The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1897, Page 6

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1897 TULY 13, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDCE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALY, one week, by carrler..$0.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.. d Sunday CALI, six months, by ma d Sunday CALL, three months by m: v and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. Bunday CALL, one year, by mail... WALKLY CaLL, one year, by mail. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, #ap Francisco, Californis. Telephene.......... +or. Maln—~1863 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street Telephone .. +eo. Maln—-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery sireet, coraer Clay; open untl 9:30 o'clock. 589 Hayes strest; open until €15 Larkin street, open until §W. corner Sixteenti and Misslon streets, open uptil § o'cloek. 2618 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o'clock. 1506 Polk street; open until 9:80 o'clock. N corner Tweuty-second and XKentoocky open till 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICBE: $08 Broxdway. EASTERN OFFICB: Beoms 81 and 72, 34 Park Row, New York Cltye DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKXS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MUNITS. Areyon going 10 the country ona vacation? It we, 1t 18 ne tronble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompi attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifty cents per monib for summer months. This is Oakland’s day to do the shout- ing. Congress is panting for an escape from Washington. The Sultan conticues to play a lone hand and take every trick. Once more the stranding on the sugar schedule. The Chicazo hot wave was tempered by ard, and still the people are not This is Christian weather truly, but it is so natural t> us no endeavor was re- quired to gey it for our visitors. Oakland is big enough to-day to make it worth while for even the most extraor- dinary capacity to reach out to take it in. After all the clamor for Weyler's recall, it appears there are many people who are sorry he is going to have a chance to escape. 1f the Supreme Court will geta move on and promptly decide upon the scope and meaning of the new road law it will con- fer a favor. It goes without saying that if Captain Merry becomes Minister to Nicaragua the movement for the canal will bs pushed merrily along. The kind of music that raises the roof would have been most appropriate for the celebration of the completion of the dome of the City Hall. rariff is in danger of | The threatened revolt of the Hindoos | seems (o have been only a kind of East In- dian chutney. It was hot in the British mouth, but not hara to digest. The Christian Endeavorers brought into tbe town money and moral influence, but there are some people 80 busy in seeking ior the first they lose the other, Strancely enough the sugar schedule, which ought to be the sweetest thing in the new tariff. seems to be the bitterest pill for either House to swallow. Our monetary commissioners have been received by the Queen, and of course this gives bimetallism a start in England, as if it had been raised by a royal flush. The Nebraska mob that tarred and feathered a man for horsewhipping his stepdaughterevidently thought the wrong could be righted by carrying it to a step farther. The Senate will naturally postpone the Hawaiian issue and the money question to the winter session. There is too much het stuff in each of them to be appropriate for the summer season. Now that Mexico is preparing to con- struct a railroad to the summit of Mourt Popocatepetl we ought to push one to the top of Diablo. 1t would never do to let Mexico beat us on-the up grade. Our visitors should remember that Uali- fornia is not ali ot a piece like other States, It has many varieties ol landscape, cli- mwate, soil and industries, and he who would understand it all must see it all. The East may start a movement for de- vising a new mode of celebrating the Fourth of July, but the West will not join it. Bonfires, bells, fireworks and spread- eagle oratory are good enough for us on Independence d Five carloads of California fraits, in- cluding pears, plums, prunesand peaches, have been shipped to London, and here's success to the enterprise. The shipment is too late for the jubiiee, but we hope it will get a jubilee welcome and bring a royal price. That freak of human nature which in- clines people to abuse the host who gives s grand ball is being illustrated on a grand scale by the way European nations who were represented at the British jubilee sre now asserting that Great Britain Dasn’t a friend on earth. There is a good deal of discontent