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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1897 SATUR NE 6. 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUEL, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily snd Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.18 Dally and Sunday CALL, one year,by mall.... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, s1x months, by mail.. 3.00 Daily and Sunday CALZ, three months by mail 1.50 Daily und Sunday Cari, one month, by mall. .65 Bunday CALL, one year, by mall. 1.0 | WXLKLY CALL, one year, by mal " 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, #an Francisco, California. Telepnene Main-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone. .Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: | 27 Nrni(omery sireet, coraer Clay; epen untll 0 o'cloc 80 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o’clock. 615 Larkin street, open until §:30 o’ clock. £W. corper Sixteenth and Mission sireeis, open tutll 8 o'clock. +518 Mission street, open nntil 8 o’clock. 367 Ninth street, open until 8 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open until 9:80 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuly-second and Keamtocky te; open till § o'cloc] OAKLAND OFFIGE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, N DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. e THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Areyon golng to the country on s _vacation * n re, 1t I8 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. | Do not let It miss you for you will | Imiss 1. Orders given to the carrier or lef: at Business Office will recelve prompt attention. | NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifty cemts per month | for summer months. } | The work on the tariff bill is slow, butit is getting there. Once more the attention of the world | turns to the Congo. Central Africa is on | the rampage. | To provide yourself with the best read- | ing for to-morrow you must leave orders to-day for THE SUNDAY CALL. Care should be taken to keep Balboa avenue in good order for we may take a notion to extend it before long. The critics who were saying & month ago that McKinley had no foreign policy are now accusing him of having too much. The most satisfactory feature of the sit- uation is that business improvement is not wailing to keep step with the taritf bill progress. The newly created LL.D.’sof the country should hold & convention this summer | and show the people what they can do in the way of doctoring laws. When the jubilee festivities are over there will be more talk in England about | imperial federation, and once again the | great plan will ran up against colonial tariffs and go to pieces. The San Bernardino Times-Indez makes much of the fact that ‘‘Alabama makes pig iron at $5a ton.” But what is the use of making & pig iron at $5 a ton when you can make a Chinaman iron at 75 cents a day? The programme arranged for Bryan by the reception committee of his party pro- vides for too much traveling and too many speeches. The distinguished visitor should have a chance to rest and enjoy the climate. Suffering under the accumulated ills of famine, pestilence and earthquakes, the people of India regard the jubilee rejoic- ings as an insult, and the British may | have to fight for their empire betore the year closes. The fact that the slaughter of the Bel- gians on the Congo will affect the British expedition up the Nile is another evi- dence that a brick thrown anywhers in the world is pretty sure to hit a British interest before it stops. Following the lead of the man who made silk from wood fiber a German inventor has devised a process of making it from cotton, and perhaps bsfore the century closes some fellow may succeed in making a silk purse cut of a sow’s ear. “‘There’s plenty of room at the top,” quotes the Morgan Hill Sun in a burst of eloquence. However, the Sun should not in its haste overlook the probabiiity that the author of the proverb referred exclu- sively to kimself and the top of his head The Los Angeles Record gives space to the wail of the locai milk inspector, who declares that his office is ‘‘of no earthly use.”” We should imagine he is correct— itismorea watery use than an earthly use which makes milk inspection popuiar. The convention of the Nationa! Associa- tion of Musicians in New York is said to be attended by about 15,000 delegates, rep- resenting all musical professions, trades and industri Other reports announce that the number of New Yorkers leaving the city for the summer resorts is unusu- ally large. Since the war broke ount between the Greeksand the Turks affairs in Crete have been overlooked by the general public, but according to latest reports the Cretans have established a provisional govern- ment of their own and are getting along very well while waiting for the crisis to settle itself or begin again. The report that the charity bazaar fire in Paris was caused by anarchists is t00 ab- surd for serious consideration. Dozens of wiinesses have declared it was due to the flame from an ether lamp and the only evidence of anarchy in the affair was the fact that ladies used such an illuminant instead of patronizing the product of the Standard Oil Company. Kaiser William’s attempt togo from his yacht to the Columbia during a gale was foolhardy, but as he had sense enough to turn back before it was too late there is reason to hope he may be wise enough to abandon some of his toolish efforts to carry out a medieval system of govern- ment in the face of the rising storm of Jiberalism in Germany. The dangers of politics in his empire are not less menac- ing than those of the se: The chancellor of the University of Georgia has recommended that women be admitted to the institution ana the trus- tees have indorsed the plan, but it wiil re- quire an act of the Legislature