The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1897, Page 6

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..80.18 and Sunday CALL, one year, by mall.... 6.00 and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail. .00 £nd Sunday CALz, three months by mail 1.50 snd Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Eunday CALL, one year, by mail.. . 150 W ERXLY CALL, one year, by mail. . 350 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, fan ¥rancisco, Californta. Telophone.......... .Maln-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Ulay Bureer Telephone....... Main—-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery sireet, coraer Clay; open untl 9:80 o'clock 389 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. BW. corner Sixteenta and Mission sireets, open il § o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth straet, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open until 9:80 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty-second amd Kentucky open L1l § o'clock, CAKLAND OFFICB: 08 Brondway. FASTERN OFFICR: Beoms 81 and DAVID THE SUMMER MUNTTS, Areyoa £oing 10 the country ona_vacatfon * 11 #0, 1t 18 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to youraddress. Do not let i miss you for you will miss it. Orders given 1o the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifiy cemis per monih for summer months. Good-by, Endeavorers. Have you seen the midday Venus? Oskland was full of herself and her visitors yesterday. 1t is a pity the convention didn’t stick it out like Congre: The country voted for a new tariif and a rest, and it will soon get both. There are almost as many offers of ground for a park in the Mi-sion as there are ideas on the subj ct. Our relations with Japan are getting to be of a nature whicn will require us to act toward her like a Dutch uncie. What would it profit the United Statea to gain the sugar industry of Hawaii and sacrifice that of Califor: The snags in the way of the tariff move- ment need disturb nobody. The Republi- can party knows how to remove snags. There are a gocd many pieces of paper money circul: round town as souve- nirs of the cenvention and we are glad tc have them. ng Thne Mission park movement has reached the fork of tie road, and there will be a deel of trouble in deciding which fork it is best to take. Some of our visitors will see more of California than many pecple who were born here, but who have done their trav- eling in loreign parts, cortinues to ask Enrope *What are you going to do about it?’ He continues also to find satisfaction in the fact that he gets no answer. The Sultan The report that a lake recently discoy- red in Alaska is full of pure coal vil will never be dited until somebody puts a match to it and il'lumines the subject. This is one of the few years in our his- tory that a business revival has been noted in s mmer, and as a consequence the oul- look for the fall trade is exceptionally bright, Bryan deserves all the credit he ever re- crived as a leatber-langed, swivel-tongued orator, for he isstill traveling and talking Iikea brass-bound machine operated by a bellows. The report that scme of the visitors did not like tha weather we gave them con- firms the belief that some folks when they get to heaven will complain that their halos don’t fit. The United States wi!l be called on to export an unusually large amount of wheat (o foreign markets this yvear and thé phrase “'good as wheat’’ will have a golden sound in the mouths of the people. The efforts of the workingmen of the City 1o have tbe new Federal building erccted of Coli‘ornia material, and by the eight-hour day system of labor, ought to be encouraged and assisted by the citizens generally. The Christian deavorers came in time to see the City Hall dome completed, and perhaps by the time they return tous we will bave the new Hall of Justice ready to raise the roof to the sound of tweetl music. According to the latest revised figures there are 71,000 more women than men over 14 years of aze 1n Massachusetts, and before long the abandoned farm problem won't be a circumstance to that of the for- saken woman, Now that full reports of Altgeld’s epeech on July 4 have come 1o us, itis easy to understand why it was not tele- graphed. It was one of those stale old calamity howls of which the people have grown weary long ago. The Spanish idea that by going to war with the United States they can lose Cuba in the shuffle withouat losing their honor is cunous, and if they ever put 1t into preetice they will find it sbout the costli- est curio in the world’s market. At the Tammany celebration of the Fourth of Julv letters were received from Cleveland, Hill and Bryan. The first was hissed, the second slighted and the third cheered. The tiger, it will be seen, has cetermined to gn the whole hog on the Chicago platform. An Oregon company is said to have re- ceived an order from Paris for 5000 barrels of cured horse meat, and tnus a field has been opened for the horse industry with which the bicycle cannot compete until some nation develops a taste ior sausages made of rubber tires, As the threats of revolt in India have come wholly from Mohammedans it is believed in some quarters the movement is not so much the result of the famine as an outburst of fanatic zeal caused by the success of the Turkish Moslems in the war against Greece. The theory is that the Mohammedan pries's have persuaded their followers that Islam is about to triumph over the cross, and the zealotsare eager to begin the battle, TARIFF PROSPECTS. Until