The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 23, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1897. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. RIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sund by carrier..§0.15 . 8.00 .00 ALL, ODC We "AL1, One year, by mall “ALL, six months, by mail.. three months by mail 1.50 v and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 day CaLL, one year, by mall . 1.50 1.50 BUSINESS OFFICE: %10 Market Street, San ¥rancisco, Californfa. Telephore.......... Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telepbone.......... e Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery sireet, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. 39 Hayes street; open until 8:30 o'clock, L street, open until 9:30 o'clock. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets, open unt ck. 518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o'clock. 505 Polk street; open un o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty-second and Kentueky streets; open till § o'clock OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. FEASTE Rooms 31 and DAVID X N OFFICE: THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Areyon going 1o the country ona_vacation * &0, it 1 no trouble for us to forward THE your address, mise it. Business Office will recelve prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifty cents per monta for summer months. 1t "ALL to Do not let it miss you for you will Orders given to the carrier or left at The mining trade should be ours, It is a good thing we annexed Alaska. We are promised the tariff bill to-day. Now is the time to expand our com- merce. — The whole world appears to be coming our way, and coming at once. The clean-ups of the Klondyke are large, but those of Wall street are larger. The gold fields that have been discov- ered are good, and there are others. It will be the best tariff we ever had, and that means the best times we ever had. The next great American monument should be erected to Seward, who bought Alaska for us when we didn’t want it. America will be called upon this year to furnish the rest of the world not only with wheat but with the gold to pay for it. The talk of the gold Democrats about returning to politics is worth about as much as Sullivan’s talk of returning to the ring. Weyler says: *‘My first thought always isthe glory of Spein.” So it seems his cruelty is the result of taking a second | thought. All sorts of American securities went down under four years of Cleveland, but four months of McKinley has caused them to rise again. Those who are thinking of, going to the Kiondyke should bear in mind that even | in the first rush it was not everybody who | struck pay gravel. The music of the concert has been too much for the Sultan after all, and he has about decided to get out of Thessaly to get rid of the band. The report that some of New York's Four Hundred are going to the Klondyke is not wholly surprising. The Klondyke is British, you knrow. 1f the concert of Europe under British lead succeeds in getting the Turks out of Thessaly, the Suitan may organize one of his own to get the British out of Egypt. The lucky miners will take notice that California is the best place in the world in which to settle down and enjoy a changs from the boreal-blasted climate of the frozen zone. Sir Julian Pauncefote is trying his hand at another arbitration treaty, and while it is a good deal like a game of solitaire, it seems to amuse the oid gentleman and do=s no Warm. The Alaskan gold-fields are very good for these degenerate days, but they will have to fncrease their output a good deal before they equal the California placers in the brave days of old. Ex-Governor Cumpbell is reported to have said: “Ohio will go for free silver this year by the mere force of gravity.” It is evident from this the ex-Governor be- lieves the State is going down hill. If Rockefeller succeeds in combining the sugar business with the oil business, he may arrange for making a sweet-oil combination that will enable us to culti- vate the olive tree for ornament only. It is said the deepest shaft in the world is one of 4900 feet in a copper mine in Michigan, and as the ore at the bottom is worth $8 a ton it has not yet got below the level of profits and is being deepened every day. An experimenter in Florida is said to have devised a method by which anounce of sugar candy can be made from eight ounces of watermelon pulp, and if the process is of commercial value the melon patches of the future will bave millions in them. The heavy importations of coal under the low duties of the Wilson tariff help 1o explain the small wazes paid thé coal- miners, and now that better protection is to be given the industry the strike should be settled by conceding better pay to the workers. The doctrine of protection is now recog- nized as right in all sections of the Union and by intelligent men of all parties, so another Republican principle becomes in- corporated permanently in the laws of the Nation and passes out of the arena of par- tizan strife. One set of Canadians are clamoring for the exclusion of American labor from the Klondyke and another set are asking permission for their ships totrade between Alaskan ports as freely as American ships. The Canadian gall is evidently a duplex arrangement. The story about the Kansas City offi- cials putting convict women in men’s clothes and setting them to break rock has been exploded. The City Council discussed the matter, but the women of the commu- nity got after the Councilors and made them drop it. THE ALASKAN TRADE. 