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OAKLAND OFFICB: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICB: Rooms 31 and 52, 34 Park Row, New York Cith DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS Foliil_.l_ THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you Foing tothe country ona vacatton t If 0, #t 18,06 trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. - Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. - Orders given to the carrier or lefu at Business ‘Office will receive prompt attention. NO'EXTRA CHARGE. ' Fitty. conis per monib for summer monihs. The 'Edreka carnival claims attention and: will repay attendance. Recent-occurrences emphasize to Fed- eral office-hiolders the advice: ‘“‘Don’t get gar.” Signs’ of - the cominz convention .are making .the streets radiant with purple and gold: Every time Weyler marches out to fight the Cubans he finds a new crisis, and has 1o march back and think it over. The cotntry will probably Liave a better rest than gsual this Sunday. Thé Senate promises. to-finish ‘with the tariff bill on Eaturday. What Cornell'doésn’t know about boat- racing seéms to have baen taught Harvard andYale by theif -English trainers, but Cornell-has woti all-the races. The opposifion to the Republican party in.Ohio will have five tickets in: the field this year and the campaign will -be about &s lively as.2 merry go-round. Confidence has now been restored every- wlhere except amiongz the Democrats of the Benate, who-séer : hopelessly unable to trist - onre .angther.. on. a singlé . tariff schiedule. e 1t is as sure as the papping of fire- crackers that the .coming -celebration of Independence day will be one of the most jubilant the American people have known for years. The Deémocrats “of Ohio" declined to nominate for any office either a - Populist or a free-silver Republicar,; and now they not-only -have a longrow.to hoe, but must boe'itaigne. It was not altogether.a cold day for Dr. Nansen when ‘he -started ‘to look for the north pole, as he is said ta have already made over $150,000 by the sale of his book describing the trin. It js noted " that'ihe cali upon the Trea- stiry at” Washington for. small notes has been unusualiy large and this is accounted in the Bast &s a sure sign the retail trade has picked up and business is lively. ‘There is reason to believe the reported rhost dances of the Bannocks are only a springtime frolie. - They know pretty well by this time fhat they will bacome ghosts lves:if they take the warpath, As the Varderbilts have brought suit to recover $6-from a mian in Jersey City for trespassing on one of their railroads, 1tis evident they never ignore a citizen, how- ever hamble, if the citizen owes them money: The long disci n of the tariff in .1he Senate has.led .to bhetter pratection for Western-inierests, but row ‘that the work has teen done everybody wiil be glad to have:the debate. ended. and:the law put into force. Cieveland -has ‘recently written a letter déclaring - he .does-not-intend’ to deliver lectures in-.any part’.of ‘the ‘country, and 1hus we-sée that evidences-of ‘better:times are manifesting’ {hémselves in the most unexpected place: The Iatest weather: freak .in the East was . a ¢londburst ‘which caused a flood 1hat washed away: a Missouri: town- and- several railroad bridges.- . Lile beyond the Rockies has every kind of variety. which can: be.furnished by wind, water-or Jight- ning. £ : The Sultan is reported. to hive agreed to térms of -peace with Greece, as recom- mended by ilie powers, and mnow the ttatesmen: of each’ power will go about telling their: people:that they- fixed "the job- and: brouzht “home ‘*peace with ‘honor.” " A The. Topeka Capital advises the Popu- lists ot Kansas'to meditate on the text: #He that tilleth his soil shall be satisfied with:"bread, ~but he - that followeth vain ideas "will -have poverty enough.” This scripture.we' fieed hardly sav is as appli- <cable to-the.Californian as to the Kansan. -Notwithstanding the large sale -of her books, 1t is -said Mrs. Stowe did not leave nioney enough’ to provide for the support of her daughters, and' the homestead is sbout to:be .sold. Literary people, it seems, cannot save money even when they make it; and their children bave to Bbustle for a living like the rest of us. The ocean water way is so wide in com- parison with the size of ships that traverse it's collision would seem to be one of -the rarest things that could happen, and yet 0 common have they become the nations have been - forced to arrange 'a code to svoid -them. We have crowded 'the sea, and in another century we may have crowded the air. - drE The decision of .the Board of Education to include the study of the metric system in the course of instruction in the public _echools is -a step in the right direction. The metric system is the only scientific syétem of weights and measurements in use in the world, and it ought to be adopted everywhere. Whatever tends to that end is a public benefit. DEMOORATIC CONFUSION. The confusion which prevails in the councils of the Democratic camp has re- ceived a new illustration in the fact that the policy adopted by the party conven- tion in Ohio is radically different from that pursued by the party in Iowa. The iowa Democrats made every effort to combine with the Populists and Free Si ver Republicans, while those in Ohio ignored their allies of last year altogether and did not aliow either of them a single place on the ticket. The difference between the two policies may be due in some measure to the different conditions which prevail in the two States. In Jowa there may be a chance for some slight success by a fusion vote, but clearly there was none at all for a straight Democratic ticket. In Onio the leaders of the party evidently believe they can repeat their former victories' in off years, and in that belief are not disposed 10 allow any office to go outside the ranks of the stalwaris. When full allowance, however, is made for this difference in the conditions which confronted the two conventions there still remains ample evidence of alack of any eement among the managers of the party as toa National