The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 8, 1897, Page 6

THE N FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1897 _—M ~.JULY 8, 1897 THURSDAY CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Deily and Sundey CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.18 and Sunday CALL, one year, by mall.... 6.00 and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 and Sunday CALi, three months by matl 1.50 Daily «nd Sunday CALr, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday CaLy, one year, by mail.. . 1.60 W kLKLY CALL, One year, by mall. . 350 OFFICE: Street, , California. | 8T rorveeeeen MaID~1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Ulay Btreet. cieeees.. Maln—1874 CH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery sireet, coraer Clay; 9:80 o'clock. 339 Hayes sireet; open uniil 9:80 o'clock. 615 Larkin strcet, open untll 9:30 o'clock. ¢ Sixteenth and Mission sireels, open EW. corne n street, open until 9 o'clock. open until 9 o'clock. open until :80 o'clock. y-second and Kemtuoky ock. 1505 Polk street NW. corner Twe, atreets; open till§ OAKLAND OFFICE: 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICB: Beoms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New Yorr Clths DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. E CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. TH THE SUMMER MONTHS. Areyon poing to the country ona vaeatfon * 1 +0, 1t 18 Do trouble for us to forward THE CALL to rour address. Do ot let it miss you for you will miss Orders given to the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt sttention. N0 EXTRA CHAKGE. Fifty cemis per month for summer months. The convention opens. Now for the grand choruses. We are all endeavor-rs for something. Bryan’s bazoo didn’tdisturb the hum of prosperity. San Francisco is as full of delegates as Santa Ciara of prunes. The convention may take its time—the longer it stays the better we'll like it. After this we ought to have every Pr sidential convention that the country calls for. Bryan talked, but to-day the Yesterd great factors uf American life. | force which strengthens as it expands. zeal among its members and awakening interest in the ranks of outsiders. given to large numbers of young men and women an earnestness and a sense of moral responsibility which were almost unknown to the youth of a former generation, and by wnspiring their minds with true grandeur of sentiment has fitted them to perform a work of no ordinary magnitude and nobility. { The motive that prompted the founders of the association and which animates its multiplying membership is one that tends to no selfish end. It has for its object the | THE INCREASING PURPOSE. { Ina visible and impressive form the people of San Francisco have before them. to- day a confirmation of ihe truth of the faith which Tennyson expressed in the words “Yet 1 doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs.” The Christian En- | deavor association by its history and by its present activities carries encouragement | to all who may bave doubted the growing good of the world and confronts with an effective answer all who have asserted that the tendencies of our time are adversa to righteousness and the moral improvement of man. This association has in a few years grown from small beginnings to be one of the Its aclivities and energies are felt everywhere with a It has shown a marvelous power of arcusing It has welfare ot mankind #nd seeks to achieve that by the moral improvement of the indi- vidual man. The fact that so many young men and women busily engaged in the | ordinary work of life should be willing 10 devote a large portion of their leisure hours | past. | times to come. | and honor are higher than ever before. | eousness. | ready accompiished. | tended to all its delegates. open mntll | 10 &dVance such a cause is itself a proof that the world is better than it was in times It is also an assurance that through their efforts largely it will be better in | While lite is full of temptations and while many of the forces of human environ- ment incline men to vice, it is nevertheless true that the great primal laws of the uni- | verse tend to righteousness. The evolution of man has heen a moral progress from | the beginning. There has been degeneration here and there, but the general course | of human history has been upward as well as onward. Man's inhumanity to man lessens with the | years. Our sympatuies widen, deepen and multiply. A thousand indicationsabound | that through the ages runs the increasing purpose of a power that makes for right- Our standards of morality | The Christian Endeavor association is one of the most potent organizations | which have grown up among us as the outeome of these increasing forces which make for the good of the world. The convention which assembles in this Uity to-day will | be a manifestation of its far extending power and an evidence of the good it has al- "That the people of the City will profit by the influence emanat- ing from this vast gathering of earnest men and women cannot be doubted, and we have therefore weighty and profound reason for the cordial welcome we have ex- has a fair prospect of schieving this year | the past. | California at this time has stimulated the | people of the county to make the best ex- visitors who atiend it will be able io study the resources and industries of Oakland and its environs under the most favorable circumstances, | Itis to be regretted that we have not an | exposition of all the industries of Ca fornia to show our visitors, but lacking that we may be well pleased in having so THE OAKLAND EXPOSITION. , The exposition oi the industries of Ala- ‘ Mr. Bryan has no reason to be dissatis- meda County now running in Oakland | fied with the reception accorded him on | | position possible, anc accordingly those | | | | \ Endeavorers have the floor and the times | eood an exposition of one of our mosli are improving rapidly. The radiance of purple and gold every- where makes the City look as if Berkeley had won a football zame. The observant delegute will take notice that as a summer ion eity San Francisco is beyond rivalry. cony The Eastern v sitor who wishes a day off from the convention will find a good show for it at the Oakland exposition. A week is not long as time flies, but it is long gh for us to cultivate lasting friendships with many of our Eastern visitors. Weyler has dropped his end of the cam- paign, but the Cubans are pushing theirs along and Weyler has to hustle to keep out of the way. All Boston has been shocked by a Chi- | cago girl who when asked by Mr. Howells if she had read his last book replied, *I sincerely hope so.’ Bryan has posses-ion of the 16 to 1 loco- motive all right, but there ars men in the Democratic party who believe that they can sidetrack it before 1900. mes every day and learn the of weather they have escaped by coming to California. The charter of Greater New York which goes into effect in’ January vacates all the county offices, and as a consequence a full set is to be elected this fall. According to the Sun such a thing has never happened in the county since 1633, when the county was first establisned. The Boston Journal states that at most of the New Eag.and colleges the conven- tional punch bowl was this year super- seded by the lemonade bowl, but judging by reporis from other sources it seems that the college townsof winning teams were painted about as red as ever they were 1n punch bow! d It is stated that the large subsidy given by steamship line to Canada is limited by the condition that steamers shall touch at no port of the United States, therefore, that if we are to trade wi Europe on even terms with must get to w ships, h Canada we and build up our own There is a vacancy in the Sixth Con- gressional District in Illinois and as Alt- geld lives there his friends believe they can elect him to Congress tnis fall. The Republican majority in the district last year was over 5000 and if the discredited ex-Governor can overthrow a vote like that heis a stronger anarchist than has been supposed. Nansen is said to bein St. Petersburg, eneaged in organizine a stock company with large capital to develop the resources of the far north. He claims to have dis- covered enormously rich deposits of nickel, iron and other ores, and believes they can be worked so as io yield big profits. There may be a bonanza at the north pole yet, It is said that Libby Prison, which was removed from Richmond to Chicago dur- ing the exposition year and set up asa show, has ceased to be profitable in that form and is about to be turned to use as a warehouse. The announcement is not surprising, for an Listoric building ceases to be historical when removed from the place whers the history was made. According to an Eastern statistician the people of the United States use up 50,000, 000 National flags every year. Of course most of them are small flags employed for decorative purposes, but the large number required shows how prone we are to use t: e flag on all possible occasions and dem- onstrates the popular delight in seeing the National emblem at all times and everywhere. From most colleges and professional schools the graduates go forth to hunta living without knowing where to find it, but on graduation day at the Normai Col- leze of New York 350 students were handed their diplomas and toid that posi- tions as public school teachers were wait- | ing for every one of them. Itisto be re- gretted that in spite of the name this was an abnormal rather than a normal occur- rence, read the reports | ibe British Government to the new | | pra Tue E ton wiil see a variety of products which will astonish him Wwhen he learns that } they are the outcome of a single county. | Hardly any State 1n the East could show so many different articles of such high | excellence as will be on exhibition from this comparatively smal! portion of the area of Cal and the reflacting ob- server can esiimaie from what he sces perous and progressive counties. a | there something of the vast productive- | ! ness and infinite variety of the State asa | whole. | The business of the convention and the | many attractions of San Francisco and | the region surrounding it will leave to the | de'egates to the convention and their I friends little leisure if they undertake to see ali d g the mparatively short | time of their stay. This tact will compel ern visitor who