The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1897, Page 22

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It THE CALL to on for you will | carrfer or left at { receive ‘prom | ¥ifty cen will NO EXTKA CHARGE. for summer months Business Office Alaska or Peru—take yvour choice. gold in California yet. There is plenty of asif the excitement would It now lo y with n in wheat is about as good our money asa Klondyke Since the Russians have been abls to prove Siberia we ought to be able 1o rove Alaska and not half try. ers are forced to admit that prosperity has come, but now they say the tariff has nothing to do with it. Great Bricain will agree to a conference or the seal fisheries and it is evident the “shirtsleeves'’ letter got in 1ts work in the right place. Itis worth noting even at this late day that neither Cleveland nor any one elsa has. ‘sdid that the new tariff involves “‘party perfidy and dishonor.” In ali'the talk of the Klonayke let us nat: forg the coming exposition at Omaba. - Thers will be big money for us | in that lead if -we work it right. { The Canadian beaver is ‘busy trying to dam up the poid stream, but a . good strong scream from the eagie may make. him take a dive and hunt his hole. Greece it seems. can obtaln relief from Turkey only by surrendering the control | of her finances to the powers, which vir- tually means she wili get peace by going to pieces. The ‘old rule of the . Bryanites that | wheat falls when' silver falis.doesn’t work in this year of prosperity, for wheat is | rising steadily and. silver just as steadily | is'going down. Now that Chatncey Depew hae taken to the bike the Vanaerbiit roads will prob- ubiy consent to carry bicvclesas baggage. A fellow feeling has its influence in busi- ness as'well as in socety. Tise leading papers of the Kast are ad- vising the coal operators to pay living wages'to their miners and ‘put an‘end to the strike, and if they are wise they will give heed to the counsel Qur offers -to give McKinley a fousing reception &nd a brlliant entertainment | are kindly meant, but it is possible they ure just {he things he is trying to avoid for the rést of the sumuer. reat Britaii desires any vohxnteers" to 1ré!p her settle with the wiid tribes- of ¢ Himalayas all she will have ta do is to spread a reportthat there is gold in the mountsins and-digging is free. In continuing the agitation for street improvement itis'to be hoped the Mer- chants’ Association will succeed in doing someéthing ‘more than:shaking “up the Superv:sorsand stirring up a-dust. in some parts Kansas women are sa:d to have earned $2 a day by driving teams in the harvest fields, but it isnot stated who did the cooking for the har- vesters after the women folks joinea the sang. The new plan for getting the Jews to cmigrate to Jerusalem will fail as similar schemes have failed Lefore. The city of Solomon has, not been attractive to the descenaants of Solomen since it ceased to be a commercial center. You remember the siory that Mrs. Ormiston Chant smoked a cigsrette in Crete, and enjoyed jit. - Tae lady now says ihere was no enjovment, The cigarette did not appease-hérhunger a little bit and Llistered fier lips severely A petition recently. presented to the Chamuver of D3puliss praying for a special tax on’ bachelors states ‘that- in Paris the number of bachelors of marriageable age is'about-500,009, while the number of mar- ried men is only abou! 379,000, It is good news to learn that the regents of the State Univérsity are considering a proposal to-confer greater powers on the pre ident, A strong executive head is needed for ilie maragement of any insti- tution, and the university will be im- proved as soon as it is provided with one. The report ‘that 100 detectives in Paris have struck for shorter hours of labor is surprising, for it has been generally be- lieved ‘the members of the seoret gervice | in that city had acamen enough to detect some means of lightening their toil with- outleiting the public get on to the snap. Dr. John D. Vincil, president of the board of curators of the University of Blissouri, in_a recent letter declaring that university professors should not “be al- OUR FOREST' POLICY. The current number of ths Allantic Munthly doatains two_srticles on American forests and the importance of their preservation. The first anid more elaborate of the two is by John Muir, dealing Withi -American forests generally, and particularly with those of California, while the second, by t Lie editor of the magzine, reviews the steps Wwhich have been taken by the Government: to preserve our forests and pwlni!