to make the change and there is some doubt whether the Bourbons from the backwoods districts will agree to it. What has been accomplished, however, is a good evi- dence of progress and shows that Georgla intends to keep in the lead of the new Bouth along all lines of advancement. { while the thronging { London. T UNHAPPY INDIA. | Across the glory of the British jubilee a ‘ menacing shadpw falls. The splendor of | the royal festivities is darkened by a cloud | overspreading the most populous and | most dangerous part of the empire, and | amia the nopular rejoicing at the capital | the Government shuaders at the news | trom Indi | Dispatches from Bombay announce that | crowds in Londoun were shouting their loyaity (o the Queen, and exulting in the pride of the mightiest empire the world has ever known, the | people of India, maddened by famine and | plague and frightened by earthquakes, had bezun to manifest a discontent omin- ous of civil disturbances of the most dire- ful kind. Assassins bave killed one mem- ber of the Plague Commission, mortally | wounded another, baaly wounded a third and attempted the lie of a jourth. Fol- lowing these murderous assaults there has been circulated a bulletin denouncing asdemons those who wou!d celebrate a jub- ilee at a time of famine, plagne and earth- | quake, and calling upon the people to check by arms the excesses of English tyrants, It is easy to understand the discontent of India. Widespread disaster and want and misery powerfully affect the public mind, even smcng the most civilized peo- ple. We have seen in our own country to | what fo lies intelligent men may be led in | { panic seasons and periods of hard times. | The people of India are not intelligent. and the distresses which have befallen | them far exceed that which happened to | even the most unfortunate of our citizens at the worst point of the past four years. | It was inevitable, therefore, that they | should be roused to maaness. Holding | their conguerors responsible for their ruin, | they enter upon the practice of asssssin: tion and call for revolt and war. There is no serious danger in this to the supremacy of the British empire in the country. India is inhabited by peoples alien to one another in race, religion, lan- guage and civilization. They have never | been able to combine with one another to | resist any conqueror, nor could they com- | bine now to throw cif the British yoke. | Moreover, the very distress in one part of { the country has been the cause of pros- perity in another. The famine has not | been universal, and the high prices of | rice and wheat caused by it have bene- | fited those portions of the great peninsula | where the crops were good. An uprising in tne stricken districts would find little or no sympathy elsewhere, and would be foredoomed to failure from the start. The danger is that any serious revolt | would cause & long and bloody war. It would open a way for an outburst of that fanatic barbarism which is inherent in so many of the Indian races. It would carry a fearful dread into almost every English home, for there are comparatively | few families in Great Britain that have | not some near relative or dear friend in | the Indian service. It is for that reason the news from Bombay causes a shudder in The jubilee yearof the Queen | of Great Britain and Ireland may be a direful time for the Empress of India. | BUILDING UP A TRADE CENTER. A Wholesale Merchants’ Asscciation has been incorporated in New York City, with the object of promoting in all pra tical ways the trade of that metropolis and particularly of inducing merchants from the interior partsof the country to visit the New York market for the pur- chase of their goods. The New York Times says that “it is the conviction of | those engaged In this work not only tha: | such trade can be carried on with greater advantage to the jobbers than is possible under the system of traveling salesmen, which has grown so extensive, but under proper conditions with greater advantage to buyers themselves.” | It is not the purpose to do away with travelers, but to substitute trade on the spot as far as practicable. kn furtherance of this object the organization has already secured from the railroads attractive con- cessions in fares for buvers visiting New York, and it is going to arrange for the best possible terms as to the shipment of freight as regards both expense and con- venience. The railroads, ihe merchants and the customers are thus o co-operate for their mutual advantage. Perhaps our San Francisco wholesale merchauts and jobbers may find in this New York plan s suggestion worthy of their respectful consideration. The New Yorkers reason (and this will apply equally here) that *“‘the more goods sold in the city the more business there will be for the railroads, both in freight and pas- sengers, and the greater the business the better the terms that can be made all around.” THE OENSUS OF RUSSIA. The census ot the empire of Russia, just completed, shows an astonishing in- crease of population, and teaches the world the wonderful possibilities which exist in the country of the Czar. The total population of all the Russias in 1897 is 129,211,113, an increase of over 20,000,000 since 1885, anu nearly double the popula- vion in 1851. In fact the empire added to its numerical strength nearly 62,000, 000, s population almost equivalent to the total population of the United States in 1890. Robert P. Porler, ex-Chief of the United States Census, has made some very inter- esiing contrasts and comparisons with regard to the figures of the censns in Russia. Heshows that at the same rate of increase as between 1885 and 1897 Rus- siawould have in 1900 a population of 155,000,000; while the United Btaies, at the same rate of growth as between 1880 and 1890, would have in 1900 a population of over 78,000,000. On account of the de- crease in