attends the exposi- | | i the visitors to make a selection of the | sights which they intend 10 see, and in making that selection the Oakland exposi- | tion should not be overiooked. | The advantaze which will result to Cali- | fornia from an inspection of the exposi- | tion by a large numver at least of our Eastern visitors was weil expressed by | John P. Irish in his opening address in | the woras, “'One pair ot eyes from abroad will see far more and be a far betier adver- tisement of our products than a dozen pairs of intelligent eyes belonging to | those wiio live with us.” The truth of | that statement is not to be gainsaid, and | it is to be hoped nearly if not quite ail of our visitors can be induced to make a thorough study of the exhibit. However that may be, the people of Oakland are to | be congratulatad on the successful exposi- | tion which they have provided. Itismost | timely and appropriate in every way., and | will prove a benelfit, not to Oakliand only, | but to the entire State. | | THE NASHVILLE PROGRAMME. | = e l The much-discussed convention of the middle-of-the-road Populists which as- | sembled at Nashville and opened its pro- ceedings with a clash on the Fourth of July was hurried to a conclusion in a shorter time and with less friction tban was expected. Instead of being a conven- tion of debate and controversy it has It is evident, | {yrned out to be no more than a zathering | of men assembled to carry out a cut-and- dried programme. | Aifter the first wrangle on the opening | day there was very little in the proceed- | ings of the convention to interest the gen- eral public. No division of factions ap- | peared, and there seems to have been very | little in the way of differences of opinion. | The man who on the opening day called | his opponent “‘a red headed pap-sucker’’ | and was denounced in return as a “bullet- | 1 eaged buzzard” coincided in theend with | his eloquent friend and voted with him in | carrying out the prearranged programme. The real interest in the convention will be found in a consideration of the effect it is likely to have upon the Populist party and through that organization upon the | general politics of the country. The con- | vention adopted a plan for a complete re- construction of the party machine. It provides for a new National Committee office until the assembling of a National Convention which is to be called by the National Committee. This, it will be | seen, gives to the party a double head, and it is now prepared to talk on equal terms with the Democratic party, which ever since the Indianapolis convention of last year has also been a species of double- headed rooster. The Nashville organization vledges its officials not to enter into any sort ot fusion or combination with any other political party. If it succeeds in drawing to itself a majority of the rauk and file of the or- | Banization it will pat an end to the hopes i of the Bryanites of beingable to renew in | 1900 the fusion which enabled them to | carry some of the Western States last year. To how great an extent the new movement will be supported by Populists cannot yet be foreseen, but as it is led by the most aggressive and resolute men in the party and has the advantage of main- taining well-defined principles it has a fair chance of winning over nearly the whole mass of genuine Populists. The prosvects are that we shall have three tickets in the next Presidential campaign, | and that Bryan, if he is renominated, will | have to make a forlorn fight as a leader of one wing of dividea Democracy and with- out the allies who helped him last y and for new State Commitiees, to huld‘ BRYAN'S VISIT. either side of San Frarncisco Bay. In Ala- | a success far beyond any accomplished in | meda, in Oukland an { in this City ne was The knowledge that a large | welcomed cordially and large crowds of number of Eastern visitors would be in | people gave an attentive hearing to what he had to say. The greeting was one of which the most eminent public man might well be proud, and it gave to Mr. Bryan a proof that not only has he many friends here of his own peculiar political faith, but that be s well esteemed and ad- | mired for many of his quaiities by Cali- fornians generally. If the meetings and the speeches were somewhat disappointing to those who attended them there was no open mani- festation of discontent. Every one under- stood that Mr. Bryan was fagged and worn by a tiresome journey and was ho:r-e from frequent speaking at all times of day in the open air. He was therefore in no condition to exert the mental and moral force necessary to thrill great audiences. The nervous vigor required for the delivery of a really eloquent oration was not in him. He cou:d do no more than talk, and 1t is to his credit that under such circumstances he was able to talk sufficiently well to keep his hearers interested. The style, tone and substance of the speeches showed badly by reason of the lack of fire in their delivery. They pos- sessed in of argument or of phrase. thou:ht was expressed in words suffi- ciently impressive to remain in the mem- ory of those who heard it, nor was a single sentence rounded rhythmically in musical cadences to a nobie and beautiful