7 Dispatches from Seattle announce that trading companies are being organize in that city to carry zoods to Alaskan ports for the Klondyke country, and that sevaral rew transportation companies will soon engage in the business. It is announced further that every steamer on the Sound which can safely make the trip is being put in commission. Another dispatch from the same city states that wholesale houses there are re- ceiving orders from Eastern cities, notably from New York, Chicago and Cincinnati, to furnish mining outfits to parties of from 200 to 500 men. taken and every arrangement is being made by the enterprising merchants of Seattle to obtain every doliar of profit that there is in the trade. Itis possible that much of the Alaskan trade may have its center in the Pucet They are much nearer to the northern ports than is 8an Francisco, and moreover they have the advantage of an almost entirely land-locked waterway from These advantages will enable them to obtain a large part of the traffic, and also to provide for shipping it in vessels which could not make the deep-sea voyage that is required from this City. nowever, they are not sufficient to overcome those which we can oppose to them iI our merchants and ship-owners will exert a due amount of energy. We have the superiority of larger capital, larger commercial houses, more ex- perience in the business of providing miners’ outfits, a fuller and more varied assort- ment of all the articles of food and manufactures which are needed and richer ana Sound cities. the Sound to Juneau. more powerful combinations of merchants paign for the trade. to lose in preparing to make use of them. The Alaskan trade is worth making preparations for on a larce scale. Large asis the rush to the Klondyke this summer it The lateness of the season will prevent many from going at this time, who will be sure to make the trip as soon as navigation opsns next After the first rush there will be a continuous traffic to and fro, as there was in the case of California after the rush of 1849. will opeii a way for the development of quartz mining, and the.gold output will in- | crease rather than diminish for some yéars to come. large but a long continued business, and the merchants of San Francisco should be- gin at once to make arrangements to profit by it. be 2 matter of a single season. wiil be still larger next spring. vear. Moreover, San Francisco owns nearly all the ships engaged in the coasting trade and is better prepared to handle the new traffic. With these forces on our side we can overcome the disadvantage of distance and the lack of a landlocked waterway 1f we set ourselves resolutely to the t These orders are being Important es are these advantages, and manufacturers to conduct the cam- k of doing so, but we have no time It will not Increased facil s for transportation It is going to be not only a THE LOGAN MONUMENT. The unveiling of St. Gaudens’ heroic statue of General John A, Logan at Chi- cago yesterday was an historically im- portant and impressive occasion. The Queen City of the lakes paid a magnifi- cent tribute to the memory of that splen- did son of Illinois whom the world has recognized as the greatest voluntear sol- dier of the Civil War, The President of the Nation, the Gov- ernors of many States, representative statesmen, veterans of the Grand Army, the Army of the Tennessee and the Loyal Legion, troops of the United States and a gathering of citizens from far and near joined in doing bonor to Logan’s fame and name, Logan was worthy their praise and admiration. His most enduring monu- ment is on the immortal pages of his country’s history. It was Logan’s fate, like that of other great men, to be fully appreciated by his fellow-citizens only after he had passed away. It wasthat genins of American statesmanship, James G. Blaine, who saia, “While there have been more illustrious military leaders in the United States and more iilustrions leaders in legislative halle, there has, 1 think, been no man in this country who has combined the two careers in so emi- nent a degree as General Logan.” When the alarm of war sounded along the Potomac, Logan left his seat in Con- gress, overtook the troops that were marching out of Washington and fought heroically in the opening battle of the rebellion. His war record was a brilliant one. At Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Corinth, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, the siege of Vicksburg, at Resaca and Kenesaw Mountain, he won deathless renown; and his able services in the lower house of Congress and in the United States Senate ranked him as one of the foremost states- men of his time. It is appropriate that Illinois should give this lasting testimony in bronze and marble to ner love for the man who in field and forum shed luster on that com- monwealth in which he was fairly idolized, and she may boast with pride that among her glorious gits to the Nation was John A. Logan. SANTA OLARA SHIPMENTS. While California fruits are scoring tri- umphs in the markets of the East and the demand is brisk in all directions, it is rather gratifying to know that shipments from our fruit and wine centers are unus- ually heavy, and