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

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Areyom going (0 niry ona vaeation * 11 & 1o trowble for us (0 forward THE CALL 16 Do not let it wiss you for you will the carrier or left st your addrose mins Orders given to tnainess Office will 0 EXTEA CHAKGE. receive prompt sttention | Fitiy cemis per monih convention opens, Now for the grand ehoruses deavor-rs for something. We areall e Brya azoo didn’tdisturb the hum of vrospenty. an Franciseo is as full of delegates as | #anta Clara of prones, ! The convention may take its time—the stays the beiter we'll like it. | After this ought Lave every sidential convention that the country we calls for n talked, but to-day the have the floor and the times rapidly. Yesterda Endeavorers are imp 201d every- i Berkeley The radiance of purple and where makes had won a footbal y look as if eame. delegnte will take notice ition city San ry. The observant that as a summer Francisco is beyond r The FEastern v «tor who wishes a day oft from the cor ion will find a good show for it at the Oakland exposition. g as flies, but it is A week is not lo time fl Jong enor us to cultivate lasting | friendst b many of our Eastern | visitors. | Weyler has dropred his end of the cam- paign, but the Cubans are pushing theirs along and Weyier has to hustle to keep ont of the wa | All Boston has cago girl who when been shocked by a Chi- ked by Mr. Howells had read his last book replied, *I sincerely b . | Bryan has vosses ion of the 16 to 1 loco- motive all right, but thers are men in the Democratic party who believe that they idetrack it before 1900, | can tors should read the reports froz E n homes every day and learn kind of weather they have escaped by coming to California. | te the The charter of Gireater New York which | goes into effect in January vacates all the county offices, and as a consequence a full set is 1o be elected this fall. According to | the Sun such a thing has never happened | in county since 1633, when the county | was first establisned, i The Boston Journal states that at most of the New Fog.and colleges the conven- tional punch bowl was this year super- seded by the lemonade bowl, but judging by reporia from other sources it seems that the college towns of winning teams were painted nbout as red as ever they were 1n punch bowl days. It is stated that the large subsidy given by the British Government to the new steamship line to Canada is limited by the | condition that steamers shall touch at no yort of the United States. It is evident, therefore, that if are o trade with Europe on even terms with Canada we | must get to work and build up our own ships, we There is n yacancy in the Sixth Con- gressional Distriot in Tllinois and as Alt- geld lives there his friends believe they can elect him to Congress this fall. The Republican majority in the district last yenr was over 5000 and if the discredited | ex-Governor can overthrow o vote like that he is a stronger anarchist than has been supponed. Nansen is said to bein 8t. Petersburg, encagea in organizine a stock company with large capitul to develop the resources of the far north. e claims to have dis- covered enormously rich deposits of nickel, iron and other ores, and believes they can bo worked so as 1o yield big profits. There may be & 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 annouficement is not wurprising, for an historic building to be historical when removed from the place where the history was made. According to an Eastern statistician the people of the Unitea Btates 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 ti e flag on all possible occasions and dem- onstrates the popular delight in seeing the National emblem at all times and everywhere, LS 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 850 students were handea their diplomas and told 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, | multiplying membership is one that tends to no selfish end. | verse tend to righteonsness. and honor are higher than ever before. | yeara. | meda County now running in Oakland THE INCREASING PURPOSE. | Ina visible and impressive form the people of S8an Francisco have before them to- day a confirmation of ihe truth of the faith which Tennyson expressed in the words | ‘Yet 1 doubt not throuzh the ages obe increasing purpose runs.” The Christian Ea- | deavor association by its history and by its present activities carries encouragement | to all who may have doubted the