—»ou! the urgency of a better supervision:in the future. 3 The article by Mr. Muir will be of more than ordinary interest to Californians, inasmuch as it makes plain the.amount of. our magnificent forests. It i3 not that trees are being cut for the purpos waste and destruction whicli iy go(ggop_in of clearing. fields, making roads, providing timber for bridges, mines and gther works of atility, of which Mr Muir complains, but that so much of onrforest is literally wasted by:the' careless and inconsiderate meihods in: which the wood is. being taken, and by the devastation of fires, Mr. Muir devotes much of his article {6 a consideration of the great redwoods of the Coast Range. These noble trees .are being destroyed ‘as rapidly as modern fm- plements can hew them down, and unless some steps are: taken to pressrve them it will not be long before California will be deprived of what hes been dne.of the glories of ber-wonderiul woodlands, The danger is greater in regard to the redwoods than for the bix trees of the Sierras. The sequoia gigantea is not in danger of extinction, since it has been planted and is flourishing over a great part of Europe, ‘and magnificent sections of the aboriginal forest have been reserved as Nationaland State parks. Very differentis the condition of the rival tree. Mr Mulr says, “There is not 4 single specimen of the reawood in any National park. Only by gift or purchase, so far as I know, can the Government get back into its possession a single acre of this wonderful forest.'” The editor of the magazine, in reviewing the Nattonal policy with Tegard to forests, says: ‘It cannot be repzated too ‘often that unless there is a radical reform in the manazement of the forests on the public domain the prosperity of the whole country west of the one hundredth meridian must graduaily diminish’ with the vanishing forests, and that without active and energetic military conirol nothing can save these forests from extermination.” There can be no question of the truth of the siatements made either by Mr. Muir or by the editor of the Atlantic. protect our forests. tract of redwood land and set it aside as It is time that more energetic steps were taken to It would be advisabls for the Government to purchase a large a Natlonal park. Buch atract would cost | much less to-day than it will in the futtire, and a movement should be at once begun to bring about Government action in that respect. Qther nations have wasted their forests and are now engazed in replanting we will profit by the warning. them at a great expense. If we aré wise THE SEAL FISHERIES, The announcement that the British For- | eign Office has notified Embassador Hay that Great Britain accepts the provosition of the United States for an international conference on the subjectof pelagic seal- ing in Bering Sea brings a lon: and vexa- tious controversy to a gratilying close. It is another victory won by American diplo- macy for justice and fair dealing between nations, and promises to put an end to what has long been a source of irritation between this country and Great Britain, The proposed conference is to be held at Washington this fall, and all nations in- terested in the fisheries will be repre- sented. Mr, Foster, the special commis- sioner appointed by the United States to conduet the negotiations for bringing about the conference, is reported to have said that he found a cordial sympathy with the objects he had in view at every capital he wisited. He met nowhere any eviaence of that antagonism to the United States which has been said to exist in so many European countries. The officials with whom Mr. Foster dealt met him, so he said, “in the spirit of the utmost frankness and open-mindedness,’'’' and gave him every reason for expecting a sat- isiactory agreement from the conference. Itis tobe regretted that at this moment, when everything looks so fair for the set- tlement of the question, Professor El- liottof the Smithsonian Institution should have made public his personal irritation against Commissioner Foster in a letter which will tend to weaken the commis- sioner's influence with the foreign officials with whom he must negotiate. It appears from Profe-sor Eliiott’s letter that he is aggrieved becanse Mr. Foster “plagiarized” the professor’s authorship of the modus vivendi of 1891 and endeav- ored to suppress Lis report. This seems to be a matter so whol!y personal that it should have had no place in a public con- sideration of the issue. Professor Eiliott insiead of attacking the commissioner ought to cordially co-operate