that while our orchard- ists are reaping the golden benefits of the victories achieved by our fruits over the fruits of New Jersey and Delaware in favor of which a prejudice existed until recently in the Atlantic States, our Cali- fornia wines are becoming more popular every day and their steady sales are bring- ing a large revence to the credit of our grape-growers and wine-makers, From Santa Clara Valley comes, per- haps, the most astonishing news of big overland shipments. According to the San Jose Mercury last week’s shipments from the Garden City amounted to 744,470 poupnds, and it is asserted that if such in- crease continues tbroughout the year the totals of previous years will look very smail in comparison. As against the above-mentioned figures for the week end- ing July 19 the record for the correspond- ing week of 1896 was only 182,970 pounds, or less than 25 per cent of last week’s showing. Of course these overland ship- ments included wine and all kinds of fruit—green, canned and dried—but while the green fruit shipments are not consid- ered heavy, the total being 139,080 pounds, these figares arc, nevertheless, more than five times as great as those of the same week last year, when only 26,130 pounds leit San Jose. Fruit-dealers aver that prospects were never better for good prices. Lastyear the Eastern fruit crop was immense, and the consequence was that California fruit brought low prices. Not only that, but many carloads of Eastern apples were shipped into this State to be sold in com- petition with the apples of the coast. All that is changed now, for there is a fruit shortage in the East, and hence prices have an upward tendency. For our canned goods and wines the demands are greater then ever. The farmers, with their high- priced grain, wiil nave lotsof company in their prosperous day, jor the fruit- growers and wine-makers also see the best kind of times ahead. The German War Office has shown by successful tests that carrier-pigeons turned loose on the British coast will make their way back to stations on the Rhine, but there remains to be shown any means by which a German army landed on those sheres could ever get back to sweet Bingen again. The report of the capture of a pigeon carrying a silver ring stamped ‘North pole, 142 west, 47.62," is all that some peo- ple need to convince them that the north pole has been discovored, that it is 142 feet high, is inclined westward and in diameter is 47 inches at the top and 62at the bot- tom. Itis reported that there are fifty-seven Irog farms in successful operation in vari- ous parts of the United States, and event- ually the frog industry may be ‘almost equal to the spring chicken business, ASSAULTS ON UNCLE SAM. The attempts of the political press of England to prejudice the United States in European public opinion prove nothing more clearly than the fact thut the Ameri- can Republic has become & mighty factor in the affairs of the world, and that Uncle Sam's power is fully recognized abroad. If we object to being bulldosed and ins:st upon our ri;hts, we are called arrogant. Because we demand fair treatment for American shippers in conformity with our treaty rights and privileges from Ger- many, England and France, we are callea “insolent.’ Very weil. The frothy language of the foreign press will not disturb the mental equilibrinm of Uncle Samuel. He is able to take care of himself at any and all stages of the game. He isn’t hankering after war, but he isn't going to be bluffed out of his rights by any means, and he Is determined to maintain his rights, no matter what it costs. This European newspaper talk is even ratber humorous. The arrogance and insolencs have all been on the other side, and it is amusing to hear an English news- paper call this peaceful, humane Nation ‘‘grasping,” when that term is commonly understood as belng peculiarly synony- mous with British policy the world over. But we can stand all this so long asit amounts to nothing more serious than newspaper warfare. Uncle Sam’s direct speech may not please the ears of forelgn diplomats ac- customed to studied circumlocuticn, but he says what he means and he can’t be misunderstood, and he will be fqund on top at the end of the difficulty, if his record in the past offers any safe basis for judgment. THE SICK MAN SURRENDERS, The Sultan is reported to have acceded tothe demands of the powers and agreea to evacuate Thessaly and accept the fron- tier mapped out for him by the military attaches of the foreign embassies., Ttere should be no great obstacle now in the way oi'beace negotiations, it would seem, and yet it is believed that every possible excuse for delay will be availed of to keep the army of the Turks in Thessaly for months to come. The contention is being emphasized in European diplomatic circles that it is an inviolable principle of Islam not to aban- don territory conquered by the swordand itis declared that it would not be surpris- ing to learn shortly that Abdul Hamid, fearing to arouse thc Mussulman spirit, is unable to order the retreat of the victori- ous army. So that, in spite of the Sul- tan’s expressed acquiescence to the will of the concert, there can be no positive as- surance that the army will leave Thessaly without more trouble. It may be that, after all, the powers will have to teach the Turks a lesson with sword and gun. The ‘authentic'’ stories of the late Turko-Grecian war are