The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1897. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUL, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: | Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.18 £0d Sunday CALL, One year, d Sunday CALL, six months, by m! X Daily and Sunday CAL, three months by mall 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday CALL, one yesr, by mall. 1.50 WaiKLY CALL, One year, by mail, | BUSINESS OFFICE: 510 Marke: Street, Fan ¥Francisco, Californis. Telephone ceeee. MAID EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Etreew Telephone | BRANCH OFFICES 527 Montgowery sireet, coraer C 80 o'cloc 389 Hayes street; open until o'clock. 615 Larkin sireet, open until o'clock. BW. corner Sixieenta and Mission sireets, open until 9 o'clock. 2618 Mission street, open uniil 9 o'clock. 167 , open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk 19:80 o'clock. corner ccond and Keamtucky open till § OAKLAND OFFICB: $U8 Broadway. FASTERN OFFICE: Booms 31 and #2, 24 Park Row, New York Cltyv DAVID M. FOLTZ, Fastern Manager. e=— CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. TH THE SUMMER MONTHS, | Are you going 10 the country ona vacatfon ? 1t | 70, 1t 1§ 1 trouble or us to forward THE CALL ta vour address. Do not let it miss you for you will Orders given 10 the carrier or left &t | Business Office will reccive prompt attention. | NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifty cemis per monib | for summer months. | The convention stays with us. We may count on the tariff this week. The Sultan will never be struck by an ultimatum uatilit is shot at him out of a | warsbip. After the calamity howler we need the | edvance azent of prosperity. The invita- tion to McKinley should be made urgent. Our visitors 100k as if every one of them | had come from a section of country where the revival of proeperity had got in its best work loug ago. j Now that a trust has been formed to make boards out of straw, it seems the | Jumber trust will have to get into the com- | petition class after all From the crowds the Endeavorers draw | to their meetings one would think thata Christian is the greatest novelty ever shown in San Francisco. The gold Democrats are arranging to make the race in ever: tate election held this fall, but it is not likely they will ran far belore ihey are rup over. The movement for international bimet- allism has the right of way, and aspirants | for the Presidency had better join the procession or get outof the road. | % | The thing that makes summer-time un- bearable to an Eastern city 1s to have a hot wave strike itin the midst of a popu- lar agitation agaiust scorching. The Czar and the Kaiser have both re- ceived the credit of having a string on the Sultan, but up to date neither of them | has shown any ability to pull him out of Thessaly. % l Some of the Eastern free-traders have declared an intention to keep up an agita- tion against the new tariff until it is re-| pealed. Itcughtnot to be against thelaw to drown such feliows, John G. Carliste is expected to emerge from his cuckoo nest to preside over a goid Democrat convention in Kentucky, | but his reappearance will not have much effect except as an irritation to Joe Biack- burn. The one satisfuctory feature of the drift of the Democratic party in Obio this year is the fact that it is retiring the varty farther and farther away from Mr. Brice and the worst is that it is setting in the direction of a man who is no better, | St - | A New York clergyman is reported to havestaied in a recent sermon that the text, “He that winketh with the eyes causes sorrow,”’ is a warning against flirt- ing. It mus: be bornein mind, however, that the averace snmmer girl can flirta whole picnic through and never bat an eyelid. It it be true as reported that the Iowa Agricultural College bas arranged to dis- pose of every pound of its butter product to a firm in London, it stands achance to get big a reputation asa business college. An arrangement of that kind woutd be re- garded as a good stroke on the part of the best and most enierprising dairy com- pany in the ccuntry. It has been proposed that the work of the National Fish Commission shall pe in- creased so0 as to include the propacation of game birds as well as fish, and the pro- posal has been well received in the East. If the idea is ried out we may add largely to the ue of our fields and | forests and eveniually enable the average | citizen io have a game dinner occa.| sionally. With the enactment of the new tariff we | shall in all probability close tariff contro- | versies for the rest of this generation. The settlement of the financial probiems will come next and that also will prob- ably be accomplished during this admin- istration. The contest of 1900 is therefore likely toturn wholly upon new issues, nn- | less the country should be so well satisfied with McKinley as to decide to re-eleet him without a contest. Some New York detectives, who man- aged to catch one of the largest lotiery ticket dealers in that city, discovered also that while ne imported some tickets from the lottery beadquarters of Europe, Mex- ico and Honduras the great mass of his tickets were bogus and printed in New York. Itappears from this thatthe swin- dle is the same everywhere. The fraua that catches the innocents of San Fran- cigco ropes in the fly boys of the big me- tropolis. H. C. McMiilan, chairman of the Re- publican State Central Committee in Iowa, is a farmer as well as a lawyer. This sprinz he had a field of corn, which, when several inches in height, was trozen tothe ground. His men desired to plow it up and