the tariff biill has been finally adopted by both houses of Congress and enacted into law by the signature of ihe President there will always be soma dan- ger that in its final form it may give in- adequate protection to the industries and interests of California. It is, therefore, sratifying to learn from J. D. Spreckels, who has just returned from Washington, that, in his judgment, the confereace committes is not iikely to change the schedule duties on citrus fruits and other products 1n which this State is deeply in- terested. In the course of an interview published in THE CaLL yesterday, Mr. Spreckels stated that he found the Kepublican leaa- ers in Congress well disposed to give favorable consideration to the claims of thesState. The members of the commit- tee, he said, were anxicus to receive all (he information that could be given, and, be added, that California has obtained about everything that her reprasentative people ask for. . It is gratifying to receive such a report of the situation at Washington. Califor- nia ‘has o many interests pecu:iar to her- self, that she had largely to make a sincle- handed fight to gain for them the needed degree of protection. The extent of these industries and interests is unknown to the average member of Congress from the Estern States, and the danger all along has been that even with the best intention in the world to do justice to California, some of the Eastern men might have done usinjury through a mere lack of in- formation on the subject. Fortunately our battle has been well managea and well fought. Our delega- tion in Congress was ably supported by men like Mr. Spreckels and others, who went to the National capitsi and took an active part in the work of educating Eastern Congressmen and bringing them to an understanding of the importance of protection to all our industries, and par- ticularly to those which are expos:d to the competition of European countries having cheap water transportatioa to the great cities of the Fast. With protection for our industries thus assured the next thing wili be to bring about an eflicient protection for the wage- workers who carry on those indust As Mr. Spreckels said in his interview The difficulties which confront the laboring men of the United States cannot by adjusted in a proper and baneficial mauner uniil laws are passed and enforced to prevent the immi- gration from foreign countries of low laborers. In this respect our work must have protection. Men who endeavor to make their homes habitable and to edlucate their children cannot compete in the labor market with the low grades of ignorant meu who have no care or thought of home and children., Protection to industry, protection to labor, These are the things which are essential to prosperity in California and of these we are now fairly well assured. We can confront the future with sanguine hopefulness, because we have at Wash- ington leaders who will shape the legisla- tion of the country in such a way as to take advantage of every favorable oppor- tunity of the time and overcome every obstacle which opposes National progress. SHEEPMEA'S OPPORTUNITY. While duly sympath g with ths Aus- tralian wool-growers in the immense loss which has justcome to them by reason of the protracted arouth the sheepmen of this couniry should be wideawake to the prospect the disaster promises of an ad- vance in the wool market. It is now a duty they owe both 10 themse!ves and to the whole community to ambitiously ex- ercise every expedient of shepherd skill to produce the heaviest fleeces this season. Every judicious forethought and every diligent care in providing for each day abundant and nutritious pasture and plenty of wholesome water will reap a rich reward. After reaching the average sumn necessary for paying running ex- penses every fraction of a pound added 10 the fleece and every fraction of a cent added to the price is clear profit. 1t is estimated the Australians will lose one-half their flocks and that these will amount to one-fifth of ail the sheep in the world. According to reports the sheep are not only dying by thousands of star- vation but they are being slaughtered for their pelts in anticipation of the failure of pasture. The reasonableness of the calcu- lation for an advance in the price of wool will b appreciated by considering what such a loss amounts to. It would take every sheep in the United States to fill up the gap made by the destruction of 50 per cent of the Australian flocks. Last year’s production of wool in the United States was, in round numbers, 272.000,000 pounds, that of Australasia was 643,000,000. The yield of the who e world was 2,582,103,000 rounds. By this world’s estimate the 50 per cent loss of Australia would be only one-ecighth of the whole instead of one- fifth, but even that might make a very profitabls margin in the market over the usual profits. The advaniage cannot lsst but a few years, for sheep reach maturity so early they can by skilled shepherding be multi- plied with marvelous rapidity. This same faciiity of multiplication, however, can be availed of by our flockmasters in produc- ing an increased amount of wool while the Australians are catching up. Competent experts estimate that the heavy importations of wool brought into the country this spring to forestall the ex- pected 1ncrease of duty under the new tariff bave already reacked an amount sufficient for the needs of the country for more than a year to come. Under :hese circumsiances our profits from the short- age of the world’s wool crop will go mainly to the importers rather