crop- ping out in England over the neglect of Salisbury to confer peerages, or other jubilee bonors on feveral eminent men | whom the public seems to regard as hav- ing a just right to expect them, but no slightest murmur is heard about his neg- lect to put the poet laureate on the honor list. Considerable attention is being given in the East to the remarkable increase of ex- ports from cities south of the Potomac during the nine months ending with March when compared with the corre- sponding period of the previous year. Galveston shows an increase of 66 per cent, New Orleans 25, Mobile 46, Charles- ton 32, Wilmington 33, and Norfolk 200. The increase is derived from trade thatin former years would have gone to North- era ports for shipment, and the figures are regarded as an evidence that the new era will bring about a considerable shift- ing of commeree and New York will have to fight hard to bold her old place of con-|and still the protective tarift isn’t ready | exist in history. trol over the shipments of the country, vnndustzies and by special arrangements | tend it will be cordially welcomed and { South who have long been sticklers for | A PROMPT DE The petition of Fred A. Davis to the Supreme Court asking for a writ of mandate to compel the Auditor of Alameda County claims for road work brings before that tribunal a consideration of the road law en- acted by the last Legislature, and thus makes way for a decision which will put2n end to the uncertainty of its terms and en ties to know to what extent they can undertake road work under the new act. The law is so confusing that even the Attorney-General of the State has given the opinion that its provisions cannot be clearly understood until the Supreme Court has determined their meaning and the exten stated in the petition for the writ of mandate, that *neither by the ‘Clark act,” as it is called, nor by the Political Code or otherwise, is there provision made for officering the road district corporations provided for in the road act and starting up the machinery which the act undertook to establish.” The evil effects of the confusion of the law are now felt to some extent in every county in the State, and in the more populous counties these evils have become serious indeed, We navereached the season when it isnecessary to sprinkle the road- beds and take other steps necessary to maintain them in good condition during the A neglect of this work of maintenance will entail a heavy loss upon counties where good roads have been established, as every week of the dry season dry weather. during which nothing is done for the care rially impair their condi tion. At the present time there is an abundance of money in the treasury of the counties for the performance of all the needed road work, and the work is pressing. theless nothing i3 being done, because the law. It will be seen, then, that an immedi: case is urgdntly necessary 1n the interests of public welfare. It is to be hoped the Judges of the Supreme Court will take into consideration the importance of this issue to the public and the value of time at this season of the and advance the case now before them so as to give it an immediate adjudica- Throughout the State nearly all work upon the highways is waiting for the In every county this period of waiting is a serious inconvenience to the public, while in ihe larger counties and in those with highly improved roadways, such as Alameda, San Joaquin, Santa Clars, Sonoma and others, the loss is too great court to act. to be lightly borne. A prompt decisicn, th CISION NEEDED. to draw his warrant in payment of certain able the Supervisors of the various coun- t to which they operate. It seems, as is and preservation of the roads will mate- Never- money is tied up by the confusion in the ate decision of the Supreme Court in this erefore, must be given. 1t is imperative. OAKLAND DAY. The cily of Oakland is to-day prepared to receive visitors, and hasevery reason to expect them in large numbers. Her at- tractions are at all seasons sufficient to re- | pay the time and energy required from | the tourist to inspect them, but this time they are augmented by an exposition of made for the reception and entertainment of all who come. As many of the Eastern visitors to our City as can afford to do so should make the trip to Oakland and take part in the | festivities of the day, Eastern vpeople should by all means see the exhibit of Alameda industries now on exposition, as it wili afford them a basis from which they can estimate something of the mate- rial wealth and resources of the State. Alameda, while it is one of the most fa- | vored counties of California, is after all only one, and what it has achieved in the way of indusiry is but an example of the results which have been accomplished in other populous counties, and which may be expected in the future from those which are yet lacking in the wealth and | population necessary for the full devel-| opment of their resources. It is to be hoped the Christian En deavorers and their friends will take the | time to see many parts of California be- | fore they leave. They must not undertake | to judge tne State by a single uection.