plant the field again, but Mc- Mill anordered it 10 be left alone. Ina few days it started up and is now the best field of corn in that section of the State. This shows the advantage of being a statesman and having confidence in the return of prosperity. | There is week of July, 189 | first-class shape, { rule, and not numerous. A MIDSUMMB]}_REVIVAL. The current revival in trade has this curious aspect, that it has begun in mid- summer. Nobody expected, a few weeks ago, that there would be any marked movement of merchandise in the dog- days, for it is against all precedent. Yet from all parts of the country come re- ports of in¢reasing business. This fact is a striking illustration of the power of that great American tonic, the tariff. It shows that its revivilying force is so great that it operates on trade immediately, no matter at what season it is put into epera- tion. And when we see how quickly it takes effect, we wonder why.we aid notdo | it long ago, and that we were ever foolish enough to take that tariff off. 1f the present increase in business keeps on, as it bids fair to do, times ought to e brisk during the forthcoming fall. As has | already been mentioned, the tendency in prices is siowly but steadily upward, and the advancing drift is accompanied by an | equally slow but steady increase in the volame of trade. Hence the indications | are that the fall trade will show consider- able improvement cver the preceding two or three years. The following extract from Bradstreei’s strongiy points in this directio The prospect of an early seitlement of the tariff has sirengthened the widespread feeling of hopefulness that the autumn will bring a revival of consumptive demand. Orders for clothing, shoes and nardware for fall deliv- eries are already more frequent at baltimore, Chicago and Omaha. The movementjof dry- goods is checked by midsummer stock-taking, but retail business in seasonable lines has been stimulated by midsummer weather. no improvement in demsana for cotton or woolen goods, but the latter are | higher, based on the cost of wool. Prices show an advance of one-fifth ot 1 per cent dur- ing June. There are 215 business failures reported throughout the United States this week, as compared with 225 last week, 219 in the week last year, 226 two years ago, 229 tnree years ago, and s compared with 398 in the first Our local markets are sharing in the general improvement. Provisions are re- ported aclive; more so, inaeed, than for several years. An advance in niues‘and | leatner is announced and dealers all ‘over the country are asking 5 and 10 per cent over previous quotations. Wool is in being very firm and act Hay continues to point upward. Wkeat and barley are very steady and | tendineg upward, but the farmers are be- lievers in better prices later on and are slow sellers. Itis to be hoped that their anticipations will be realized. The staple groceries are firm as a rule, though the movement is not very lively. Cattl: and hogs sell readily at pretty fair prices and | the latter are firm at full figures. The dried fruit market has not yet opened, so 1t is impossible to accurately forecast that market. The grape crop is extremely heavy, and zs the weather has been all that could be desired for this important staple, the quality is thus fur excellent. The effect of this large crop on the future price oi wine remains to be seen. The | best posted men in the fruit and wine | trades, however, seem to think that iair prices for both commodities will be real- ized, basing their helief on the stimulating effects of the new tamff. It is rather amusing to hear oid dyed-in-the-woo free-traders talk in this strain, but they do. Money continues in ample surpy for solvent commercial borrowers at the u-ual rates of interest. Failuresare small as Collections are rather slow, as usual in midsnmmer. All lines of trade seem to be permeated witha feeling of confidence in the future. WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. Worthy of high praise for their zaal, dili- gence and success are the men an:! women who have done such effective service on the various committees in preparing fo the coming of the Christian Endeavorer: and taking care of them on their arrival. | Tie task was an important one, requiring | energy, tact and mucn executive abiiity. 1f there had been any failure it would have been excusable, considering the rush of the great crowds and the many dis- advantages of having to work in a hurry, but there bas been no hitch nor jar ana all the arrangements have been made with such skill that the great convention is moving smoothly upon the periormance of its work. The quick transformation of Mechanica’ Paviiion into a handsome hall with com- fortable seats for so many thousands, tastefully decorated with purple and gold, and adorned with flowers and pictures, was an achievement 10 be proud of. The safeguards those in charge are taking to prevent overcrowding and secure comfort for all, were wisely designed and are well enforced. The reception and registration committees have done | admirably. All the vast host of visitors will be well taken care of while in the City, and be enabled both to have an | enjoyable time and to do their work thoroughly without any impediment from poor arrangements. The who e City and § and applaud these workers. They are commendable not merely as church mem- bers butas civil servants, for the City’s reputation was at stakein the manner in which this great host was to be handled, and they have saved it. As a result o! their arcuous and clever labors San Fran- cisco will be credited with the capacity to take adequate care of an immense crowd