now finding their way into print. They show that while the Greeks were cowards the Turks were by no means heroes. There was but one battie of any consequence fought dur- ing the whole campaign. In all the rest of the reported engagements, the truth is said to be that the Greeks fled at the first fire, while the Mussulmans then satdown and enjoyed the flight of the Greeks, and af- ter a few days of rest moved on a few miles to scare the Greeks again. It is further claimed, in fact, that the Turkish army is not so strong or efficient as it was thought to be. Nevertheless, the Eu- ropean nations have treated the ruler, whose scimeter reeks with innocent Chris- tian blo~ 1, with as much deference in his annoying delays as if he had power enough to make matters interesting for all the forces of Christendom. JULY IN THE EAST. When weather gits like this, it's calkilated to excuse A man fur tryln’ language that he doesn’t mostly use. It’s nonsense to be offerin’ to relievea man that squirms Beneain the broilin’, blisterin’ sun with sclentific terms. 'rneylm-y tell of “‘dlathermancy,” explainin’ how 3 acts, But 1t don’t make no apology fur downright bot- tom fact . For when you've finished readin’, ‘bout the only thing you've got Is the solemn proposition that 1t's all- tired hot! These technical expressions has their drawbacks, as you'il find; They do all right fur matt lleve the miad. This “atmosplierio pressure” s ea but they don't re- Pphrase that orter p But the pressure on yer feelin’s s the thing you wanter ease. They kin talk of “aqueons vapor with benevolent designs, And amuse us by the picters drawed with *dsother- ma lines.”” But with me, the only words that re’ly seems to touch the spot. Is the candid declaration that ft's all- hot! shington Star. ROENTGEN AND HIS RAYS. Lancet. Professor Roentgen has again made a com- munication to the Royal Academy of Bciences on his great discovery. He siates that while the X rays are passing through the air they traverse it in every direction. When a plate impervious to the rays is placed between a fluorescent screen and & source of the rays, so that the screen is overshadowed by the platé, the platinocyanide of barium nevertheless be- comes luminous, and this luminosity is visible even when the screen lics directly upon the plate, so that one might imagine that some rays had traversed the plate; but if the screen | of glass the fluorescence becomes weaker and diupsenn completely when ig glass ia re. placed by a cylinder of lead 0.1 centimeter (equals 1-25 of ‘an 1nch) in thickness surround- ing the fluorescent screen. Professor Roentgen's exvlanation of this Phenomenon is that X rays emanate from the irradiated air. He considers that if our eyes were as sensible to the X rays as to ordinary light the appearance would be as if a candle were burning in a room filled with tobacco smoke., Professor Roentgen hus, moreover, invented a new apparatus for measuring the intensity of the X rays. He has succeeded in ascertaining by means of this apparatus that the intensity of the rays is influenced: (1) by toe course of the primary current; (2) by the interposition ot the Tesla transformer; (3) by the rurefaction of the airin the tube, anda (4) by some other agencies 1ot yet known. He concludes: (1) that the rays issuing from a discharging apparatus consist of & mixture of T | placed on the plate is covered by a thick piece ravs of different absoroability and intensity; (2) that the combination principally depends on the course of the discharging current; (3) that the absorption of ihe rays varies accerd- ing to the absoroing medium, and (4) that as the X rays are produced by the cathode rays, and have similar fluorescent, photographic and electrical qualities, it is very probable :hM they ere both phenomena of the same na- ure. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. When the morning sun of July 29 is 25 minutes above the northeastern horizon early Tisers may nolice that it does not possess its usual symmetry, but that on the right-hand side of the upper point the circularity of tne luminous disk is incomplete. Soon it will be- come evident that the missing section creates a well-defined curve, enlarging each moment until the sun assumes a crescent form, nearly four-tenths of it being invisible, a8 shown in the fllustration. From 6:15 A. . it will begin to rezain in size, the missing section being toward the lower edge, when at 7:8 A. M. the roundness of the orb is completely restored. As is well known this unusual phase is not due toany solar deformation, but to the faci that a dark body gliding eastward between the earth and sun temporarily obstructs oir view of the disk. Technically, the sun will be partially eclipsed by the new moon, the first contact taking place at 245 degrees and the last con- in the Maxwell House and found him playing oker. I tried to get him to quit the game ong enough to tell me what the situation was 501 could}rxoceed intelligently and with some system. Hedismissed me rather curtly with the assurauce that he would cee mein two hours, When the two hours were up I went back to his room and he was opening jack- pots with the same interest he d:splayed at first, Isatbehind him and told him of what appeared to be some dangerous inroads the opposition were making on him and urged him with all the force at my command to get to work and checkmate his enemies. “‘Finally he turued on me impatiently and said: ‘Treadway, these fellows are the best poker players I have run up against since the war, and I would not_quit this game while I 2m loser to be sent back to the United States Senate’ ‘How much are you loser?” I in- uired. Tne Senator counted his chips care- ully, and then said: ‘Tam 35 cents bebind now, and was only 20 cents when you came back. You have bothered me so much with | your talk that 1 haven't been able to keep up with the game as I ought to. The sooner you get out of here the sooner 'll get even. Then I'll see wnat my enemies are doing.’ _ “The game went on all that night without interruption, and 1t was neariy breakfast time before the Senator got even. He showed up in the dining-room looking as fresh and vig- orous ss if he had had a good night's rest. and devoted the entire day 1o straightening out the Benatorial tangle.” At night he goi the same party in his 10oom again, and they re- sumed their game with the esgarness of gam- blers playing for high stakes. I learned | afterward that during the ehtire series of games not as much as $5 changed hands.” MAKE JOURNALISN A PROFES- S10 New Unity. We welcome the efforts ol our universities to teach journalism in its highet branches. But it must be understood that the curriculum shall be broad, informing and stimulating. It should include history, especially American history; not party history only, but social and political history in the broader sense. Itshould include ecozomics and currency, and the his- tory of the same. Itshould cover the history of the church and the school, as well as o Government and governmental institutions. It should familiarize young men with high ideals, like Washington, Jefflerson, Medison and Lincoln. But in doing so there should be a thorough study of the master works of these SOLAR ECLIPSE JULY 29, 1897. tactat141 degrees from the north point of the solar disk, measured through the east point. At sunrise the north point is far to the east of the upper point or vertex, though the rotation of the earth gredusliy brings them into correspondence 8t noon. While the interesting phenomenon will be visibie as & partial eclipse, of greater or less extent, over a-large portion of ihe earth, about 10,000 miles in length and 4000 in widtn, extending diagonally from the Nortn Pacific to the South Atiantic Ocesn, centrally through this tractlies a path averaging 25 miles in width where may be seen the beauti- ful phase called an annular eclipse. This favored path, in following the south- erly direction corresponding with the moon’s descending node, will shadow the mountains and plains of Mexico ina line from west to east, and, touching the northern shores cf Cuba, will curve by the Windward Islands and St. Rogue on the coast of Brazil. The recent annular eclipse which occurred on February 1 of this year was only visible as such in the Southern hemisnhere, and s this phase lacks the great scieniific importance of kxulnl eclipse expeditions are rarely sentout v observation. Fotunately, however, the observatory of Agua Caliente, Mexico, is situ- ated near the track of this fleeting vision of beauty, so that it will be astronomically viewed from at least one locality. 5 Beginning and ending as an ordinary partial eclipse, the annular phase occurs when the centers'of the two orbs correspond and the dark Junar disk is wreathed not with sunlizht merely, but with the circumference of the glowing sun itself. This vivid combination is one’of nature's most adroit feats. Though 93,000,000 of miles apart, still they hang in the heavens as if but one orb, a sun girt moon, a natural mosaic of opacity and radiance. The annulus, or ring, may be of any width, from that of & mere momentary glimmer to & distinct border of 1 min, 37 sec., in angular measure, lasting several minutes. The 29th inst. will be favored with the choicest view, as a luminous border 25 sec. in width, yielding only one-twentieth the light of the full disk, may allow the sun’s outer corona to glimmer faintly over the shadowed landscape, and a duration of from one toone and a half minutes cannot fail to arouse the attention even of drowsy Mexico and of war-worn Cuba. A border of sundisk of 25 sec., in linear measure, is 11,000 miles wide, but appareit size is only a matter of distance. Though the moon in the point of its orbit nearest to the earth appears larger than the sun, even when thatorb has its grealcst apparentsize, when both are most distant the lunardisk issmaller, thus leaving scope for several variations of eclipse phrse besides Lhose arising from the position of the lunar node. In a total solar eciipse the shadow of the moon touches the earth, but in the annular phase this cone-haped appendage terminetes at a distance that on some occasions may equal 21,000 miles, but in the approaching eclipse it sweeps aioft a8 few thousand miles, Though California gains & view of but & par- tial obscuration of the sun, these details may be of interest, as it will be some years before an annular eclipse revisits this part of the globe. Rose O'HALLORAN. JOHN SHERMAN'S FIRST MEET- ING WITH LINCOLN: Chicago Times-Herald. Secretary Sherman says he never will forget his first meeting with a President, It was shortly after Lincoln’s inauguration andshe attended a public reception, fell into line,and waited an hour or two for a chance to shake hands with the great emancipator. “During this time,” says