immigratton, however, he opines that our population will be nearer 75,000,- 000 at the beginning of the next century: hence in the year 1900 Russia will have about twice the population of this country. The empirs has an areaof nearly 8,50, 000 square miles, or one-sixth of the land area of the world, and with the population above mentioned, thers are vast areas of Russia less settled than our Western Biates were forty years ago. “It is a country,” says Mr. Ports rich in soil, in mineral wealth, in forests, and 80 vast that no nation in history compares with it in natural resources; while at the same time, because of the r-cent multi- plication of appliances for developing a wilderness couniry, no past changes from wilderness conditions afford a standard for measuring the progress likely to be made by this colossal empire.” Tne average reader in this country is familiar with not over half a dozen names of Russian cities, and yet that empire boasts of fifty-four cities with over 50,000 population, while the United States h: only filty-eight. In total population the American cities of 50,000 and upward ex- ceed by neariy 4,000,000 the Russian cities which figure in the list above the 50,000 mark. During the last quarter century Amer- ica has given more attention to manufse- tures than Russia; but if the Czar should adopt a policy that would result in push- ing forward manufacturing indnl{dnl | many great cities might be rapidiy deve! oped from the present good beginnings in his empire; and in this event we are assured there would be splendid oppor- tunities for American enterprise (which beats the world) in the work of improving the condition of the urban population of Russia. LET THE GOOD WORK GO ON. The Board of Health campaign, baving for jts object the aestruction of tubercu- lous cattle on the dairy farms of this City and County, should be applanded by every man and woman in the City. From a standpoint, not only of law, but of hu- manity, it is an imperative duty that | cows affected with tuberculosis should b= destroged. The existence of infected &ni- mals on our dairy farms simply implies he diffusion of disease germs among amilies supplied with milk from those | sources. Young children, with whom milk is a chief article of diet, are necessarily the most imperiled, and the danger is a grave one, for the insidious poison finds its way most readily into those systems which are least able to resist its effects. The fight for pure milk is & battle in de- fense of the home and family. No parent would stand by and lift not a protecting arm if before bis eyes his inno- cent child were threatened by a ruffian hand. Buch acase is unimaginable. The parent would risk his own life to save his child from harm. Then every father and mother should be heart and soul with the mcvement just inaugurated by the Board of Health. The lives of children are tLreatened in this instance not by sudden violence but by an enemy in the shape of a disease that kills by slow stages, early inscribing on the features of his victim bis terrible, ghastly decree. We aid in com- bating that enemy when we give our motal support to the campsign begun by the Board of Health. Let the good work never cease until our dairies contain only sound, healthy cattl TO REDEEM THE GREAT SOUDAN. The reported massacre of the Belgian expedition, under the leadership of Baron Dbanis, while on its march to the head waters of the Nile, if true, may in a measure delay the reconquest of the Soudan. It is believed tkat the Baron's force of 6000 men from the Congo Free State and a number of British troops was to act in conjuction with the Anglo- Egyptian expedition on the Nile, in order to take the Mahdists between two fires. Dhanis was last heard from at Lado on the White Nile, 600 miles south of Khar- toum. The British advance on the north is beyond Dongola, and less than 300 miles from the stronghold of the Der- vishes, Whatever the fate of the Baron’s force may have been, the British will continue to push forward. The entire available Ezyptian army is now engaged in the campaign, re-enforced and encouraged by a strong British contingent. At Omdur- man, close to Kbartoum, the Dervish | army is massed in great strength, with some 60,000 men and 20,000 camels. Itis thought probable that no battle will be given until the Anglo-Egyptian expedi- tion reacnes the neighborhood of Omiur. man. Then will occur the final life or death struegle of Mabdism, and, accord- ing to Egyptian reports, the resistanca of the fanatics cannot be very long sus- tained. They are said to be no longer the stern, ascetic warriors of fifteen years ago, but instead, luxurious, debauched snd indolent. The death of the Mahdi chilled their fanatical ardor, and their arms are antiquated. Khalifa Abdullsh, the Mahdi's suc cessor, is a tyrant of the most brutal nature, and his rule in the Soudan has been marked by dire oppression and de- pravity. The Egyptian Soudan is a fertile country, of great resources, and its re- demption from the savage hordes which have been that Iair land’s curse for many a year will be a blessing to humanity, PERSONA Dr. Charles H. Walter of San Jose is at the Lick. J. D. Meikle of Vancouver is at the Grand Ho J. F. Dennis, a lawyer of Reno, 1s siopping at the Palace. E. B. Willis of Bakersfield is at the Cos- mopolitan Hotel. J. B. Rielly and wife of Chicago, Ill., are at the Cosmopoiitan, E. W. Runyon, banker, of Red Bluff, is a guest at the Palace Hotel. S. G. Little, a banker of Dixon, registered at the Russ House yesterday, W. F, Peterson, a merchant of Sacramento, registered at the Grand yesterday. J.8. Johnson, a mining man of Coulterville, is in town stopping at the Russ House. C. C. Dorsey and wife of Denver arrived in town yesterday and registered at the Palace. R. T. Baliard, & commercial traveler of Kansas City, Mo., is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Jesse D. Carr of Salinas arrived in the City yesterday and registered at the Occidental Hotel. State Senator J. N. Gillette of Eureka arrived n the City yesterday. He is & guest at the Grand Hotel. 