{ | This commonwealth is not like those of the East, where a uniform condition ot‘ | soil and climate prevails from one end of \he State to the other. Here we have not | merely variety but a diversity of condi- | tions which can hardly be found else- | where on the globe within an equal area. | As a means of studying the diverse con- | ditions of California within districts con- tiguous 1o one another our Eastern vi tors will find a visit to Oakiand of no little profit. From San Francisco to Alamela County is no great journey, and yet on | the other side of the bay they will see | much that is wholly distinct from condi- | tions in this City. The visit to Oakland | should be made and this is decidedly the | best day to make it. It is a grand recep- | tion occasion over there, and ali who a abundantly entertained. SPREAD OF PROTEOTION. | The extension of belief in protection to | home industries even among men of the | tariff for revenue only 1s sirong evidence | that protection will now be the settled | policy of the country for many years to | come. When we see such men as Senator Bacon of fGeorgia contending for protec- | tion to the industries of his State it is clear that the ranks of the old-time Demo- | cratic free-traders have been badly broken up. The stock argument that protection is unfair to agriculture ignores the needs of agriculture for markets and the fact that the home market is more valuable than the foreign. In an article on *The Phil- sophy of Protection,” in Guaton's Maga- ne, it i3 pointed out thau India, Argen- tina and other such partly civilized coun- | tries are rapidly pushing competition in | agricuitural products toward the bar- barism point. American farmers must hope for a large mannfacturing popula- tion here at home if they wish to con- tinue to get prices for their products that | will enable them tolive in & manner supe- rior to the semi-civilized people of more purely agricultural lands. As for the fear that protection unduly favors individuals, a consideration of tue | laws of competition will be sufficient for | its dismissal from the mind. Whenever the margin of profit in any business be- comes unusually large, then surplus capital is sure to rush in to reap the ad- vantages and thus the average of reason- avble gain is soon restored. Not inerely surplus capital will come into such busi- nesses, but some will be-sure to be wiih- drawn from less profitable investments to enter into the competition. The end of the whole matter is that | wealth and brains combine to finda cheaper methods of production, and the consumer is soon getting the benefit in reduced prices. But for this concentration of energy on skillsed ways of manufacturing and distribution in times past, our people would not only be paying more for their goods to-day, but they would be sending more of their money out of the country to foreigners. All great civilization is dependent upon the builaing up of varied industries. Nothing but protection will thoroughly accomplish this. The policy of the Gov- ernment under McKinley will promote National development and cause for- eigners to equitably contribute to our National revenua. The experiment of trying a policy of tariff for revenue only has been found unsatisfactory so often and this time so disastrously by ths people that we can safely count on the late Wilson tariff blunder being the last of such legisiation for many years. Even the newspapers which are most vociferous in howling calamity through their editorial columns are compeilea, in reporting the news of the day, to record the revival of industry and the improve- ment of business. Nearly 12,000 boxes of oranges and about 200,000 boxes of lemons are on their way | has made a thorough study of our com- | selection that public approval wili not WILLIAM L. MERRY. The report from Washington that Cap- tain Williara L. Merry of this City will in | all likelihood be appointied United States Minister to Nicaragua, Salvador and Hon- duras is in the highest degree gratifying. The old phrase about ‘‘the right man in the right place’’ has been worn so thread- bare that it no longer has much force to impress the mind, nevertheless it is the | best phrase which can be used in this in- stance, since it so accurately sums up the position which Captain Merry will occupy if the President appoints him to that