than the growers of wool. Nevertheless, there will be more or less of profit toall in the business, and onr growers should be on the alert to get their share of it. JAPAN AND HAWAIL It is somewhat difficult for the Ameri- can people to give serious consideration to the claims of Japan with regard to the Hawaiian Islands. When the Japanese Minister at Washington made his protest against the proposed treaty of annexation of Hawaii to the United States it was re- ceived by the State Department with due decorum and answered with diplomatic courtesy, but the American people re- ceived it with some derision and would have answered it in that spirit had they been called upon to frame a reply. We have never regarded Japan as a power of sufficient importance in the world to be taken into consideration as a factor opposed to American progress. The success of her war against China was on the whole gratifying to our people, and we were as much pleased with her victory a3 we would . ave been to see a bantam whip a shanghai. Thers was something gratifying in the display of sufficient pluck, vim and vigor on the part of the little men of the little kingdom in defeat- ing the Chinese, but nothing in it that gave us any reason to believe that japan would rise up as a serious competitor against us for supremacy in the Pacific Ocean. It seems, however, that our opinion of | Japan is altogether different from that which the Japaness have of themselves. Flushed with pride by their easy success over one large and populous nation, they have persnaded themselves that they can achieve further triumphs over any other nation which comes in their way. Justafter the Chiuese war they showed a willina- ness to fight Russia, and some of their leaders expressed confidence in their ability to take Australia and Ceylon and drive England out of the Pacific and Indian oceans. These warlike demonstrations having been received by the Russians and the English with a degree of patience which seemed to the Japanese an evidence of submissive acquiescence, they have turned their attention to the United States, and in language diplomatic, it is true, but none the less clear, have notified us that ( they are willing to leave us on the glote 80 long as we are eontent to remain on our continent, but that if we undertake the annexation of any islands of the sea they will wipe us off the map. The reply of Secretary Sherman was of a nature calculated to restore something of good sense to the Japanese, but it does not appear to have been suflicient to ac- complish all that was needed. We are, therefore, compelled to go to the expense of sending one of our warships to the islands when it would have ~uited us just as well to have herat home, Manifestly we cannot permit Japan to be calling out our inavy on any such short notice as this. We must by some means teach her gov- erning vowers to moderate their prid: and lower their demandson therestof the world. How this is to be done is not quite clear, but perhaps the arrival of a man-of-war at Honolulu may go a long way toward accomplishing it. MISSION PAEK. The number of lots offered to the Super- visors as sites for the proposed park in tbe Mission are sufficiently numerous to afford a wide room for selection. They d ffer from one another to so great an ex- tent in size, location, form and cost as to make the decision a matier of considera- ble difficuity and it will not be until each | proposition has been thoroughly studied that its merits as compared with those of others can be accurately determined. From the prices asked for the various sites it is evident the cost of a park of anything like adequate area wiil be large. That, of course, was something to be ex- pected, for Ban Francisco soil is no longer “'dirt cheap” nor cheap dirt. It is cheaper now, however, than it is ever likely to be atany future time, and the true lesson to be learned from the sums demanded is that if we are going to” have such a park now is the best possible time to obtain the land for it. Up to this point the movement for es- hing & park for the benefit of the on district has been a singulariy har- monious one. It is recognized that the people of that section of the City ought to have a park area near their homes and commensurate with their needs. Sani- tary science has long age made it known that parks fulfiil to crowded communities more service than that of suvplying recre- ation grounds. They are essential to pub- lic health, and therefore a park in that saction of the City would be beneficial to the public at large as well as to those in its immesiiate neighborhood. Public sentiment being thus favorable to the park itis to be hoped the difficult task of selecting the site for it can be ac- complished without creating dissensions which will endanger the success of the en- terprise. There can be no question that the movement has now reached the erit- ical point of its development and that it will reqaire good judgment, unselfish pur- pose and a moderation ol method on the part of its promoters to carry it through within the near future. The peopls of San Francisco, though demanding lower rates ot taxation, are opposed not so much to the expenditure of public money as {o the waste of it. There 1s every reason to believe they will readily support the taxation necessary to achieve economically any important municiral improvement such as the pro- posed park woula be. The task of provid- ing the patk, therefore, while difficuit, is not impossible. It is time we were be- ginning a new order of things, and inaugu- rating an era in