0. D. Cszzardira and wife of Chicago, 1L, who are on their weading tour, are st the Cosmopolitan Hotel. M. C. Mott smith of Boston, who 1s en route to Hawail, where he has large property inter- ests, is stopping at the Palace Hotel. E. G. Green of Santa Cruz, an owner of im- portant mines in Southern Oregon, arrived in town yesterday and registered at the Grand. Judge Hunt has adjourned his courtuntil the 9th of August. He will take his vacation among the mountains, with frequent visis to some of the fishing resorts of California, —_— CALIFORNIA CURRANTS IN THE SENATE. Wasbington Post. It is 8 good thing to discuss the fruit schedule, because California is slways inter- ested in fruits and believes in practical dem- onstratiou. There is fruit 10 eat. Currants were reached in the consideration of the tariff bill yesterdey and Senator Mills said that Zante currants were raised only on the Island of Zanie. *Ob, mo,” exclaimed Senators Per- kins and White. *‘We raise Zsute currants in California and if you don't belleve it eat these. Now the proof of the pudding is in the eat- ing, and so when the California Senators dis- played sundry boxes neatly and temptingy filled with currants the interest in the tarift bill temporarily Ianguished. Sensior Caandier evinced the liveliest interest and picking up a box carried it around the Senate, Mr. Gray helped himself and smiled, and Senator Cockrell, after assuring himself that no practical joke was intended, also Dln.n;:.. Then the owlish Pett gold spectacies at the & which Senator Chanaler laid the box 'before the Vice-President and, g his elbow on {he desk, joined Mr. Hobart in an {mprovised unch, In the meantimo Mr. Perkins had opened boxes, 80 that the Repubiicans were upplied. Senator Gear thought that thing which was not worth going sfter not worth having, and 80 he went scross chamber to get his box. “Throw it to me,” he said to Perkins. The California Senator tossed the box and Gesr caught it with all the skill of & veteran base- ball player. JUST AS IT SHOULD BE. ‘Bosten Globe. It seems to be clearly established by Judge Bradley’s decisions in the case of Correspond- ents Shriver and Edwards that newspaper men are mot to be punished in court for re- fusal 1o betray confidence and trust. Thus is emphatically as it should be. peered over i morsels, “THE CALL” TO-MORROW. Down off the coast of San Mateo County, among the jagged rocks and the deep blue of the restless waters, there exists a seal rookery that has remained concealed from the knowledge of scientists and the general public. The few who do know of its existence are the peopie living near by, and to them it 1s commonplace. Thousands of seals inhabit these rocks, raise their young and make snnual migrations, much after the manner of sea birds. These seals are different than any others on the Pacific Coast, and have many distinctive characteristics. The rookeries and their interesting inhabi- tants will be fully d€scribed in to-morrow’s CALL. There will also bs a large number of illus- trations, made from instantaneous photograpbs taken especially for the articie. And not only that but some hitherto unknown incidents in the private life of that great actor Edwin Booth, and some letters of his, never before published, written to Charles Barras, the author of “The Black Crook.” Booth's remarkable character and his inner friend. Barras and Booth were close friends, and many traits of thoughts were disclosed in these letters to his Then there is a story of Telezraph Hill and Bernal Heights—a good story of the boy and girl mountaineers and their breskneck pérformances on sleds and climping, and their mar- velously surprising little lives. It is interesting to get the sims and thoughts and daily doings of these sturdy little beings, living here among us, and yet of whom we know so little, But this story will be well and fully told next Sunday. There is & pure human interest story, 100, an interview with the young girl whose father is Chinese and whose mother 1s a white woman, who has been sold twice and just barely escaped being taken both times. She told her story to & CALL writer in a way that will make every mother’s heart ache for hes Did you ever know that they gathered seagulls’ eggs? Few of us know what they wou!d do with them atter they had them; but evidently they are of some use, because so many of them were belng taken from the Pacific islands that the United States Government has had 1o stop it entirely. Next Sunday, apropos of this move- ment on the part of the Government, THE CaiL will publish a history of the industry, with some striking illustrations of how it was carried on. That remarkable play, “The Princess of Zend: "' has been again produced In the City and s there has been some doubt expressed es to whether or not Mr. Hackett plays the double part a CALL reporter spent the evening behind the scenes and will tell just what happened and how the double part was managed in Sunday’s edition. Imagine going clear around the world for home, by the way—and having enough to e: 10 cents—very much cheaper than staying at , and indeed all that is necessary for happiness. Perhaps we cannot do it, but next Sunday’s CALL will tell you how a queen does it without any difficulty, and nothing is aonated but the 10 cents, eithe: There have been all sorts of stories about the different things that women have been do- ing. Stories of women engineers and conductors and ear-drivers and sign-painters and under- takers, but the woman “elevator-boy” is something new and surprising, and the interview re- vealing the personal side of her makes next Sunday’s story of real downright interest to usali. The children's vage will be of unusual interest this