finish. The argument was as indifferent as the | style. The orator wandered on from point to point, skipping from one to the other without logical cequence or even contin- uity of thought. It is not clear what Mr. Bryan or his party leaders hope te gain dy this tour. The public mind az this time is not inter- ested in party politics and the attempt at campaigning will not win for the Bryan- ites a single vote. The great mass of the American people are well satistied with | the result of the election of McKinley on | | | of a platform of protection and bimetallism. They see that industry is reviving aud prosperity is returning. A protective tariff bill is well advanced toward com- pletion and a commission is now in Europe arranging for international agree- menton the silver question. Mr. Bryan, therefore, has no cause wi people sympathiz2, and since he is so hoarse and fagged it would be well for him toabandon his labor in vain of stumping the State and settle down in San Frag ciseo for th THE TORRID EAST. The thousands of visitors from 14 who have come to the Christian E Convention in this City have escaj of the severest hot waves that er, over the Eastern section of th Telegraphicreports abound with prostration, sunstrokes an caused by the excessive heal weather. These reports come portions of the East, and the seems 10 be as severe in New Yy the extreme South. As the Eastern visitors read th ports from their former homes and' pare them with the cool and plea weather which prevails here they wilk’ tain an understanding of the great adva, tage which the Pacific Coast enjoys ove the Bast. We have occasionally in this City whatarecalled “hot spells,”’ but they are never anything like what is known by that name east of the Rockies. Our se- verest weather in the summer would be accounted mild, pleasant and altogether delightful in any other portion of the Union. Our prevailing summer weather is 80 far superior to thatof the East that we ought to have a different nomenclature to characterize its various phases. It the Eastern visitor who now enjoys the realization of the difference between summer in California and summer in the East could remain with us for a year he would see that each successive season re- veals a new advantage in California climate. As our summers are free from torrid heat, 5o are our winters free from the severe cold which comes fo all sections of the East north of tae Gulf States, and which does not always spare them from snowstorms ana freezing blasis sufficiently severe to kill fruit trees and inflict much suffering upon the pcor. California in fact is more blest by its climate than by its gold mines. It is tihe land where men can hve out of doors at all seasons of the year and at all hours of the day with more comfort than in any other 1and on sarth. We read of the tor- rid heai of the East with sympathy for the people who suffer from it, and with some surprise that more of those who are able to do so do not come to California for the summer and the winter, and in fact to make their homes permanently. About the time ex-Governor Boies of Iowa was wriving his letter against the silver plank of the Chicago platform, Gov- ernor Stone of Missouri was saying in a themselves no excellence either | Not a single | 1 which the | | | syeech to the Jefferson Club at St. Louis: “No matter how deserving he may have been in the past, no man is a Democrat if {o-day and to-morrow he does not accept without qualification the doctrines of the party as evidenced in the Democratic platform.” Mr. Boies it will be seen is a statesman not only out of a job, butout of a party. —_— THE BEAUTIFUL. Wrinkled and old are those hands of hers: Hard and 1oll of the yeams Uf labor and the years; Kno:ted th: cKies: And creased and crinkled ‘The skin on he backs of them; Dark veined and large, 2 With splotches of brown Between the drawn tendons As if seared by tears: Thiex the nails aud biunted, Rough anl wi:h littie ridg Runcing the lengih of th Callous ihe paims, And lackinz all pinkness and prettiness. Old are those hands of hers; s L Wi story of tenderness And love Could they tell. Those hands of a woman Whose thiree-score years and ten Have b-en passed in doing the 004 That women do. W. J. Laxprox, in New York Sun. FERSONAL. | Superior Judge J. M. Mannon of Ukiah is1n the City. George V. Northey, a mining superintendent of Sulphur Creek, is at the Lick. Willinm S. Porter, the weaithy land-owner of Hanford, is a late arrival here. Purser Smith, long of the steamer Mariposa, who left here several months ago with Mrs. Smith on & visit to Ireland, has returned here, and will shorily resume hisduties. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y.. Juiy 7.—At the Plsza— A. Reynolds; Grand Union—C. Clarke, J. B. Choynski, H. B. Montague, Mrs. 8. 8. Monta- | gue: Morton—H. E. Cumpell; Astor—F. J. | Heney, R.Knignton; Metrovole—J. M. Alleti; Imperial—F. W. Clark; Holland—W. F. Drown; Marlborough—W. W. Funge; Manhatan—F. P. M. Lennon; Murray Hili—G. W. Lynch. Colonel B. Peyton and Miss Peyton leit the | Plaza and sailed on the St. Paul for South- ampton. Mr. and Mrs, J. M. Davles of Los An- | geles aiso sailed for Southwmpton. k. .