policy. The fight goes on between those who wish to repeat the fusion of last year and those who are opposed to it. Tbe advocates ot fusion are.in favor of making the camp: the money question exclusively, while the others desire to uphoid the entire Derv- cratic programme of free trade, free silver ana a strict construction of the constitu- tion as regards the powers of the General Government. Until this controversy among the lead- ers is settied the opposition to Republi- canism can hardly be called a party. At present we have simply a confusion of factions trying to fuse into an organiza- tion.” For the coming campaign of this year the lowa policy is the wiser, as cer- tainly every voter that can be ganed by book or crook . will be needed to weaken the assurea victory of the Republicans. It is probable, however, that in the long run the Ohio plan would prove best. A party cannot be made fit to conduct the complex affairs of a State or of the Nation when its members are agreed on but one issue of legisiation. It there isto be an must consist of a per'y which has a plat- form affecting-all the interestsof the coun- try, and be composed of men who agree on all the planks of the platform. The confusion in the ranks of the oppo- sition is at this juncture beneficial to the welfare of the Republi The develop- ment of the approaching era of prosperity requires the continuance of public con- fidence, and that would be to some ex‘ent weakened if by reason of State or local issues there should be any notable defeat of Republican candidates thisfall. For- tunately no such defeat is at all likely to occur. The vigor with which the admin- istration hastaken upthe work.of remedy- ing the evils caused by the late Demo- cratic misgovernment, encourages the make a confident campaign, and the con- tusion and uncertainiy in the opposing camp renders victory certain. FRUITVALE WILL BE NEXT. The -annexation fever does not seem to have entirely abated on the eastern side of the bay, and Fruitvale residents are now circulating a petiiion asking the Oak- lana City Council tu call an election for the purpose -of voting upon the question of making the pretty village'a part of the big municipality. That. the scheme is favored. quite generally in Fraitvale is snown by the fact tha:t the people of the place * recently - refused to vote school bonds on the ground that annexation would soon be effected. The movement to consolidate municipnl interests on the eastern side of the bay is progressing rapidly. Temescal, Fied- mont, Peraita, Claremout and Goiden Gate have already placed themselves un- der Oakland’s protecting wing, and there 18 & posmibility. that Berkeley may, in the fortunes with thosé of her big sister city. Mayor Thomas of Oakland believes that a consolidated eity and county govern- ment would be of benefit toa.lsections which have been considered in the pro- posed plan of Greater O.ukland. Expenses would be reduced on all sides by having one government in place of many. Says Mayor Thomas: *'At present the Oakland charter provides for a §l tax levy. In ad- dition we have a county tax of 54 cents and ‘a State levy of 43 cents to pay, while Berkeley has the same State and county taxes, Wwith a municipal tax, I am in- formed, of from 75 cents to 95 cents, It is obvious from these figures that shonid a city and county government be formed: it would save. both Berkeley and Oak!and the tax of 54 cents. It wonld save Berke- ley from.35 to 5 cents in taxes, according to the .bonds thatmay have beep is-ued, and would save Oakland 55 cents in taxes.” { :Uxon this basis -of -mutual benefit the Mayar is satisfied that his city would vote te consolidate; but he does not presume to speak -for Berkeley, where, howéver, the proposition has been under aiscussion of laté and a-division of sentiment now pre- vails.. . : 'THE PAN-AMERICAN DIRECTORY. The reciprocal relations which that typi- cal American, James G. Blaine, bent his splendid’ eénergzies. and ebilities to estab: lish’ as between the republics of North and South America, will be greatly en- couraged and advanced by the present wise and progressive administzation. Becretary of State John Sherman is fol- lowing in the footsteps of his illustrious. predecessor in seeking to unite these American nations for mutual advantages in commerce, “the calm health of na- tions.”” My, Sherman is chairman of the executive committee of the Bureau of American Republics, and largely through ‘his efforts the decision has been reached in that potent organization to prepare a comprehensive and reliable international commercial direclory of the American republics. _An appreciable idea of the work may be formed from the statement that the di- rectory will contain upward of 60,000 names, together with the addresses -and lines of business of the reputable com- mercial concerns of the Argentine Repub- lie, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hayti, Hon- dur: Mexico, Nicaragus, Paraguay, Pern, Balvador, Santo Domingo, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela and the West Indies. Itisintended to make the volume the most complete and accurate ever is- sued in any of these countries. Trade between these countries is sus- ceptible of unlimited expansion. Euro- pean nations have long controiled the commerce of the nations of South Ameri- ca, but the day is close at hand when this condition of affairs will have an end. The trouble has been a lack of acquaintance. We bave not sufficiently stuaied the re- quirements of nations to the south of us, and they have not understood the mani- fold benefits to be derived from trade ex- change with us. i The late International Commercial Con- | organized opposition to Republicanism it | rank and tile of the Republican party to | not far distant future, decide to unite Ler | I gress in Philadelphia was a notable step toward the attainment of this better un- derstanding that means so much for all the nations concerned. California should put forth her best endeavors to obiain a good share of the trade with the countries of South America. The manufacturers of the United States are leading in the ex- ploitation of the