growing good of the world and contronts with an | effective angwer all who have ssserted that the tendencies of our time are adversa to | righteousness and the moral improvement of man. | This association has in 8 few years grown from small beginnings to be one of the | great factors of American life, Its activities and energies are felt everywhere with a | force which strengthens as It expands. It has shown a marvelous power of arcusing zeal among its members and awakening interest in the ranks of outsiders. It has given to large numbers of young men and women an earnestness and a sense of moral reaponeibility which were almost unknown to the youth of 2 former generation, and by inspiring their minds with true grandsur of sentiment has fitted them to performa work of no ordinary magnitade &nd nobility. The motive that prompted fhe founders of the association and which animates its ‘ It has for its object the | weliare of mankind and 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 shonld be willing 10 devote a large portion of their leisure hours | o advanee such a can-e is itself a proof that the world is better than it was in times past. It is also an assurance that through their efforts largely it will be better in tiaes to come. Whil full of temptations ana while many of the forces of human environ- | ment incline men 1o vice, it is nevertheless true that the great primal laws of the nni- | The evolution of man has heen a moral prozress from the teginning. There has been degeneration here and there, but the general course of human history has been upward as well as onward. Our standards of morality { Man's inhumanity to man lessens with the | Our sympatuies widen, deepen and muliiply. A thousand indicationsabound | that through the ages runs the increasing purpose of a puwer that makes for right- eousness. The Christian Endeavor association is one of the most potent organizations whnich have grown up among us as the outeoms of these increasing forces which make 1or the good of the world. The convention which assembles in this City to-day will be a manifestation of ita far extending power and an evidence of the good it has al- ready accompiished. 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 tnerefore weighty and profound reason for the cordial weicome we have ex- tended to all itz delegates. THE OAKLAND EXPOSITION, , The exposition o. the industries of Ala- | BRYAN'S VISIT. Mr. Brycn has no reason to be dissatis- fied with the reception accorded him on either side of San Francisco Bay. In Ala- hes a falr prospect of achieving this year | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1897 MUSIC AND MUSICIANS A. Reynolds; Grand Union—C. Clarke, J. B. | Choynski, H. B. Montague, Mrs. S. Mon fe- gue: Morion—H. E. Camprell; Astor—F. J. syezch to the Jefferson Club at St. Louis: I “No matter how deserving be may have | been in the past, no man is a Democrat if | to-day and to-morrow be does not accept without qualification the doctrines of the party as evidenced in the Democratic| plaiform.” Mr. Boies it will be seen fsa statesman not on'y out of a job, butout of a party. A Belgian correspondent ssys: “Nothiog Is wanting heuceforth to glority Fervasi”” The Alcazar has jast given a parody of the work of M. Vinceat d’Indy, under the saggesiive title, “Fer-n-val, or the Misfortunes of & Mill- —_— e THE BEAUTIFUL. 1 e. expiains to the-public the theory of the Wrinkled and oid are thow hands of bers; Ppne, Sxp L3 Hard and fall of the weams Uf labor and the years: Knoited th- knuckies And creased and (rinaled The skin on (he backs of them: DArk veined and iarge, 3 With splotches of brown Between the drawn tendons An If seared by trars: Thie< the nails and binnted, Rough ani wih iittie ridg-s Eunoing the leng.h of tnem; Callous (he paims, And lackin: all pinknes and pretiiness Ol are 1hose hands of bers; Wrinkied and hard: Fut, oh. whi story of Iatini e tenderness Apd love extremely droll the originel work, and at the end the jamous mountain. of which the hero makes the escent with his well-beloved upon hs shoulders, is repiaced by & doubie ladder, i which Fer-h-val, “"the man of the mountaia,’ gar, finds, to iustail his love in, tment to let” very comfortably fur- Tr | tia Man Who Has Los: Something,” in seven | eutule tablesnx; prose by M. Vindy Ciueens; thunder | Minnes by the ssme. The euthor in persos, ia a pro- | public, e e Howard Duffield,? now pastor of the “Oid Firsi” Presbyterian Chureh In New York. The biblieal book of