| | Turges and A. C. Hinz are here buying. Leon | J. Richardson arrived on the Werra from Ge- noa. —_— THIS 1S THE GENUINE ARTICLE. St. Louis Republic. “I witnessed a spectacle in Texas the other day which has done me more good than all the homilies on Christian charity and helpful- ness I ever listened to,” said R. K. Worthem of Memphis. “My business had called me to Whitney, in that State, and when Ireached my destination I was unable to find any of the persons I iad gone to see by reason of the fact that they had all gone out in_the country to help in the work of clearing the weeds out of the crop of a sick farmer named Hamilton, It sppeared inat Hamilton had beeu confined to his bed by sickness for several weeks, and his crops s a consequence had become very foul, he being wholly dependent on his own exer- tions to keep them clean. When his busy neighbors learved of nis condition and pros- pects they spread the report through the coun- ty, and & movement was at once staried to afford him toe necessary relief. Tne omly thing to be done was to go into his fields with plows aud hoes and give his crops that atten- tion necessary 1o their saivation. Every man in the county proffered his services, and even the merchants chipped into a fund for the hire of & subsiitute list. The sick farmer’s lace swarmed with muscular, broad-chested Texans for days. They went to him in relays, and it 0 happened thit it was the turn of the people I wanted to sce st Whitney to nrve; their help tne day I visited that place. As a result of it Farmer Hamilton will make good crops this year, even though he is sick and unebie to wo I wonder if neighbors help one another like that iu St. Louis or any other big city in the world, where millions are nuaily spent through'organzied charities A DELIGHTFUL INVENTION, Chicago News. Adolph Brinkmeyer, & native 'of Northern Minnesota, went to live inSt. Loms! When the Missouri climate began to get in its deadly work on Mr. Brinkmeyer he was driven to in- venting and the result isa shower-bath bi- cycle. It consists of an ordinary bicycle with the wheels removed. Attached to the rear sprocket is a little pump, which connects with an up-running pipe terminating in & spray ar- rangement like that on & sprinkling-can. By | freshet of wind 1§’ hat u: exerted by & man who sits rockiag on a st veranda in & vain endeavor to kaep cool. MATERIALS FO= VICTORY. St. Louls Republic. General Weyler has gone out to meet Gen- eral Garcia ina pitched battle, which 1s ex- pected to settle the war. General Weyler may not meet General Garcis, but a great victory for the Spanish arms is assured. The general took his typewriter along. —_— OBSTRUCTIONS I[N THE PATH. Globe-Democrat. In order to remain in the field as a Presiden- tial candidate Mr. Bryan must carry Nebraska several limes beiore tne election of 1900, and ;}rlxec: is no assurance tast he can do it even ally dy | whieh some American angel has offered to MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. A Belgian correspondent says: *“Nothing is wanting heuceforth to glorify Fervaai.” The Alcazar hac jast gfven a parody of the work of M. Vincent d’Indy, under the suggestive title, “Fer-nh-val, or the Misfortunes of a Mili- tia Man Who Has Lost Something,” in seven tableanx; prose by M. Vindy Cincens ; thunder Dy the same. The author in persou, in a pro- logue, explains to the-public the theory of the new music; how the great weight falls upon the violins, and which is so difficult to play that the executants ought tc put cotton wool in their ears for fear of being rattled by the noise which the others make. The piece is extremely droll. It follows scene by scene the original work, and at the end the famous mountain, of which the hero makes the ascent with his well-beloved upon h.s shoulders, is replaced by a doubie ladder, at the summit of which Fer-h-val, *‘the man of the mountain,” aiter having killed Alfagar, who is here calied Trafalgar, finds, to iustall his love in, an “gpartment to let” very comfortably fur- Howard Duffield,; now pastor of the *0ld First” Presbvterian Church in New York. The biblical book of Isaiah furnished tae story jor the work, with a few selections from the Psalms for chorus numbers. Another oratorio entitled “Isaian” is due to Willard Patteu of Minnespolis, and was lately perform_url in publie, meeting with & favorabie reccption. The committee which has been constituted at Antwerp for the purp se of publishing a Flemish edition of “Herbergprinses” by Jan Blocks has succeeded in getting 160 subserip- tions, which, joined to the subsidies which will certainly be granted by the eity and the Government, will permit the realization of & desize dear to the partisans of Fiemisi art. a symphonic An orchestral zompositio poem, entitled “Life & Dream’ (aiter & poem | by Grillparzer), by the American composer James K. Pleasants, was recently performed for the first time in Berlin, at an invitation concert. The work was highly spoken of, and ARTHUR NIKISCH, One of the Most Celebrated of Modern Conductors. nished. MM. Malperiuis and Boulland have paticall into merry coaplets, and M. Nazy has shown the orchesira that the music of the future holds no secrets from him. An effort nas recently been made in Ger- many, says the