new and promising fields; but even Western South America imports fruits and wines and agricultursl products from European States, when Cal- Hornia might just as well be furnishing them with superior articles in the same lines at perhaps a saving of expense. The new directory will be of assistance to us. The work will be revised annualiy and the first edition will be ready for distribution in September. THE FINAL VOTE TO-MORROW. From Washington comes the welcome information that the Senate will takea final vote on the new tariff bill to-morrow afternoon. We are aware that the Sena- tors have been charged with delay; but it must be admitted that thetr careful delib- erations have been productive of many good results in the interests of the people of the Pucific: Coast. Tne Dingley bill has been improved in many respects and a larger recognition has been given to the demands of the agricultural classes. The bill as it stands at present will meet with more general approval than would have been the case if ths House measure had been rushed through without any material alterations or additions. The Senators, in fact, should be com- mended rather than blamed for their part in bolding the biil for such amendments as wisdom might dictate after satisfactory investigation. The statesmen of the East and South have in the past few weeks be- come better familiarized with the vast ex- tent and variety of the resoufces of the West than was possible in time past, for our business men and producers never be- fore made such strong efforts to convince the National Legislature of our needsin the matter of governmental protection. As we remarked yesterday, the new tariff bill will not be a sectional measure, but will be as broad in its scope and bene- | fits as the great country for which it bas beer framed and for which it meansan | era of prosperity like that we knew before | the people gave Democracy and Cleve- landism a trial they have sorely regretted. EUREKA'S WATER OARNIVAL. Eureka is attiring her charming self in gold garb for three days of patriotic festivity in honor of the Nation’s birth- day. To-morrow night there will be a scene of dazzling brilliancy on Humboldt Bay, which is said to afford unparalleled facilities for effective illuminated dis- plays. Thera will be many gor:eous floats, and the parade on the gleaming waters promises to be worth traveling hundreds of miies to see. The peop'e of Eureka have artistic souls. | The bargze which will bear the fair Colum- bia, “Goddess of the Western World,” will be a dream of beauty and grandeur. The idea was obtained in some measure from Macmonnies’ famous World's Fair fountain design. Then there will be floats to represent the State, its products and in- dustries, and some of the triumphs of genius that have made the nineteenth century the most wonderful in the history of the ages. Thousands of colored lanterns will be strung about the flosts and all the glory of a Venetian water carnival will glad the eyes of gazing thousands along the shores of Humboldt Bay: The land cele- bration will be on a scaie almost equally elaborate; and it may be safely said that no city of equal population in all the country, north, east, south or west, will surpass Eareka in the magnificence of its Independence jubilee. PERSONAL. A. H. Briggs of Denver arrived here yester- day. J. R. Sweetser of Novato is here on a short stay. 2 Robert Strahn of Portland is among recent arrivals, C. Zurburn of Greenbrerch, Gormany, is at the Palace. H. E. Wetyner of Bakersfield 1is at the Cos- mopolitan Hutel. Secrenco Giloroy of Guadalajare, Mexico, is @ arrival here. Bock and Mrs. Bock of Los Angeles ar- rived here yesterday. - N. Wines, the stage-cwner, of San’a Barbara, | arrived here yesterday. | F. A. Hihnp, the Santa Cruz millionaire, is up to the City for a few days. T. J. Field, & wealthy banker of Monterey, is among the visitors here. J. P. Garnett, a wealthy merchant of Marys- | viile, is here on & business trip. Edward Wolf, a business man of Sacramento, is in town. He isat the Grand. Paul C. Morf, an attornev of Stockton, is here, accompanied by his family. The Rev. and Mrs. Elward L. Psrsons of Menlo Park are at the Occidental. D. P. Durst, the extensive farmer of Wheat- land, is in the City on a short stay. T. B. Mathews, who owns water power and |. R nd | e, real estate at S8anta Crugz, is in town. A. J. Wagner, proprietor of the Hotel Wil- Iamette, Salem, Or., is on & visit here. J. Ross Traynor, a fruit-grower and canner of Gridley, is registered at the Grand. George E. Goodrich of Hanford, Cal., is registered at the Cosmovolitsn Hotel, Charles Taylor, a business man ot Lundy, is at the Russ, accompanied by Miss Taylor. W. C. Parker a large fruit-grower of Ken- wood, is in the City, His family is along. J. H, Deering, librarian of the S8an Francisco Law Library, has returped from his vacation. P. B. McKey and wife of Scockton are among the recent arrivals of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. M. Van der Maessen, & well-known mer- chant of Benson, Ariz., is a late arrival at the Russ. X A. L Cressey of Modesto is here on & busi. ness trip, accompanied by several friends. He 15 at the Lick. Professor O. P. Jenkins of Stanford Uniyer. sity is a guest of the Palace. Heis hero merely on a short visit, J. H. Glide,a widely known and wealthy land-owner and sheep-ralser of Sacramento, came here yesterday for a short stay. Isaac A Manning of Matagalps, Nicaragua, is in the City. Mr. Manning tormerly resided at Tacoms. For the past fouror five years, however, he has been engaged in the coffee business near Matagalpa. Charles Monroe, one of the best-known men of the South, and who was formerly largely engaged in the real estate business when real estate of all kinds was supposed to represent the greatest wealth of the country, is & visitor here. D. F. Napier,a millionaire of London, who for several vears has been traveling and see- ing different countries, has arrived here, after a tour of Australia and New Zealand. He says there is now no boom anywhere in thst part of the worid, “Neither at Coolgardie nor at the mines near Aucklard is there any such activity as there was some time ago.” satd Mr. Napler. Mr. Napier will leave ina few days for Eastern cities and London, He visited this City over & year ago and remained for several weeks. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N: Y., July L—At the St. Cloud—J. Boaenburg. Everett—L. Wentworth. Belvedere—W. A, Veith. Hoffman—J. Spreck- els. Mrs. E. E. Caswell left the St. Cloud and sailed on the Prince Regent Luitpold for Bremen. L A NOVEL CRAFT. A craft has just been Jaunchea at New York for which the builder prophesies great things. Fifty t0 sixty miles an hour Is said to be the jpeed which she is expected to make. She is apparently not nearly so wide as she is deep. She is 67 feet long over all and her water-line length will apparently be about her full length. Her displacement will be small, for she appears to be not more than five feet thick at the widest and six feet geep in the middle of the keel. She is cut away forward for full one-third of her length and her keel also slopes up aft a foot or more. Her molded body does not reach aft of the stern post, but there is an overhang of six feet or more aft of this, like the main part of a fish’s tail, d the rudder post comes down through this, making the rudder form the likeness oi the lower part of a fish’s tail. The rudder post and the screw shaft, aft of the screw, join 1n a bearing. Al diamond in the Bouth African market. To him came Barnato with & fair offer for a good share ot the gems, some 220,000 carats being what he wantea. Rhodes considered a while, and then said the trade could be made, but only on one condition. Barnato asked what it was, and the other replied: *‘You must iet me se’ asight which no other man ever saw— & bucketful of diamonds turned out in a heap on the floor.” The ex-juggler stared in amszement at hear- ing a projosition so childish from a man so gr-cuenl. buthe instantly consented togratify is rival’s fancy. The diamonds were placed in the bucket aud then emptied out in a glit- (eflng heap, After they had sufficiently a mired the treasure, Barnatv paid over the | agreec price and carried his treasure away. thinking of nothing but the profits he was going to make on the transaction. it was only a day or two later that he realized the true meaning of Rhodes’ apparent foily. 8 diamonds couid not be sold until they had again béen assorted into the 160 varieties recognized by the trade, and this was a task 3 THE FISH-LIKE CRAFT—BROADSIDE ON. most the whole of the molded form of;the Dboat seems designed to go under water, and her sharp nose will probably proj:ct avove in calm weather not more than a foor. From her nose aft ber deck is a turtle-back, almost as sharp in section as_the body of the boat beyond the end of the cut away P where a dorsal fin would be on a fish, isa ilot-house which resembles in side section ust such a fin. slopes a1t and ends at nothing at the boat’s tai. The vessel's hull 1s planked with wood and partly coprered ugby the water line. The ack and pilow-house are of light wood e canvas covered. The whole vessel seems designed to go as much under water as over it, and pllot-house and turtle-back close up tightly and are provided with buliseyes and other small windows. The screw is said to contain the secret of the buiider’s hopes. It has two biades and these are set at a very acute angie to the line of the screw. She will be propeiled by a gasoline engine. TEMPERED. ‘When atern occasion calls for war, Avd the trumpets shriil and peal, Forges and armories ring all da With the fierce clash of ste~i. The tiades re heated in the flame, And cooled in icy flood, And besten hard. und beaten well, To ma e them firm and plieble, Their edge and temper £00d Then tough and sharp with discipline, They win the fight for figh:ing men. ‘When God's occaaions call for men, His chosen sou's He takes, In life's hot fite He tempers them, With tears He cools and siakes: With many & beavy, grievous stroke e beats them to an euge, And 1 and tries, again, aln, ‘THli the hard will Is fused, and p«la Becomes high privilege: Then strong, and quickened through and through, “Ihey ready are their work 1o do. Like an ou-rushing. furious host The tide of need and sin. Unless the blades shall tempered be, They have uo chaace to win; God trusts 10 no uutes ed sword When he goes forth to war: Only - he souls that, beaten long On pain’s great anvil, have grown strong, His chosen weapons are. Ah souls, on pain’s greac anvil laid, Remember this. nor be afraid ! SusaN COOLIDGE in the Congregationalist. HENRY CLEWS ON WALL STREET. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: For years past I have read everytbing I could | find which was written by Henry Clews, the | New York banker. He has a trained and vigor- ous intellect, a sturdy confidence in his posi- tion, & certain perennial courage in promul- gating his views, and & facile pen, which he never f2ils to hold in happy equipoise between cant and rant, and these make him a uniaue figure in a group of notable men. In mental equipment and forcefnl action he seems a human Corliss engine of vast power under u | full head of stea m. He is the spokesman of Wall street and he deserves the distinction. In the July Arema he appears at his best. He holds the place of honor whiie he tellsus of “Wall Street, Past, Presént and Future.” It is & remarkable paper and will challenge the attention of the country. “This article came upsought and unexpected to the editorial desk of the Arena,’” says the editor, and he ‘| doubted 1ts genuineness nnd feit {1 necessary to satisiy himself that it was genuine. He characterizes it as “a most gentle and dove- ltke performance,” and says: “It is not & aper intended to produce alarm,’but to allay t. It is one of the finest examples or & literary opiate 1 have everseen.” Again he says: “Tue story is narrated in the manner of one who gives an account of the formation of & temperance society or & Sunday-school.” Indeed the editor's amazemenl seems. to grow as he contemplates this masterly and | seemingly simple production of Henry Clews, and no marvel. “In the whole article,’” ex- claims the editor, “‘there does not appear the symptom of a suspicion ithat the thing of which he gives the history is the most danger- ous and abusive fact thaiever threatened the lnugnlz of a nation.’” far-reaching Wa!l street, this elephantine jox of the wor.d, takes possession of American journslism—owns it, controls it. Itseizes and subsidizes the metropolitan press. It pur- cnases newspapers and magazines by - the score. It establishes bureaus, 1t buys every purchasable pen, from the pen of the siay philosopher to the pen of the snake editor. It overawes every timid brain from the brain of the Senator 16 the brain.of the iramp. What it caunot purchase it terrorizes, and the small residue which it cannot terrorize it seeks to cajole; all thisio the end that its do- mioion may be universal and everlasting.’ This is the power of which Mr.Clews gives us the most fascinatling and thought-lullin history ever written in eight pages, and whic! the editor of the Arcna reviews in fifteen pa and yet only suggests what remains to be said when history revesls the hidden and bile influences which are silently directing and controlling the momentous 1ssues of our JOSEPIL_ASBURY JOHNSON, San Francisco, July1, 1 ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Detroit Free Press. * A day laborer received 2 shillings a day. - Imprisonment for debt was a common prac- tice. ¢ There was not & public library in the United States. : Books were very expensive. the Poeis' cost $15. Crockery plates were objected 1o because’ they dulied the knives. There was only one hat made cocked bats. Virginia contained a fifth of the whole pop- ulation of the country. Dry goods were designated as‘‘men’s stuffs’ or “women's stuffs.” 8toves were unknown, All cooking was done before an open fireplace. Many of the streets were not named and the houses were not numbesed. Two stage coaches bore all the tra: New York and Boston. A man who jeered the preacher or eriti- cised the sermon was fined. The parquet of a theater wascalled the pit and was fi.led with the rabble. The whipping-post and the pillory were still’ standing in New York and Boston. The Mississippi Valiey was not as well xnown as the heart of Airica now is. Three-fourths of the books in every library came from beyond the Atlaatic. Twenty days were required for a letter to go from New York to Charleston by land. Quinine was unknown. Waen a man had ague fits he took Peruvian bark and whisky. When a man had enough tea he placed his spoon across the cup to indicate that he ‘wanted no more. A New England girl was not allowed to marry until she could bake & loaf of bread and cut it in smooth, even slices while it was still warm. When a Virginian started on a journey to New York he made his will and bade farewell to his {riends as though he never expected to see them again. —_— BARNEY bARNATO'S BUCKETFUL OF DIAMONDS. 4 New York Times. A yarn that ought to supply some of our en- terprising contemporaries with the material for & “‘special cable cispateh” appears in a pa- per just arrived from London. It probably 1sn't s true yarn, but that doesn’t make it the less well worth repeating or believing, for it is characteristic aud illuminative, and that, after all, is of more consequence ihan a foun- dation om literal fact. Anybow, nere is the fam: In the days before Cecil Rhodes and Barnato nad ey nato N joine1 forces Rhodes ouge found himself in “The Lives of factory, and that 1 between control of almost every From there the turtle-back | ““This imperial and | that occupied the experts employed by Bar- nato fully six weeks. Meanwhile Rnodes, who | had other diamonds in reserve, controlled the market, which he had all to himseif, and on comparatively small investment he made & lot of money. HOwW SHE PICKED THREE WINNERS. | Chicago Times-Herald. Last summer & young woman from Kansas City while visiting {riends in this city placed asmall bet on a race at Roby, picked the three winners in their order and pocketed $3000 in cash That night she was busily explaining tos groupof friends in a Dearborn-avenve house | wnatshe wonld do with her new-found wealth, when 1 ssked her how she gained such a remarkable knowledge of the turf. “Why, bless you,” she said in surprise, I don’t know anything about such things.” “Then how did you happen to pick three winners out of a big field?” I asked. | “Wel,” she said esrnestly, “it wasvery easy. I bought a daily paper which contained a list | of the entries at Roby. Then I turned the \)Eapc_r over and stuck a hairpin through it. | The first num= L hit I set down for first place, | the second oue for spcond place and the third | for third place.” & | WOVAN'S FROGRESS IN EDUCA- | TION. Chicago Times-Herald. Woman’s progress during recent years has | been no more marked in any direction then | in education. The scores of eminent women | who have made their mark in science and lit- | erature prove conclusively the capability of | women for higher edncaiion In view of.the | | irequent easy victories of women and girls over men and boys when engaged in intallec- tusl rivalry in schools and colleges one must teileve that any opposition to-day must be based on jealousy of their capabilities or fear of their competition. At the raie that women have recenily been proving their intelleciual superiority er equality to men it will soon in order for toma une to oppose the higher ed- ucatlon of men and ccntend that they should be reserved for work that requires merely phy- licn.lLeflon, and in which they continue io excel E ‘HOW SMOKEhS ARE FOOLED. " Indisnapoiis Journal. 