Isalah furnished (ae story jor the work, with s few selections from the Psalms for chorus numbers, Another oratorio d “Isaiah’” is due to Willard Patteu of polis, and was lately performed in meeting with s favorabie reccption. The committee which has been constituted new masic; hew ihe greas weight falls upon | The COmmIICe BHT K o of publishing a the violins, and which is so difficuit to pisy | prZN VIR O i rbergprinses” by Jan that the executants ought to put cotton woo! | giefith SOCCL Dy penting 160 subserip- in their ears for fear of being ratiled by Whe | oo, ghicn, joived to the subsidies which noise which the others maks. The plece Is | Tt ii1c ‘ba granted by theeity and the It follows scene by SCEDe | o c..;ment, will permit the realization oia desize dear to the partisans of Fiemisa art. An orchestral composition, a symphonic at the summit of | poem, entitied “Life a Dream” (after a poem by Grillparzer), by the American composer after having killed Alfagar, who is here calied | Jumes K. Pleasants, was recently periormed an | for the first time in Berlin t an invitation | coneert. The work was highly spoken of, and Could 1hey teil Those hands of & woman | Whose Lhrse-seore years and ten | Have b en passed (i duing the K004 Ihat women do. W. I Lawpros, In Sew York Son. | FERSONAL. Superior Judge J. M. Mannon of Ukiah 1sfn the City. George V. Sorthey, s mining superintendent of Bulphur Creek, is at the Lick. William & Porter, the wealthy land-owner of | Hzafurd, is & iste arrival here. Purser Smitn, long of the steamer Mariposa, who ielt here several mooths ago witn Mrs. | Smith on & visit 1o Ireiand, has returned here, | and will shorily resume hisduties. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. | NEW YORK. N. Y.. Juiy 7.—At the Pls Heney, K. Knignton; Metrovole—J. M. Allen Imperial—F. W. Ciark; Holland—W. F. Drows; | Mariborough—W. W, oge; Manhattan—F. P. M. Lennon; Murray Hili—G. W. Lynch. Colone! B. Peyton and Miss Pe n leit the Plaza and safled on the &t Paul for South- ampton. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Davies of Los An- | geles also iled for Southampton. F. S Turges and A. C. Hinz are here baying. Leon J. Richardson arrived on the Werra from Ge nos. | de'egates | our visitors can be suceess far beyond any accompiished in the past. The knowledge that a large mber of Eastern visitors would be in alifornia at this time has stimulated the people of the county to make the best ex- position possible, and accordingly those resources and industries of Oakland and its environs under the most favorable circumstances, It {5 to be regretted that we have not an exposition of all the industries of Cali- | visitors who attend it will be able :0 stady | | the fornia to show our visitors, but lacking | that we may be weil pleased in having so 200d an exposition of one of our most vrosperous and progressive counties. Tue Eastern visitor who attends the exposi- jon wiil see a variety of products which wiil astonish bhim when he learns that they are the outcome of a single connty. | Hardly any State 1n the East could show so many different articies of such high excellence as will be onm exbibition from this comparatively smal! area of fornis, and the reflcting ob- server can esiimaie from what he sces Cai | there something of the vast productive- ness and infinite variety of the State asa iole. The business of the convention and the many attractions ol San Fra co and the region surrounding it will leave to the to the convention and their friends little leisure if they undertake to see all during the comparatively sbort time of their stay. ‘Lhis 1act will cotwpel the visitors to make a selection of the | sights which they infend 10 see, and in making that selection the Oakland exposi- tion should not be overlooked. I'he advant, which will result to Cali- fornia from sn inspection of the exposi- tion by a large number at least of vur Eastern visitors was well expressed by John P, Irish in bis opening address in {he words, "One pair ot eyes from abroad will see far more ana be a far betier adver- tisement of our produgts than a dozen pairs of intelligent eyes belonging to those who live with us.” The truth of that staterment is not to be gainsaid, and it is to be hoped nearly if not quite ail of induced to make a thorongh study of the exhibit. However that may be, the people of Oakland are to be congratulatad cn the successful exposi- tion which they have provided. Itismost timely and appropriate in every way, and