office. No man in California, and indeed no man in the United States, is Detter sitted | to serve the interests of the Pacific Coast and of the Union generally in the Central American States than Captain Merry. He mercial needs with particular reference to Central American countries, and knows what should be done there to promote our trade and benefit our industries. He has, moreover, something more than knowledge. He possesses the executive ability which wili enable him to apvly his knowledge to good purpose and make it useful to the Government and to the peo- ple under every circumstance that comes within the scope of his official power. One of the main reasons for public grat- | ification in the provosed appointment of Captain Merry is the interest which he has taken in the Nicaragua canal and the zeal and energy which he hasdisplaved in promoting it. No man on the Pacific Coast and few men in the Nation have been more prominent or more untiring in their efforts to bring about an immediate beginning of that important enterprise. He has spoken, written and worked for it for years, and can be counted on to ma- terially advance the projectif intrusted with the important powers and advan- ages which are inherent in the office of United States Minister to Nicaragua. President McKinley has exercised such gooa judgment in the selection nf men to fill high offices of state that praise of him in that respect has become commonnplace. Nevertheless, the appointment of Cap- tain Merry to Nicaragua will be so wise a 1ail to manifest iteelf in a marked degree. People of the Pacific Coast may well be congratulated on the prospect of his ap- vointment, for they can confidently count on good results from his labors in the office, A PROPHEOY. Robert P. Porter, the famous statisti- an, has recently dug up a prophecy two centuries old concerning the United States, made by William Patterson. the founder of the Bank of Eng!and. Patter- son saia that the period was not very far distant when the Americans, instead of waiting for the slow returns of trade, would seize the gateway of South America and, stationed on the east and west sides of the New World, ‘‘would form the most potent and singular empire that has ap. peared, becanse it will consist notin the dominion of a part of the lana of the globe, but in the domination of the whole ocean. If blessed with letters and arts they will spread civilization over the uni- verse. Then England, with ail her liber- ties and glory, may be known only Egvpt is now.” The strategic advantage of thuslying broadside of the two principal oceans was | one of immense importance to the eyes ofl‘ tnis Englishman. To bis mind the United States was the ceuter of the world, and from this vantage ground to control the trade of the world was easy. The point in the prophecy to which we should pay most particular attention 1s that | which tells of our opportunity to grasp | South American trade. It is high time i his foretelling in this regard sbould be | brought to pass, and 1f it is not it will be because he failed to counton a possible lack of foresight among our commerc:al class, and not because he overestimated the opportunity. Tuere can be no doubt that many of our commercial men see the situation as Patterson saw it, but they need to be re- minded of the dangets of procrastination in the matter of business extension to South America. The big mercantile houses of Europe, especially of Germany, are pushing energetically to get control ot this trade, and the longer they have the field in undisputed possession the more difficult it will be to build up our | commerce with them. Itisa cbance for a great conquest of.peace, and we surely have generals of commerce capable of successfully conducting enterprises that would make South America ours in that way. Some day the canal may e opened across Central America, and some day there will be railways through it and on down to Cspe Hornm, but much can be done without waiting for these vastly ex- pensive improvements. The German method of starting with very small orders and then from the most humble begin- nings to gradually develop a great com- merce should be energetically and pa- tiently tried. MATURITY IS FASHIONABLE. Dlustrated American. At last maturity has become fashionable. What a joyous thing it is for humanity to know that the period succeeding youth is now considered more desirable than adelescence! The stravgest thing is that it bas not been to New York from Mediterranean ports, to meet them at the custom-house, discovered before with all the examples that The woman of France and Epgiand, who were notorious for their power and attractions, reached the z:nith of their glory after youth had fiown, and retained their place in spite of accumu- lating