New York Tribune, to discover where Minna Planer, the first wife of Richard | Wagner, is buried, but in vain. She died in Dresden January, 1866, of heart disease. Con- cerning her the idolatrous biographers of Wagner are strangely reticent. It could not | be difficult to learn the whole story of Wag- ver's first marriage were they anxious to do s0; but they were not. There are letters in existence which furnish clews of greatiater- i est, but they have never'been printed, one especially in which Wagner offered Minna Planer marriage after what had obviously bee a lover's quarrel, and coupled the offer with a threat to ruin himself by dissipation if it were not -accepted. The second, written comparatively a short time after the marriage (now in & New York collection), speaks of pro- ceeding for divorce which had been begun by him. Perhaps if the fact be borne in mind that it was about this time teat the friendsnip batween Wagner and Von Bulow's wife began the cause of the separation would not be hard to find. t Chevalier has written the book of & act musical comedy called. “The Land of Nod.” Perhaps it would be more correctly described as & two-act feerie. In it Mr. Cneva- lier wiil play a Proiessor Peter Pinder, cheng- ing later to a cockney butler, in which char- ; acter he will sing some more of his cockney ditties. The music, which is said 10? & blend of clever writing and catchy refrain, is by Alfred H. West. It Is somewhat amusing to read in the London papers that Mr. Chevalier has nobly reiused to accept a new theater build for him. Arthur Nikisch is ove of the most brilliant of the shining lights of the musical worla and an orchestral conductor is unsurpassed. A few years ngo he conducted the Boston Sym- ony Society, and from Boston he went to ha-Pesth. This summer he took the Berlin \rmonic Society to Paris, where they cre- jmmense sensation. It is not only his ssical attainments and his virtuosity ¢ rendered him so notable & char- \is personalily is exceptionally at- 2 is one of the most refined, poetic *n that ever wielded power. athy withregard to novelties in torios and cantatas that ham- chora! conductors in their at- the repertory prevails in Aus- reording to a Sydney newspa- | will have no new thing. On t “The Mes:ish’ drew the cus- it this oratorio, together with and the “Elijah,” is the only for the expense of production. here the oratorio is & most im- . the conditions are much more progress, although the older ‘populsr as ever. ty of Musical Composers, Paris, has V to M. Picard, commissary-general Feposition of 1900, a letter asking for a all to be constructea of sufficient size oncerts to be given on a grand scale, tiug that there isno hall in Paris wnich has he requisite ncoustic properties, M. Picard has formally prom’sed that the artists shall have their hail at the Exposition, and that when the time arrives the Society of Com- posers shall be consuited as to the interior ur- rangements of the said h At Ams‘erdam & musical solemnity of the utmost importance recently took piace, initi- ated by M. Henri Viotts, whose extravagant devotion to Wagner has become legendary. «The Dusk of the Gods” was puton the stage and .received & magnificent interpretstion. Soloists of renown had been engaged for the occasion. Mme. Sucher sang Bruunhilde, M. Burgstaller, Siegiried; M. Elmblad, Hagen, etc. The success was colossal. Truly, they do things:ip style in Holland. One of Detroit’s young composers, John T. Wolcott, has been working jor three years on an oratorio named “Hezekiab,” which will be produced next season. He has been assisted in the compilation of the text by the Rev. ENDEAVORERS IN “THE DAVS OF '49 IF ever true fellowshipin a common cause ex its place in the pioneer clergymen in 1840. Every Monday morning they were accustomed to meet by turns at tne home of one of their were devised, and work tor the week laid out. From this, our present floating Christian Endea the gospel on board snips in our bay, may see that they are but reviving and carrying forward the good work begun by the '49ers. Ii.raay aiso be seen irom the above statements that the forty-ninersdid not esteem it worth their while to estabiish denominationalism over against Christian unity. The ministers met together without jealousy or strife. And when church he was not asked to which denominatio! tion in the Churen of the Holy Trinity shows also that they were Jiberal givers from the fact that when “the offertory was taken nothing bu offering being §5, and from that up to $16 (an would seat but 200 persous the total offering at All elbowing aud jostling were unknowu; each came to do his Master’s work, ard faithfuily did they accomplish it. Sunday afternoon reli- g10us services were held upon ships’ decks in the harbor, for the benefit of seamen of the pori. isted, says the Golden Gate Pentecost, it had number, where common plans of usefulness vorers,iho are doing such gocd work carrying y one went out to collect money for the n he belonged. The record of tne.first collee- t gold was piaced upon the plate, the.swallest ounce of gold dust), and although the church this time Was about nine pounds of gold.” | mother rides a bicycle. one of the critics praised its piquant harmon- ies