will prove a benefit, not to Oakland only, but to the entire State. THE NASHVILLE PROGRAMME, The much-discussed convention of the middle-of-the-rond Populists which as- sembled at Nashville and opened its pro- | ceedings with o clash on the Fourth of July war hurried to a conelusion in a shorter time and with less friction tban was expected. Instead of being a conven- tion of debate and controversy it has | turned out to be no more than a cathering of men assembled to carry out a cut-and- | dried programme. After the first wrangle on the opening day there was very little in the proceed- ings of the convention (o 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 the end with his sloquent fricnd and voted with him in ng out the prearranged programine. 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 plau for a complate re- construction of the party machine. It provides for a new National Committee and for new State Commitiees, to hold office until the assembling of a Nutional Convention which is to be called by the Natiopal Committee. This, it will be seen, gives to tne 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 pledges 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 rank and file of the or- ganization it will put an end to the hopes of the Bryanites of being, 1900 the fusion which enablea 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 be is renominated, will huve to make a forlorn fight as a leader of one wing of dividea Democracy and with- out the allies who helped him last year, portion of the | jory of thoss who heard it, ites a single vote. | tariff bill is well advanced | pletion | who have come to the Christian Endeavor | of | ports from their former homes and com- meda, in Uakiand an { in this City ne was welcomed cordially and large crowds of 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 peculiiar political faith, but that be is 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 from frequent speaking at all iimes of day in the open alr. He was therefore in no condition to exert the menial and moral force necessary to | thrill great audiences, The pervous | vigor required for the delivery of a really eloquent oration was not in him. He cou:d do no more than talk, and it is to his credit that under such circumsctances he was able to talk sufficiently well to keep his hearers interested. | The style, tone and substance of the speeches showed badly by rea lack of firs in their delivery. They pos- | sessed in themselvesno excellence either | of argument or of phrase. Not a single thou:ht was expressed in words sufli- | ciently impre«sive to remain in the mem- nor was a single sentence rounded rhythmically in musical cadences to a nobie and beantiful finish. | The arzument was as indifferent as the | style. The orator wandered on from point | to point, skipping from one to the other | without logical tequence or even contin- uity of thought. It is not clear what Mr. Bryan or his party leaders hope te gain by this tour. | The pablic mind ac this time is not inter- ested in party politics and the attempt at | campaigning will not win for the Eryan- Tue great mass of the | American people ars well =atistied with the result of the election of McKinley on a platform of protection and bimetallism. They see that industry is reviving aud prosperity is returning. A protective toward com- and a commission is now in Europe arranging for international agree- ment on the silver question. Mr. Bryan, therefore, has no cause with which the people sympathizs, and since he is so hoarse and fagged it would be well for him toabandon his labor in vain of stumping the State and settie down in San Fran- ciseo for the summer. n on of the | | THE TORRID EAST, The thourands o!—nsu;n from the East Convention in this City have escaped one of the severest hot waves that ever swept over the Eastern section of the Union. Telegraphic reports abound with instances vrostration, sunsirokes and deaths caused by the excessive heat of the weather. These reports come from all portions of the East, and the hot wave seems 10 be ns severe in New York as in the extreme South. As the Iastern visitors read these re. pare them with the cool ana pleasant weather which prevails here they will at- tain an understanding of the great advan- tage which tie Pacific Coast enjoys over the East. 