The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1897 e R CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. BSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: SU 1y and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier, .w.‘); BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Marke: Streel, £ap Francisco, Californta. Telephone ...... .. - . ....Maln-1868 EDITURI_A.AL_‘ROOWS 815 Uay & Telepho: 9:30 o'clock. §:30 o'clock. 19:30 ¢ cond and OAKLAND OFFICER: 938 Broadway EASTERN OFFICE: nd 32, 34 Park Row. Rooms 31 THE ZALL .;PEAK.‘ FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. NO EXTEA CHARGE. s per for summer monthe y cent bave come. No more free trade in ours. Proteciion d Mints and mills are opening together. There have been no dull days this sum- mer. The calamity howler has been knocked speechless, There is enough prosperity al nd for everybody to feel it. ady et 1f we can get the Prevident to come and create a8 month with us we will be all right. ‘We point with pride to the promptness with which the Republican party keeps | its pledges. Don’t hurry too fast to the Yuko There will be lots of territory lelt to pro: pect next spring. We have wiped the worst part of Cleve- landism off the statute-books and ev body feels better. Even the free-traders will find business s0 lively very soon that they won't be able to find tims to stand around and swear atise tar | | | At the next session Congress will tack! tlie money question and get that out the way in order to make room for a new issue in the Congressional elections of '98. A New York man propbesies that withia ten years the gold output of the United Btates will exceed $250,000,000 annua and let us hope his estimates were not | based on booze. 1 The war against rapid-riding bikers in | the East has now reacned the point where even such a serene-minded journal as the Inter Ocean deems itself justified in cailing | the scorcher *'a wretched miscreant.”’ | The report that Corbett has displayed good batting powers in some recent base- ball exhibitions in the East will confirm the belief of the public tkat it would have | been a gooa thing for him to have had a bat handy during the performance at Ca: son. { crat, only 62: constructed the past six months, and if that is so there must have been a great deal of repair work | ™ done, for the rolling-mills bave had big orders for rails. 1t is to be hoped the proposal to hold a | conference of Europesn nations for the | purpose of devis a means of retaliation ' upon the United Stutes for the new tanff bill will be carried out. Such a confe; ence would efford more amusement than the concertin Th ! A Michizan manufactarer went to Lon- don and sol e carioads of wash- boards at § cen iece end made a profit by the trip. s what modern commerce is doing. A fsw years 2go 6 cents wou 7 paid the freighion a Rapids to London. washboard ! 2 have been counting up - of deaths from drowning re- suiting from boating parties on the lakes and rivers to escape the heat of the ciiies, and on comparing them with the number of fatal sunstrozes have concluded tnat it is safer for the average man to stand the | heat than to take deep water. | A movement has been starfed in- Penn- sylvania to induce Judges to refuse to naturalize any foreigner who canunot read and write the English language, and as the State has placed a tax on the emp.oy- mentof unnaturalized foreigners, it seems the next step in ihe programma will be a direct demand that the alien must go. Congressman Lorrimer of Illinois will at the next session endeavor to get an ap- propriation of $500,000 for the erection at ‘Washington of a monument to Lincoln. The bill will provide for the payment of $25,000 for a suitable design, and if the measure passes the artists and architects of the country will have a chance at some- thing like a bonanz.. Among the things we must attend to early is the preparation for a display of California produc's at the Omaha Exposi- tion. It is to be an international show in its general aspects, but its particular feature will be an exhibition of what the Greater West has accomplishel in the way of industry, and what inducements it offers to capital and to industry. Califor- nia muost sureiy have a prominent place in such an exhitition as that. Mrs. Lease has raised her head above the rising tide of prosperity in Kan: long encugh to declare Ler platiorm. *If Mr. Bryan,” she sars, *‘is going to make the silver guestion the dominant issue in the next campaign, here is one woman sgainst him. Socialism is the hops of the country, and the nex: campaign will be made for the industrial emancipation of toeyeople.”” This reiieves any doubt about the position of Mrs. Lease, but it { ission sireets, open | moaih | | promises a marked increase in the world’s | | heavy impor! | her ban | Prax THE UPWARD MOVEMERT. The latest reports from the East say thatexcepting the great cosl m ners' strike, which may terminste at any t'ms, there | is scarcely any feature of tbe business out- lock which is not encouraging, the season considered. Wheat is much bigher than a few weeks ago and 1s now sellingata figure that makes its cuitivation profit- able. In many home industries, particu- larly in home buildine. there is more activicy than since 1592, and there is a mazked increase in the demand for several lines of goods, notab!y wool and woolens, hides and leather and boots and shoes. The generai movement in trade, too, is much better than it has been. According ! to Dun’s Review in spite of tbe large purchases for export the aciual exports of | oroducts from New York for two weeks \ave been 15 per cent le:s than Jast year. | But the