Mr. Sherman, “I was wonder- iug what I should say and what Lincoln would do when we met. Atlastitcame my turn to be presented. Lincoln looked atme a moment, extended his hand, and said: *You're 2 pretty tall fellow, aren’t you? Stand up here with me, back to back,and let’s see which is the taller.” “In another moment I was standing back to back with the greatest man of his age. Natur- ally I wes quite ubashed by this unexpected evidence of democracy. “‘You're from the West, arn’t you? inquired Lincoln, “‘My home isin Ohio,’ I replied. I thought 80, he said, ‘that’s men they raise out there.” ¢ the kind of HARRIS’ LOVE OF POKER. Wouldn’t Quit the Game to Insure His Retura to the United States Senate. st. Lonis Republic. “The best poker player Tennessee ever de- veloped is dead,” said Major A. L. Treadway of Memphis. *“Irefer toSenator Isham Green Harris, who died at Washington Thursday. 1 knew the old statesman 1ntimately for more than forty years, and I never heard of his get- ting up from a poker game a cent loser. He loved the great American game &s much as he loved politics. Few evenings slipped by dur- ing the last forty years when he didw’t in- dulge his fondness for the sport if it was at all possible 10 make up a game. He never played for high stakes; 25 cents was usually the limit of his games, and he was never known to go over 50 cents. He used to declare that poker was essentially a gentleman’s game, but when it was played jor high stakes 100 severe a strain_ was put on gentility for the good of both the players and the game. “Senator Harris, you know, looked more like a Chinese mandarin than_ Caucasian, and he seemed to be proud of it. It was probably his wonderfully immobile face ihat made him such a successiul poker player. 1 have watched him by the hour when playing and I never once saw the least change of expression on his face. When he was last elected to the Senate in January, 1895, the opposition made a big demonstration to frighten him. He hurried from Washington to Nashville and assumed Personal direction of his forces. The papers said 50 much about the fight being mude on him thatI became frightened, quit my busi- ness and went up to Nashville to help him out. “‘When Iarrived there I hurried to his room great minds. It should lay deep moral prin- ¢ ples of social obligation. It should lift the young man above partisanship into a true na- ttonality. Tt should not be cither conservative or radieal, but it should be both. It should place the student in sympathy with ell the in- dustries, agriculture and commerce as well as manufactures. In this way, and this alone, can journalism take 1ts trué place as the chief power for bauilding the future of & great na- tion. ' PERSONAL. W. J. Dickey, a Fresno merchant, is at the Occidental. Ex-Judge Hewel of Modesto is on s visit to San Franciseo. L. R. Fancher, the Merced banker, is regis- tered at the Lick. Dr. J. W. Robertson of Livermore is a guest at the Occidental. Judge J. M. Fulweller of Auburn is registered at the Lick House. J. C. Mogk, a prominent grain man of Co- lusa, is stopging at the Graud. E. 8 Ward. a commercial traveler from San Jose, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. P. Bass, prominent in the mining circles of Sonors, is a guest at the Lick House. Thomas R. Bard, a capitalist and ofl-refiner of Hueneme, is registered at the Occidental. Ben L Salomon, clerk of Department 6 of the Superior Court, hasreturned from his vacation. James A. Ward, manager of the Fresno base- ball team, is registered at the Cosmopolitan. H. A. Schram, one of the largest winemak- ers of St. Helsna, is registered at the Baldwin. George Warren, a prominent dry-goods mer- chant of Portland, isat the Baldwin, with his wife. A. H. Arnold of Colusa, & prominent rancher of that section, is stopplag at the Occidental Hotel. Sig Harris, a well-known merchant of Seat- tle, is in the City. He is stopping at the Baldwin. The Miases L. M. and R, Wolf of Lathrop are in the City, and are smong the guests at tae Cosmopolitan Hotel, A. P. Johnson, a prominent mining man of Sounora, came to the City yesterday. He is stopping at the Lick. A. Grant, a railroad contractor of Albu- querque, is visiting this City, accompanied by hisson. They are at the Palace. G. W. Morgan, a hotel proprietor of Dun- can’s Mills, is in the City, He is making his headquarters at the Grand Hotel. T. C. Poling, & well-known business man of Quiney, 111, is on a visit to this City with his wife. They are quartered at the Occidental. H. W. Postlethwait, who is largely inter- ested in mining in Shasta County, was among the arrivals at the Occidental Hotel yesterday. L. D. Reeb of Sonors, Tuolumne County, ar- rived yesterday morning from his recent tour through Europe, and has apartments at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Charles W. Prange and William G. Mueller of 8t. Louis, who have been visiting the inte- rior inspecting mining property, have re- turned to the City and are stopping at the Oc- cidental. NEW TO-DAY—-CLOTHING. \ n ¢ Y v\ VA% e Rt s PYTES PRETICTY) o Big BLu LETTER FIRSTA. A colossal cutting down of prices throughout the en- tire store—to move out our tremendous overstock on the double quick. MEN'S ALL-WOOL SUITS. Retailer’s Price $7.50—Our Fiesta Price....... “ I “ “ $15.00— “« u « James A. Low, the superintendent of the Queen’s Hospital at Honolulu, who has been on a trip East, returned here yesterday, en route to hisisland home. He is registered at the Occidental. CALIFORNIANS (N NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 22.