which the people will work together for the general good. If we can bring that about in the proposed work, the new park will remain for usa noble monument to mark the commence- ment of the new epoch in our municipal history, and would b2 an incentive for further improvements in the future. HAIL AND FAREWELL. Ban Francisco takes leave of the Chris- tian Endeavorers with the sincerest wish that they may have to the fullest measure all the blessings expressed in the familiar words of parting—1arewell and good-by. The coming of our guests was a pleasure to us in many ways, their stay was a profit both in a material and 1n a spiritual measure, and in going they leave us memories which will long be cherished in our homes, and recalled with pride, grati- fication and gladness. Almost every feature, not only of the convention, but of all circumstances at- teniing 11, was of a nature that is pleas- ant to look back upon. 8:ch slight d - Izcts and mishaps as occurred served only to make more notable the excelience of the management which, in handling so large a crowd under conditions that made mishaps probable, so arranged af- inirs that but few of them took place. From the railway officials who provided the means for bringing so unusual a num- ber of passengers ecross the continent to the committees who provided for their re- ception and entertainment here and for the conduct of the numerous meetings and assemblies, all are de:erving of praise. San Francisco can recall their services with gratification, for she shares in the honor of their success and willderive both glory and profit from it. We may count with satisfaction the gain we have derived from money ex- pended In our trade, from the prestige we have won as a convention city which will aid us in obtaining other National con- ventions hereafter, but beyond and above all these material benefits we will fina gratification in the moral and spiritual re- sults of the great gathering. ‘We have lived for a week under the in- fluence emanating from a host of young men and young women zealous for the moral improvement of the world. Wa have heard or read the sermons of earnest and clogquent orators, caught the verve and vigor of the guick, short sentences uttered in one-minute talks, heard the vast choruses singing their anihems of praise and of jubilee, and from each and all these have gathered inspirations which cannot fail to be helpful to us. Therefore we bid our guests farewell with a more than u-ual sincerity in the wish that they may fare weil in all their ways and in all their work—and may we also fare well in reaping the harvest of the seed they have sown. Miss Helen Gladstone wiil undertake the opening ceremony in counection with the Hotel ior Women Students, which has been erected at Bangor, near Belfast, Ireland, AN OLD PEN DRAWING BY QUEEN VIGTORIA The picture is that of “The Little Princess Victoria,” eldest child of Queen Victoria, who was born at Buckingham Palace, London, November 21, 1840. It was drawn by ber Majesty the Queen February 22, 1841, according to the legend in her handwriting, and was only lately given to the pubiic. Princess Victoria was married in 1858 to Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia, and became the mother of the present Emperor of Germany. and through her comes his claim to the succession of the Briti-h throne on the death of Queen Vietoria. PERSONAL. J. D. Sherwood of Spokane is in the City. Ex-Judge J. M. Fulweiler of Auburn is at the Lick. Dr. A. B. Jenny of Stoneham, Mass., is in | town. | P. P. Davis of Porterville is at the Cosmo- politan, George E. Goodman, the banker of Napa, is in town. Dr. and Mrs, J. B. Tenant ot Martinez are at the Grand. M. D. R. Venable of San Luis Obispo arrived here yesterday. George Smith, s vineyardist of Courtland, is a visitor here. Dr. A. H. Suggrett of Marysville is among the arrivals at the Grand. J. A. Bchiller, a mining and business man of Denver, is at the Lick. William Trewartha of Angels Camp is stay- ing at the Cosmopolitan. W. McDougall and J. E. pencer of Fresuo are at the Cosmupolitan Hotcl. George N. Fancher, president of the ¥irst Na- tiona1 Bank of Merceq, s in the City. A. M. Bergevin of Chicago, a dealer in Cali- fornia fruits, is among the arrivals here. Angus McDonald and Dr. George Grotefend; of Redding, are among the arrivals here. Mrs. J. W. Jenkins and Mrs, J. M. Barlow of San Diego are &t the Cosmopolitan Hotei. Dr. A. Tilzer and William P. Adams, an at- torney, both of Portland, are at the Graud. E. Jacobs, the owner of about 65,000 acres of grain land near Visalia, is at the Occidental. Harry Posteltbwaite, & wealthy resident of San Jose, has arrived here for a few days’ stay. 8. E. Holden, who owns interests in a bank, tanning and other things at Napa, is in thé City. L. E. Jung, a lending manufacturer of drugs of New Or.eans, has arrived here. He is at the Palace. David M. Foltz, THE CALL'S enterprising agent in New Yoik, is spending a short vaca- tion in this City. H. J. Bading, who is largely engaged in salmon-canning in Alaska, has returned here, aftera trip to the north. Mrs. Anna Biod sett of Brookline, Mass., and Miss Estell Ward of Spencer, Mass., are guests of Captain and Mrs, W. F. Mills, 2607 Fillmore street. T. E. Gates of New York, a director of the Southern Pacific and assistant to President C. P. Huntiogton, is in the Ciiy, the guestof H. E. Huatington. Raphael Weill is home aga!n. He went abroad eleven months ago and passed most of the time since in Parie. He had a good time and will make the trip sgain. J. G. Oxnard, who is prominently identified with the extensive beet-sugar factory at Chino, is among the arrivals at the Palace. He has just returned from a visit (o New York. 1. B. Peakes, who was formerly in the hotel business at Sinta Cruz, and who afterward figured at the Midwinter Fuir as “Papa” Peakes, is down from his mines in Calaveras County. S. M. Shortridge, attorney-at-law, has re. turned to the Clty from the southern portion of the Stite, where he had been attending to professional business connected with the firm of which he is a member. General Wade Hampton, United States Rail- way Commissioner, is at San Rafael accom- punied by his daughter. He ison his annual ingpsction trip, and reports the condition of the Pacific roads good, physically speaking. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N.Y, July 13.—At the St. C.oud—C. Siich, Hollind—B. Hocht. Astor—R. Knighton. Hoffmai—F. C. Siebe. Grand Usion—F. H. Clark. Be videre—Miss P. Stock- well. Paul Langen left the St. Cloud and sailed on the Saa'e for Bremen. Fred C. Siebe also salled for Germany. HOME OF GEN. LEW WALLACE. KERN, Cal,, July 12, 1897, Editor San Francisco Call: Highly appreciat- ing the accuracy of THE CALL on all subjects, Iwrite to correct a statement (that might cause some {nquirer annoyance) that the home of General Lew Wallace was Crawf{ordsville, 1L, Itis Crawfordsville, Ind., on the Indiaun, Bloomingion and Western Raiiway, some thirty miles west of Indianapolis. 1 wishto add my admiraiion for the fuirness of THE CALL in eiving 6pece to those who differ with us govmcn ly. Am a stalwart Republican, but ave great respect for such men as Jonn P. Irish ‘and Joseph Asbury Johnson. Yours teuly, J. N. THOMPSON. NEW MOVE IN BUTTER. New York Herad. The shipment of sixty tons of American but- ter to Ausiralia, by way of Vancouver, is an encouraging incident. Our dairy interests Lave been singularly slow to teke advantage of opportunitics for disposing of butter in the foreign markets. They should study the methods pursued by itile Holland. MISS MARY. 1 miss Miss Mary fum de place; She take de blossom trac: 1'1:ad de rivor steal her face En den wou’s give it back! For every time she pass 1 beah de river “Miss Mary, heah's vo’ lookin'glass— 1 wish you look dis way!” lli: fer yo' lookin'glass— dis way !” —Atiauta Constitution. - Nary, 100 SATIRICAL REPARIEE. London Tit-Bits. An anclent sage who lived when it was com- mon toerect statues to obscure persons, being condoled with that no such honor had teen conlerred upon him, replied with wit, but also with satire: *I preier 10 hear it asked whyl have no statue rether than why I had one.” A French maid-of-honor at the court of Y;Ouli XIII asked s certain marshal to marry ) You are the silliest man in court,” said she on his retusal. “‘Excuse me,” was the witty, but bitter, re- ply, “I think 1 have just proved the contrary.” A celebrated French ariist in the daysof Louis XIJI disliked painting the portraits of the laujes at the court. If he represented them as they were they accused him of not produc ng a good likeness, and if he flattered tnem then the critics asserted the abseuce of aresembiance. A Countess, whose handsome features were disfigured by the application of rouge, persuaded the artist much agaiust his will to paint her portrait. *Monsieur,” said she petulantly after two or three siitings, “'your ¢)lors are not brilliant enough for m complexion. Where did you buy them? | “Mudame,” answered the artist, “'I think they came irom the sume shop where you buy your own.” A would-be wit of Paris, with more assur- ance than braivs, offered to ‘ntroduce & young nooleman of the provinces to a lady of high rank. ‘*Allow me, madame,” said he, ‘“‘to preseut to you ihe Marquis de Tierceville, who 1s not such a fool as Le looks.” *“Madame,” replied the M.rquis, “that is precisely the difference between my friend and me.” A countryman, walking through a city sireet in which’ there were many brokers' offices, was surprised at the absence of mer- cuandite in the windows. “Monsieur, what do you se11?” he asked, stepping inio an office. *‘Asses’ heads,” answered the broker, snap- pishl . *‘Monsieur must be doing & large trade,” rejrined the peasant, laughing heartily, “for I see that he has but one ieft.” Blovens should be made to feel that neither their position nor tneir brains justify their disagreeable eccentricity. Mahoney, the Irish wit, xnown as “Father Proui,”’ once called on a literary lady, whom he found conversin, witha gentleman whose manners indicates his tamiliarity with good society, but whose apparel vetrayed his slovenliness. “Did you nit notice nis well-bred ease and court y tone?”’ asked the lady o Mahoney after the gentieman had left the room. “Yes,” growled the cynical wit, “vour friend can we 1 afford to put some polish in his manner, for he keeps none for his boots.” JAMES WHITCO~B RILEY. Sometime when you are thinkin’ of the “days 'at us . With a kind o' wore-out fancy and a hart that akes to see The gray nairs comie’ thicker, with the noontide of the day A-fadip’ to ilie sunset ani the dawn mot far away— Mayhap you'll pause a minute and look a nistant wiere The shine o’ pleasure ust to be, bu: ses it isn’t there. But yore imagination, then, will picture what has bin, And you will roam out on the farm. and woller on the green. Jist as ye did ufor: ye saw the city er the sea, 1n the olden, Fo den sunshine of th: ‘“days ’at ust to be." Afore ye romed Bohemia In sorch o' recompense, At “six words for & quarter’” dabbled on the high- way fence. It nnx;l be ll:m:. Jim Rliey, "fore ye've got