official report shows exports in June of the principal products amounting | 10 $38,153,439, against $36.985.511 last year, and for the fi-cal year §644 491 113, against $547,981 412 the year belore, a gain 0f 176 per cent, breadstuffs increasing $53,000,000 and cotton $40,000.000. There are stiil at New York 47 per cent more than last year for two weeks cf July, sugar and wool, tobscco and hides being vrominent, with a rather unusual quantity | of cotton. The New York stock market has steadily advanced, with considerable buying on | foreign account. Money is fowing into | that city from the interior, and thereisa| better demand for commercial loans, | chiefly on dry goods and manufacturing | account. From the same anthority as just quoted we learn that failures in the first eight davs July were only §1,557.401, | sgainst $4 n nine days last year, acturing $735.5%6, against §2 ear, and trading $814,8; against §1, 983 654 last year, Oan this coast the features of the wuk“ were the sharp advance in wheat and the | an goid excitement. The latter| gold sup i present prospects are real- | ized. The former infused fresh confidence | i trade in geperal and into wheat- growing in particular, besides advancing | the price of ali kinds of cereals, breadstufis and feedstuffs. A slow!y hardening mar- ket for dried fru with brisk inquiries from the East for our prunes and ralsins, | imrparted renewed life and firmness to the fru As for the other staples, they | were all in good condition. Wool was as| firm as ever, hides and leather continued in active movement at the !mproved | pri provisions showed no signs of weakness, and hay, already hignher than | for a number of years at this season, ad- | vanced still another notch. The spirit of impravement is in the air. | All lines of trade are feeling its stmulas, | though some more than others. Thus far tie summer has exceeded the mos<t san- guine expectations. The usual midsum- mer dullness has not appearea, whichisa decided noveit If the improvement keeps on the forthcoming fall trade will be one of the most active in the history of this por:. SPAIN'S POLITICAL LEADERS. The ¢ sitvation i upt condition and disasters to her arms in colonial wars, es weliasto dirsensions at home, which keep the sup- porters of the royal house in dread uncer- tainty, make inieresting a glimpse at the chief actors in the exciting drama whose closing act may see the downfall of the | present dynasty. There are five parties in Spain, directed by five great leaders, any one of whom may find himself at the helm of state, ac- cording to Emilio Parao Bazan, should still darker per.ds than now beset it | gather about the tottering Government. The present Premier, Don Antonio Cano- | vas dei Castillo, is the head of the Consery- atives. A man of great talents, even Lis enemies acknowiedge his ability asa man, who always extends his Land to aid when his nat:ve land is in danger. | He yieids to none in his loyalty to Spain, and bis mighty intellect maintainsits m poise under all circumstances. Were it not for the wise head ana directing band of Canovas Spain might now be en- | gaged in conflict with the United States. leader of the Liberal party is Don des Mateo Sagasta. He also bas heid the high office of Premier, and though 70 yeers of age, still retains the fall vigor of teliectual facuities Formerly a t, he is to-day one of the sup- porters of the regency. He is & briliiant orator, and enjoys great personal popu- Margall and Salmeron, the two leaders of tne Republican party, are opposites in every respect. Margall heads tne Federal- ist branch; Salmeron the Unionist. Mar- gall is vld, white-haired, of light complex- ion; he is called the man of ice. Salmeron is young, black-baired, dark-skinned, and is calied the man of fire. Margall speaks always with calmness, the other always with vehemence. The Marquis de Cerralbo is the leader of the following of the Pretender Don Carlos | s tue party is | de Bourbon., The Carlist: called, bas already cost Spein three civil wars. Uerralbo has given to ihis party, which was formerly a purely military organization, a structure adapted to periois of repose and peace. It is said, however, that if the vicissi- tudes of fatesbould again bring Spain into the same situation in which she founa herself iwenty-five years ago, when the republic was procisimed, all frieads of order wou!d instantly turn their eyes to Emilio Castelar, the grand man who once controlled the destinies of Spain, and who, in his retirement, is yet loved by all the | people of his country, who know and prize | h.s value as a statesman without fear and without reprosch. It is not improbable that ths ena of the century may see Cas- telar in the Presidential chair of a repub- lic built above the ruins of the monarchy | of Spain. REPAVE MARKET STREET. The suggestions contained in the report of the Grand Jury committes on public streets and squares with reference to the | paved streets in the center of the City merits favorable consideration at the hunds of the Board of Suparvisors. Every citizen of San Francisco is inter- ested in the matter, and there is certainly not oneof them who wanis his City to be abreast of the times in public improve- ments, and especially those forms of pub- lic improvement which relate to medern izcilities for comfort and convenience along our great thoroughfares, who will not approve of such action as the report in question urges. “‘An effort shou'd be made.” says the committee, ‘‘to remove, as far as possible, the present uneven stone blocks and cob- bles with which streets in the business <ection are now paved and rep.ace the | same with a bituminous rock pavemsat.’ Tne committee expressly favors the re- paving of Mark-t sireet, between Mont- gomery and N.nth. To rep!ace those un- sightly, foot- wearying and pain-inflicting cobbles along Market with a smooth, elasic bituminous pavement would ren- puts Kansas in the doubtiul columa, and the :ituation is as uneasy as belore. der the great street “"a thinz of beauty and a joy forever.”” It woul! demoastrate to visitors enter- ritical situation in Epain, due to | ing the City for the first time tbat San | 143¢-iuch gun will be removed and a redoubt, Francisco is uptodate in the matter of good streets to begin with, and our in- | numerable other advantages would com- bine to insure the best kind of a general impression. Tae CarL directed attention to this subject as far back as two vears ago. The sooner the Board of Supervisors give this subject the consideration it de- mands the better it will be for the whole City. The City needs the improvement, the people want it, and it ought to be done witbout unnecessary delay. THE ALASKAN GOLDFIELDS. The goldfields of Alaska and of British Columbia slong the Yukon are likely to prove genuine bomnanzas for hydraulic miners. When the snows melt in the spring tbere is an abundance of water | everywhere in the gold districts, and as the valleys are useless for sgricultural purposes there will be no need of con- structing impounding dams 1o protect | them from the debris. 1t is yrobable, | therefore, that in the whale of the new | region on toth sides the boundary line there will bte free play for the hydraulic miner to work without interrupiion so long as the weather will permit water to run. An opportunity for bydraulic miningon | a large scale will be a great advantage to | the new district. It will give men of | small capitat a better chance than they | bave in the quariz mines of South Af-ica and Westeru Australia. If the *‘dirt’ is anything liks as rich as appears from the y1eld obtained from the Klondyke placers there will surely be large profits for those who can wash it out in greater quantities even if the sesson is a matter of weeks rather than of months. For that reason the new fields are likely to be the scene of hydraulic miningon a sscale far surpassing anything undertaken o far, evenin Calfornia, and as that sys- tem of operating is much cheaper than quariz mining, it is likely to attract thou- | sands of men of capital to engage in 1t. It wozld not be surprising if more money were carried into Alaska and the Canadian Yukon country next season than has been brought out up to date. | The placer miners wiil be followed by hy- draulic mining experiments, and these wiil cost money. Machines of many kincs wilt be needed in the new districts, and every one of them will entail an expendi- ture of gold. There is going to be a big business at both ends of the line, and money will be going both wavs. That the | general resuits will be beneficial cannot be questioned. Itis notimprobable that the territory now regarded as so barren of ali but gold may be found to yield other things oi value to the world. The devel- opments of the future cannot be foreseen, but Alaska has given us many surprisesin the past and may have others in siore. TUTURE LIGHTING SYSTEMS. Puiuj, the Viennese scientist, who was | one of the eariiest experimenters on the | cathode rays, is d to have discovered | a means of a: cial illumination which | will Le superior and at the same time far cheaper than any lighting system in gan- eral use at the present time. Itis not loug since acetylene gas was in many quarters declared to be destined to | supersede all the well-known lighting systems of the period. As a meansof | illumination this gas proved briliiant and attractive; but it is ratber too costly, and | besides it has seriously explosive quali- | ties. Insurance companies in the East| | object to its introduction as a lighting | medium into buildings carrying their | | risks. | So it seems that the gas generated with | dangerous ease from calcium carbide will | hardly fill the “iong-felt want.”” In faet, | | when you once consider the Puluj lamp | you feel as if time would be wasted in ! paying further attention to the acetylene- | gas idea. | This Puluj lamp threatens to throw | into tLe shade all our incandescen: and | arc lamps and all other artiticial lighting | sysiems and schemes. According to ibe[ Sanitary Plumber this *‘liznt ot the future” | | is practically a Crookes tube containing | phosphorescent material, which is made to give out lizht by allowing the cathode | rays to fall directly upon it. This is the | | Puluj lamp. The inventor claims that Le | bas =olved the problem whbereby mecnan- | ical energy can be converted entirely into | | light alone, under whica condition a Liv- erpool physicist says that “‘one man turn- | ing the crank of a suitable machine couid generate enough light for a wnole ¢ % In the present eleciric systems only from i 1 to 3 per cent of the energy is exvended in light, the rest of it passing off in heat. Pulujis now engaged in perfecting for general use a system which will pro- duce light without heat. It this Ausirian ecientist fulfills his | promises we shail perhaps have at the smaliest cost imaginable the best arti- ficial light conceivable. COAST EXCHANGES. H Tuolumne County, says the Independent, is but in its infamcy in its gold discoveries. Scarcely 8 week passes but & rich strike is made. According to the Erpositor there is & move- | meaton foot in Fresuo to build an electric railroad out to the Sierras from the reisin center. The Los Angeles Hera d says that shipments of fruit and vegetables irom Orange County +ili sggregate over 10,000,000 pounde for the