of visitors, who come, as it were, all at once, and being thus favorably known as a good convention City will be again and again honored. While we are admiring the eloquent orators and the leading teachers in the | big convention, and recognizing the aid that the mass of attendants give by the | mere eathusiasm they bring and the power aroused for good by their presence, we must not forget the honor due to those who have done so faithfuily the drudgery of detail work. The Endeavorers are striving for spiritual tiings, and will doubtless accomplish much, and. those who have attended to the material ar- rangements that make these accomplish- ments possible must have due credit as factors in whatever success is achieved. THE FREE-TRADE LEAGUE. Although the new tariff has not yet been put into final shape, the free-traders have already opened attacks upon it and have entered upon what appears to be the beginning of a prolonged agitation. A circular recently issued by the New Eng- land Free-trade League assailsthe pro- posed measare in bitter terms, and offers to furnish documents for the use of free- traders who will co-operate in the pro- posed campaign. A further agitation of the tariff would be a great injury to the business interests of the country, for it would render uncer- tain the continuance of the law ander which our industries and commerce are to be carried on. This, if there were no other reason, would be in itself sufficient for condemming tne course which tlie New England Free-trade League seems determined to pursue. How far, there- fore, it will find support in any section of the country is not easy to calculate, for | public opiniou bas long since reached the 3 | ate will honor | conclusion that it would be better to ac- cept even an imperfect tariff, so long as it yields an adequate revenue for the Gov- ernment and provides protection to in- dustry, rather than to continue the strife which has been so disastrous to the coun- try ever since it began. 2 The attitude of the Democratic party in Congress gives encouragement to the hope that we are about to see the end of tariff agitation as a politiczl issue. No Demo- crat of importance in the House and very few in the Senate made any persistent ef- fort to delay the passage of the bill, and quite a number of them voted for it. The measure was drawn up with the intention of providing a tariff which wouid be satis- factory to all sections of tne Union, and there is every reason to believe it will prove so to the majority of persons en- gaged in commerce and industry. This being the situation; it is altogether likely the New England Free-trade League will find that it has distributed its circulars in vain. The offer of documents will not find many takers. The main political strength of free trade in the past has been in the South, and now that nearly the whole of the younger genera- tion of Southern politicians, including every one of the newly elected Senators, have declared in favor of protection for Southern interests at any rate, the free- traders of the North will never be able to find a body of voters sufficiently stroug to give them political prestige. The maintenance of the New England Free-trade League will afford a number of excellent gentlemen a means for continn- ing their academic discussions on tariff subjects, and for that reason it may be worth while for them to continue. They will never be able, however, during the rest of this generation to create an agita- tion of any great force, .and it will be a waste of money for them to publish their essays or pay the postage necessary for their distribution. RETAIL CREDITS. In a recent address before the National Association of **Credit Men,” James G. Cannon, vice-president of the Fourth tional Bank of New York, declared it is the wealthy class who give most trouble in retail credits. His information was gathered from a large number of merchants in various parts of the country, whose general ex- perience was that the slowest paying cus- tomers are those who could most easily afford to pay cash, and they were even emphatic enough to suy, *'it is almost im- possible to collect from them.” It is not uncommon to hear this stated as a general truth, but as names and specific charges are seldom forthcoming, the assertion is generally doubted. Tle declaration of such an authority as Mr, Cannon is not to be so easily set aside, however, and public opinion should con- demn the dilatoriness of the wealthy who have no excuse for thus impeding trade | and putting people of small means to great inconvenience. There is a great benefit to the whole community in the prompt payment of even a very small sum of money. A.ten- dollar goid pece may easily travel in a week through ascore of hands, and be a distinct relief to each person. One care- essly delayed payment may cause a long series of involuntary ones, each involving adeprivation ora loss; and several such initial deiays would scon multiply into a um that would exert astagnating effect on trade. Why the rich should be guiity of this petty negiigence is a puzzle. Possibly in some cases their investments are bringing such rapid returns that by staving off a bill twelve months they can then nearly pay it with the earnings of the money they have thus held up. The staiement that a shrewd man can live on the inter- ests of his debts 15 not so absurd as it ounds. It is not by anv means such a bootstraps. .Many people can years manage to maintain the margin be- tween a showy style of !iving and what would be the severe simplicity of stricily | honest promptiaess. | A more frequent reason may be mere lofty contempt for Littlethings like