and orchestration A cablegram to the New.York Herald states that Emma Calve has signed with M. Carvaino for & six months’ engagement, which will commence in November. She will create the role of “‘Sapho.” Mr. Wolfsohn has not engaged Mlle. Chami- nade, 8s wns represented. She is in delicate health and not sufficiently strong 1o undergo the hardships of an American tour. The eontest which has so long occupied the pages of the Musfeal Courler with regard to the age of Jean de Reszke has at last been settled by the arrival of a formidable docu- ment from Poland, stating that M. de Reszke is exactly the age he said he was, forts-six, having been born on the 14th of Jauuary 1830, ar old style January 3. THOROUGH AND ARTISTIC. Victorla (B. C.) Coilonist. THE 8AN FRANCISCO CALL excelled ftself in its reports of the recent Jubiiee festivities, which 1s the acme of high compliment, THE CALL'S reports being always thorough and rtistic. WHIKRING WHEELS. «Where do you expect to spend your vaca- tion tnis summer?” “On my bike.”—Cleveland Leader. ‘Wheeler—I hear Sprockets married & tartar! Bearings (sententiously)—Yes, poor .old fel- low! she steers their tandem.—Judge. «What a firm, manly tread that young Sim- mons has.” “Yes, he’s commenced using a higher gear.” Cieveland Plain Dealer. “You say you will bet that that boy's What makes you think so?” “Those large vacancies in his breeches.”— Cleveland Leader. “That Miss Wood, the bicycle rider, osophist, isn’t she?” *Yes, she says she used to walk a treadmill 1in the time of Sesostris.” —Detroit Free Press. the- Jess—Why don’t the Plumply girls go out any more on their bicycles? Bess—They heard a man tell his little boy they were fat ladies from the circus out to ad- vertise the show.—Tid-Bits. ~Have you lived next to the Snobberlys three years and don’t know them yet?” “Well, they have spoken very kindly tous several limes when they borrowed our bicycle pump.”’—Auswers. “Iintend to have Downey arrested for de- ceiving his creditors.” “You think he is guilty of that?” “No doubt of it. Why, hang i1, the day be- fore he faiiea he bought a new '97 wheel.””— Philadeiphia North American. “I believe you warrauted that £30 wheel not to need any repairs for three mouths.” ~Idid.” “L have had it in the shop five times.” “Thatis funny, Generally they break down 50 utterly that tdking them 10 the repair shop is not only needless- but useless.”—Indianap- olis Journal. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. The American Legion of Honor—Many of the Christian Endeavorers are Members. Among the many Christian Endeavorers who are now in this City are many com- panions of the American Legion of Honor, and a great number of them have signified their intention to visit the local subordinate councils. A renewed interest is being taken by tHe members of this order. Most of the member- ship has transferred from Class B to Class A. The councils in New York, Pennsylivania, Massachusetts and New Jersey report large accessions. Amoug the benefits paid in California within the past month, may be mentioncd $5000 to beneficiaries of the late William W. S etson and $3000 to beneficiary of the iate Wiliam G. Fowler, both members of Bohemian Coun- cil, No. 261. All the couneils in this City and State will be visited this month by the grand commander, his deputies and other grand aq&rgers i . e nex: session of the Supreme ouncil will be heid in the city of Bufl'lll’o next month. California will be represented by C. O. Burton, the grand secretary of California A. L. H. | Royal Arcanum. Argonaut Council No. 597, at its last meet- fug renewe}d an applcation for membership aud unanimous'y recommended J. B. Wiit- ney for ig‘polmmem as depuly rupreme re- gent, vice . H. Lamb, resigned, after many years of taithful service. Tue uew laws adopted at the iast session of the Supreme Council, held in Boston in May last, go into effect this month. Californin Rebekah Lodge. California Rebekah Lodge No. 1 of the Inde- peudent Order of Odd Fellows wiil at its meeting on Saturday evening mext pubiicly ~| install its recently elveted officers. As this lodge has a large number of iriends it is likely that there will be many present to wiiness tie very interesting ceremony. MEN AND WOMEN. Sir Edwerd Arnold, Lesides being & noet, isa sportsman, yachisman, traveler and eyel! The earliest liv.ng graduate of Harvard i< Samuel Ward Chandler of Philadeiphia, who was graduated in the classof " Dr. Wiil- 1am L. Russell of Barre, Mass., now in Lis ninetieth year, is the oldest living graduate in pointof ege. 2 Bret Harte is a golf rison likes eud: Mrs. Burton Her- ountry life, gardening, boating, traveling; Sarah Grand reproves frivolon 1s by finding recreation in seciolc ¢ and countrs ! Marie Corelli finds reading suflicient!y Archduke Franz Ferdinand of who, now that he is recovering irom con- sumption, has again assumed the position of Leir to Emperor Francis Joscph, is suid to be the richest royal per:onage Europe. The last Duke of Modena Lequeathed $15,000,000 10 him. “Jeanie Deans'’ in Irongray churchyaid. is being chipped away by relic huniers. The nauie of the girl whose stcr Sir Walter Scott used in “The Heart of Mid- lothian,” and wiose appeal to the Duke of