season. It is & cruei and fearful remedy that the | | Btockion Mail suggests tor the tramp evil and | aiso un impracticable one. Itsays, “Give the | hobos work."" i | Th Arizona (itizen stetes that the Terri- | | tory’s gremiest need isalaw to prevent the | sule of diseased meats. It says thst many | spells of sicaness in small towus can be traced to the sale of urfit food. Although the school building facilities of Setastopol havelong been overiaxed the Times says that recent effaits to forward a bond proposition to improve them proved a failure through “lack oi interest.” Here is a suggestion from the Gilroy Advo- cate: The chi dreu of Saa Francisco to be bene- | fited by the iresh-air fund might be made ser- vicesble in the orchards in the picking of fruit. They could get fiesn air, sunshine and pocket change in such recreation. - The people of Southern Caiifornis, says the Los Angeles Ezoress, elected two Democrats to Congress, and yet tbey have the good fortune to secure all the protection they need on their | productions. This unmerited reward can be repaid only by electing Republicans to the next Congress. The harvesting in this locality isover for the season, says the Brentwood Enterprisc. The yleld of wheat is better than was aniicipated. | Our warehouse here conmtaius about 52,500 | sacks of wheat, whica Is worth about $2 per sack. A prominentgrain merchant here says this amount is sbout one-fiith of the product of this immediate iocality. If this be so, we | can compute the yield of our “horseshoe | bend” as being about 262,500 sacks, valued at $500,000. NEWS OF FOLEIGN NAVIES. In the French navy guns of large caliber are taken out of the battie-ships and smaller guns subsiituted. On the Requin the two 13.3 inch guns wili give piace to two 10.8 inch; the Furieux two 13 3 inch guns are 10 be re- placed with two 9 45 inch, and on the Admiral Baudin the midship barbetie carrying ome | Taey are heavil | veras County. | was formerly a wel-known business ligntly armored and to hold four 63;-inch quick-firers, will be substituted. The Spanish asrmorea cruiser Cardiral Jimenez de Cisneros, lately launched at Fer- Tol, is the fifth vessel of that type completed since 1890. She is eight feet longer than the Infanta Maria Teresa, being 347 feet on the water-line and 7000 tons displacement. The horsepower is 15,000 and the speed 20 knots. Her armor conmsts of a belt 12 inches taick, tepering to 4 inches at the ends, and the main armament is composed of two 11-4ach and the 5}4-inch quick-firers of the Houtario pattern. Of the twenty-one British battle-ships in the recent review at Spithesd fourteen were bailt since the Jubilee review in 1887. The seven bsttie-ships built more than ten years ago were the Alexendrs, Devastation, Thunderer, Inflexible, Dresdnsughbt, Colossus and Co. lingwood. S5 rapid and great have been the changes in ships, machinery, armor and guns in this period that doubts are expressed by experts it such ships as the Inflexible and the Alexandra ean now be inciuded in the list of | efticient battie-ships. The French Minister ot Marine is said to be about to form an establishment of & military corps of workmen in the srsenais. In timeof war the mobilization of these men would take away all thos: employed in the aciual build- ing of warships, and, in addition, all those working in the inland navalestablishments Whose age renders them fit to be included in the mobitization. As this would practicaliy esult in the sioppage of work in the dock. yards and other naval estsblishments itis difficult to discern just where the advantage comes in to the Government. The excessive vibrations of torpedo-boats, large end small, when goingat a high rate of speed, have hitherio been a very serious in- convenience to the people on board aud also injurious to the hyll snd machinery. Laird Brothers of Birkenhead, who have bailt quite & number of destroyers, believe they have overcome :he difficulty and are making the boats nabitable and longer-lived. In exper ments carried on with theQuail torpede-boat destroyer two balanced weignts, aggregating | 540 pounds, were fitted to the high-pressure crankweb, and two weights of 645 pound col- lectively were attached to the low-pressure crankwens. The engines were run at various speeds, and at 280 revolutions the vibrations were only one-baif of what they were before the weights were attached. The longest period during which any man- of-war has been retsined in service was that of the Royal William, buiit at Chatham in 1670, and not broken up until 1830. She was originelly a 100-gun snip, but was cut down to eighty-four guns. During her 130 years' exisienc: she was repeired inaumerab e times end little, if any, of the original material was in her when finally broken up. During the time of woodon vessels the life of a ship- of-war was counted as thirty years, while now, with appareutly indestructible material of construction, the life of usefuiness has been spperently reduced to about fifteen years. As a matier of fact, so rapid have been the improvements in ships-of-war since 1880 that vessels iaunched five years ago are now so nearly obsolete as no longer to figure as first- class in the essentials. The introdiction of water-tube oflers, electricity and the chances of succe-siuily applying the turbine motive- power lo warships promises, together wita uickel-steel and aluminum, to effzct sull greater changesin naviesand make the ships of to-day obsulete 1n probably less than haif & dozen years. PE~SONAL. R. Gracer, president of a Merced bank, fsin town. Rav. E. G. McLean of the City. E. D. Pi Grand Ho Dr. J. W. Hudson of Ukiah is stopping at the Evansville, Ind,, isfin to, 8 merchant of Modesto, is at the | Graud Hotel. J.C. Cramer of Los Angeles is registered at the Cosmopulitan. A Weisbaum, a merchant of Ssnts Cruz, is st the Lick House, liiam Maguire, s minlng men of Duten 1s at the Grazd. C. G. Hart and wife, of Adrisu, Mich., are W | guests at the Baldwin. C. Seidman, a business man of Paso Robles, is stopping s: the Lick. Baron Tuckman of Berlin registered at the Palace Hotel yesierday. W. H. McKenzie, a Fresno banker, is regis- tered at the Lick Hous Eaward Swinford, s Colusa merchant, ar- rived in town yesierday. M. Diggs, = busigess man of Woodland, isa guest at the Grand Hotel. E. B. P.xley, & hote -keep>r of Santa Cruz, is a guest at the Californie. W. F. George, a lawyer of Secramento, is & guest at ihe Grand Hotel. C. H. Livingston and wife, of Stockton, are steying st ihe Cosmopolitan. 