3 The cold official figures re.ative to the con- sumption of foreign cigars cannot be consoling to those who ray for the imported article. In 1896 only 36,955, 920 cigars were imported in & total consumptfon of 4,375,718,074. Twice 88 many cigars are made from imported 'tobacco _as are imporied—that 1s, less than | 75.000,000. This means that jess than 120,- | 000.000. of the 4,375,000.000 cigars smoked | fn 1896. were foreign made or of fureigu | material. The Cuban war hasnot reduced i he {quantily ot cigars imporied to the United | States. But cigars are nof the only home-made .;;:oo‘d;wuh which the American peopie are | fooled. REFLECTIONS OF ‘A BACHELOR. New York Press . Aman will always fool nimseif up to the day he gets eagaged with the idea that he can get out of it i1 he' wants to. £ A man has no idea till he gots married-what tunny ideas girls bave. . | About the time & girl gets araid sne isn’t | going to get married she begins to tell the men sne doesn’t think it's nice to throw old shoes andrice ata wedding. - - No man ¢an be a-real cynic till he has talkea with one. - - A girl is mever desperately in ldve witha man till she pins something he has given her to her nigntgown. " g After a girl has tried every other way she takes 10 standing at the side door with an apron on. | | | | ! | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, ARREST OF DURRANT—Subscriver, Mountain View, Cal. Theodore Darrant was arrested tor murder "April 14, 1895, at Mount Diabio, Contra Costa County. % THE TALLEST DoME—C. L., City. The top of the sphere on the dome of the Ciry Holl is 305:6 feet from the ground. The top of the dome of THE CALL'S new home is 310 feet from the ground. © . - DURRANT'S APPEAL—J. M., City. The same question asked by you in regard to Durrant's appeat was answered (o another corre- spondent’s inquiry in the issue ol THE CALL -of Saturday, June20. THE LORD MAYOR—Subscriber, City. The citizens ot London elect the Lord Mayor. He is sworn into office on the 8:b of November, aud on the following day he is presented to the Lord Cnicf Justice 10 1ake ine final decla- ration of office. PANAMA BASKETS—] you desire to secure Panama baskets such as you describe in your communication you will probably have to commission some n connected with one of the steamers running on the Panama line to procure such for you. CooKING ScHOOL—K. H., Ukish, Cal. There is no school in San Francisco that is specially devoted to cooking except such as sre con- nected with the public schools. There are rivate teachers. This department cannot urnish the desired information about the school in Philedelphia. STHE FOURTH EsTATE—W. H., City. Carlyle is credited with the origin of “fourth estate,” as applied to newspsp:r men. In “Hero Wor- ship,” lecture V, be says: *‘Burke stid there were three esiates in Parliament, but in the reparters’ gallery yonder there sat & fourth | estate, more important than them all.” m Al A DEAD HeaT—H. 8, City. If & horse starts favorite 7 to 1, runs a dead heat and the race is not run off the bets go with the purse, If the purse is divided the bettor is paid one-half of the amount his ticket calls for. If a dollar was placed at 7 to 1 on one of the horses which ran the dead heat the bettor would recetve in return, $3 50 won and 50 cents of lhefi This corre- wagered. A QuoratioN—Inquirer, City. spondent wants to obtain the name of the au- thor of the foillowing: Either India next Is s-e, With ges siretchied between; Ah! what horrors thece have been. War, disgulied as comme rce, csme, Britain carrying sword and flame, ‘Won an empire, but lost & nume. BLACK-EYED EUSAN — “Eir Tobr,” City. “Black-eyed Sussn,” written by Douglass Jer- rold, was first produced at the Surrey Theater, London, on Whit Mondar, June 8, 1829. The .énu-m: of Wililam was personated by T. P. ooke. 5 Another edition of *‘Black-eyed Susan” was first produced at the New Royalty Theater, under the management of Miss O.iver, Novem- ber 20, 1 Rosina Rance appesred-as Willlem. WEIGHT OF AIR—P. W. E, City. The weight of air has been tested by compressing it in receptacies by the mirpump, thus showing that the weight of those receptacles is in- creased, and conversely b‘ cxhausting the vessels of air and proving ibeir weight to be lessened. One hundred cubicinches of air are thus found to weigh thirty-one grains, and oue cubic foot 536 grains, or something less thancne and & lourth ounces. Thatis at the surface of the earth and a temperature of 50 " M. U., San Jose, Cal. If| degrees Fahrenheit. Heated air or air at high elevations is lighter. DuLura—K. G. M, Oakland, Cal. Duluth is & city of Northeastern Minnesota and the cap- italof Sr. Louis County. The city derived its name from Jean Du Lhut, who built a nut on Minnesota Point in 1760. It dates as a city from 1869. It is a port of entry advantage- ously situsted at the Westerm extremity of Lake Superior, at the head of navigation on the great lakes. It is also on the eastern ter- | minus of the Northern Pacific, Duluth and Iron Range, St. Paul and Duluth, Great North- | ern. Duluth, Missaba and Northern; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha; Duluth god Winnipeg, and Lake Superior and Mississippt railroads. The harbor ot Duluth has recently been extensively improved by the dredging done at the expense of the United States Gov- ernment. The harbor is protected by & narrow strip of 1and called “Minnesota Point,” which forms a natural break water. and through which there is a ship canal. The place has large sawmills, t furnaces,grain elevatorswith a capécity of er 20,000,000 bustiels carworks and vver 275 Other manufactories. Numerous regular lines of steamers connect the city with lake poris. The city has twelve public schools and numer- ous private ones. It also hasa. flnarrsrk and boulevard system, The boulevard drive, nine miles long. win bout the nillsides at an elevation of 500 leet above the lake and con- nects Glenwood, Grand View and Cascade parks. The popiitatiou in 1880 was 3483 and in 1895 it was 59,396, THE MILITARY ACADEMY—Index; Berkeley, Cal. Each Congressional District and Terri- tory—also the District of Columbia—isentitled | to have one cadet at the academy, There are | also ten appointments specially con- ferred by the President of the United States. The number of atudents is thus limited to 371. At present there is one extra cadetat the academy (from Venezuels),who was authorized by Congress to enter it at his own expense. - Appointments are usually made one yesr in’ advance of the date of admission by the Secre- tary ot War, upon the nomination of the Rep< resentative. These nominations msy either be made aiter competitive examination or | given direct, at the option of the Representa: tive. The Representative may nominate & legally qualified second candidate, to be des- ignated the alternate. The alternato will re- celve from the War Department & letter of ap- pointment, ana will be examined with .the regular appointee, and if duly qualified wiil be admitted to the academy in the event of the failure of the principal to pass-the prescribed: g{!