—At the St. Cloud, M. T. Murray; Continental, C. L. Pierce, R. W. Harvey Stuart, H. Settle; Grand Union, R. Ammer; Normandie, A. Dernham; Astor. G. Greenzweig, C. Hadenfeldt. Mr. and Mrs. Y. Bear left the St. Cloua and sailed on the Barbarossa for Bremen. W.J, Kelly, Mr. a1fd Mrs. Antone Rulis, Miss M. L. Phelan and maid and Miss Small also sailed for Ger- many. WITH YOUR COFFEE. Johnny Barr—Pa, what's an egotist? Handel Barr—An egotist, my son, is who thinks all the world but himsel! is riding ok, ° low-grade wheels.—] How the old blue laws have faded out,” said the reminiscent boarder. “Everyoneof them is now & dead letter.” “That is a natural sequence,” Asbury Pep. pers kindly explained, “of their being un- called for.””—Cincinnati Enquirer, . “That little Mrs. Sieper seems to be awfully unpopular with all the other women in the house,” suggested Bungler. “No wonder, you just ought to see the bar- gains she finds,” responded the retired busi- ness man, who reserves the big chair on the porch.—Chicago Journal. Tommy—Paps, may I ask you one more question? Pa—Certainly, my child. Tommy—Well, where 18 the wind when it doesn’t blow?—Punch First Lady—There goes young Mrs. Pedi- gree. I suppose she bores people to death telling the bright things her little boy says? Second Lady—Oh, no; fortunately he says such dreadful things they can’t repeat them. $22.50— « Men’s Good Working Pants. All-Wool $#3.00 Pants.....cccevevee.....$1.65 $4.00 Pants.. Men’s “ « svn e o sis D AS OREGON CITY CASSIMERE OVERCOATS. Retailer’s Price $10.00—Our Fiesta Price..... “ “« « $15.00— $20.00— $6.75 “.....$10.00 “.....$15.00 “ “« (0000000 CI0I0,0,0.0.0,0.0.00.0.0.0.00.00C0ICIOCOCCOOOC] (0000000, BIOCYCLE PANTS Reduced from $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 to $l. BICYCLE SUITS Reduced from $6.00, $7.50 and $9.00 to $5. 500 CoCOoCO00CO00ROLIO0000C0CI000000T OFPEN SATURDAY NIGEHET. BROWN BROS. & CO,, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS SELLING AT RETAIL, 121-123 SANSOME STREET Be sure and look for the Big Blue Signs in the second block from Market Strest. EXCUSED. Yonth’s Companion. A pleasant story of her youth is told by an old lady whose early home was in Concord, Mass. She was on her tardy wav to school, erying in anticipation of disgrace and pos- sible punishment, when a deep voice by her side said: “What is troubling you, my child 7"’ Between Ler sobs Annie explained. “I will write & note to your teacher asking her to excuse you,” said the stranger, kindly. The little girl protested. He did not know her teacher. It would be of nouse. But the big, black-hairea man had written a few words on'a page of his notebook, and, tearing out the 1 leaf, handed it to the child. “If you give your teacher that I thinkshe will excuse you,” he said smilingly. Still unbelieving, the little girl hdnded the scrap of‘rsver to her teacher,who read its con- tents and promptly excused the delinquent. The note read: “‘Wiil Miss — excuse Annie for being late and oblige her most obedient servant, s “DANTEL WEBSTER.” ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS No PrEmroy—J. H. N,, City. There is no vremium on a half-dime of 1837. DrxoN AND HAwkINs—T. Bt H,, Oakland, Cal. George Dixon and Dal Hawkins have never metin the ring. They will have their first meeting to-night. PAWNBROKERS- M., West Oakland, Cal. A section of the Penal Code of California says it is a misdemeanor for a pawnbroker to charge more than 2 per cent interest. POPULATION OF JAPAN—Subscriber, City. At the time the war broke out between Chinaand Japan tne population of Japan was given as 41,388,318, At the close of 1896 it was given 85'41,390,000. GEARY STREET—Subscribers, City. According to the officiai map the north line of Geary street in San Francisco commences east of Kearny street and extends from the west line of the last-named street to where it meets Market street. To BLUE GUN BARRELS—D. C. V., City. The foilowing is given as a method to blue gun barrels: Apply nitric acid and let it eat into the metal a little; then the latter will be cov- ered with a thin film of oxide. Clean the bar- rel, oil and tnen burnish. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. The Manner in Which Golden State Parlor Entertained Its Friends on Wednesday Night. The members of that wide-zwake, up-to-date parlor,] Golden Gate No. 50 of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, on last Wednes- day night had an “at home’’ for their friends in Balboa Hall, Native Bons’ building. And as usual at the functfons given by this parlor there was a good attendance of those who re- ceived invitations and all received a genuine Native Daughters’ welcome. The committee on entertainment, of which Grand Marshal Miss Rosa Day was the chairman, had provided a pleasing programme, but that was nothing 10 the mirth that was produced by Miss Johanna Meyer, the vivacious recording secre- tary. This young lady has a most remarkable faculty of making every one in a general as- semblage feel as happy as one could desire to be, for thereisin hera genteel spirit of mis- chievous fun that is infectious and it does not take long for every one, even the most sedate, to add to the enjoymen't that she produces. Miss Meyer, who acted as hostess