years. Those who have lived tnd have seen the world must always have u greater . power for Sway- ing bumanity than those who are equipped oniy with the charm of youth. No ©ue is disposed to underestimate this charm, for 1t comes to all once and partakes not only of the sweetness of the flower, but also of jts evanescence. Those of us who have lost it daily prove our regret by endeavoring to stim- ulate its freshness of appearance and soul, but youth is so short, aud the rest of life until man’s allotted three score and ten are | reached is the so much longer part, that it is only reasonable for us to turn our attention to the attraction of maturity. A PRECEDENT. A CASE OF INPORTANCE TO NEWSPAPER WRITERS. New York Newspaper Maker. Mrs. Clara 8. Foitz, the well-kuown woman lawyer of this city, has just won a case in the Sixtn District Court against the New York Herald, which is ot paramount importance to newspaper writers, Miss Belle A. Whitney, the editor of the Woman’s World and Jenness Miller Monthly, sent some articles in manuscript to tha New York Herald in May, 1895. She wrote them several letters asking if they had used the same or intended to use them. and finally after many moaths was intormed that the matter was accepted and wasin type. They also told her that they paid assoom as pub- lished or on receipt of clipping. As it was out of the question for her to waich every edition of the Herald she decided to place the matter in the hands of Mrs, Foltz for collection. Mrs. Foltz received much the same replies to her letters demanding settlement, and, after an interview with the manager of the paper, decided to bring suit. After making oul ber case and havirg a day set for trial the defendant’s lawyer calied on her to discuss the pointat issue and incidentally to learn her version of the case from & lawyer’s stand- point. Mrs. Foltz was emphatic in her denun- ciation of the course pursued by many pub- lishers, and stated that she founded her claim on the well-known principle in law which says that when a person sccepts the labor | or product of one’s labor, either mental or physical, he is legally bound to pay for it, and she could not see wherein the party re- ceiving the benetit of such labor could make a l’lxllle contrary to this well-established prin- ciple. When the day came for the trial of the case the defendant’s attorney paid the amount de- manded, with all costs of the court,and the suit was dismissed. This settlement of the case can be quoted as forming a precedent in & matter which has occupled the attention of newspaper writers for many years, and may ipaugurate & more liberal policy on the part of publishers who are accustomed to delay the payment for articles long after they have been snccepted. Much ciedit is due to Mrs. Foltz for her bold and vigorous enunciation of the law and iis application in this important matter. Her ef- foris wiil not only receive tbe indorsement of | everv woman wriler in the Jand who s forced to employ her pen as a means ol support, but will receive the commendation of every fair- minded person engaged in Iiterary pursuits. CUPID'S C SUISTRY. We were sitting In ihe moonlight Of & radisnt Rosy June night, Whea I whispered, “Kitty, don’t you Wish 1'd kiss yon? Let me, won't you?” Kitty was a Rusiic malden, And [ thoughtuot Heavy laden With the wisdom Of the azes Wrt on cultured Tuyid’s pages. Kitty answered: »No, T musn't Let you kixs me; M5 ma doesn’t ThiRK 1t proper Toat her Kiuy Be like maidens In the city.” “Oh " I stammered. Then did Kitty Whisper in a “lone of pity : “I mignt kiss you, And ve true, sir, To my mother; W ould ihat do, sir?” W. J. LAMPTON in New York Sum TOO MUCH GOLD BY HALF. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: Let me try to make a clear statement from the report of the director of the Mint, R. E. Preston, for the year 1896 of the actual stock of gold in use in the United States as money, though I doubt if it can be done by any one, Mr. Preston himsell not excepted. SofaresI can understand the use of these treasury re- ports (in which the Mint reports are in¢cluded), | the certaiu result, at all eveants, of a cose sudy of them, it is to leave the average student of finance in absolute uncertainty | and complete confusion. This is a grave charge, but I make it with the uimost delib- eration and seriousness. The reader shall have a chance to judge for himself. In the fitst place, we naturally want to know how much gola has been produced {rom our mines, and then how much of it is coined and used as money; aiso how mueh of itisexported in excess of imports, and how much 1s used in the industrial erts and sei- ences; how much is lost and wasted by wear and mintage. This being the report for 1896, Iexamined it to find the excess