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 Kastern 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, 50 are our winters free from the severe cold which comes to all sections of the East north of the Gulf States, and which does not always spare them from snowstorms and freezing blasts sufficiently severe to kill fruit trees and inflict much suffering upon the poor. California in fact is more blest by its climate than by its gold mines. It is the land where men cun live 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 heat 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 writing his letter agninst the silver plank of the Chicago platform, Gov- ernor Stone of Missouri was saying in & | he being wholiy dependent on his own exer- | unebie to work. | Minnesota, went to live in'St. Loms. | sprocket is a little pump, whica connects with | day which has done me more good than all | the homilies on Christian charity and helpful- | ness [ ever listened to,” sald R. K. Worthem of Memphis. “My business had caifed me to| Whitney, tn that State, and when I'reached | my destination I was unable to find any of the | persons I Kad gone to see by reason of the fact that they had all gone out in ths country fo | help in the work of clearing the weeds out of | the crop of & sick farmer named Hamilton, It| appeared tnat Hamiiton had becu confined 1o his bed by sickness for seyeral weeks,and his | crops #s & consequence had become very foul, | tions to keep them clean. When his busy | neighbors learved of nis condition and pros- | pects they spread the report chrough the coun- ty, and & movemeni was &t once staried 1o afford him toe necessary relicf. Tne oaly thing to be done was to go into his flelds with plows aud hoes and give i« crops ¢ ilon necessary 10 their saivation v man in the county proffered his services, and cven | the merchants coipped into a fund for the | hirs of a substitute list. The sick farmer’s | place swarmed with muscular, broadchcsted | Texans for days. Thsy went to him in relays, and it 0 happened that it was the turn of the | people | wanted to see st Whitney to give their nelp tne day I visited that place. As & | result of it Farmer Hamilton will make good | crops this year, even though he is sick and | 1 wonder if neighbors help | one another like that {4 S1. Louis or any other bie city in the worid, where millions are an- | nuaily spent through organzied charities 7 | A DELIGHTFUL INVENTION, Chicago News. Adolph Brinkmeyer, = native of Northern 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 bl | cycie. It consists of an ordinary bicycle with | the wheels removed. | Attached to the Tear | aa up-running pipe rangement like that on & sprinkling-can. inating in a spray ar- By The Shower-Bath Bicycle. placing the machine in & bathiub partially ed with water and pedaling a la wheelman all the delightsof a_cool spin in the park can be comhined with the exnilarating joys of. a shower-bath, Ouly o small amount of water 1s needed, none being wasted. Mr. Brinkmeyer expects that his {nvention will prove a boon to the suburbanites above all Gthers. It will, he says, do away with the surreptitions and troublesome dip in the wash- tub in the eclinr. By putting a longer counec- tion 1o the machine and setting it out in (he garden it be converted into a sprinkling ump. As & corollary to h's “‘bicyele shower ath'” he has also invented “rocking-chair ,” a8 hecallsit. This 18 usthing more casy Tocking chair with a belows un- der the seat and n pipe and spray similar to that in the bathing machine running up th back of the chair and pendent ahove the usvi's head. When the ehafr is geaily rocked a spra; of cool air is blown down on the sitier's head, and the efforl necessery to produce & regular freshet of wind is not more than that usually exerted by a man who sits rocking on a shady veranda in & vain endoavor to keep cool. - MATERIALS FO« VICTORYa St. Louls Republic. General Weyler has gone out to meet Gen- eral Gareia ina pitched battle, which is ex- pected to settle the war. General Weyler may not meet General Garcis, but a great vietory for the Spanish sured. The genersl took his typew: OBSTRUCTIONS [N THE PATH, Globe- Democrat. In order to remain in the fleld Presid 1 didate Mr. Bryan must carry Nebr several times before tne election ot 1900, and thero {8 1o assurance that he can do it even once, | Wagner, is buried. but in vain. | of Nod.” ARTHUR NIKISCH, One of the Most Cclebrated of Modern Conductors fshed. MM. Malp paticall into m eriuis and Boulland have future holds no secrets from him. An effort nas rec 1 one of the critics praised its piquans harmon- | many, says the New York Tribune, to discover | where Minna Planer, the first wife of Richard Dresden January. 