butca- er's and baker's bills—the matter is too trivial to be remembered; and if they are | reminded of their debts the dunner is con- sidered pestiferously rude and he must be duly punished by losing his trade to some one more polite. Much of this wrong is merely habit and can be easily cured by making the wealthy | aware of the ill effects of their careless- ness, and by stirring up the merchant to an insistence on his dues, both as a duty to himself and to the general business world. The simvple performance of plain duty by the patron in prompt paying and by the trader in demanding payment would do much good to the general pros- perity. SMALL COLLEGES. In these dcys when the grear universi- ties of the land have become so dominant as to almost crowd out the smaller cen- ters of higher education it is gratifying to hear from an official in high rank a word of cheer and commendation ior the smaller institutions. Secretary Wilson, in a recent interview, has declared bim- seif a champion and advocate of small colleges, and his words are wcrth repeai- ing, tor they merit consideration. He said among other things: 1don’t belfeve in big mstitutions. I1don't believe in the centralization of the eduvea- tional facilities. I think that they do more good if they are scatiered. The fewer pupils thata proiessor has the more atiention he can g:ve them, and while, of course, he ought 10 have enough to provide him a decent com- pensation, he ought not to have more than he can handle. There are forty colleges in Iowa already, and they are multiplying all the time. 1 hope to ses the day when thereisa coilege in every county and 500 students fn every college. The Sacretary-is not altcgether right in bis views. Great universities are neces- sary in our times, and the proof of their usefulness is to be found in the success they have attained and the work they have accomplished. The movement of the age is toward centralization and it can be excluded from the fields of education no more than from any other. Neverthe- less his hearty advocacy of small colleges is good, and what he has said for them is both true and timely. - Our great universities have done more for science and the advancement of learn- ing than the smaller colleges,but they have not had such good success in training youth, The relation between student and teacher is not so close as in the small in- stitutions which are scattered over the country. Some of our best trained men have graduated from rural colleges which ere hardly known to fame, and 1this wiil continue to be so as long as America en- dures. There will be a general agreement with the hope that “there shall be a college in every county with 500 students in every college.” That would be a true American system of education, for it would place a collegiaie course within reach of every ambitious youth. May the time of its realization come soon. A Parisian Count who seems to be not only a dandy, but a jim-dandy, has re- roposition as lifting one's self by one’s | ;.04 g1 500,000 for each ship, while for the thus for | | 8 mir cently distinguished himself by getting the shell of a live tortoise brilliantly pol- ished and setting it with precious stores, s0 that he could have the‘joy of seeing the scintilating creature crawl up and down his room in the lamplight. This, we be- lieve, is the first time since the rabbit race that the tortoise has ever ‘taken a conspicuous part in fast life. COAST EXCHANGLS. The Oakland Saturday Press under the direc- tion of its new editor, J. H. Delahanty, is set- ting a lively pace for the weekly papers across the bay to follow. The Hollister Free ILance celebrated the Fourth of July by taking on a new dress, Itis perhaps appropriate to the occasion to remark thatitisa crackerjack. ¢ ! On the Fourth of July the Vallejo . Times came out in streaks of red, white and b.ue. It was a striking effect and a loud one. The patriotism could be heard for miles. The Chico Record says that it would be a dis- tinct advantage to residents and visitors to Chico if the houses and stores of the city were numbered. THE CALL hopes they will be num- bered by tens of thousands. The Santa Rosa Press observes that the new Librarian of Congress 1s an old newspaper mun. A sirong point is in his favor. He ac- companied General Granton his famous tour around the worid and re.rained from writing & book about it, After ailigent cogitation, the editor of the Riverside Globe has reached the solemn con- viction that the mission of the Populist party is to swallow the Denfocratic party. If this be true the klorida alligator’s meal of the Fiorida negro may be cited as a palatab.e morsel by comparison therewith. The people of Riverside are in the throes of 8 problem as to whether or not they shall donate the city park to the county for a Court- house site. The Daily Press is dublous as to the legal provriety of such a transfer, but magnanimously declares that the matter is eutitled to fair consideration on ils mertts. The Fresno Ezpositor is “sicking” the dogs of the law onto the Chinese lotteries there- abouts in great style, and the dogsof the law are responding with a vigorous reneweal of the crusude which they began many moons ago and suffered to lapse on account of a discour- aging indisposition of the hesthen Chinee 10 get caugh:. A contract to provide San Bernardino with street lighting during the next ten years was signed this week, according to the Times-Indez of thatcity. The light diffused by the Times- Index was pretty bright, but it is said that so wauy copies of itare taken into the homes, that the streets have been left in comparative gloom, hence the resort to the