with Lim in working for American rights and secur- ing the preservation of our seal fisheries, Fortunately the outcome of the con- ference will not depend in any wmeasure upon the personal relations of Professor Elliott and Commissioner Foster. The subject will be taken up on its merits- by the officials appointed to the conference; and the decision we can hardly doubt will be favorable to the claims which the United States has put forward. Much has been already gained by obtaining the con- sent of Great Britain to take part in the conference and submit her claims to its jurisdiction. [t was but a short time azo that Lord Salisbury declined to entertain the idea of a conference, and that he has been brought to chanze his mind is an evidence of commendable vigor in the | foreign policy of the McKinley adminis- | istration. PROTECTION FROM TORNADOES. There are two recently published re- ports of new theories of storms advariced by scientists, one of which is interesting because of its direct contradiction to ‘the long-accepted belief of the origin of cyclones, and the other because it not only scientifically describes cytlones, but tells how whole towns may be made safe from their destructive visitation. The French scientist, M. Faye,in a re- cent work on tornadoes and cyclounes, says these phenomena are not caused by the rapid rising of heated areas of air whose place is filled by the rush of destructive wind from the upper regions, as has long been believed. They are formed, he con- tends, in the upper regions as eddies of air currents which whirl swiftly to the earth, and are not due to the convection of the heated air close to the earth’s sur- face. One proof that the rising of heated air does not cause them is that they occur less frequentiy in warm weather than at other times. M. Faye advances his idea as a theory merely, and -he admits there can be no certainty till there is a thorough meteorological examination of the upper regions. 2 The other theory, which comes from Mr. Turner, an inventor, has ‘at least the promise of being of much “practical use. He says that there is:no danger.in the cy- clone itself, but that it is the epiphenom- ena produced in “its heart which are so destrnctive. - To. ‘guard against these dangers the inventor bas produced a con- trivange which he callsa “‘paratornado.” A number of these are-to be placed on the tops of tall metal towers on the side of the towns where cyclones:are ‘most- likely' to approach. The apparatus is so conneeted with charges of ‘powerful explosives thiat the force of a cyclone will cause them to fuiminate “with such’ force to scatter the whirling' winds.” The tornado may form again furtheron; but one commun< ity, at any rate, will-have been saved from damage. E ‘Whether this idea s as wild as theone prevalent a few years back, that loud ex- plosions on the ground or high in the air lowed 1o teach politics, says, “There are. people in all the walks of li'e:who are aways- perniciously too previous.'’ Itis 10 be regretted that any admiration felt for the -terseness of this statement of: a familiar truth is marred by the fact that . the rest ot the letter shows Dr. Vineil himself 1o be oue of that kind of people. ¢ would cause clouds to give their: rain in abundance upon the thirsty earth, is yet &0 open question, for the Governmeént has made no appropriation to test it Ly ex- periment, as it did in the former case. By the time Canada has exaoted her royalty from the miners the pirate of the sea will have slim pickings. I DEVELOPING THE NORTH. The wild rush to- the Northwest Terri- tory for gold is likely to result in the per- manent . improvement. of that country, and already a projéct is on foot in Canada to-opena great lanu and water route con- necting the province of ‘Ontario- with'the 1 "Yukon River. The plan as outlined seems so reasonable its “execution before many years.need not be doubted. The route proposed is up ‘the Great Lakes to Sault Ste. Marie, where a railway ! will start northward - for the southern ex- tremity of Hudsons Bay, which, under tie name of James Bay, reaches‘to witkin 400 miles of the Sault Ste. Marie. The passage would thea be through Hudsons Bay to Chesterfield inlet, a distance of 11300 miles, when¢e ‘anotber railway link will bs needed to connect with Great Slave Lake, but this span would be only 200 miles. Through Great. Siave Lake down the Mackenzie River to its mouth nearly 1500 miles will be added. Fromthe | month of the Mackenzie River on the Arctic Ocean some fifty ‘miles of railroad twill make connection with the Yukon, and down