual revenue of 227,000 lire. Its products are fruit, silkworms and wine. There | is good pasturage, and considerable is done | in the way of raising cattle. % | | Bozo, which is 500 feet below the capital, is | the principsl residence of the inhabitsnts. | The other three villages are Berrevalle, Fac- | 1ano and Monte Giardini. | CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townsend's.* — e ——— FPrCcTAL Information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping burean (Allen’s), 510 Montgomety. Gt uisut Wife—How people gaze at my new dress! I presume they wonder if I've been shopping in Paris. | Husband—More likely they wonder if I've been robbing a bank.—Tit- Bits. 825 REate to Chicago via the Great Santa Fe Route. The low rates made for Christian Endeavorers will be open to the public as well. An opporia- ity to visit the East never before enjoyed by Cal- forniaps. Pullman Palace Drawing-room Sleep- ing-cars of the latest pattern. Modern upholstersed tourist sleeping-cars run dafly tbrough from Oak- land pler to Chicago. See time-table in advertis- ing column. San Francisco ticketoflice 644 Market street, Chronicie bullding. 7Telephoue Main1831 Oakland, 1118 Broadway. $32 50 to St. Paul, Minneapolis sad Chicago. Tickets wiil be on sale July 12 to the 17th. Good final lmit, August 15; stopover allowed. It splendid opportunity to take a trip to Chicago and | stopoff at the famous Yellowstone Park. Send 6 cents in stamps for ilinstrated book, “Wonder- land,” to T. K. Stateler, general agent Northern Pacific Rallway, 638 Market street, San Franclsco. —_———— “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup™ Has been used over fifty years by miilions ot mothers for their children while Teething with per, | fect success. It soothesthe child, softensthe gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and isthe best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether aris~ ing from tee:hing or other causes. For sale by drug st8 1n every part of the world. Bo sure and aak | sorMrs W insiow's Soothing Syrup. 25¢ & bottle, | —_— | ComoxaDO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dry, sof: { and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round- trip tickets, by stesm- bip, including fifteen days board at the Hoteldel Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 perday, Apply | & New Monigomery streer, San Francisco. | S s WHEN you feel “as cross as acat,” a doseof Aser’s Pills will make you as good-natured as a kitten. 1ry them for biliousness. e “Would you call Urbana s lawless town?” | asked Mr. Northside. “What are you driving at?” replied Mr. Hille | top. “I was going to say that & town which has | eivil law, lynch law and martisl law all in & few days can scarcely be called lawless,”— | Pittsburg Chronicle-T graph. i NEW TO-DATY. “Man wants but little here below”— but wants that little good, especially when it comes to spices and flavoring extracts. e | e Spices and Flavor- ing Extracts “are just about right.” (And so is “‘Trophy” Baking Powder.) 153 Tillmann & Bendel, Mfrs. 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