toleave the toi Ov th 5 short Iife to mingle with the elements o’ i soll— But ye'il make the old ‘earth richer than she ever was before, By the songs ye sung her children In the happy days o’ yore, And she’.] siig yore old-time ditties with a glsd- ness full aud free Of the oden, guiden g ory of the “days ’at ust to ve.” 2 WirL1s WILFRED FOWLER in Chicago Times- Heraid. MEN AND WO . EN. Dr. William Nast, the father of German Methodism, c:lebrated his ninetieth birthday in Cineinnati on Tuesdsy last. Professor E. E. Barnard, the astronomer, has been elected president of the Vanderbilt Uni- versity Alumnl Association. Miss Ida Stella Hall was the only woman graduated this season from the Boston Univer- sity law school. Miss Hull has been an earnest student. Wrile in the Iaw school she has taught in the night school. Dr. James Woodiow has resigned the presi dency of the South Carolina College. Having entered upon his 70th year he considers him- self too old to longer bear the cares and re- sponsibilities of the pre-idency. The Khedive of Egypt has a private z00. He calls the animals after persous and potentates whom he hates, and when he is out of humor after a Cabinet council he makes the wretched animals pay for their namesakes. Pope Leo has opened the Borgia rooms in the Vatican after spending $100,000 on their restoration. Four years were consumed in the work, and the Pope was very anxious that it should be completed before his death. In the face of the numerous pictures which represent Queen Victoria on any and every domestic occasion with her crown on it is sather curious to learn that she has not, as a matter of fact, worn it more than tweuty times during her whole reign. Mlle, Henrfetta 8. Corradi, one of the most successful teachers of vocal music in New York City, has recently had conferred upon her the distinguished honor of the dezree of “Officier d’Academie’’ by the French Govern- ment. — PRIVATE PURSES OF ROYALTY. 1 ondon Chronicle. The offer of the King of Greece to foregoa portion of his by no means excessive civil list suggests that payment by merit or even by re- sult finds no application in the case of rulers. Ucquestionably the richest of European sov- ereigns is the Czar, who has the whole resources of Russia to draw upon, though his aciual civil list dces not exceed a mil- lion sterling. His private fortune, however, must amount to at least four times that amount., The Suitan enjoys also a large personal revenue in addition to the 2500.009 which he nominally draws from the treasury. Tle disposes of two millions annually at the very least., The German Ewp:ror is allowed something under a willion, &nd is by no means possessed of large public means. He is not -3’ Tiech as the Austrian Em- peror, whose state revenue rcaches & hi, ount. Iltaly cannot afford to pay Ki9e Humbert more Lhan £100,000, and every vear the privy purse has to muke up for Lirge deficiencies. From hix own subjects the King of Greece receives £40 000 per aunuin wnd £12,000 more is guaran.eed by England, Franc: snd Russia. Tne-incomes of the King of Portugal and the Frencn President do not exceed £50,000 a year, and President McKin- ley gets but £10,000. while the Swiss Legisla- ture provides but £500 for its chief. —— . SIGNS OF BETTER TIMES. Times are growing better. Look at the ex- cursion trains that have gome to Californin! People’ would not be spending money like thatif they were s hardup as the Tillman and White men say they are. The williog workers of America scarcely know what hard times are.—Des Moines Capital. The numbor of business failures for the first half ot the calendar year 1897 and the amount of liabllities involved are below those of the same period in 1896. This is the testimony of the commercial agencies’ tables. Here is an encouraging indication. The bank clearances and rallroad earnings show that the volume of general trade throughout the country ison the increase, while the figures of commereial mortality indicate that trade is on s solider basis than it was last year. When the normal conditions in the business world are com- pletely restored a loug period of financial prosperity may reasonably be looked for.— Globe-Democrat. Strange echoes come from distant Kansas— echoes of the voices of farmers crying for help to harvest their marvelous crops, ecaoes of reaping machines at work in the grain fields from dawn until nignt, ana of the laughter of thousands of women and children who have temporanly left their nomes to aid in gather- ing the most magnificent yleld of wheat with which the S'ate has ever been blessed. These are cheering voices to come from any State, but they are doubly assuring when they come from Kansas. They drown the gloomy fore- bodings of the demagogue aud the grumbler. They comfound the evil prophecies of the calamity howler, and they send forth to the world the inspiring message that Kansas is all right, in spite of her whiners and croakers.— New York Maii and Express. WITH YOUR COFFEE. “Was your husband sccustomed to use in- toxicating liquors to excess?” inquired the insurance adjuster. “Well,” she seid reminiscently, ‘‘he never used to paint things red, but occasionally ne would get out & pink supplement.”—Chicago Times-Herald. “You are fond of watermelons, of course,” remarked an Ohio friend to Colonel Loule Veel. “Certainly, sir, certainly,” replied the colonel. *My only objection to them is the water in their name, but they ere not re- sponsible for that.”