1866, of heart disease. cerning her the Wagner are strangely reticent. It could not be difficult to learn the whole story of Wag- net’s first marrisge were they enxiousto do $0; but they were not. There are letters in existence whith furnish clews of great inter- est, but they ha er been printed, one especially in which Wagner offered Minna Planer marriage after whbat had obviousiy been a lover's quarrel, and coupled the offer with B threas 10 ruin himself by dissipation if it were not aceepted. The seccond, written comparasively 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 toat the friendsnip between Wagner and Von Bulow's wife began the causs uf the separation would not be hard to find. Albert Chevaller has written the book of & | act musical comedy calied “The Land Perhaps it would be more correctly described as a two-act feerie. In it Mr. Cheva- lier wiil play a Profe-sor Feter Pinder, cheng- ing later to & cockney butler, in which chai acter he will sing some more of his cockney ditties. The music, which is satd jojjes blend of clever writing and catchy refrdin, is by Alfred H. West. It Is somewhat amusing to new tw | read in the London papers that Mr. Chevalier has nobly refused to accept & new theater | which some American angel has offered to build for him. Arthur Nikisch is ore of the most brilliant of the shiring lights of the musical worla and a8 an orchestral conductor is unsurpassed. A few years sgo he conductec tke Boston Sym- phony Society, and from Boston he went to Buda-Pesth. This summer he took the Berlin Philharmonic Bociety to Paris, where they cre- ated an immense sensation. It is notonly his great musical attaiuments and his virtuosity which have rendered him so notable & char- acter, but his personality is exceptionally at- tractive. He Is one of the most refined, poetic and gentle men that ever wielded power. The same apathy withregard to novelties in the way of oratorios and cantatas that ham- pers American choral conductors in their at- tempt to enlarge the repertory prevails in Aus- tralin, where, according to a 8ydney newspa- per, the people will have no new thing. On Christmas night “The Mes:inh”’ drew the cus- tomary crowd, but this oratorio, together with the “Crestion” and the *“Eiijah,” is the only one that pays for the expense of production. In England, where the oratorio is 8 most im- portaut faclor, the conditions are much more favorable for pregress, although the older works are as populer as ever. . The Society of Musical Composers, Paris, has addressed to M. Pleard, commissary-general of the Exposition of 1900, a letter asking for a large hail to be constructea of sufficient size for comcerts to be given on a grand scale, ating that there isnohall in Paris wnich has the requisite acoustic properties. M. Picard has formally prom’sed that the artists shall have their hadl at the Exposition, and that when the time arrives the Society of Com- posers siall be consulted as to the interior ur- rangements of the said hail. At Ams‘erdam a musical solemnity of the utmost importance recently fook 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 interpretation, Soloists of renown had been engaged for the occasion. Mme. Sucher sang Brunnhilde, M. Burgstaller, Siegiried; M. Elmbled, Hagen, ete. The success wascolossal, Truly, they do things i style in Holland. One of Detroit’s young composers, John T. Wolcott, has been working for three years on an oratorio named “Hezekiah,” which will be produced next season. He has been assisted in the compilation of the text by the Rev. ENDEAVORERS IN “THE DAYS OF '49”" Il‘ ever true fellowship in a common cause existed, says the Golden Gate Pentecost, it had its place in the pioneer clergymen in 1849, Every Monday morning they were accustomed to meet by turns at the home of one of their number, where common plans of u: All elbowing aud jostling were unknow were devised, and work tor the week laid out. came to do bis Master’s work, ard falthfuily did they accomplish it. Sunday aiternoon reli- g10us services were held upon ships’ decks in the harbor, for the benefit of seamen of the port. From this, our present floating Christian Endeavorers,who are doing such gosd work carrying 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. I may &lso be seen irom the above statements that the forty-ninersdid not esteem it worth their while to estabiish denominationalism over against Chrisiian