of exports over imports, the amovnt used in the arts, the loss from recoining worn and mutilated coins, the wastage of mintiog 1t, the amount coined, and then I lookea for the amount produced in the United States in 1836, and there was not a word on that subject. On page 8, In a tab.e giving the “deposits of gold at the United States min's and assay oftices, 1873-1896, inclusive,” I find under the head of domestic builion the figures $53,- 910,957, and on the next page, 9, under “coinage” for the fiscal year 1896, I find total gold coined $58,878,490, or $4,967,533 more than the domestic 'bullion. However, have £6,572.390 of foreign bullion, 3,227 409 of foreign coin, 3 388,622 ot old plate, jewelers' bars, etc, and $1,670,005 of muti- Iated and worn domestic coin included in these deposits, making a total of $68,769,383 apparent'y ndded to the stock of gold, except the last 1tem of mutilated domestic coia. But bow much did we expori? On page 32 we learn that the net gold exports for 1896 amounted to the large sum of $78 904,612, ex- ceeding by more than $25,000,000 the gold produced {rom our mines. On page 56 it appears that nearly %10,000,- 000 of our domestic gold was consumed in the industrial arts in 1896, and hence we must deduct this sum of $9,833,882 from the $53,- 910,957 of domesiic builion, leaving the actusl addition to the stock of gold for money uses but $44,077,075, the total 10ss by export and use 1u the arts being, in fuct, $34,827,- 537. But we must add to thisloss the amount of gold irken abroad by tourists and heir- esses, which cannot be less than §75,000,000, and we find the entire product of domestic bullion swallowed up and our country &t least $63,750,000 worse off than in 1895. And yet, dear reader, on page 44 the stock of geld in 1896 is given as $672,225,875, und on page 45 that of 1895 is given ss $618,075,225, an apparent increase of $54,147,653, being, in 1act, $120,000,000 wide of the mark—just that amount too much. This is the showing for the single year 1896, The truth is, there can be no such sum of gold in the country—not 8o much by half—y 18 yearly reported by the Director of the Mi and solemnly repeated by all the other offi- cers of the Treasury Department. I intend to prove this charge to true beyond contro- versy. It can be done from the books, butthe sys tem of bookke-ping in use by the Treasury Department makes the task a difficult one—at least, t0 make it clear to the ordinary reader— but 1 shall do 1t nevertheless. JOSEPH _ASBURY JOHNSON, 11 Essex street, July 12, 1897. —_— PROSPERITY’S WAY. La Harpe Quill. 1f any of our Democratic or other friends are sitting around with fdle hands and wistful faces, waiting for prosperity 1o rub up against them and become theirs without effort, they will be doomed to disappointment sure. Pros. perity does not go locking around for open mouths and idie hands to drop into. She is on the go, and the manwho wants 1o get his hands on her will have to get a hus®e on him- seif. If he idly sits around he more liable 1o catch flies, “worms,"” or & cold than the means wherewith to supply his daily wants. Prosperity will come when the efforis now be- ing made by a Republican President and Con- Tes! completed and the man who wants 0ld of some of it must have energy enough to make agrabatit. EORROWERS AND THE LEASE. Minneapolis Tribune. Mrs. Lease feels very hard toward that grasp- ing loan company which let her have mare money on her property than it was worth, and, of course, will refnse to pay the difference. The Kansas managers of the company ought 10 have known better than to hold Mrs. Les up and cowpel her to borrow that money in the first place. HOW IJ'S PAINTED IN THE ENVIOUS EAST. From the Chicago Times-Herald. CHRISTIAN ENBEAVORERS AT, SAN FRANGISGCO Dr. O. Loew of Shanghai is in town. Dr. J. W. Stitt of Vacaville is on a visit here. | J. W. Prosser of Davenport, Iows, is in the ; City. Dr. Charies H. Ball of St. Louis is at the | Russ, Senator J. M. Gleaves of Redding is at the Grand. John J. Mooney of Virginia arrived here yes- terday. F. M. Culver of Stockton is at the Cosmo- politan Hotel. N. W. Kelly, a mining man of Grass Valley, 1s at the Russ, James S:ewart, 8 mining man of Gold Run, is in this City. Fred J. Keis»l, wife and daughter of Ogden are in the Cliy. ‘W. T. Johnson of Washington, D. C., is quar- tered at the Lick. E. W. Page of London, England, is registered at the Occidental. J. Behrman, a business man of Port Town- send, is at the Lick. 0. W. Radsbach, s business man of Hanford, arrived here yesterday. John Nichols, who owns gold claims near Dutch Flat, is a late arrival here. 0. E. Nash, owner of a general store Redding, is on a visit to this Clty. Chin Yin Tong, Master Him and Chung On, sllof China, are at