0. McHeary, president of the Modesto Bank, is & guest at the Lick House. T. G. Hart, s merchant of Fresno, is in the City, a guest at ths Lick House. Fred Duhring, & lawyer of Sonoma, regis- tered at the Occidentsl yesterday. W. S Reed and wile, tourists from Holland, Tex., are siopping at the Baldwin Hotel. Judge J. M. Mannon of Ukiah came o the City yesterday and is stoppiug at the Lick House. E. E. Vincent, a merchant of Maders, ar- rived 1o toe Cliy yesterday and put up at tbe | Lick House. Fulton G. Berry and wife, of Fresno, arrived in the City vesterday and registered st the Grand Hotel. Ex-Governor R. K. Coicord of Nevada ar- rived iu the City yesterday sud regisiered at the Grand Hosel. Henry 8. Herman, a manufacturer of New York, arrived in the City yesterday and is stopping at tne Occidentai Hotel Judge J. A. Barham, member of Congress from the First District, leit the City yesterday morning for his home in Santa Rosa. Major C. I Iaukeo of Honolulu arrived from the East on tue Central overiand last night and registered at the Occ:dental Hotel. M. P. Morgan,C. A. Johnmson and T. V. Goudloe, of S:attie, arrived iu town yesterday. teresied in mines of Cala- W. B. Moore and W. G. Moore, of Kansas City, arrived in the City yesierday and regs- tered at the Culifuruia Hotel. They are ea route to the Yukon gold mines. General Johu T. Cutting of New York, who n of this City and & member of Congress from the Fourth District, arrived in town yesterdey and registered at the California Hotel. Geueral Cutting came through direct from the Atiamtic sesboard and all the way on tue irip aeard taik of the Yukon goli field-. He says 10,000 peo- ple wou.d 1-ave New York at once lor tne Klondyke if the irapsporiation companies could give assurance tuat supplies fur the winter tould be ovtained at Dawson City. General Catting wiil remain here oniy a few days. WITH YOUR «OFFEE. “The play doesn’t seem fo draw.” “No, it dregs.”—Detroit Journal. In the matter of weather the unpredicted always happens.—Chicego Tribune. There isan art in putting thiags. turned the hungry from the door, wvery well, but it's d:fferent when you say, “He fed every tramp that came along.'—Phila- deiphia Ledger. Sheers—Wnat a lot of quotations “Hamlet” 1urnisnes. Penn—Yes, I have even known s production of it 10 affect the market quotations.—Typo- graphicai Journal. Tatlor—Did that man buy one of our ‘‘un- called-for” suis Clerk—No; we're out of inem. Tailor—Weil, have some more made up st once. Don'tlet the stock run down agsin this way.—Chicago Record. H.cks—They tell me you got terribly angry with Mr. Bass the other evening and drove Lim from the house. Wicks—I vasn't angryatall. Ihe:rdbewass one of my wife's old flames, and so I merely put him out,—Boston Transciipl. AN ELECTRICAL GENIUS. William Marconi, a young Italian electri- cian, claims to have discovered a practical way ot teiegraphing without tne use of wires. A company of English eapitalists has been or- ganized to expioit the discovery, and it is said that Marconi has been offered $5,000,000 for the right to manufscture and sell the ma- chines. Marconi is 22 yearsold and a native Bolognese. He wi pupil of Professor Righi and was engazed in making many experi- ments in electricity. When he amnounced WILLIAM have a net balance in our favor of nearly Theoegre" is ¥185,000,000 over lest year, and is $23,000,000 shead of the phenomenal ear of 1578, when the sccumulations of cepital were made for the extraordinary busi- uess revival tnat followed throughout the next decade. It is the more remarkabie be- can<e nur impor!s for 1878 amounted only to £437.051,532, & differcuce over last year of $327,322/373. B dous progress made during the u-sr:“fl:f;mreen.n oan Do faintly realizedjwhen we recail that in 1847 oux exports smounted Taiy to $156.741,598, while our imports were 1 UL MARCONL that he had solved the problem which Edison and other grest masters of electriciry have | been stiacking for years small attention was | paid to bim. An Eanglish capitalist who wes | traveiing tnrough lta.y hescd of the young man sn bisioven jon and invesiigated. The resuit was thit Marconi went to London, where the invention was tuoroughiy tested. It wesfound that telegraph messages could be | sent a distancs of tex s through inter- | venine brick s. An exhibition wes made vefors a pumber of expert electriciens and other men of scienee,and the young Italian’s invention was founa to be perfectly success- | {ful. It is tne intention of Marconi and Lis | associates 10 patent the machines in sl the | countries of the world, and the newly formed company wiil proceed at once with the manu- iscture of the instruments. This discovery will open up & dist'uct ana umportant indus. | try, and is very likely to lead to fresh discov- eries in the ert of telephony and telegrapay. MEN