that stream to Bering Sea would be 1500 miles. By 'this ‘route .it iy esti. mated that the buildine of some 600 miles ! of railway would bpen 6300 miles of steam navigation through new counntry. The water systemn through this North- | west Canadian territory is surronnded by vallevs of fertile agricultural land, and it is believed that, despite the severe climate, their reclamation from the wilderness to | prosperous settlements would follow - the | building of the ‘railways. Then, further north, hesides the geld there would be | valuable traffic in fisheries, . timber and minerals. Just as. the bumlding of the Cansadian Pacific led to the development of Manitoba, so may this new line add vaiuable provinces to the Dominion. While Canada will have to go to ‘the great expense and long labor to construct i this circuitous route, the United States has abundant mesns of communication with her Alaskan possessions by water. We hold the whole coast from Brilish | Calumbin around to the Arctic, and hence control ‘all the ports that open into the Yukon country. ' The traffic will be mainly in our hands, despite the efforts of | the Canadians to turn itaway, We there- | fore ‘have an_iuterest in the possibie de- velopment of the region greater than that ; of Canada, and now that public attention has been ¢illed to the country, it is prob- | able that our Government will hasten the | orzanization of the territory and prepare | it for tlie reception of settlers, Hopes for the uftimate dévelopment of | the Yikon region are encouraged by the | results which have been atfained by the Russiansin constructing a railway throngh [ Siberia. The dread.of the severe ciimate in‘that country aisappeared as if by magio as soon as it was opened by steam com- t munication, and now settlers are pouring |'in to possess the rich wheatfields which |-‘exist there.. ‘Alaska and . the British | Northwest territory will probsbly de- | velop faster than Siberia, for the work will be in the hands of a superior and more enterprising people. i EIGHT HOURS' WORK A correspondent commenting on a para- graph in 1HE CALL advocating that we all pull together for the use of California ma- terial for the Federal building, and for eight hours’ work per day, indorses the first proposition, but as to the secona goes on to say : } ‘‘Plesse give us the reason why a per- yson who draws his pay from the fands { made up by the tax should work only eight hours, while very much the largest i portion of the taxpayers Work sixteen ! hours, You will no doubt agree with me, | Mr. Editor, that a person in a normal | conaition, who lives ashe wasintended to /a0, does ‘not' sleep over eight hours. | 'When a person’s system is right, when he éilvuot asleep he is busy either mentaliy lor physically, and is doing something either good or bad.” We do not differ from our correspondent as to eight hours''sleep being sufficient for | a person in normal heaith who is taking | proper cars of himsel. The reason we advocate. the eight-hour day of toil is becauss it is a: desirable featurs in the { progress: of the race to a higher civiliza- | tiori, . As to the guestion of ths unfair- | ness of letting those onpublic. works. off with an eight-hour day when ‘those who pay into the tax fund so expended usually nave to work for a farlonger day, we must remember that in-all reforms & beginning must be made somewhere, and. the only place where the people have general con- trol and ‘can makea start for shorter hours ‘iu in public ‘works. The precedent snce t estabiished by the wiil of the people that eight hours is enoiigh labor for one day, then the industrial world' generally will gradually: adopt the idea, and: all the workers will altimately get the benefits of shortened toil. -1f the people do not make: an effort to'start the reform in_ work over wihich they exerciss conirol, the removal of excessively lengthened toil will be deleyed indefinitely. s B It does not follow, as our correspond- ent’s query seems. to infer, that because the workman isnot-engaged in continuous labor.hie will be doing something bad. Advance to. a better civilization: require: that the ‘mass of the people have some 1 veloped: o “be several hours between outine toil - and ‘necessary sleep, but -the srouirs of: purely ‘industrial toil should be 20 restricted as not to feave the mind and tog. fagged out o use the allotment. of leisure ‘with any effective vim. Mere iilléness is not to be sought in the eight- hour regulation, but ample tinve for recrea- | tibn. and cultara should be looked forward | - to by th tion as & whole in