the Occidental. | Dr. . H. Hassinplug of Philadelphis, Pa., is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Mrs. Dr. Jay W. Seaver of New Haven, Conn., isvisiting relatives and friends In this City. John J. Byrne, general passenger agent st Los Angales of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad, iz among the arrivals herc. J. A. Naugle, general superintendent of the Sonora Railroad, with headquarters at Guay- mas, Mexico, is at the Palace. Fred N. Loring, proprietor and editor of the Lake County Bee, came down from Lakeport | on his wheel yesterday and is in town for a | week. E. G. Carson, J. H. Middlebrock, F. A. Aus- tin, Mirt Eaton, S, Everson and O. S. Brinker, | of Denver, and T. E. Veitch of 8t. Louls, who came as a special party to see the sights, are at the Baldwin. The party will leave ina few days on & tour of the southern portion of the State. General George H. Weeks, quartermaster- general of the United States army, completed his tour of inspection of tne military posts in this department last Saturday and left the City yesterday for Los Angeles. During the official inspection here he was accompanied by Colonel Moore, the department quarter- master, and J. H. Humphreys, civil enginesr. Before leaving Washington, D. C., General Weeks signified his desire that Mr. Humphreys should attend the inspection of the Presidio. PERSONAL. } | CALIFORNIANS NEW YORK, N. Y, July 12.—At the Plaza, J. IN NEW YORK. Koch; Netherland, Mrs. J. F. Farley; Savoy, W J. Keily, Miss N. L. Phalan, Miss Small; Im- perial, J. Eldriage, W. P. Thomas; Astor, C. Hadenfeldt; Vendome, B. Holly; Broadway Central, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Kemble; Marl- ‘borough, F. K. Noble; Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. L. Peck; New York, C. S. Sine¢lair. JUBILEE MEDALS. The English mint has just issued a diamond jubilee commemoration medsl. Itcomes in two sizes, the largest measuring two and a half inches in diameter, the smaller one inch in_diameter. The larger medal is made in gold, silver and bronze, while the smaller is only coined in gold and silver. THE LOTTERY SWINDLES. Alameds Encinal. THE CALL is engaged in a laudable crusa ageinst the lottery swindles—and they are ail swindles. The Encinal would suggest that il the police were 10 enforce the law and arrest ali known violators, and if the law against ublishing lottery advertisemenis were en- , about nine-tenths of the difficulty | Harlem Lif would be obviated. WITH YOUR COFFEE. “Benny,” said Mr. Bloonumper, *if George ‘Washington is first in the hearts of his coun- trymen, who comes next?” “Idon’t know about that,” replied Benny, “but Independence Day is the Fourth.”— Harper's Bazar. Editor—Mr. Cose, your jokes have lost all | their humor of late. What's the trouble? | Joe Cose—I guess 'm not well. I've felt rather funuy for a week past—Philadelphia North American. He—This record says you were born in 1860. She—That is correci; how old would you say I am? “Oh, about 30.” fou horrid thing! Yonkers Statesman. “That man Nibley isn't to be trusted. He'd take advantege of you quicker than & wink 1f he saw a chance to do so.” “How do you know that ?” “J overneard him and his wife in an argu- ment last night, and when he saw that she was getting ahead of him he yelled, ‘Look out! There’s a mouse.’”—Cleveland Leader. I'm not 25 yet!”— “I have observed,” said the sweet young { thing, ““that it is the man who has never mar- | ried who knows all about women.” “Certainly,” said the unhappy bachelor. “It is the man who knows all about women who never marries.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Son —Psa, what is & whisky straight ? Father (who knows whereof)—Er—well, my | boy, a large swelled head; an enormous im- | pression of great and sudden wealth; a di position to fighta man twice your size; an | aptness for making the world to appear lop- | sided aud to be revolying rapidly; anv one of them may be properly called & whisky’s trait.— GOT HIS ICE-WATER BATH. St. Louts Republic. “Plesse fix me up an ice-water bath,” said Dr. Fernandez of the City of Mexico to Clerk Green of the Laclede Hotel yesterday after- noon. “We don't have them,”” said Mr. Green sym- pathetically, as he noticed the great beads of | perspization streaming down the Mexican’s face. “Can I provide an ice-water bath myself?” inquired the doctor, as he proceeded to mop his face with a fresh handkerchief. “Certainly."” The Mexican called three bellboys at once and jn shortorder a huge chunk of ice was afloatin a bathtub full of cold water. Fernan- dez remained in the tub until the chunk of | ice was melted. “Well, did you enioy your bath?” said Greeu, ' when Fernaidez appeared at the counter looking as cool as & cucumber. “Itwas good for a while, but the ice melted and then the water got so hot [ had to come out,” replied Dr. Fernande: EUT HE WASN'T. One rainy day the late Stubby Childs was on his way to the correr at which he and his {riend slways met, when he encountered a young student whose face he recognized | dimly, having seen it every day for some weeks in his morning class. ave you seen my friend?” Yes, sir,” replied the student, pausing respectfully in the midst of a mud-puddle to remove his ca ‘he is at the corner waiting for you.” “Good,” replied the professor, looking over his spectacles. “I thank vou; you may be seated!”"