AND WOMEN. | | Miss Emma Ege! has been elected president of the Common Council of Lincoln, N. J., by & unanimous vote. Mrs. Anna C. Bowser of Louisville, Kr., was | awarded the $100 prize for the best ode 8l the Nsshvilie Centennial. Governor Atkinson of West Virginia is very domestic in his taste, and when through with the cares of office amuses himself plasing the | violin. Bishop Creighton of London wore mitre and | cope at a rec-nt corfirmation in London, be- | ing the first Bishop of Lonaon to do s0 in 350 years. Cecil Rhodes hss bought Seuerdale, nesr | Buluwsyo, South Africa. It consists of ten | farms, which he inteads to cultivate. He will build the largest dsm in South Africa. Theodore Richard Bland, son of the famous Congressman of that name, has just greduated with high honors and seversl prizes from the Coliege of tne Chri. n Brothers ia St Louis. Governor Bushnell of Ohio spent no money for securing bis nomination at the recent Re- publican State Convention, but paid $30 for hotel bills, $5 for decorating room, $3 for cigars and $1 50 for carriage bire. The President of the French Republic has been compeiled to omit this year the custom- ary andience and iuvitation to lumcheon to the owner of the horse winning the grand steeplechase at Auteull, tor the owner is Mile. | Marsy, the actress. | At the funeral of Miss L'zzle Wagoner, 20 | years of age, daughter of wealthy parents o Cynibiana, Ky, held there a few Aass ego, six | souug schooimates acted as pali-tearers. The Young women walked at the side of the hearse from the church to the cemetery, a distauce of three miles. - Ex-Secratary J. Sterling Morton has bought oue of the famous oid overia:d stages that be- gan to run West from Kearsey, Nebr., in 1862 and will keep it nt his country home, near Nebraske City, for the transportation of his visitors. It is what was known as Concord ten-passenger coach, and hes an Interesiing history. Twou INKY WAY There was a man who advertised 1. once—a single time. 1n 5,0t obscure piaced he his ad And paid for it a dime. And ‘ust because It didn't bring Him cu-tomers by score, L“All advertising 18 w fake.” He said, or, Tather, swore. I He seemed o thi k one hammer tap | Would drive a nail cear in: | That 1rom biz of tiny thread | A weaver teats cou d spin. 1 11 he ‘his reasoning bright applied | 0 ea.ing, dOuD iess b~ | Would claim one litt e bite would feed Ten men a ceutury. | Some day. though, he wiil learn that to Make advetisi: g pay He'l have (0 .ad aus (0 bis ad And sdvertise exch day. E. G. Tow>SEND in New York Sun. THE ENGLISH ARMY. New York Times. There s a good deal of fuod for reflection in | the returns of tae English army for last year. Itshows that the average effective streng of the reguler forces during the year was 220.- | 742, the proportions in the various branches | being: Housenoid cavalry, 1300; line cavairy, | 18.284; horse artillery, 3785; ariiltery, | 14,451; mouniain artlery, 1408; garrison arnliery, 17.663; engineers. 7833; footguards. line infautry, 137,022: Colouial corys, army scrvice corps, 3517; army ord nance corps. 1210: meaical siaff corps. 2632; and army pay corps, 569. was larger than in suy yeer stuce 18 i streng'h on the first.ayof: ing to the latestieturns, | 0,869, or 1525 less thau on Jauuary 1 Ot 1he 220,569, 100,641 were =t acme 38522 in the Colonies, and 1896. 4711 in Egypt, 76.995 in 1.dia, exclus.ve of the uaiive army. | The recruits wno joined in 1896 sumbered | 28,532, of whom 1638 were ior 00§ service, tne total being irss than in any year since 1883, and greatly less thau in 1892, when 41,639 joinea. The los by d ath dur-‘ ing he yesr was 1769, 11396 men were discharged, 3357 were siruck vil'as deserters, 13.941 were iransferred 10 the reserve, and | 684 .0 the militis, yeoman:y and volunteers; | 60 were given up as deseriers and 10,761 were lost by various oiher (auses. The eu- rolled streny!n of the first-class wrmy reserve last year was 78,100, and ibe second cisss had | diminished to 33, d there were 117,773 militis enrolled, 10,184 yeowanry cavairy. sud 236,059 volunieers. Toe 1o i of the nome suxiliury forces was tnus 442198, or 46,363 less than the 488,561 of tae estavisum-nt Although a large pioportion of this enormous srmy is in Eogland, e greatness of tae furce, | nevertneless, is the resuit of the vas: and sc, tered territory to be guarded. Peopie who have | wild anuexation schemes in their beads will do well to consider what al this costs. A EILLION-DOLLAR COUNTRY. Significance of Our Extraordinary Forelgn Trade. Leuisville Courier-Journal. In Manchester, Engiand, many years ago, there used to be a saying: “When America takes to wearing ler old stockings she puts the world under tribute.” The truth of this is demonstrated by the re- markable report of our foreign trade just is- sued by the Bureau of Staustics for the fiseal year ending June 30. No man cen look cver the items without becoming convinced that the Uniteu States is destined to control the msnufscturing markets of the world, as they now contrel the nurt:u for agriculiural oducts. [tisalso proof :hat we possess re- g;perlflvl power llllple inferior to tuat Ihl::'h has enebled the French people 1o live in pros- perity under the crushing weight of the h iest national debt in :ne world, and we are destined some Uime to surpass that fameus nation. The sum of our exporis not only ex- ceeds that of any previous vear, even that of 1892, when they pussed the bilijon-dollar mark, but alse with the ey traordinary stimu. lus 10 imporis during the past few mouths we | over pr | all coniained chickens. but $122,424,349. Our seles abroad heve been lncrsxkd:zx old, \;hlle our purchases have 3 uitipiied by five. btA‘:\T dptih'e :.ym of the increased expfln:s fous years is found in mu'm!