week, both in its illustrations, stories and the puzzles tor the little foik. As usual, there will be the columns of the whist and the Ppage of the doings of socfety during these summer months. The dramatic news will be of unusual interest also this week on account of the unusually interesting people in town. Altogether, this Sunday’s edition of THE CALL wil! be worth reading. RESIDENCE FOR THE BRITISH. PRIME MINISTER. It s proposed to secure Dover House, Whitehall, says the London Graphic, as a residence for tne Prime Minister. Architecturally it is & building which should not be allowed to dis- appear, because 1t 1s decidedly handsome, especially £0 as to its portico and dome-capped entrance hall, staircase, etc. The apartments slso are well proportioned snd excellently calculated for the kind of receptions which are held by s Minister of state. It is almost the last of the eighteenth century mansions left standing in Whitehall, and is regarded by archi tects and architectural writers as an excellent example of & domestic building of that period, THE OLD-TIME CIRCUS. The circus thirty years ago was better far than now: That elephant was a wonder just to see. 1 could watch him half & day As he fed himself with hay, And each separate beasi was worth the price to me. Never clown wi if 80 dr All the tinsel was pure meal thea to me: Every acrobat, amazing; every rider, simply reat; And that small trapeze m And when the woman hiver Side,” alf 80 funny; never monkeys what a man was hel ‘We Parted by the And ¢ Me,” She was really 5o patbetic 1hat I wiped my eyes and crled: 1 wanted then to take her home with me. The shows we see in these days are never half so fine: The cost of tickets often bothers me: Though (he man still Cracks his whip And ihe clown ssems pretty flip There is nothing much I care to hear ot sea. ‘Thoughts of business, taxes, 10sses; rheumatism, oter crosses, All combise 10 make the circus seem quite flat; 1 1o longer love the songstress, with her paint aud frills and flosses I no longer want to take her home, at that: But 1'd like to see the Oid-ime show of thirty years ago, When I wore n0 polnted shoes; my feet were bare: When lemonade was nectar uls were & joy; 8how WIthout a WOrry or a care. Pueblo Post. DURING VICTORIA’S REIGN. She has over seventy descendants, and sixty of these are alive. Her empire extends over 11,399,316 square miles, or 2 per cent of the land of the globe. When Victoria ascended the throne she gov- erned 26,000,000 people. Nowadays she gov- erns 402,514.000. When she was crowned Chicago was a village 014000 like many asmall town now dotting our Western prairies. When she was crowned the United States had only 17,000,000 people, and now its cen- sus reports 70,000,000, Thirteen crimes were punishable by death when Victoria ascended the throne. To-day there are but two—treason and murder. She has seen one-third of Africs rescued from the natives and brought under the infla- ence of civilization, and great cities built where once savage forests stood. When she was a girl the city of Melbourne in Australia consisted of a church, an inn, thre shops, twenty huts and a kangaroo meat market. Now it is Australia's largest city, With500,000 inhabltants. Victoria has been contemporary to seven- teen United States Presidents, twenty-eight Kings, six Emperors, four Czars, three Queens, thirteen Presiaents, ten Princer, five Sultans and many rulers of petty states in Europe and When she was young there was no tele- graph; no running water in houses; no street- lighting; music was practically ignored, and nine out of every ten workingmen were pro- femsed infidels. There was no gas, no pho- tography. There were no telephones in her young migrants came to America in sailing nd had to provide their own food; there was not & foot of submarine cable in existence; the spectroscope has peen invented during her reign and it has enabled scientists to discover twenty-four of the seventy-eight known elements. — A WOMAN’S REASON. Foraker shows no sign of making up tosome other people who have been on his black list—the Bellamy-Storers, for Instance, writesa Washington correspondent. Storer was kept out of the Assistant Secretaryship of State through Foraker's obposition, and there has £ot been any secret about it. 'The trouble in this case has i1s origin in sccial affairs as much as in politicai, and differences of the social kind are not so easily healed. A would- be soclety leader inciuded the Storersin an invitation to meet the Forakers just before the new Minister to Belgium salled for his post. The reply came back ina feminine han ‘Mr. and Mrs. Storer are obliged to send their re- grets for two reasons—the second of which is that they will be absent from the city.”” ou'il Not Forget,” and “Y ou'll Remember | MEN AND WOMEN. Sir David Hunter Biair is the only Scoteh baronet who is also a monk. August Belmont has ordered a $5000 i Henry of Navarre. atue Secretary of the Interior Bliss has as the as- sistants in his department four ex-Congress men and an ex-Mayor. Dr. Hiram Jones of Chicago has presented to the University of Illinois a memorial buflding | in memory of his wite, Representative Balley of Texas when a boy ‘was considered lazy, but he had his ambition awakened by the character of Ishmael Worth in Mrs. Southworth’s “Ishmael; or, In the Depths,” and dates his career from the read- ing of that novel, Henry W. Lucy, besi having had one of the most interesting careers in journalism, is the quickest writer on the British press. He dictates all his work to a shorthand clerk, and he Is declared to make the largest income earned by journalism. Ernest Hooley, the millionaire, has many hobbies; perhaps the chief of them is farm- ing. He is the biggest sheep-breeder in Eng- land, though not perhaps in the United Kingdom. He 1s fond ot busing royal stock, and some of his most successtul purchases | have consisted of Shropshire ewes bred Sandringham. The champion woman bicyclist in the world is probably Mrs. A. E. Reinhart of Denver, who, during the course of last year, covered a total of 17,000 miles. During this time she mede 116 century runs, and three runs of over 200 miles each. These last were re- corded on July 22, August 7 end September 27. And among her remarkable feats was the riding for twenty consecutive days, between October 31 and November 19, inclusive, of at- least 100 miles every day. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. Seven Pines Circle Celebrates Its Twelfth Anniversary by an Lntertainment. Seven Pines Circle No. 3, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Repunlic, celebrated the twelfth anniversary of its organization by a literary and musical entertainment in Native Sons’ building last Thursday night, and there was a large number of friends of the circle present to show their appreciation of the good work that the ladies of the circle have done in aiding the old veterans and their familtes when in need. Lydia C. hinckley, the presi- dent, delivered a short address, after which Miss Geraldine B. Hunter gave a recitation; Professor Herbert Ball entertained with selec- tions; Charlotte E. Johnson gave Mrs. Ida J. Leroi favored with Mrs. J. Murray Bailey delivered an addr giving a synopsis of the order, the work that it is organized for and what it hos done in the past. At the ciose of the ad. dress she presented to Miss Geraldine B. Hun- ter pretiy little ik American Ihf with an appropriate inscription upon it in appreciation of the admiration of her efforts in behall of the circle. This was fol- lowed by a vocal solo by Miss Sadie Howatt, and “An Old Maid's Lament,” a recitation by Mrs. Angeline Budd, an sdmirable rendie tion. After that there was dancing, and re- freshments were served, o The National Union, Assessment 201, levied June 10, will be de- linquent on the 10th of July. Last Monday evening the San Francisco Cabinet paid an official visit to Yosemite Councii No. 39, the oldest ccuncil of the order on this coast, and received a cordial welcome. During the evening cigars were passed around and remarks were made by L. L. Miller, N. R. Arter, O. C. Keil, James E. Fiold, R. H. De- ment'and other visitors, and by the varions officers of tne council. Tuesday evening Golden Gate Couneil in- itiated nine new members, using the fuil form, Deputy J. N. Bunting giving the final instruc tons. " A'large numoer of applications were received and ected upon. A committee was appointed {0 ascertain what srrangements can be made ior a larger aud more convenient hell for the regular meetings. California Council's choir, ‘which has been engsged by Golden Gate Council for its meetings, sang for the first time in this council, and their voea's zation was enjoyed by all. A large number o visitors from other councils were present. Wiil Be Past President. By the recent election in La Estrella Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Mrs. Luey Barbich, who during the past term made & very efficient president, will become the Jjunior past president of the parlor. Knights of the Golden Eagle. The committee that has charge of getting up the anniversary entertalament that is to be given next Tuesday night by California Coun- il No. 1 of the Knights of the Golden Eagle in Union-square Hail has completed ail its ar- rancements, and promises a programme of unusual excellence. After the entertainment there will be & dance. Liberty Circle. C. O. F, Liberty Circle, Companions of the Forest, elected the following-named officers for the ensuing term: Miss R. Banz, chief com- panion; Mrs. T. Meyer, sub-chief companion; Mrs. G. Banz, tressurer; Mrs. A. Moore, flnancial secretary; Miss M. Curiin, re- fording secretary; Mr G Macpherson, right “guide; Miss E. Castment, leit uide; Mrs. 'Hein, inside guardian; Mrs. Vhite, outside guardian; Miss Macpherson, orgenist; Dr. Kengler, physician. These offi- cers wiil ‘be public.y inatalied in Mission Mac- cabee Hall, on Mission street, near Seven- teenth, on ihe evening of Wednesday, July 14. The committee that will have charge of that function is composed of Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. Phelps, Miss Maude Cove, Miss Lue Cove, Mrs. Sollman and Miss Maas. The committee has announced that it will nave a fine entertain- ment for those who will attend, and in_addi- tion it will serve icecream and cake to the guesis. This is & new circle, comparatively speaking, but it has many energetic members Wwho are bound to have the organization shine in Forestry. Young Men’s Institute. Last Thursiay night Mission Council No. 3 gave a grand bali in Mission Parlor Hall in celebration of the twelith anuiversary of its organization. The hall was decorated with & great deal of taste; there was a splendid pro- gramme of dance and the music was charum- ing, and what made it more pleasant was that there were many present to take part in the festivities of the evening. The very enjoyab! function was conducted under the auspices of the following named: Committee of arrange- ments—John P. Heary, C. E. Calien, John F. Comyns, E. Mahon, John_E. Richards Jr.; re- ception committeeS. I. Warren, M. J. Conue: ton, A, Andler, J. P. Brady, Hugn MoEnhill; floor rdanager,” Dr. Joseph' L Richards; as- sistant, E. J. O'Rourke. A new council was organized on the 18th in Los Angeles with & good charter list. W. E. Lannigan is the president of the new council, J. Gee recording secretary, N. Linder- feldt, P. Engelhardt and J. Egan executive committee. Mission Council has elected the following officers for the emsuing term: E. J. Maher, resident; E.J. Callan, first vice-presiden ugh McEnhill, second vice-president; Henry Kugelberg, recoraing secretary; J. E. Rich- ards Jr., corresponding secretary; F. A. Kes ler, financial secretary; E. J. Rourke, treas- urer; D. J. Monahan, marshal; J. P. Henry, J. A. Brien and W. E. Collins, executive commit- tee. Borromean Council will give an entertain- ment at the Chutes on July 3. In sddition to the usual atiractions there will be games for old and young, for which there wiil be & num- ber of prizes WITH YOUR COFFEE. “It's resl mean!” claimed. “What's the matter?” her mother inquired. +*Before I married Herbert I made him prom- ise to pass every evening at home With me- and now he says he’s sorry, but he can’t take me to the theater without breaking hisword.” Washington St He—Well, every dog has his day. She—But he never hurries it along any by sitting up sll night waiting for it. His coattails iairly eracked as he went out the door.