Argyll procured her sister’s pardon, was Helen Walker. Mra Austria-Este, gravesto Emma Corbet o lisle, Pa., won for the Biddle mission the credit of having b:en for the most regnisr herseli a Bible w given by the Christizn Herald, Mrs. Corbet's record won the pr ing attended Sun twenty-four years olarin America, and w York, and she hav- y-schioot every Sunday for SENATOR MASON'S AUTOGRAPH. Washington Posi. The autograph of Andrew Johnson is very rare, vecause he siined bis name only wh n he was compelied to. The future collector of autographs will never set a high vaiue upon Senator Mason's signature. It is already a deiuge on the market, That Senator Macon has signed every application for office presented to him, without regard to race, color or previous condition of servitude, goes without sav- ing. In the carelessness of bis good na- ture and the bounteousness of nis gener- osity, however, he has alsgsigned recom- mendations for postmastets in Republi- can districts in Iilinois. In this be has run counter to the plans of the Congress- men themselves, and in more than one case an ugly storm was brewing. Mr. Mason nbas solved the difficulty by cutting 1he Gordiin knot. He has in- formed the Postmaster-General that all recommendations made bv him for post- masters in Republican districis in Iilinois “don’t go.” Consequently his signatures in those cases have no more value than a last vear's almanac, and peace once more reigns supreme. SILK NIGHTROBE. Ottawa Herald. The Herald reporter called on the Hon. W. J. Bryan this morning at the handsome home of L. G. Stine. The reporter went early, before breakfast. He found Mr. Bryan in bed, but awake. The great man arose on oneelbow, shook hands with the reporter and motioned him to & chair. Quite often he raised his handsome head from his downy piliow and lnughed pleasantly at some romark he had just made himseli. As he would rise up in bed tne soft iignt would fall on his elegant silk nightrobe, all covered in front with fancy WOrK, 1t wes a beautiul garment. BRYAN'S TREASON IN A TOOTH. New Yo ail and Express. Seme of Jerry Simpson’s Kausas enemies, having discovered that e wears gold fil.ings in his teeth, now demand that he shall be expelled from the Populist party. It must be evident to ail hands that no man guilty of such practices can be an honest iriend of iree silver. CALIFORNIA glace iruits, 50¢ 1o, Townsend's" ——————— FpFcraL information daily to manufactn buSiness houses and public men by the Prais Chpping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * o o b U MUST ADVERTISE. A man may bet, And a man may sweat, And a man may puff and blo Bat he can’y get trade iitlng in the shaae, Waiting for business to grow. - —Print k. See Southern California. los Angeles, the most beautiful city in the United *iatrs, ~an Diego, Pasadena, Riverside, Redlanas, Coronado Beach, Catalina Islands, and the thousand and one other delig1tful places must be teen. You can return to the East thronzh the orang: groves of Southern California without ad- dit:oual expens aad you will always regret it i ¥ou fail 1o see Los Angeles and her sister cities. The ¥anta Fe trains fornish the highest character of accommodation>, and consume only three nights Los Angelesto Chi ago. Call at 644 Murket street, Chronicle bullding. ———— $25 Rate to Chicago via the Great fanta Fe Koute. The Jow rates made for Christian Endeavorsrs will be open to the public as weil. An opporin- nity to visit the East never before enjoyed by Cal- ifornians. Puliman Palace Drawing-room Slesp~ ing-cars of the atest pattern. Nodern upholsterad tourist sleeping-cars run daily through from Uak- land pler to Chicago. See time-table in adverts- ing column. San Francisco ticketoflice 644 Mar<e: street, Chronicie Lui'ding. ‘lelephoue Main 1531 Vakland, 1118 Erosdway. ————-——— $32 50 to Si. Paul, Minuveapolis and Chicago. Tickets will be on sale July 12 to the 17th. Good final Iimit, August 15; stopover allowed. It'sa splendid opportunity to take a irip to Chicazo and stopoff at the famous Yellowstone Park. Send 6 cents In stamps for illustrated book, *‘Wonder- land,” to T. K. Stateler, general agent Northera Pucific Kallway, 638 Market street, San Fraucisco. — e - o Reduced Rates for All To the Fast via the kio Grande Western Rallwa7, passing througn Utah and Colorado by daylignt. ‘T hrough cars by !l trains. Tickets, sleeplag-car reservations and tull information furnished at 34 Montgomery s reet. g PG CARE, worry, dread, anxiety, whiten the hair too early. Stop fretting, use PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM and save both life and color to the hair. BEGIN to use Aver's Hair Vigor now.and by the next Fourih of July your hair will be *a thing of beauty.” 2 ST Alabama lacks & picture of Governor Israel Pickens to complete its collection of portraits of those who have fillid the executive chair of the State. But there isa reporicurrent that an oil painting of Gover::or Pickens used to or- nament the cabin of an old-time river packet that bore his name, and an effort is being made to discover its present whereabouts, if still extant. Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and delicious, Absolutely Puro ROYAL BAXING POWDER CO., NEW YORR.