ordinsry elec- triz illuminant. Alex Campbell, formerly sssistant editor of the Santa Cruz Penny Press and an ail-round good newspaper mau, has transferred his la- bors to the journalistic tield of Stockton, where the Mail will probably be the object of his rust- ling. The Mail, by the way, has the founder of the Penny Press, Puil Francis, already safely located iu its editorial chair. The Mcrced Ezpress litts up its voice to sug- gest that since Mc. Bryan hus come and. gone, we should all get to work ana try to make money enough to pay our bills. ‘Our esteemed contemporary is a Bryan paper, and tne bliss- ful manner in which it disassociates Brysn taik from (he practical act of eurning money by work, is one of the amusing inconsistencies of & not always discreet partisansnip. There was filed in the Recorder’s office this afternoon, says the San Beruardino Press,a mortguge of the Randsburg Railway Company to the Rochester Trust and Safe Company of New York for $300,000. The mortgage sets forth thatthe railway company futends to buila a railroal ;rom Kramer to Randsburg, a distance of twenty-eight miles, and thaibonds to the extent of $300,000 wiil be issued. The mortgage is signed by A. A. Daugherty, as presiuent, and Charles Micr, s secretary, of the Randsburg Baliway Company, and was acknowledg ed in Los Angeles NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES, There is but a slight difference between the price paid for heavy armor iu the British navy as compared with the amount paid in the United States navy. The armor for the seven buttle-ships ot the Royal Sovereign class aver tourships of tne Majestic cluss the price 1s. $1,463,750 for each snip. Carnegie and the Bethlehem will receive $3,122710 for the armor for the battle-ships Alabama and Kear- sarge, Bad Juck seems to follow many of the recent Frenen war vessels. The battie-ship Hiche ! has never been able 1o come up to ber in- tended speed, and as a last resort the box: boilers will be tuken out and repiaced with water-tube boilers, The Fleurus is in & simi- lar fix, and the box-boilers will be rejected for Belleville boilers. The cruiser D'Assas’ is re- ported to draw more water than intended, and, as & natural consequence, her stability is very much impaired. ¢ The Caramaru, a torpedo-cruiser for Brazil, i8 buiiding at Kiei. 8heisone of three sister vessels 0f 255 feet 6 inches length, 29 feet 6 inches beam, and a displacemeut of 1030 tons on 9 feet 9 inches draught. Their armament of quick-firing guns will comprise two 4-inch; six 6-pounders and four 3-pounders, and each vessel will have two 18-inch torpedo-tubes. Besides these three torpedo-cruisers at Kiel, one torpedo-boat is buiiding at Eibing, Prus- sia, and two river mouitors at Rio Janeiro. In the German navy the use of wood in the constiuction and outfiv of ships has been re- duced to the smallest pissible minimum. No wooden decks are laid, but the steel deck is covered with linoleum sometimes over aiayer of cork. The crew’s quarters have no ceiling whatever, and in the officers’ staterooms the ceiling is of steel less than one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness and lined with cork. All ladders and steps are made of steel, asare the charthouses end captains’ rooms on the bridge, Of the furniture, however, no subsiitute has yet been found for wood for making bureays, tables, cnairs, ete. Aluminum was tried without suc- cess, and now ouly the bedsteads are made of metal. France was the first naval power to recognize the imvortaLce of excluding woed as much es possible on board ships, and as far back as1882 doors and statercom partitions were made of metal. The lessons from the Jnpanese-Chinese naval engagements proved that the French had anticipated years ago where all the other naval powers are now making up for lost time, Jaban’s navy is being rapidly incressed, but chiefly from foreign yards, at which the fol- iowing ships are under coustiuction: Shikishima, battieship of 15,087 tons and 18-knot speed, at Thames lron Works, to be delivered May 4, 1899; Kasagi, cruiser of 4784 tons and 20-knot speed, at Cramp’s, Pniladelphia, and Chitosi, cruiser oi 4760 tons and 20 knots, at the Union Iron Works, both to be completed December 31, 1898; Tagasago, cruiser, 4350 tons, 22 knots, at Els- wick, to have been completed June of the present year. Thornycroft and Yarrow have each eontracts for two torpedo-catchers of 250 tons and. 30 knots, to be deliverea in April and August next year. In France a cruiser of 1800 tons and 20-knot speed; called Mi- yaka, is being built, 10 be reaGy some time next spring. As yet no pre tions have been made at home dockyards to-build incon. formity to the new naval programme, ale though the yards have had considerabie ex- perience, having built eighteen out of twenty- nine of the cruisers in the navy. England is apparently most favored of foreign builders, having two battleships and six ecruisers for the new navy, while France hesbuilt three cruisers. A PROFESSIONAL SECRET. “Now, student, “the first thing for vou to learn is this: Whenever you find a patient who really is ill, 2o to his friends and coufidentially in- form them that he can’t get well.’™ “Why do you do that?” the student asked. “Because,” said the grest man, “if he does die, you will get credit for %lflnl known all about his case from the begifining, and if he gets w:ol.l.,. ‘t,hn will think you haye performed THE RIGHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD.| Senora Isadore de Cousino, the richest weman in the world, is soon to visit America. She 1§ 50 rich that nobody knows just how much her possessious are worth, Her weulth is esti- mated to be at least $100,000,000. The senora’s property is in Chile. it from her father and brother, but her own shrewd instinct She inherited much of for business has served to add largely to the property. Among her possessions are many copper mines in Chile n‘nd Peru- Upward of a hundred steamers and sailing vessels, the entire town of Lota in Chile, coal mines of incalculable value, farm lands, plantatfons, fruit ranches, vineyards, and three palaces the like of which are not to be found outside the imagined glories of the “Arabian Nights.”" development of a siiver mine at Copiapo, Chile. The sencra’s father, Senor Goyenechea, began his journey toward wealth with the He then turned his attention 10 copper SENORA DE COUSINO. mining, and when he died he left his fortune to his son and daughter. the widow married Senor Cousino, and it was his son who married Isadora, A few years afterward When mother, brother and husband died, Senora Cousino became the sole heir of the combined wealth of all. She palid strict attention to the business of her estate, and now her income is abott $8,000,000 & year. building, works for her daily with its 13,000 of population. In Santiago she has & white marble palace that at Lota. It isdescribed as a dream of beauty. The town of Lota, of which she owns every foot of ground, every house and other One of her sumptuous palaces is cost $2,000,000, and her houss at Macul is a duplicate of the Santiago affair, except for its immense gardens, which require 200 gardeners to keep them in repair. 8enora Cousino has six children, toree young men and three young women, all married. She is 55 years old, tall, dark, and still beautiful. PERSONAL. F. M. Culver of Stockton is at the Cosmo- politan. T. C. White, a banker ot Fresno, is at the Lick House. S. H. Applegate, a mining man of Merced, is registered at the Lick. E. W. Smith and wife of Chambersburg, Pa., are at the Cosmopolitan. L. 0. McIntyre and wife of Lawrence, Kans., are at the Cosmopoiitan. 0. B, Harrington, a mining man of Yerring- ton, is stopping at the Grand. Northrup Cowles and Will A. Crocker re- turned from Europe yesterday. Adjutant-General A. W. Barrett of Sacra- mento is at the California Hotel. F. F. Buell of Troy, N. Y., is a guestat the Palace. Mr. Buell is a wetl-known lawyer. H. Barnum. a leading attorney of Bingham- ton, N. Y., registered ut the Palace yesterday. Colonel J. T. Harrington of Colusa arrived in this city yesterday and registered at the Lick House. W. H. Alford, chairman of the Democratic State Central Commitice, is siopping at-the California Hotel. F. A. Baker, a leading wool merchant of New York, arrived in the City yesterday and regis- tered at the Palace Hotel. The friends of Dr. M. Herzstein will be pleased to learn of his saie arrival afteran absence of five months in Europe. Joseph Scott, & prominent eattleman of Hal- leck, Nev., arrived in the City yesterday and is & guest at the California Hotel. Hon. Y. P. Esgle, ex-Governor of Arkansas, and Mrs. Eagle arrived at the Palace yester- day. Their bome is in Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. V. S. Beane returned from Guatemala on the steamer which arrived yesterday and registered at the Occidental Hotel. She was greatly interested in the exposition. Professor Loew and wife arrived on the steamer Doric from Yokohama yesterday. Mr. Loew is & teacher in the Imperial Univer- sity in Japan, and is on his way to Munich. Mr. Carillas, the Consul-Genersl of Guate- mala to San Francisco, is #mong the quaran- tined passengers aboard the steamer San Juan, which arrived from Central American ports yesterday. Colonel Tisdale of the Southern Pacific Com- pany was amoug the passengers on the City of Sydoey from Central America. Colenel Tis- dale is the representative of C. P. Huntington in Guatemala, and 1s on his way to the Adi- rondacks. E. P. Colgan, State Controller, ana R H. Beamer, member of the State Board of Eq ization, were in the City yesterday, They are on their way to Eureka, Humboldt County, on official business. They will endeavor to ascer- tain if the Assessor of that county has aseessed property as the law requires. Chen Yung Tong, who was recently ap- pointed Cousul General of the Chinese Em- pire in San Francisco, arrived in port yester- day on the steamship Doric. He remained on the ship last night as the] customs authorities had received no orders from Washington to allow him to come ashore. Macgrane Coxe, U. S, Minister to the Central American States, arrived from Guatemals yes- terday on the steamer City of Sydney. He was accompanied by his wife and his secre- tary, George A. Motherwell. Mr. Coxe has re- signed his position as Minister and the resig- nation is to take effect July 24. Mr.jPringle, the U, 8. Consul nt Guatemala, will act as Min- ister until Mr. Coxe’s successor arrives. Mr. Ye Seungku, scn of the Minister of For- elgn Affairs in Seoul, is in San Fraucisco. He 1s bere for educationel purposes and will re- main for several years. He came with Aw Sung and Kang Teh Eung, of the Korean iega- tion, Washington, D. C. The members of the dipiomatic party leit the City for the East by rail Jast evening. The son of the Korean Pre- mier came with letters of introduction to rep- resentatives of the Pennsylvania road in San Francisco. The Koreans registered at the Oc- cidental Hotel. Among the passengers on the steamer City of Sydney arriving yesterday was Mrs. V. S, Beane of San Francisco. She has been attend- ing the exposition at Guatemala and editing the English edition of the journal Comer- cio. She reports that the California exhibit at the exposition enlists much favorab'e com- ment. The