order to bring-about that all-round individual de- vetopment which will: be thie surest guar- antee of - a great democratic civilization, It should-be remémbered that not ifong ago the ter-hour day wasconsidered as the sanie doubtiul experiment that the eight- hourdayisnow: It lias been. estimated that i the necessary indusirial work of the world was skitlfully systematized and every able-bodied person did his fair share, the working day need only.be a very smail fraction of the ‘whole. It is this possi- bility we must striva to make a reality. FRANCO-GERMAN FRONTIER. After the war of 1870 and the loss of - Alsace- Lor¢aine; France found. herself possessed of & frofitier whigh had ‘no natural features to serve as delerises—in fact the new frontier line was: (rawn by Germany with precisely that iden.' Despoiled 6f her ancieat barriers, the Rhing and the Vosges mountaius, France wont earnestiy at the task of providing artificial barriers. With (he frontier but a few marchis from Paris and no good positions intervening something must be done to keepout thatawiul Teutanie horde, the’ remembrance of which was then 8o {resh. The present Franco-German frontier is an irrégular line but- 300 kilometers in length. In: drawing: the: line the Germans were.un- doubtedly actuated by & desire 10 weaken the French. frontfer - and ‘at the same time strengthen their ‘own. This object was most effecrually accomplished by pushing the lite beyond the Rhine o' inciude the passesof the ‘Vosges end the atrong fortressof Mefz, key- point of future ‘offensive operations against France. 'No natural obstacles of any value new intervene belween the frontier and Parie. The French froutier is thus naturally wesk | both- for offense and defense, To take the offensive France mustnow iorce the passes of the Vosges, and afiér that the great Rhine barrier yet remains. - On the defensive she must relyon artificial obstacles almost en- tirely. . The German frontier, on the con- 1rary, is strong boih for offense and Gefense. By controliing both banks of the Rhine and the passes of the Vosges, Germany can Imess ner troops Within her owa territory aud ar- rive atonce within striking - distance while anly vague reports will reach. the French to indicate the point where the blow will fall. Germany in advaneing will find an open coun- try while with every step of France in ad- vance the physical and -mijlitary difficuities increase. A careful study of the frontiers of & possible enemy isione of the most important occupa- tions of the army staff in peace time, but it is safe to say that the plece of territory separa- ting France and Germany has'been more care- fully studied and mapped than any otherre- glon of equal size on the globe. In this region has arisena system of fortresses the like of which, both in size and completeness of arma- ment and equipment, the world has never seen. In this work tne Franch have spent vast sums, estimated as high as 1300 millions of francs. In fortifying tne froutier the principles adoptea by the French weio to place in the first lige very strong pirces connected by numerous fors intercepting the intermediate routes. In this:linesvere left two or three gaps having few: if ady artificial obstacles, the object of this arrangement being to invite the enéniy to push through and then take him inflank. Behind this is aline of strong posi- tions to intercept the enemy in case the first line is broken through. . ; The general line selected tor defense is that of Longney, Verdun, Toul. Epinal-and Belfort. Each of the above places is an fmmense “in- irenched camp,” s called, but in reality a vast fortress, compléte In every respect. Beyond is a lue or ¢ircle of -detached works serving to protect the place from bombardment. The second line consists of the intrenched camps of Laon, Rhefws, Langres, Dijon and Besancon. The third liné is simtlarly com- posed of the fortificaiions of Lyous, Par nd Lille. Each of the foriresses is under & Gov- erifor, assistéd by & council of defense, and with & garrison earefully trained.. Leadiug to 1his line of delense are ten iines of railway for €ffacting concentration of troops, and in rear of the forts and connecting them is an ‘elaborate network of railroads. Sirategically the first line has several roles to fulfill, both offensive and defensive, the principal being 1o re-enforce the natural ob- stacles and form routes of invasion, and to aid ihe fisld atmy both in covering its maobiliza- tion- and concentration-and. facilitating the subsequent deployment.. It forms also a sort of screen behind which cbhange