during the evening, called attention to the beautiful flowers that had been used to decorate the hall and then expressed the hope thatevery one would beat home for the evening. The first number on the programme was & fancy dance W & handsome little maiden, Miss Hattle right, whoee effor(s was rewarded by mueh applause; Miss Leonia Schiller gave & vocal solo with fine effect, after which Miss E Ayers danced a Highland flin; being mostgraceiul. Then Miss Tes: ger enlertained with a soug and dance; Rich- ard Van Staden gave an evidence of his vocal- istic powars,lns he was foliowed by Grand Trustee Mrs. Lillian Carlie, who gave & recita- tion in her inimitable manner and won the plaudits of all who heard her. During the evening there was much fun produced by the opening of packages drawn irom a grabbag, many of which were as useful to the drawer as a box of lily white would be io a dusky maiden in Mid-Africa. There was also dancing and light refreshments. California Council, N. U. At the meeting of California Council No. 530 of the National Union, that was held last Wednesday night, there was a zood attend« ance and there was quite & discussion on the subjeet of changing the present place of meet- ing to Central Hall, in the lodgzeroom of the San Francisco Lodge of Elks. No action conld De taken on the matter at that meeting, on account of a provision of the constitution and by-laws, so the matter had to lie over uniil | the next meeting, but & test vote on the propo- sition was taken and there was a majority in favor of removal. Under the nead of good of the order there were vocal solos by E. C. Boyeen and C.J. Reyer and addresses by R. N, Arter, president olutxolden Gate Council, and by Dr. €. Deich- miller. 0dd Fellows’ Banquet. The members of the general relief board of the Odd Fellows of San Francisco will give their semi-annusal banquet on the first Sunday in Avgust, and the members of the general relief committee of Eacramento and of Stockton have been invited 10 attend, The 1nvitation.has been accepte ‘Woodmen at the Chutes. The committee heving charge of the enter- tainment which is to be given by Golden Gate Camp of the Woodmen of the World at the Chutes next Saturday has completed all ar- rangements to make the celebration, day and evening, a most enjoyable otie. The cCommit- tee, consisting of J. H. A. Greefkeens, A. J. Weinert, J. C. Miller, Dr. A. D. McLeen and H. M. Richardson, has arranged for races and con- tests for valuable prizes, open-air concert, vaudeville performaice and 8 grand ball. The camp will on the following Monday night give a logroller, smoker and hold an increase meeting in the banquet hall of the Native Sons’ building. l FINE eyeglasses, specs, 15¢, up. Sundays, 740 Market st.(Kast's shoe store) ;weekdays 63 4th~ TowNSEND'S California Giace Fruits will keep all winter. Just the thing for miners and tray. elers; 50¢ 1b. 627 Paluce Hotel building. * Lot £rreray, information daily to manufagturery, business houses and public men by the Pr Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * 1 1 B“Mr. Courty asked me to marry him lasg night,” she blushingly told her mother. ““And what aid you tell him?” “1 told him to ask you.” “Ask me!” echoed the startled parent. “Why, Mary, surely you wouldn’t have your dear old mother commit bigamy, would you?” —Tit-Bits. 825 Eate to Chicago via the Great Santa Fo Route. The low rates made for Christian Endeavorers will be open to the public as well. An opportu- nity to visit the East never before enjoyed by Cal- fiornians. Pullman Palace Drawing-room Slesp- ipg-cars of the latest pattern. M odern upholstered tourist sleeping-cars run dally through from Oak- land pler to Chicago, See time-tablo in adverils- ing column. San Francisco ticketoflice 644 Markes street, Chronicle tuilding, 1elephone Main183i Vakland, 1118 Broadwa; . Northern Pacific Railway—Yellowstone Park Route. Parties desiring to visit the Yellowstone Park, or go Fkast via the Northern Pacific Railway, should call at No. 638 Market street, San Frane cisto, for their Raflroaa and Yellowstone Park tickets. We can accommodate all that wish to make the trip regardless of rumors 10 the contrary. Stop overs giyen on all Christian Endeavor ticke ets. T. K. Stateler, Gen. Agent, 638 Market st. —————————— #Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrap™ . Flas been used over fitty years by millions of mothers for their chidren whiie Teething with pery fect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums. allays Pain, cares Wind Colic, regulates the Bowel. and i the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether aris- Ing from tee:hing or other causes. ¥orsale by drug §ista In every part of the world. Be sure and asi for Mrs. Wingiow’s Soothing Syrup. 256¢ & botie, ————————— Reduced Kates for All To the East via the Kio Grande Western Railway, passing through Utah and Colorado by daylignt. Through cars by all trains. Tickets, sleeping-car reservations and full information furnished at 14 Montgomery s:rest. —————— CORONADO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dry, soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, iucluding fifteen days board at the Hoteldel Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 per dsy. Appiy 4 New Montgomery street. San Francisco. oA it WOULDN'T be without it for worlds!” was the empbatic declaration of & lady in refefence to Ayer's Hair Vigor.