—Lou:sville Courier-Jour- nal. “Do you believe in hypnotism?” he asked 2s he looked intently into her great brown eyes. “I must,” she answered, with all the brayery she could summon. “I know that you are go- ing to kiss me, but I am powerl.ss to protest.”” —Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Hogan—Fwy don’t yez break vourself av r-readin’ the paper out loud, Dinny? Mr. Hogin—An’ fwy shouid I do that, now? “Suppose ye was to go deef, how would you read thiu, at all?’—Indianapolis Journal. “What is it, Johnny?” “] want to know, memms, why they call this 'rithmetic a textbuokx. I've looked all through it, an’ there ain’t no texts in it no- where.”’—Chicago Tribune, “You men,” complained Mrs Wiggins to her husband, “have no idea how much we women suffer in silence.” «Under the conditions you have named,"” responded Wiggins, “I am constrained to be- lieve that you suffer but very lttle.”—Ohio State Journal. “He's had a most remarkable career, hasn’t he?” “Indeed, he has.” “It has been pretty well ventilated, too, hasn’t 12" “Fairly well; but it ought to be fumigated also.”—Chicago Post. “‘We can't affora to go through this world with gloomy faces. ” “Not much we can’t; if we do we make our creditors think that we are getting ready to fati, and they will jump on us.’—Chicago Record. THE LATEST INVENTIONS, To prevent horses from getting the reins under their taill a wire fender is attached to the crupper sirap with loops through which the reins siip. Pneumatic typewriters are being placed on the market, the keys being a series of soft rub- ber bulbs opening into pipes with valves at the opposite ends to force the type levers to strike the paper. Words can be counted on a typewriter by a new mechanism, which has an operaiing lever attached (0 the space-bar to work the mechanism of the counter as the space is formed after each word. To file a saw evenly a new guide has & frame which carries the file in the conter and two parallel strips at the sides which rest on the teeth of the saw and keep the file from ulting and cutting the teeth uneven. Emergency brakes for rzi road and trolley cars have a lever on the platiorm of the cir to be depressed and force & toothed wheel down into the ground or against & roughened surtace at the side of the track. Trolley wheels are 10 be oiled automatically by placing tubes in the wheel to connect an oil chamber ia the hub with the axle of the wheel, so that the ofl will flow out as the wheel revolves on the wire. To strengthen weak ankles when skating a new device is formed of a brace running up the side of the leg with clamps for the ankie and atiached to the skate at the heel, thus keeping the ankle from twistiog or tuining. To prevent flies from biting horses on the under side of their heads a new insect shieid is formed of a rilbed frame to which cloth is attached, the frame being of such shape as to gz the norse’s head tightly and exciude all es. A handy device for use in the bath tub con- sists of a soup und sponge holder, having curved wires fastened together to form a basket for the sponve, the upper ends of the wires coming together Lo grasp & porcelain tray for the soap. A combination for hotels and restaurants is achair which has & box under tne seat 10 holl a pair of standards which can be at- tached to the front of the cbair for the jeet 1o rest on while a customer is having his boots blacked. Doors in the dining-rooms of hotels and restaurants can_be automatically oyened by a new device, consisting of & lever attached to }he bo‘dmmlor Ihllah dgnr, to be pressed by the oot and unlatch thedoorand sw. the same time. HDEASopeiiat e e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. UNITED STATES BoNDS—J. F. M., Sargents, Cal. blands‘!..;ll b‘undsxol the United States either in coin or la: e T lawful money of BeSTED CORBETT—S., City. James J. Corbett and MacDoneld, the baseball umpire, had a difficulty in this City at one time and came to blows. The basebail umpire bested the ex- champlon. SANDWICH ISLANDS J. B., City. What are now kuown as the Hawailan Islands were named tne Sandwich Islands by Captain Cook, the navigator, for the Esrl of Sandwich, who was the First Lord of the Admiralty at that time. ENGAGEMENT RING — A. 8., Gibbonsville, Lemhi County, Idaho. If a girl is willing to marry, butis not engaged, she should wear a ring on the index finger of the left hand; if engaged on the second finger of the same hand. If she marries she wears it on the third finger of the left hand. AMERICAN—G. A. M., City. American is a term that signifies a nalive of the western hemisphere, siecifically a native of North America. The na ‘was originally applied to the aboriginal races discovered by the Euro- peans, but now to the descendantsof openns bornin America, and in the more restricied or sense to the citizens of the Unite in the latter sense any person born in ates, or one Who is a legally c | zen ihereof, i an America e itre true American ls the abo gineand his direct d_scendants. Wrips—C. H., Monrovia, Cal. This depart. ment can ot advertise. the locaton of manufactories of whips/ nor will it adveriise any Lusiness or firms. Correspondents s ing information that involves in ihe reply an advertisemens should inclose a sell-addressed and stamped envelo; opular Eldton. the United THE MINT—A. §., Dixon, Cal. The time for examinations for the United States branch int in this City under civil service rules hag :lnlln)l'e( been announced, For information in Tegard to the examination address the secres tary of the examiners at the Miat, San Fran. cisco. A i LeeAL TENDER—Subscriber, City. Silye dollars of the United States are legal tender any amount unless otherwise stipulated