—Cleveland Leader. the young woman ex- “Whatdid that man do to make himself so famous?” asked the Altrurian, gazing curiously on en individual who formed the center of a social group. ““To the best of my knowledge,” replied the cynic, “he did the public.” — Washington Times. Impecunious Count (looking at portraits of his ancestors)—Lucky fellows, you old robber barons! You only took the cash of the money, bags. We have to take their daughters, t00.— Fijegende Blaetter. ‘‘Well, litile boys and girls,” said the super- intendent, ‘‘what have you found out about Elijak and Elisha?” “If you please,” sald the red-headed boy, “they were the fellers that startea ail the air- ship stories.”"—Cincinnati Enquirer. “I loaned some money to Slickly,” groaned the patient, “and I'm in doubt whether he will ever repay it. That’s what made me iIL.” “I can relieve you of all doubt at once,” said the kind old doctor; “you will never getacent of it.""—Boston Post. “Here's an account of a Colorado girl who climbed to the top of Mount Popocatapet! and sang “The Star-spanglea Banner.’ " “She had some sense, didn’t she? It's too bad some other girls are not as thoughtful ‘when they want 10 sing.”—Chicago Post, Miss Gush—Count, I don’t see what Euro- peans can find to admire so much in us Ameri- cans. The Count—Why, you're as good as gold.— Twinkles. “What & coarse hand that Mrs. Bullion writes."” “Ye: her father used to lester packing- '—Cleveland Plain D¢ LOW RATES ON THE LAKES, Springfleld Republican. Freight rates on the great lakes Lave reached the lowest point ever known. The charge for transporting a bushel of wheat from Dulutn to New York and loading it upon a steamer at the latter port fs now about 6 cents, or hardly one-half of the rate prevailing a few years ago, The season rate for ore from the head of the lakes to Lake Erie ports is now only 65 cents, against $1 05 last year. A chief cause of the decline is the deepening of the channels and use of shins of larger tonnage than was possi- ble formerly. Vessels of 5000 tons are now becoming common, where previously a 2000- ton ship was rarely seen. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, EASTER IN 1892—J. C. J., City. Easter Bunday 1892, fell on the 17th of April. RALSTON'S DEATH—H. A., City. Willlam ¢, Ralston died in San Francisco, May 30, 1875, THE PIONEER BANX—H. A,, City. The Pio- neer Bank in_San Francisco closed i Gctober 8, 1877, oo ‘THE BLAIRMORE—A. 8, City. The ship Blair more was capsized 1n the bay of San F: on (he 9th of April, 1896, ey Brusswick RULEs T, IL. 1L, City. The Brans- wick balk rules for billiaras and pool Tules for caamplonship games, o0 “1° € LOTTERY TICKETS—J. 8, City. It s & viola. tion of an ordinanceof the City and County of San Francisco to have a lottery ticket in big Ppossession. DURRANT'S APPEAL—J. H. C., City. The at. torneys for Theodore H. Durrunt have taken an appeal from Judge Bah : {encing the ofent. T UNCLE Tow's CABIN—A. B., City. If you de- sire to drive to Uncle Tom's cabin in San Ma. teo County, the shortest r county road from this Clty.o.d 07 8d cla JUDGE FARMER—W. 8, City. The list of th Jjudiciary of Ban Francisco from 1850 down l: the present time fails to disclose the name of Farmer as one of the Judges that have heid A DOLLAR OF 1795—F. 8. M,, City. A dollar ©0f 1795 commands a premium of from 50 cents to $1, according to state of reservation. Such coins may be had from dealers at 3 g from §2 75 10 83 75, 155008 vars LoNGEST AND SHORTEST — Subsoriber, Ala- meda, Cal. The 20th and the 21stof June of each year are the longest davs, th, only a very few seconds’ dlflgr.ne‘n"l:“l‘l‘:: l::(tl;i. The shortest days are December 20 MINNIE WILLiaMs — L. B. R., City. The body of Minale Williams, who was murdered in the Emmanuel Baptist Church, was dis- covered on the afte: 3 e rnoon of Baturday, April OREGON MARRIAGE Laws—Inquiring reader. . The marriage laws of Oregon require (Crm a divorced person shall shave been a resi- dent of the State one year before marrying again. CROsS LobE—Amador, City. The question as {0 the ownership of cross lodes is oue of law which_should be submitted to the Unite States Land Office, either in :his City or to th. General Land Office at Weshington, D, C. ALEX GREGGAINS—J. R., City. Bincs the Corbet-Fitzsimmons fight Alexander has .n twice in the ring, on Thursday lsst when De Was defeated by Steve O’ Donnell, and a few weeks ago, when he fought with Stenzel at the Woodward Pavilion. Cxsar—L. B. R,, City. Cewmsar married Cor- nelis, danghter of Cinna, B. C.83. On his return to Rome, B. C.67, he married Pompela, & relative of Pompey, and in B. C. 59 he m ried Calpurnia, daughter of Piso, who suc- ceeded him to the Consulshi; WigRe OIL WAS D1scovereD—E. K. G., Gil- roy, Cal. Summerland, Sauta Barbara County, in this State, in which oil was recently discov- ered, is distent 524 miles from San Francisco. 1t is ' postoffice and flag station on the line of the Southern Pacific Ratlroad six miles east of Santa Barbara, and has a popuiation of less than 200. THE WIDOW'S SuaRE—E. M. C., Mountain View, Cal. If a man dies without leaving a will one-half of hisproperty, by iaw, goes to the widow; the other half descends to Issue of the union—father, mother, brother, sister. in thatorder. 