unity. And when any one went out to collect moneyfor the together without jealousy or strife. The ministers met church he was not asked to which denomination he belonged. The record of the first collec- tion in the Churen of the Holy Trinity shows also that they were Jiberal givers from the fact that when “‘the offertory wus taken nothing bu offering being §5, and from that up to $16 (an would seat but 200 persous the total offering at this time was about nine pounds of gold,” t gold was piaced u n the plate, the.swallest otinge of gald dus0), and iy although the church idolatrous biographers of | she ated in | Con- | | | | | mother rides & bicycle. y coaplets, and M. Nazy | ies and orchestration | has shown the orchesira that the music of the A cablegram to the New. York Herald states taat Emma Calve has signed with M. Carvaino 17 been made fn Ger- | for & six months’ engagement, which will commence in November. She will create the role of “‘Sapho.” Mr. Wolfsohn bas not engaged Mlle. Chami- nade, as was represented. She is in delleate health and not sufficiently strong to undergo the hardships of an American tour. The eontest which has so long occupied the pages of the Mausical 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, fortj-six, having beén born on the 14th of January 1830, er old style January 3. N THOROUGH AND ARTISTIC. Victoria (B. C.) Colonist. THE FAN FRANCISCO CALL excelled itsell in its revorts of the recent Jubiiee festivities, which 15 theacme of high compliment, THE CALL'S | reports being always thorough and artistic. WHIKRING WHEELS. “Where do you expect to spend your vaca- tion tais summer?” “On my bike.” —Cleveland Leader. ‘Wheeler—I hear Sprockets married a tartar! Bearings (sententiousiy)—Yes, poor old fel- | low! she steers their tandem.—Judge. “What a firm, maniy tread thatyoung Sim- mons has.” “Yes, he’s commenced using & higher gear.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Yon 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 watk & treadmiil 1n the time of Sesostris.” —Detroit Free Press. the- Jess—Why don’t the Pinmply girls go out any more on their bieycles? 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 to us several limes when they borrowed our bicycle pump.”’—Auswers, “Iintend to have Downey arrested for de- cefving his creditors.” “You think he is guilty of that?” “No doubt of it. Why, hang it, the day be- fore he failea he bought n new '97 wheel, Philadeiphia North American. “I belfeve you warrauted that §30 wheel not to need any repairs for three mouths.” “Idid.” “[ have had it in the shop five times.” “Thatis tunny, Generally they break down so utterly that tdking them 10 the repair shop is not only neediess but useless.”—Iudianap- olis Journal. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. The American Legion of Honor—Many of the Christiun 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 iaterest iy being taken by the members of this order. Most of the member- ship has transferred from Cluss B to Class A. The councils in New York, Peunsylvanis, Massachusetts and New Je M::e “"“t'n er rsey report large moug the benefits paid in Cal the past month, may be mem&fl?&"&&'&hg beneficiaries of the late William W. S etson and to beneficiary of the iate Wiliiam G. Fowler, both members of Bohemian Coun- ¢il, No. 261. All the councils in this City aud State will be visited this month by the grand commander, his deputies and other grand officers . eld in the city of Buffui onth. California will be r:px!e!gnled by a’&‘flrfl:, the grand secretary of California A. L. H. A ¥ * Royal Arcanum. Argonaut Council No. 597, at 1ts last meet- iug received an appl cation for membership aud ;mlnimonl‘y recommended J. B. Woit- Doy for appoiniment as deputy rupreme re- gent, vice ;Ewfl. Lamb, Fenrs of imthiul servieg, "o Lo Hfler many Tue uew laws adopted at the last session of the Supreme Council, held in Boston in May last, go into effect this month, California Rebekab Lodge. California Rebekah Lodge No. 1 of the Inde- peundent Order of Odd Fellows wiil at its meeting on Saturday evening mext nnnnfild e Supreme Uouncil ~L nstall its recently eleted officers. As e hiae & lnrge number of iriends it is likely . © there Wil e many prasent to witness tke ", sry IBICTSILInG COremiony MEN AND wOM 8ir Edweard Ac sporisman, yac nold, Lesides being & vgst, I3 & aman, traveler M4 eyelist ng graduste of Heronsd i of PRil#de) o class of 22, br. Wi Bacrre, Mase., now in L oldest living graduals in The