in the contract; subsidiary coins arc logal tender in sny sum not to exceed $10, and minor coins are legal tender in sums not exceedis 25 cents. g BRYAN 1IN CoNGREss—CALL Reader, Modest Cal. William J. Biy served in the F second and Fifty-third Congresses, and was office from December 5, 1892, 1895. On the 29(h of Augu of Indana introduced a bill which contained a provision, which is generally known as the “repeal of the Sherman act.”” It is in ke lowing words: L at 86 mueh of the act approved July.14, 1890, entitled “*An act directing the purchass o1 siiver bullion and issue Of treasury ne es thereon, and for otner purposes,” as d the Secretary of the Treasury to pur from time to time silver buliou the aggrezate amount of 4,500,000 ounces, or so much ‘hereoi s may be offered i each month at the market price thereof, not exceeding $1 for 361.25 grains of puresilver, and fo issus in payment for such purchases o treasury notes of the Uni’lvd States, be, and e same 18 herehv repeaied.” mOnll’;l‘e 1st of November the bill, haviog been in the meantime in the Senate, came 1p &galin in the House and was carried by 193 ayes to 66 noes. Bryan voted “uny.” n SAMPLE OHIO SILVERITE. Inaianapolis Journal It now turas out that the Democratic can- didate for Governor in Ohio isa coal operator who has had his full share of experience with strikes, and once called upon Governor Foster for miliiia_to defend his property against strikers. Very naturally, he ix a silverie, since a depreciated dol ar may affor1 him the means to pay miners less than they LOW re- ceive. A HAND IN THE JACKPOT. Indian,polis Journal The manufacturers of p.aying-cards are doubtless mistaken in thinking that & tax on their product will kill their industry. Indus- tries like card-playing are not so easily kilied. During the war every pack of playing- cards was taxed from 1 to 2 cents, according to quality, vet card-playing trippea aiong quite cheerfuly. THOUSA al. glace fruit, all ready, packed in handsome baskets, at Town- send’s. No waiting. Palace Hotel building. * -~ Fprerar information daily to manu rary, business houset and public men by the Prasy Clpping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgome:y. - You cannot give your East- nt than Townsend's c a pound, 1h elegant Hotel Buildinz. * ENDEAVORERS ern friends a nicer pri California Glace Fruit; 5 fire-etched boxes. Falece - —————— Nowind on the bay in the mornings. Just right for a three hours’ trip around the bay an the steamer Ukirh. Leave Tiburon ferry at 9:30 every morning this week. Tickets 50 cents, children between 5 and 12 years of axe 25 cents. 5 —-——— BRITAIN'S SUGtSIDIES. 3lobe-Democrat. The large subsidy to the naw trans-Atlantie Iine to Canada is given under the express con- ditions that the steamers shall touch’at no portiof the United States. For a free-trade country, Eugiend manages to get in a good many strokes of 1 protective nature. $25 Kate to Chicago via the Greas tanta Fe Koute. The low rates made for Christian Endeavorers will be open to the public as well. An opporiu- nity to visit the Esst never before enjoyed by ffornians. Pullman Paiace Lrawing-room ing-cars of the latest pattern. Modern uphols tourist sleeping-cars run daily through from Vak land pler 10 Chicago. See time-table in advertis- ing column. Sen Francisco ticketoflice 644 Mar<ov street, Chronicie Lui ding, ‘eicphone Muin.idsk Cakiand, 1118 Lrosdway. SR g e Great Reduction in Kates to Eastern Citles Via Svonset Route and Pledmont Alr Line. Only $38 25 to Washington and Baitimore; Philadel- phia $39 25: New York, $40 25, and Boston §4 Correspondingly 10w rates to other points. Ou route operating personaily conducted tourist cars San Francisco to Washington, D. C., without change. For further iniormation call on or address C. L. HOPKINS, Pacific Coast Passenger Agent, 621 Market strset, San Francisc g Minneapolls and cago. Tickets wiil be on fale July 12 to the 17th. Gool fnallimlt, Augusg 15; stopover allowed. It'sa splendid opportunity to take a trip to Chicago aad stopoff at the famous Yellowstone Park. Send 6 cents in stamps for illustrated book, *Wonder- land,” toT. K. Stateler, general agent Pacific Rallway, 658 Market street, San Fri «3frs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" Has been used over fitty yoars by mlllions ot mothers for their chiidren whiie Teethin fect success. 1t soothes the child, soften allays Pain. cares Wind Colic, rezulates and s the best remedy for Diarrhceas, wWhether aris- ing from tee-hing or other causes. kor sale by drug lsts In every part of the worid. Bo sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25C a botua ————— Eeduced Eates for All To the East via the kio Grande Western Rallway, passing through Utah and Colorado by daylignt. ‘Through cars by all tralns. Tickets, sleepiug-car reservatious and full information furnished at 14 Montgomery s reet. ik 8 PR YRR CoroNADO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dry, soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickats, by st sbip, including fitteen days board ai the Hoteldel Coronado, $60; longer stay §2 60 per day. App.y, 4 New Montgomery s'reet, San Franclsco. A — For jaundice and liver complaint, Ayer’s Pills are better than any other. They do not contain s particle of calomel. By by e PHANTASMAGORIA. Kansas Cluy Times. Fally a thousand persons have already seen the Barnato heirship, and esch onme has ob-- served that it is coming in his direction. $32 50 to KEW TO-DAT. IRGONALT 0K WHISKEY Is Five Years - In Wood . Before Bottling. 411 Market St San Francisce. -