‘lc;::e‘-;, In 1878 the percentage of manufactu: ol fotal exports was oaly 17.79; in 1896 it was 26.48 end in 1897 it will be about the ame. In 1878 the gross amount of manufac- tured exnorts was only $123.807.196, wnile for the eleven months ending with they were $250,450,270, and for the full year will probeoly be about $275.000,000. Onr sgricuiturai producis, waich made up 77.07 per cent of our total exports in 1878, feil t066.01 in 1895, and will probably not Vary much from the ast figure for 139’ In 1878 the total va'ue of these staples sold abroad £536,192. 873;_ in 1892 it was $799,328,- ,and for the e'e\'gu m;n:;n en‘g:nl wli‘lrh last May it wes £644,891.15: For e entire fseal yoar 1ho ageregate will beabout $700.- | 000,000, being surpassed only by the phenome- nel'years of 1881 and 1892 The report 1s the | est jossible evidence that e are to have a repetition of the business ac- tivity tnat has followed every previous vear of heavy exports. t was (he case in 1879, in 1880, in 1881, in 1882, in 1891, and in 1893, In G other year did we ever sellso mucn as this year, and so much more than we bought. The pruspect 1s for good crops, while in Eu- rope crops are bad, and we shail probably con- | tinue our record-bresking unless tne protec- tive tar:ff policy of the Government closes 100 many of our foreign merkets 1o us. This, however, will hardly happen to us before we have experienced the business Tevivai we s0 much need and which is sureiy coming. HATCHING EGGS IN ARIZONA. Arizona Prospector. A saccessful shell game of & new brand was d on egg corsumers in Pheeaix yester- day by a farmer who lives in the valley. ime the farmer aitempted 1o victimize his | | city cousins, and all but succeeded. A esseof | eggs was rece.ved by & merchant, and when opeed it was found thatone of the ezgs had | hatched, acd fifteen minutes later, when the | ecgs 1. ere exposed to the nir, s dozen chickens | were peeping. The egg- in 1he first two layers | Tae merchant re- | ported that as soon as the egzs were exposed 0 | theair the chickens were hatched. 1he tem- perature in which the crate of eggs hed evi- | dently been since the shipment will not be changed and all tne eggs will be given a cnance to hatch. The eggs wo. are natching must have been in a temperature of Over niuely de- grees 107 the past three weex: A FISH WITH A 16 TO 1| MOUTH. Baitimore Sun. A wonderful fish story comes from Port Tampa, Fla. Itis about a 12-io0t shark which was caught in the shailow water near the beacn, a short distance from Port Tamps. H s snarkship appeared to be sick and was an essy victim. Tae parties who captured the prize noticed that his stomach wes consider- ably distended, while the lower portion of his body and taii was quite thin. These facis excited the curiosity of the fishermen, and tney dec.ded to d: :x barrel with ome nead edout wasiouad. The mouth of the was pointing upward to the fish throat and was literailr filled with dead fish, but they could rot be digesied, hemce the soark was .iterally starving 1o death, yet he nad a barrel of fish in bis siomach. stomach » smail p o ba. CUPID IN Chicsgo Times-Herald. Some of these Huosier swains are speedy. An Indisns msn recentiy secured a divorce INDIANA. | one day and married & secona wife the next. Oue dsy later he was sued for $5000 damages for breach of promise to marry, his first wite beinz the pieint #. She elleges that on the afterncon of the day on which ihe divorce was graunted her recusant spouse wooed her again and won ber. Cupid ought to carry a cyclo- meter in Indfana. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS THE DURRANT Case—]J. City. The appeal in the case of Durrant stays the execation, and if his appeal is denied ne will have 10 be sen- tenced sgais. MINING Laws oF KLONDYRE—A. 8§, City. In THE CALL of Sunday, July 25, you will find the laws tuat govern miners in the Klondyke dis- triet, given in inil THE MarroN—E. A. W, City. The United States steamship Marion is under orders to re- turn from her present station, but sne wiil not | leave until the Oregon arrives in the port waiere she is at present. ImporT DUTY—T. W. D., City. There is no import daty on goods sent from the United States to Alaska. This department is mot aware that au Tight or charier {0 control business in Alaska and prevent others from importing goods or trading there. Cr1BBAGE—G F. 8, City, and W. G, Sicra- mento. Ifin s gime of cribbage A plays 3, B laquesn,A 8 2, B a 4423 BadandA o other 2, Ais, on playiug the 3, entitled to a run of three; B on ‘playing the 5 spot is enti- d 10 arun of four and A, playing & seeond , cannot ¢:aim a run cf five, but is entitled to aru: of four. It A playsa 6, Bal10, Ca5, D and A not be- ing able 10 piay, »ni B piays a 4 he cannot claim & run of turee, for ihe reason that the 10 is an interveniug card ana bresks the se- quence. HoMESTEAD—! . Cloverdale, Cal. A home- stead is subtjrct 1o execution or forced sale in satisfaction of judgment befora the declara- tion of homestead was filed for record, and which constitutes a lien on the premises; on debts secured by mechanics, contractors, sub- contractors, ariisans, arcaitects, builders, la- borers of every class, material-men’s or ven- dor’s lien on the premises; on deeds secured by mortgages upon the premises, ex-cuted | and acknowledged by the husband and wise, r by au unmarried claimant; on debts se. cu;led by ::&ng;!qu on the premises, executed and recort ore the declaratis - stead was tiled for record. il The homestead of & married person cannot be conveyed or incumbered, unless the