of base may be made if circumstances demand it. In case of a forward ‘movement this line is to be held hy the territorial army while the activa army moves forward in an offensive movement. The French seem determined to prevent fn- vasion 1t possible, and when the long-pre- dicted war comes this line will be the scene of one’of the grandest and most desperate con- flicts yel seen. RECESSIONAL. RUDYARD R1PLING'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE V10- TORTAN. J UBILEE- God of our fathers. kKnown of old— Lorat of our far-flung batile tine— Beneath whose swfui hand we hold Domivjon over palm ana pine— Lord God of tiosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—iest we 10rgs The tumul nd the shouting ale; ‘The captatis and the kings depart— Btidi 8 ands ‘T hine ancjent sacrifice; A humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosis, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forset! Farcalled our navies melt away— Undune and headiand rinks the fire— Lo, ali cur p-mp of yesterda; Isone with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forgei—lest we forget! 11, drank wich slght of power, we loose d tonguos that have not Thee in awe— Euch boasting as the Gentiles use OF lesser breeds w1 hout the Law— Lord God of Hosts, be with us yer, Last we forget—lest we forget! For beathen heart that puts her trust In reekiog tubes an | iron shard— AL vailant dust that bulids oo dust, And gu: rding cails not Thee to guard— ¥or frantic boast and foollsh word, ‘Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord AMEN, —London Times. WITH YOUR COFFEE. +*Every man has a streak of feminine in his make-up.” “Yes; I know a blg. two-fisted. fellow, with A voice Jike a foghorn—' ““And he is tender to little enfidren!”. “Idunno whether he s ornot. Butlwas going 1o tell you. His taste {n neckties is something horrible.’—Indianopolis Journal, “Dah {s two ways o’ wastin' money,” sa1d Uncle. Eben, *One 1s ‘to ¥pend it so fastit doesn’t hab time ter dono good &n’ de yuther 1s tet: hol’ onter it so tight it nebber gitsa chance.”—Washington Star. Edna—Mr. Wilkus perate flirt. Gertrude—Are you reallygrowing desperate, | | dear?—Philadelphia North American. S “You needn’t leave t1s. ice any more,” said the newly married housewife. - “ #Anything wrong, madam?” “Indeed there is. ‘The. ice is not nearly so cold as that mother gets.”’—Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Growch—We women are going o organ- ize & society for. the disconragement of pro- fane swearix e : - 01 to'do is o get somebody who knows how 1o teach you how to make good bread.—Cincin- asti Enquirer, - < 2 " In order to do.these things properiy, not. 2 i s Um becoming a des. Growch.Well, the first thing you want | ‘An Jtalian restdent -@el Pozzo, . He calls his apparatus.a submarine 1iskind; -1t Kas just been suecessfully tried, the bad: of -the Seine befng used as the field of | | operations. - It consists of an eaormous howl or globs, “steel the strongest pressure. It is 9 feet-9 inches in diameter, thres screws and a helm workea by plectri¢ity. o' France i inven téd s cabin in ‘which to explore the bottom of. the sen, 1t puirpose beig the sams as that of the diying-bell. ‘The inventor's name is M. Piatti workar, and 1t seems a remarkable affair of plated and capable of resisting weighs fen tons and is moved by In the.apparatus afe two boxss, or tanks, THE NEW DIVING: APPARATUS AT WORK. filled with ballast, which, when turned over, en the surface of the water, permit the exterior objects and ground to be clearly - Entranee is ¢ffected by a manhole, and the apparatus is kept in communication witha boat or with the shore by means oi a cable. The cabin is reached by aladder and islighted by eleciricity. From this cabin everything outside the machine, such as shovels, picks and grappiing irons. can be manipulatad by means of levers or handspikes, The cabin cantained: sufficient air for the last them forty-eight hours, The inventor states that half & dozen people could comforiably | remain in the interior and breathe withont fear of rarefaction of theair for the space of halt Interior of the Bell. of success which it {a believed wiil attend it, the inventor, M. Pozzo, declares he will himself come to the United States with it and demonstrate in New York harbor the truthfulness of his claims: There are also conical tubes, furnished with powerful lenses, which able the invention to rise from the bottom to four personis who went down in it recently to aday. M. Pozzo also sffirms that there is no danger lkely to e fncurred by his