“mlnlry examination. Appointees to the | ilitary Academy must be between 17 and 22 years of age, free from any infirmity which may render them unfit for military service, and sble to pass & careful examination in reading, writing, orthography, -arithietic, , geography and history of the United course of instructiom, -which i quite thorough, requires four years, and is largely mathem: and professional. The princi- pal subj: ught are mathematics, French, drawing, drill regulations of all_armis of .thé serv:ce. natural and experimental-philosophy, chemistry, mineralogy, geology and electri: cily, history, international, comstitutiona and military law, Spanish, and civil and mili tary engineering, and ert and science o/ war. About one-fourth of those appointed usually |- fail to pass the preliminary examination, and | but little over one-half tbe remaind finaliy graduated. The discipline is strict—even more.80,than in the army. the enforcement of penalties for offenses is {n- flexible rather than severe, Academic duties begin September 1 and continue until June 1. Examinations are held in éach January and June, and cadets found proficient in §tudies and correct in conduct are given the particu- lar standing in their ¢lass to which tneir merits entitie them, while thiose cadéis dcfi clent in_either- conduct or studies are.d charged. .. 2 3 - v From about the middle of June to the end | of Augusi cadets live In camp, engaged only in military duties and receiving practical military instructions. Cadets are aliowed but 6 of absence during the four years’ | and this s granted at the expirifionof | two years, The pay éf & cadet is | $540. per year,and wiin proper economy is sufficient for his Support. ‘ihe number.o. dents at the academy-is usuaily about 300. Upon graduating, cadets commissioned as second lleutenants ‘in tne -United States army. - The whole nimber of .graduates_ from | 1802 to 1895 has been 3668. 1t is virtually absolutely -necessary fur a person seeking an avpointment to apply to-his member of Con- | gress. The sppointments by the President ! are usually restricted to sons of officers of the army. WITH YOUR COFFEE.. Traveler (to: the. ferryman crossifg *the river)—Has any-one ever been lost in this stream? 7 Boatmsn—No, sir. Some professor was | drowned ‘here last spring, but they found him | again after “looking for two weeks.—Fliegends Bistter. "Teacher—If one servant girl coutd clean two rooms in two honrs, how_long wouid it take two servant girls todo it - Little Girl—Four hours. - . Teacher—Wrong. It would only take one hour. Little Girt—Ob, I didn’t know you was talk- ing about servant girls'that wasn’t on speak- ing terms.—Tid-Bits. 3 “I bought little Tomniy & trumpet because he . Wi 50 lomely, but he did not ‘seem lease g 2 S fWell,.no. You see his old- grandmother is stone deaf.’’—Pick-Me-Up. Brown—Did you ever try that tailor I recom- mended toyou?- - . . : Green—Yes. Too expensive. ‘Gottwo suits from him—one- dress suit, one lawsuit.—' Punch. = . . 5 e “Queen Victoria always 100ks 50 solemn.” “You'd look solemn, too, if you-had had the Prince of Wales fora son all thesé years.”" — Chicago Record, ¥ s o 1 gee the secret coirespondence relating to Cuba'is on its way to this éffice. I think you had better writé and bave it held. .- | 3 i Judge Day—Why so?. - :- “Because we can just s well file & copy of apy one of the big ‘newspapers, - Iy's all there.”—Cle veland Plain Dealér. - 2 4 “Is it true, 'Nezer, that stolen- ¢hickens are sweetest 7'~ kit og - “Dunno, boss; ’'deéd I don’t. I mebber tasted de yudder -kind.” —Typog:aphical Journal. : g Ehb Ry “You have injured my reputatidn, young ’’ said the great after-dinner . orator. |’ “You said in your paper that I had got off a new joke.” e s “‘Begging your pardon, doctor,” eald.the soft-eyed reporter, “you are under a misap- prehension. Isaia you got the joke off first time.”—Indianapolis Journ: 1 Mrs. Snaggs—How badly the baby behaves | at table! Mr. Snaggs—Yes; he reminds me of a aistin- guisned foreign visitor. “How is that?” : “He dines and whines.”—Pittsburg C! icle-Telegraph. : MEN AND WOMEN., Gabriele d’ Annunzio, the Italian novelist, is going to visit England and the Scottish lake: this summer on his way to the United States, It turns out to every ome's surprise that the late Sir Augustus Harris, though a theatrical unlnnr.hulell & fortune of half a million |- dollars. Mary Hartwell Catherwood is one of the most industrious of American authors and s carrying on no fewer than four books this | summer at her charming summer home on Mackinac Island. The German Empress is said to have re- duced her weight decidedly by & rigorous course of dieting, but looks pale and much older. Her besutiful fair hair has become quite white and her expression careworn. Mrs. Felicia Hemans, who discovered the stern and rock-bound coast of Plymouth and who is the only writer of imaginative litera- ture produced by Liverpool, is to have & mon- ument there if the money can be raised. The election of Frank Jones, the well-known brewer of Portsmouth, N. H., as a trustee of a Methodist seminary at Kents Hill, Me,, is characterized by tue Christian Advocate aga “blot on the seminary and aajacent Metho- dism.” Chief Justice Fuller said in his address at the centennial celebration in -Augusta, M. “The past teschesus that our fathers knew not only how-to command, but how to obey, and that true freedom flourishes best when seli-restrained.” 3 ' Mme. Diaz, the wile of the Mexican Presi. dent, is s womsn of progressive idess, Sho hron- | crease and the filings Uakland, 1118 Brosdway. Pacific Ranl - fect-success. It soo:k wife, *do get a’bottleof Ayer's has founded a home where girls can always find .employment, & nursery, where ‘working women’s children are cared for and a Mag- dalen home for repentant sinners.’ Miss Gordon Cumming is raising money in all the principal cities of Englanid jof the pur- pose of tesching the biind in China. She'will found a large blind asylum in Péking, and is doing this in commemoration of the dismond jubilee. The Murray system will-be:taught. “Jeanie Deans’” -graveston Irongray. churchyard is being chipped away: ‘by-relic Bunters. The name of the giri,:whose:siory Sir Walter Scott usea in’the “Hesart of Midio- thian,” and - whose -appesi’ - Argyle procured her . sister's” patdon, was Helen Walker. e Elijah .Lovejdy, who was- shot- by s mob’in Alton, I11., after many vain aitempts to.estab- lish, an anti-siavery paper.in- 1837, andiin " whose behalf Wendell Phillips made “Lis first great speech, will soon haw erected t0 his memory in. the ¢ify.in Wwhich he died. The Illinois Legisiaturs voted $25,000 for the purpose and thie citizens of: Alton have raised $5000 ore. S - P A S P SIGNS OF .THE ‘TIMES. Philadelphia - Récord:: The' unusual call made upon the Treasiry-Department at Wash. ington within ‘the pist week, for small notes in large quantitiés.is ong'ol. the many siraws which denote a'stifferiing of the trade winds. When small biils ate. in demand it isasign of renewed activify in business and of increasing payrolls. .- St Loutsville_Courier-fournals: Tobaceo isup, wheat is up, livestock of.all Kindsare upand we are promised good.crops. “The farmer’s iot may-not have been “a happy one’ for the past four years, but.there sre mighty good ressons forreckoring ' that in. the future “he will still have cause fo follow the mostenvied of ‘occu- pations. B8 NG Parksion. (Ioway Advocate:: The recordsof the register. of ‘deeds:.of Hutchinson' County. shows that 178. real estate’ morigages were tiled from January 1 to-Jiune8, and there were 425 Qischarged.- This is certainly &-fine shiow= ing. . In 1895 th. 318 chisttels filed in one month.-during the: séme period. With jew: Tore: reameries: thie discharges will in- op on'diminishing. Keokuk.Gate City:: Every day :that passes lessens the number of:¢roakers and swells the ranks of those who, look forward to'a period of positive prosperity. - There are signs ol better times on all sides—or the farnis, in- the' mikis and-factories and. workshops;inthe - stores and -banks everywhere ‘that any thing s pro- duced or any business transacted.- It will'be a “good ‘time in Which' to Dbe alive; altersil,in these closing years of the nineteéxnth ce In/1891 and early in 1892 the crop-of: whest was large, but failure of craps in.other coun- tries.caused. an- altogethiér unprecedented’ de- mand for ‘thé- American - product, that higher priges ruled than had-been known. for six previousiyears, “During the. lsst year the wheat crop -has been- smailer,:and yet.fairly Jarge, but the foreign demand has been-about 80,000,000 bushels Tess than-in 1891-92. At the same- tinte last year the yleld.of corn was beyond all precedent, so that.prices of grain wry. 'are low. Yet the price of. wheat.has ayersged for the'last two moaths higher-ihan in any month of last'year priar to Novemniber, except- ing aslight excess in February;-higher than in any month in 1895, excepting a:slight ex- cess'in June;.higher than in &ny month in 1894, and highet than: in any month in:1893, after Cleveland’s. inauguration, ‘excepting s slight excess in May.—New York Tribupe. CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ b, Townsend's* : ——————— GENUINE eyeglasses, specs, 15c to 40¢; Sun. days 740 Market; weekdays 35 Fourth st. * 4 g FPECTAL information daily to manufactiiresy, business Houses and public men by ths Pra Llpping Bureat (Allen’s), 510 Monigomesy. * ————— N P CoRX Excursion :tickets. (via Bansalito. teérry) to the giant redwood forests of Marin and- So- noma counties; good from' July:2.-to 6. All boats and trains on July 5 will run on Sunday time and rates. . “H we stinex Hawail,” rémarked the'casusl caller, “we acquire several'islands; a debt of £4,000,000, two volcanoes .and - thoussnds of natives thrown fn.” “Well,” replied the snake editor, 'if the ne- tives are to be thrown into the voléanoes I'll my objection -to the : annexation Piftsburg Chronicle-Telegraph: $25 Eate to Chicago - via' the Great fanta Fe Koute, The low rates made for Christian Endeavorers will be open o the pablic ss well.An opporiu- Dty to vislt the Edct nevet before enjoyed by’ Cal- Hornjans. - Pullman Palace Drawing-room Slesp- ing-cars Of the latést pattern. Modern upholstered tourist sleeping-cars run. daily ‘through from Dak- 1and pier to- Chicagd. See. tiine-table in adversis- ing column. San Francisco ticket office 844 Market street, Chronicie bulidipg. ' elephone. Main1631 ———— .$32 50 to St. Paul, Minneapolls and Chieago, Tickets will bé on sale July 12 to the 17th. ‘Good final Ifmit, August 15:- stopover allowed: It'sa splendid opportunity to take & (rip-to Chicago and stop off at the. famious Yellowstoiis Pa 6 cents in stanips for illustrated land,” to T. K. Stateler, general-agent Northera way, 838 Market street, San Frauciscd *3rs. Winslow's Soothing Syrap"” Flas been used: over ‘fifty yeirs by: millions. ot miothers for ibgir cinldren whiie Teeihing with par child; softensibe gums. allays Pain, cires Wind Colic; regulates the Bowels ‘and 1s.the best remedy for Diarrtéess, whethier aris~ ‘ing from u i hing or other catisea: ¥ or sal every part of the world. ow's Eoothing Syrup © sisis 1n Sor Mre. Winai 45¢ a bottie CoRbxADO.—Atmosphere s, perfectly: dry.: soft | and mild. being entirely free from-the mists com- .mon further ngrth. . Round- irip tiékets. by sieam- 1p, -Inciuding fifteen days board at the Holeldel ‘Coroiiido, $60;jonger stay -$2 50 perday.‘ Appy 4 New Montgoiery. sireet,-San Fraoclscd. . a distressad hetry- Pebioral id sa. “FoR " pity for that cough and giverus & rest.™ Henfy W. Lucy, bes{dés baving had one of the most interesting careers-ia journalisim, is ithe guickest writer on thé British-press. “He dictates all'kis work:to & shorthand clerk, and ‘he 1s. declared o m o .the ‘largest inicome earned by journalism. ‘NEW' TO-DAT. ~ A new depart- ure, an improve- ment, a -progres- sive step—such Spices-and Flav. -oring Extracts. - Quite out of the - common for pur- -