in- :mx:xe’m by whsee: il‘l!s conveyed or incum- ered is executed and acknow: busband and wife. i G FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. The Manner in Which Enterprise Circle, Companions of the Forest, En- tertained its Friends. Enterprise Circle, Companions of the Forest, gave its semi-montily social in the Social Hall of tne Ancient Order of Foresters building last Saturday uight 10 its friends, and the crowded condition of the hall was an evidence of the liberai respouse to the invitation extende There were many brave Foresters and a greater number of fair Companious, who for the time being cast aside the cares of tne and thoughts of Kiondyke and its go fields to enjoy the programme cf dances that haa been pre; by the committee of ar. rangements, of which ihe following were mem- bers: M's. Maria Klaus, Mrs. Mary Sweet, Mrs. A. Kidd, Mrs. Sarah Crawford and Miss Acna M. Frey, tue last-named lady belng the floor manager. Miss Frey, who is as vi- vacious a Companiou as can be found in the order, and remarkably handsome, showed cet it Upon opening his | ©One COmMDADY O concern nasa | ; that she is up to date In ihe managementof a ball, and nuder Ler directions there was uo delay in making up quadrille setsand io ob- taining rariners for «sch dance. There was excellent music, Wrs. Oceena C. Goldthwaite ding at the piano. The aft P g one, und it was afierm the announeement was made thet toe lime 10 part hed come end that in two weeks there would be snother social. X Mission Parlor's High Jinks. Last Saturday nigh' the members of Mission Parior No. 38 of the Native Sons of the Golden West gave a Ligh jinks in their hsli on Seven- teenth street, in bouor of Grand Trustee Mil ton D. Garratt, and the number of Native Sons und their friends who zttended was smple” proof of the high esteem in which the gv bonor is held by those who have the p A first-class progre. incluaing music, songs, recitations and teiling, was presented for the entertainment of those present, and durivg tae ¢vening there were shori sddresses. [he en ment that wes jurnished was of & s thoroughly sporeciated b: regret was that it t . though it was m last number was presented. of his acqueintance. Daughters of Liberty, : The officers of Oakland Council No. 3 of the’ - | Daughters of Liberty were installed Jast day nign: by Henry C. Scheerizer eilor of the Junior Order of chs: in the presence of many other councils sud a visttor fro 10 Reynolds, vice-eoul sistant vice-cour record. ne rt trusiee. Tuev teresting acc | eils ou the other are doing. After | meeting there we: Surprise by Oriental Rebekah. Mrs. Charles W. Derby was surprised last Tuesdsy night by & om & number of the members of Oriental Bebekeh Degree Lodge ce, 942 Mis- Thompson, Mrs. A. L. Lo ana Abbie Ewing, M Mary Seymour, Miss 3 Carrie Williams, Gottsens iss Gussie W. J. Jackson, H. G. Derby. James A. Garfield Corps. The membarshiv of Jemes A Garfield Corps No. 21 will give an entertain in Social Hsll, Aicazar bu day evening in aid of its re. Robin Hood Ulrele. Robin Hood Circle No. Z the Forest, Foresters of Ame: | Frrevar information dacly 10 msmy business Louses a2d pub » Clipping Burean (Allez’s *Mrs. Wicslow s Soothing Syrup™ Has been Tsed over Sfiy yeats by milicay of mothers for their chidren whi e Tesialag =iis pen foct success. It sooihesiLe child, sofiens Segn alisys Pais. cares Wisd Collc, regaiates e Bo azd is the bes: remedy for Diarrbceas, whetherars IBg frOm tee.hing or otber causes Forsae bydrog §i8t8 1a every par: of the wor'd. Be sure and ass | for Mre Winsow's Sooining Syrup 29¢ & Wida ————— | | ely free from the misis comr mon further porth. Hound- trip tickats. by sieam- ship, iuciuding fifteen day¥ board a: the Hoieida Coronado, $60; ionger siay §2 50 perday. ApEs 4 New Monigomery sireet. San Fraacisca. 825 Kate to Chicago via the Grea: tanta Fe Eoute. The low rates made for Chiisilan Endeavorers will be open to the pubiic #s WeiL AR opporo- Dty to Tisit the Eact never before enjoyed by C: fiornians. Pullman Palacs Draw ng-room Sieep- :paitern. )iodern uptolsiersd through from < we-table in adverus | ing column. San Francisco ticketoftice 644 Mac<e: street, Chronicie tuliding. eieptoue Maln.Ssi Uskiand, 1118 Erosdway. Northern Pacific Railway—Yellowstone i Park Route. Parttes desiring to visi: ihe Yellowstone Park, or go rast via the Northern Pac'fic Rallwa: | should call a: No. 638 Market street, S31 Fra cisio, for their Railroaa snd Yellowstone Parc tickets We can accommodate ail that wish to make the trip regardless of rumors (0 the contrary. Stop overs given cm all Christian Endeavor tick- ets T. K. Stateler, Gen Agent, 638 Market st. ————————— Reduced Rates for All To the East via the klo Grande Western Rallway, | passing through TUtah and Colorado by daylignt | Through cars By all trains. Tickets, sleeping-car | reservations and full informacion fornished ai 14 | Montgomery s reet. A safe simple snd effective remedy for Indi gestion s & dose of Aver's Fills. Try the Pills and make your meals enjoyable. e e Iy affiicted with sore eyes use D-. Isaac Thomp- { son’s Eve Water. Druggis s seil it at 25 ceats. NEW TO-DAY. No factory-made uphols- tery here. When everybody knows this and can’t forget it we’ll stop saying so. Our upholstery is made in our own shops. It's just right. It kéeps its shape— don’t sag nor get Jumpy. Here's a dainty three-piece parlor set. Broad polished backs, inlaid with holly wood. Sik covers, any color. Receptfon chair, §8.50. Arm chair, $13 80 Divas, $20. Prices in plain figures— same to everybody. Money back if you want it. No quibbling. California Furniture Company (N P Cole & Co) Cll’mk | 117 Geary Street e