big apoars- tus. Persons in the interior can communicate with the boat or thie land by telephone, and even if thesolid suspending cable were to give way, the ballast could be overturned by touch- ing a lever, and the globe would ascend to the top of the water. The descent to the Seine’s bed was effected under the railway bridge at Choisy-le-Roi, otit- side the fortifications, and everything went off successfully. The submarine worker is to be tested in deep-sea depths at Havre and Brest. | Great things, in fact, are expected from the machine by its inyentor, who has gone a con- siderable way toward making realities of some | of the effects of the imagination of Jules Verne. The submarine worker may possibly dis- cover the exact whereaboutsof the ili-fated | Drummond Castle and of other big wrecks. | It will be of immense use in the peari, coral and sponge fisheries, and in Jaying or repair- | ing eables. All this will depend, however, on the ses tests. For the present it is sufficient to know it has been successfully tried in Paris. The invention is, in fact, say the French ex- yerts, one of the most clever ideas of the year, and there is 0o reason to doubt iis entire prac- ticability. Ifftreaches in France the measure PERSONAL. Douglas 8, Cone, banker of Red Bluff, isat the Lick. H. K. Wheeler, a mining man of Randsburg, arrived here yesterday. W. M. Brown and wile of Dixom. IiL, are staying at the Cosmopotitan. John F. Boyd of Danviile is in town. He owns the old Seth Cook ranch, | P. A, Buell, a wealthy manufacturer of Etock- ton, is among the &rrivals at the Grand. Dr. D Osborne of Sr. Helenaarrived here yesterday and will probably remain several | days. P. B. $mith, a mining man of Jamestown, | Tuolumne County, is in the City. ' He is at the Grand. : W. 6. Weigleworth, a commercial traveler of | Louisville, Ky., is among the guests of the Cosmopolitan: Judge H.G. Bond of Seattle is among the arrivals at the Lick. He has lived in Seattle for a long time, J. C.Martins, edftor ot & newspaper at Pres- cott, Arizona, arrived here yesterday. He is registered at the Balawin. Scipio Craig, the editor and owner of the Redlands Citrograph, ome of the most pros- perous of interior weeklies, is on a visit to the Bay City. John Drew and his company were passen- gers on the overland train, which was tem hours ‘late, from the East yesterday. AMr. Drew, who is to oper here in ‘*Rosemary,” will make his headquerters at the Palace and at Buriingame. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 3L—At the Plaza, D. M. Fleming; Imparial, E. C. Godfrey, W. E. Eskine; Gilsey, J. R. Harny; Jefferson, Mise 1. Goodwin, Mrs, J. C. Quinn; Metropolitan, J. E. Honter; Grand Union, Mr. and Mrs. C. Stepp, Mrs. P. E. Tull. THE CHINATOWN OUTRAGES. E £an Francisco Wasp. THE CALL is the only paper in Ban Franeisco that' turns the searchlight of investigation upou the horrible cutrages committed daily in Chinatown. The articies appearing in the columns of this bright journal should be pe- rused by everyone,asthey give an insight into conditions exisiing to-day iu Chinatown surpassing all belief. When a better state of affairs is brought about THE CALL alone will be entitled to the thanks. - San Francisco *tar. The exposes 88 10 the Chinese system of woman slavery are continuing, but not one effort seems {0 ‘be made oreven talked about by officials for stopping it. The es of the owners: and -the iocalitiés ‘of the mises should be published, and vengesance dealt out unspazingly to the white miscreants who de- rive revenue from such hellish sources. AT THE CHURCH GATE. Although I enier ne Ye: round about |$ spot. Oftilmes | hover: And near the sacred gate With [6nging eyes I walt, Expectant of er. The minster bell tolls out Above the ¢fty's rout And noise and humming. 1 hey’ve 5iushed the nlaster’s bell, The organ "uins (0 swell, Bhe's (0ming, she’s coming. My Iady comes at last, “Timid sod stepping fast, And hastenine hither: ne o s bore snei pastt ; sl May heaven go.with ber! - Kneel undisturbed, fatr saint; Pour out. your praise or piainé or Witk thouglits unraly. To sully. ’ofll.p:lu Drayt Like oions arirna e ts who wait And 8ce through heave: i © Tangea i LT gate WILLIAM MAKEPFACE THACKERAY, | cessant eold rains made work disagreeable THREE YEARS IN ALASKA. To the Edor of the San Francisco Call-SIR: With a mining experience of three years in Alaska it 1s possible that I may be able to con- tribute something of interest to the readers of THE CALL growing out of thatexperience &nd 1nhave been urged to writeabout it. ‘Ihave made séven trips to the