Chilean and Caiifornian displays are especially attractive to visitors. She sa; the country at present is peaceful, but much inconvenience is caused by the depreciation of the silver money of the couutry. The as- sumption of dictatorial functions by President Barrios engages notice, but no signs of resist- ance are manifested. P. M. Hanson, a traffic manager and repre. sentative man of St Louls, is in the City. He came with the McClain party of Christian En- deavor and other tourisis and is manager of the side trips from this City. To-day thirty members of his flock will visit Monterey and to-morrow a hundrea more will go to that beautiful resort. Twenty-seven of the St. Louis tourists are registered for a seven days’ camp- ing trip in the Yellowstone Park. They will join ine Wakefield excursionisis at Living- stone. Mr. Hanton says St. Lou:s is a vrosper- ous and growing city and that business and manufacturing industries are beginning to feel the benefits of better times. Mrs. Mulcahy—And 50 your cow is sick? Mrs. Burke—She is, and it makes it hard for J all; Ihave to sell it.—Boston Transcript, meself and the children. We have no milk at THE SLEEPING SEA. The sun sinks down where sy and waters meet, i ingeing with red and gold the dark’n n« sheet: The cloudy curtains close aronbd his bed. And twiight comes with seft aud stealthy tread. The pale moon, peeping from her fleecy screen, Lightens the waters with a silv'ry shee. The seagulls dip and skim along the waves Toward i heir homes, amonx the rocks and caves. 0 Sleeping Sea! How beautiful thy face, Kissed by the moonligh | With a s ately grace, Caressing the white sands, thy waves advance, And 101 away 1ato Lhe vast expanse. Upon the cliffs projecting gaunt and gray, And down b-ieath. amid the 10amy spray. Where dolphins spori themselves aud mermaids weer The nymphs and falsfes their night vigils keep. Ab, Sighing Sea1 I wist why thou dos: gri ve: | 'T $ for the wrongs that thou cans: ne'er retrivve— Hearts thou hast broken, lives that thuu didsy bilght— "Tis for the lost that sleep with thee to-night. 0 Mighty Deep! When we would comprehend How thou wust fcrme | of what shail be thy end Wo ure bewildered—'tis not ours to see Thy hidden power o: solve thy mystery. Yet, Boundless Sea, a lesson thou dost te: Lifting our thuughts above the reaims « To thy Ureator—Him whose potent hand Guideés and protects us over sea and land —University of the South Msgazine. MEN AND WOMEN. William Peagues, & negro Baptist preacher of Chesterfield, S. C., is the fatner of forty- three children. Dr. William Nast, the fatber of German Methodism, celebrated bis ninetieth birthday in Cincinnati recently. One of the largest salt works in Oklahoma is owned and operated by two young women, who expect to pay their way through college from the profits of their business, Miss Ethel Rebecca Benjamin, LL.B., aged 25, of bunedin, New Zsaland, having passed the bar examination, is the first women ad- mitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in Australian courts. The Bishop of London in a recent address on “Reading’” said: ““All human knowledge has been gained by the impertinence and pig- headedness of & smail number of people who were nlways asking ‘Why?' » A master of a workhouse at Newmarket, England, bas raised money to build a chapel for his paupers, and, after studying for several years, has been admitted to holy oraers, in- tending to officiate in his chapel. Mayor Quiney of Boston bas reeeived no- tice from the trustees of the will of the late John Foster that they have a bequest of $30,000 forsthe city, to be expended in the erection of a statue to the distinguished Uni- tarian preacher, William Ellery Channing. Richard Sparks of Boston has a ““four-clasp” medal for service in the Crimean war. This not only certifies that he landed with the first expedition in 1854 and that he fought at Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman, but that he is one of the few survivors of the winter of 1854- | 55. —— WITH YOUwx COFFEE. Say nothing; it is the only way to avold be- ing misquoted.—Atchison Giobe. Harry—You say Maude siugs like an angel. Why, Inever heard her sing at ail. Penelope—True; but did you ever hear an sugel sing?—Harlem Life. He—What Is a crank? She—Why, a person with one idea. +“Would you call me & crank ?” “Why, no; I never gave you credit for hav- ing oue idea.” Archie—I always think evening dress must be so trying to & lady of humor. Bertie—Why? Archie—Because . she can’t laugh in her sleeve.—Plok-Me-Up. Colonel Snort of Texas, who is at present in the eity, asked Mr, Manhattan Beach: ““Are the people of New York in favor of the Raines 18w being carried out?”” *‘Yes; they are in favor of it being carried out and dumped in the Atlantic Ocean,’” re- plied the indignant New Yorker.—New York World. Teacher—If one servant girl could clean two rooms in two hours, how long would it take two servant girls to do 11?7 Little Gir'—Four hours. Teacher—Wrong. It would only take one hour. Little Girl—Oh, I didn’t know you was talk- ing about servant girls that wasn’t on speak- ing terms.