—Harvard Lampoon. CLEAN, ENTERPRISING, ACCU- RATE. San Francisco Wasp. The way THE CALL has chronicled the do- ings of the visiting Christian Endeavorers | cannot fail to be appreciated by their thou- sands of friends in the East. THE CALLis a clean, family journai, enterprising and accu- rn‘lefi. and deserves the success it is meeting wit ANOTHER CRANK. St. Lonis Republic. f~ A St.Louisan hes invenied a combined bicy- cle shower bath, pump and fire department, sll to be worked by a simple turning of the pedals. Is this & new way of throwing cold water on the arguments against wheeling ? BEYOND RECALL. Detroit Journal. Every time Weyler is recalled he responds with the statement that he is justsbout to an- nihilate the remaining rebeis, ana forthwith issues orders 1o massacre & few hundred women end children. RELATIVE. Washington Star. The two great difficulties which legislation has to.confront are the facts that no man pos- sesses so much wealth that he does not desire more, Dot pays so little taxes that he does not wish them less. THICK-SKINNED. Philadelphia Norih American. No matter what duties may be placed on | Great Reduction in Rates to E hides, there are some who stiil will consider ihem tough. NOT SUCH A EIG WHALE, Pittsburg News. Now let Albert Edward begin to train down for his own jubilee as the long-dista Prince of w-le;!. * it l IMPOSSIBLE. New York Mail and Express. Governor Taylor of Tennessee remarks that it is about time for the Democratic party to stop playing the fool. The Governor seems ossessed of the queer notion that it can 810p f it will. MEN AND WOMEN. Andrew Lang’s translation of Pope Leo's poem on frugality is said to be his revenge on His Holiness for putting one of his books on the Index Expu:rgatorius. Julian Story, the artist, husband of Emma Eames, is now 1n Rome at work upon & memo- rial bust of the late Lord Rendolph Churchili, which is to be placed in the members’ eu- trance to the House of Commons. The Mexican Minister and Mrs. Romero con- template spending the summer in Eastern travel, making first a stay at some pleasant seaside resort in the neighborhood of New York, atterward going to ¢he mountains. The Kansas Cify woman who declared her intention a short time ago to cross the ocean for the purpose of putting & flower on the grave of Adam, because he was one man Who followed his wife’s advice, should reflect be- tore it be too late that if Adam hadn’t done so ! she mignt have had no grave to decorate.— Kansas City Times. Ellen®Terry’s son appears as Imogen's (Miss Terry &) brother in the Lyceum cast of 'Cym- beline,” and, when the roleé demands, carries neroff the stage quite easily. [t appearsfrom an article on the actress in the Deutsche Revue that to test her son’s muscular ability to perform this feat Miss Terry made him race with her in his arms twelve times around s table. One of the most remarkable women in Penn- sylvania is Mrs. Mary Ann Cassidy of Coalport, Clearfield County, who is now 105 years of age. She was the mother of thirteen boys and five girls; nine are living and nine dead. Sue gave birth to four twins. Mrs. Cassidy was porn in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1792, emigrating with her husband and family to this country in 1845. NAPOLEANA. London Court Journal The most studied military strategist of to- day is, many will pe surprised to learn, no other than the great Napoleon. The First Consul’s battles, tactics, character and methods are eagerly studiea by officers of the British army, and his bust is to be found in manyof their rooms. MOUNT SEES THE MOUNTAIN. New York Mail and Express. Governor Mount of Indiana says one term will be enough for him. Being a practical farmer, he i3 thoroughly conviuced that ag: culture and politics won’t mix. CHOLERA MAY BE THE FACTOR. Florid a TimesUnion. Bishop Turner does not see any future for the negro in this country. And yet t wue\memn crop is reported to be as large s usual. INJUNCTIONS ARE USELESS. Washington Post. As an inventor of trouble-storage systems Eugene Debs has 1o peers. PAINTED. Even an ugly woman is as preity as she can be. 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