1f there are no children, father, mother, brother or sister, then the whole prop- erty goes to the widow. STENOGRAPHY—R. T., City. It 1s fmpossible 1o state with ceriainty which is the standard work on stenography, as every writer is of the opinion that the particular system 5|e uses is the best. The best systems are Pittman's, Graham'’s and Muuson’s. Each court reporier uses the system he learned. There is DO uni- form system in the courts of this City. Tue RAcE To HoNoLvru—J. F. 8., New Lon- don, Conn. The barkentine S. G. Wilder and the schooner Aloha left this port on the 9th of May lor Honoluiu on about au even start. It race for the island. The Wilder reached port May 23 and left for San Francisco on the return trip June 1. The Aloha did mot reach port antil May 3 equently lost the race. v GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—Two Sub- scribers, City. Great Britain is the largest d of Europe, containing the countries of England, Wales and Scotland. Ireland is the more western of the two principal islands of which the United Kingdom of Great Brit- ain and Ireland is composed. To the specific questton, “Is Ireland included in Great Bri.ain?"’ if that refers to geographical territory, the answer is, no. THE NINE OF D1AMONDS—L. B. R., City. There are two explanations, or rather suggestions of why thy the nine of diamonds is called “the curse ot Scotland”: 1—The nine of diamonds in the game of Pope Juan iscal ed “the pope,” the anti-Crist of the Scotch reform 2—In the game of comette, introduced by Queen Mary, it is the great winning card, and the game was the curse of Scotland, because it was he ruin of so many families. Tae Parts TREATY—H. M., Oakiand, Cal. What is known as the treaty of Paris of 1763 was & treaty concluded between Great Brit- ain, France and Spain. France ceded to Great Britain Canads, Cape Breton and the isiands and cossts of the St. Lawrence. The Mississippi River from its source to the Iber- ville and a line thence through lakes Maure- pas and Pontehartrain to the Gulf of Mexico were to bound the Spanish and British posses- sions. Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain. England renounced her pretensions to Cuba in favor of Spain aud surrendered her fors in Spanish America. CITIZENSHIP—] City. Analien who has Geclared his intention to become a citizea of the United States and obtains his first papers isnot a citizen of the United States, and he does not become such until he has complied with all the provisions ol the naturalization 2ws and has received from a court of compe- tent jurisdiction his second papers, which en- title him toall the rights and privileges of a citizen. If the rules require that a man shallbe a citizen ot the United States before he can obtain work under a Government con- tract an ailen who has only declared his in- teniion to become & citizen would not be eligible. THE Lick ScHooL—H. O. and A. B, City. The school year of the California School of Mechanical Arts, commoniy, ealled the Lick School, commences on the second Monday in July and includes forty weeks of attendance, divided into two terms of equal length. The school is open to any boy or girl of this State qualified to enter and is free of charge for tuition. The reguirements for entrance are substantially the same as are needed to enter the last of the grammar grades of the public schools. The number of pupils 13 limited to accommodations. The branches of study are English, mathematics, science and history the first year, government 1sadded in the second year and continued in the third. In the indusizial course there is for boys carpentery and turning, iron fitting, freehand and mechanical drawing, modeling, forging, molding and pattern making, wood carving, architectural drawing; for giris sew- ing, freehand and mechanical drawing, model- ing, carpeutry, dressmaking and millinery, wood carving, cookery and household art an science. CrEAM mixed candies 25¢ b e S CALIFORNIA Glace Fruits; 50¢ Ib., in elegant fire etched boxes. Townsend's, Palace Hotel* — o FrECTAL information daily to manufactur business houses and public men by the P Cupping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Montgomery. * —— A yosT delightful ride can be enjoyed next Sunday by joining the excursion to Ukiah, Two dollars’ for the round trip. Leave Tibu- ron ferry 8:30 A. . - e P S * dislike to borrow bocks of Dawson.” “Why ‘‘He has such a good memory.”—Chicago Record. Townsend's. * $25 Rate to Chicago via the Great tanta Fe Koute. The low rates made for Christian Endeavorers will be open to the public as well. An oppor nity to visit the Eat never before enjoyed by Cal- ffornfans. Puliman Palace Drawing-room ipg-cars of the latest pattern. Modern upholstered tourist sleeping-cars run daily through from vak- land pier to Chicago. Sre time-table in advertis- ing column. San Francisco ticket office 644 Mar<et street, Chronicle Lui ding. 7elephone Main 1831 Vakland, 1118 broadw $32 50 to St. Paul, Minneapolis and Chieago. Tickets will be on sale July 12 to the 17th. Good final limit, August 15: stopover allowed. It'sa splendid opportunity to take a trip to Chicago and stop off at the famous Yellowstone Park. Send 6 cents in stamps for llustrated book, ‘Wonder- land,” to T. K. Stateler, general agent Northern Pacific Rallway, 638 Market street, San Eranclaco. ——————— PARKER'S HaiR BAISAM IS the favorite for dressing the hair and renewing its lite and color. PARKER'S GINGER TONTC cures inward pains. - WHEN you feel “as cross as s cat,” a doseof Ayer's Pills will make you as good-naturel as a kitten. Try them for biliousness. ————— “Inoticed you weren't in church on Sunday, 1hope you were not indisposed?” “Well, I was averse to going, if that's what you meéan?’—Judy. e —————— NEW TO-DAY. Royal makes the food pure, ‘wholesome and delicious.