eartlest 1) Samuel Ward Char was graduated in 1am L. Kosseil nineijetn year, Is pointof ege. Bret Harte is rison likes cou toe & goif fieud: Mrs. Burton Her tfe, gardeming, bosticg. trivoion sons by music and countrs ! reading suflicient!y Archduke Franz Ferdinand of A { Who, now that he is recovering sumption, has agnin assumed tae pos Leir to Emperor Franeis Jos the richest royal personage in Europ last Duke of Modens Lequeatiied 13, 10 bim. “Jeanie churehy, huntera Dean appenl ar’s paRrdon, isla, Pa, O Wuving boen Amer - won for on, wnd and ., shim By Sunday for enator Macon has signed ev application for eifice presemted withont regard to raee, coler or prev condition of serv e, zoes with ing. Ia the carelessness of nis zood ture and the bounteo osity, however, he ‘ mendations for postmastels in can : districts in Iilinocis. In men themseives, and cass an uzly st Mr. Mason ved cutting :ue rdix kn formed the Posimaster-Gene recommendations made ov bim for post- masters in Repub! is in Iilinois “don’t go.” Conseqyently Lis signatures in those cases have no more value than a last vear’s almanac, and peace once more reigns supreme. in more rm was brewing. BRYAN'S <ILK NIGHTROBE. Ottawa Herald. The Herald reporter called on the Hon. W. J. Brysn 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 a chair. Quite often he raised his bandsome head from his downy piliow and lnugbed pleasantly at some romsrk he had just made himself. As he would rise up in ved tne soft lignt would fall on his elegant siik nightrobe, ali covered in front with fancy work. It wes a besuti ul gsrment. TREASON IN A TOOTH. New Yors Mall and Express. Seme of Jerry Simpson’s Kanses enemies, having discovered that he wears goid fil.ings in his teeth, now demand that he shall be exvelled from the Populist party. It Must be evident 1o all hands that no man guilty of -;w'zancuou can be an nonest iriend of iree siiver. CALIFORXIA glece fruits. 50c lo. Townsend'r” S me e FpreraL information daily to manufastusers, business nouses and public men by the Prasm Cupping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —————— MUST ADVERTISE. A man may bet, And aman may sweat, And a man may puff and blow; Bat h- can’t get trade By smiiling in the shage, Waiting for business to grow. —Printers’ ik See Southern California. 1os Angeles, the most beautiful city in the United *iatrs, ~an Diego, Passdena. Riverside, Redlanas, Coronado Beach, Cataliua Islands, and the thousand and one other delig:tful places must be veen. You can return to the East throuzh the' orang - groves of Southern Caiifornla witbout ad- ditional expenss asd you will slways regret it if . ¥ou fail to see Los Angeles and her sister cities. The ¥anta Fe trains furnish the highest character of accommodations, and consume only three nights Los Angelesto Chi ago. Call at 644 Market street, Chronicle bullding. ———e e 825 Rate to Chicago via the Gr fanta Fe Hout The low rates made for Christlan Endeavorsrs will be open to the public as well. An opporin- ity o visit the East never before enjoyed by Cal- ffornians. Puliman Palace Drawing-room Siesp- ing-cars of the Jatest pattern. M odern upholstersd tourist sleeping-cars run daily tbrough from Uak- land pler to Chicago. See time-table in advertis- ing column. San Francisco ticketoflice 644 Mac<e: street, Chronicie bui'ding. ‘leiepbone Main 1531 Oaklund, 1118 Erosdway. T f e 832 50 to Si. Paul, Minueapolis and Chicazo. 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 Chicago and stop off at the famous Yellowstone Park. Send 6 cents in stamps for iliustrated book, *Wonder- land,” to T. K. Stateler, general sgent Northera Pacific Kallway, 638 Market strect, San Fraucisco. — Reduced Kates for All To the East via the Kio Grande Weitern Railwaz, passing through Utah and Colorado by daslight. - ‘Ihrough cars by !l trains. Tickets, sleeplag-car Teservations and tull information furnished at 14, Montgomery s ree:. o 5 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. el o PEGIN to use Avers Hair Vigor now. and by the next Fourih of July your hair will be *a thing of veauty.” N e 2 Alabams lacks & piciure of Governor Israel Pickens to complete its collection of portraits of those who bave filled the executive chair of the State. But there isa report current thac an oil painting of Govertor 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 stili extant. —_— NEW TO-DAY. Royal makes the food pure, ‘wholesome and delicious. Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.