—Tid Bits. — HUMOR OF THE FRESIDENT. ‘Washington Post. Ben Butterworth of Ohio, now Commissioner of Patents, used 1o say that McKinléy was de- void of all sense of humor. But tiis wasata time when Butterwarth was not in a position to appreciate humor. They were both in Con- gress—it was just before the opening of the memorable Fifty-first. Both had ssoirations for the speakership, but the Ohio delegation in caucus decided to present McKinley as their candidate. Butterworth thought McKin- ley took the indorsement of his candidacy too much as & matier of course and totally dis regarded his (Butterworth’s) claims, which, it goes without n{ln:. he considerea quite as weighty as McKinley’s. It was aiter the can- L cus that Butterworth advsnced this proposi- cKinley's deficiency in humor: : -3v'£’}‘.5"§§‘fa"mmrl rth, “if McKinley .n.g 1 were walking :hrough an orchard wh(cla}kx)z : omiy one bearing tree and that tree ha 11 Tws ples he would pick both, put one in his pockel, take a bité out of the other and then calmiy’ e to mf;nd;;{(;!"" “+Ben, do you like a ? Probably ’Huu»r\rorlh‘s opinions have changed since McKiuley appointed him Com- missioner of Patents; at any rate, the Pres; dent loyes a joke. Frequently, with thirty or Tty p ople standing around Wwaiting to get word in his ear, he has taken Senator; “*Billy M son of Chicago off into a corner and begged him 10 teli him & vew story. A few days ago Mason narrated a story to the President l'llu» trative of his position. It was of a crusty and blasphemous old farmer in Sonthern Iilinois who one day became an unwilling host for three circuif-riding preachers who dro pped in simultancously for dinner. The larder was low, and the diuner consisted of a_singie fowl. The iarmer asked the first sky pilot what portion of tne chicken he would have. A leg, said No. 1. Another leg, thank you, re- No. 2. : qu‘?.:txfdd what will you have?” asked the farm- ., tureing to No. 8. 3 er"l‘\]v“(ll Alllso take a leg, if you please,” replied the third. With an ejaenlation that shocked his rev- erend guests the farmer threw down h;‘l Ct:r ing utensils and demanded 10 know w at sort of a “crittur’ they thought he was carving. “This is a two-lezged chicken,” he shouted; “not a centipede.’” L R pl?('smnpv, Mr. President.” said Senator Mason, making the application of nisstory, “that you feel that way yourse!f sometimes in view of the limitation oi the number of legs you have to Lestow.” e ON THE SUEJECT OF CLIMATE. After all, the Baltimore climate is unsur- pussable. In winter itis just cool enough to make one glad that it is not colder, and in summer—some summers—it is just hot enough tomake one feel how uncomforiable it would be if it were any hotter.—Baltimore News. h, to bea Nansen, a Peary, or & common, KlgnsyoEsqu\mnu! Oh, for a bed of snow in an ice nouse! Oh, even for the touch of a frosted hand or the sight of an icy smile!— Canton (Onio) Iournal. GrE f you are irritable this warm weather, jus take it out on your baseball ciub. It is used to it—Wheeling Register. 4 It was lucky that the Legislature adjourned just &8 the weather began to warm up in earn- est. Either aflliction were enough without the other.—Philadelphia Ledger. How pleasant it is to sit in the shade of a spreading tree just outside the hayfield and watch the perspiring farmers spreading hay.— Somerville Journai. Too hot to breathe the whole day long; Too hot for sighlog or for sOng: Too hot ta cast tae baseball scores, T'o quarrel with your creditors: Too hot to loaf on hiils or platas; “1'00 hot t0 travel on the trains; Too hot for fishing in the siream: To0 hot to drift, too hot tedream; Too hot to mark 'neath sultry skies Insane thermeme ers that rise: ‘And. while the lurid moments fly, Too hot 1o Jive—ioo hot to die! —Auanta Constitution. fFrrerar information daily to manufacturer business houses and public men by the Press Clpping Bureau (Allen’s). 510 Montgomers. ———— ENDEAVORERS :—You cannot give your Ens'l- ern friends a nicer present tnan Townsend's California Glace Fruit; 50¢ & pound, ih elegant fire-etched boxes. Falace Hotel Bullding. * ——————————— Excited Wife—On, Professor, the cook has fallen and broken her collar-bone! Professor—Discharge her at oncel You told her what to expect it she broke anything more.—Detroit Fres Pre; %25 REate to Chicago via the Great santa Fe Koute. The low rates made for Chiistian Endeavorers will be open to the public as well. An opporiu- nity fo visit the East never before enjoyed by Cal- Hornians. Pullman Palace Drawing-room Sleep ing-cars of the latest pattern. Modern upholstered | tourist sleeping-cars run daily througn from land pler 10 Chicago. See time-table in advertis- ing column. San Francisco ticketotlice 644 Marses street, Chronicie Luilding, ‘Aeiephoue Maini3sl Vskland, 1118 Erosdway. e e | Great Reduction in Rates to Eastern | Citles | Via Sunset Route and Pledmont Air Line. Only $40 to Washington and Baltimore; Philadelphia $40 50: New York, 841, and Boston §4%. Corre- spondingly low rates to other points. Oply route operating personally conducted tourist curs San Franeisco to Wasbington, D. C., without change. For further ioiormation call on or address C. L. HOPKINS, Pacific Coast Passenger Agent, 621 Market street San Francisco. o gy 32 50 to St. Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago. Tickets will be on sale July 12 to the 17th. Good final Hmt, August 15; stopover allowed. It'sa spiendid opportunity to take a (rip to Chicago and stopoff at the famous Yellowstone Park. Send 6 cents in stamps for illustrated book, **Wonder- land,” to T. K. Stateler, general agent Northera wil leave San Francisco v morning, July 14. tor Salt Lake, Glen- s, Manitou, Denver, Chicago and Bos- ton, using Wagner Palace Buifet Sleeping-cars. A number of lower berths yet unsold. For far- ther information call at office of Colorado Midland Railroad, 20 Mon:gomery street. —————————— Reduced Rates for All To the East via the Kio Grande Western Raflway, passing through Utah and Colorado by daylight. Through cars by all trains. Tickets, sleeping-car reservations and full information furnished at 14 Montgomery s.reot. “Mry. 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