mines in Southeastern Alaska and in all seasons of the year. I found it a pleasanter trip by far than going by tail to Chicago. The stormy weather and the long hours of intense darkness made the midwinter trip seem perilous and one such trip was enough. Most of my experfence was on the mainland in the mines near Juneau, where Iemployed from thirty to seventy men. The almost in- and trying uniil we became accustomed to it, Aclear day would cause remarks aboul the weather, bit the ordinary days and nights of steady rain came as & matter of course and provoked little comment. Much to my sur- }mu I found that no one seémed to suffer 'rom constant exposure to such weatner. We all had excellent health. The ciimate in the iuterior is much colder, and snow takes the place of rain. But the cold weather of Minnesota, Towa and Iliinols 18 often just as severe as the rough weather of the Upper Ukon. With plenty of provisions and suitable clothing, life may be quite en- durable, though not ‘quite charming, in the Kiondyke country. But to0 do hard work in such cold and darknoess will require strong resolution and plenty of dumb endurance. But the golden reward develops these rare qualities. Old miners will agree with me in that the heroic struggle with the elements and the discomforts of rude mining life seem to bring out the better qualities of most men to suck an exient that not o be big-hearted and open-handed is to be shunned as mean &nd untrustworthy. More men go hunir‘y on the streets of San Francisco tuan canu bé foundin mining camps. Comrade it not a forguiten word among min- ers. Courage and enawy and stoic endurance are cardinal virtues. ith tuese one is safe. Woman has never met with more chivalry than these rough miners show her. She does well 1o go with them, provided she prizes manliness in rough garbabove manners in fine clothes. These Yukon miners will regard every woman in the mines as a heroine, and their regard will not be rpdely dispelled by her unworthiness, Her womanliness is her protection. Let no one worry over any woman who has gone to Klondyke. “She s safe and sbe can tellyou the meaning of manliness when she returns. : [OSEPH_ASB 11 Estex street, July 51, 1805 - T N0N- —_— SEWARD’S ERROR. New York Press. Willlam H. Sewara made a mistake in not :hov‘xu ;:he bo\;;:du: line of Alaska alittle urther © showed & reprehensibl want of fc ght in allowing: c-npn a l:.;w: Klondyke. —_—— e 825 Eate to Chicago via the Great Santa Fe Koute. The low rates made’ for Chefstian £p will ‘b open to the publle s well. An. ;?o:: Dity 1o Visit the kast never before enjoyed by Cal: fiornians. Puliman Palace Drawing-room Sieep- :n.-un" . not ux“ Iatest pattern. Modern uphioistered ourist sleeping-cars run daily through from Vak: iand pler (o Chioago. ~ Sre tiietatle. In advertis ing column. Ban Francisco ticketolice 644 Marxet: street, Chironicie bullding, % elephone - Muln 185l ‘Uakiund, 1138 Kroadway, = 0 T L Northern Pacific Rail way—Yellowstone Fark Line. P Yellowstone Park wikh o' c that they have never boen in better condition o handle visitors than avths present time (rumors to the contrary: nocwith- sianding). All of the iarge parties of Christian XEndeavorers have made the trip and areout of the park. For tickeis and information spply 1o T. K. Stateler, Gen: Agent, 638 Market 8t., S F. R NS At Reduced: Rates for All X To the East via the 110 Grande: Western Rallway, passing through. Utah and Colorado by daylight. ‘Through cars by ail trains. Tickets, sleeping-car reservations and fall {nformation furnished at 14 Montgomery s ree: foitan POTHD SRy AYER'S Cherry: Pecioral gives prompt relfel {ing my many H.Brack; panter, 120 EAdy steset e e e —Caiiforniagiace fruits, 50c1b;; in et e-etchied bxs. Just what you want for friends. Towiisend’s, Palace Hotel Bldg TouRr ggant.fiz Eastern i e Frroras information daily to manufacturery. sttiess housés and public 1wen by tha Prois pping Bureau (Allei’s). 510 Montgomery. * et Romoval Notice. Joe. Poheim; the Tailor. has removed from 724 Market-10 844:846 Market street. Thank- A onds &nd ‘the public in gen- eral - for past fayors,.[ will be pleased to see them atmy new store, where orders for good clothes -at. miotvrate “prices - ean be filled promptly, Goods ordered at 724 Market street Wili:-ve deHvered al 844-846 Market street. Joe Poheim, the Tailor. id NEW TO-DAY. Thisisthe place. This is School [/ pace Books. co to save money on }y ‘97 Primary, Grammar, (/) Commercial - and - High Come Cloth-bouna N oiseless Slates, 5x7, Bo; 6x9, 7c; 7x1l, 9c, or. 819, 12¢; Double States, double price. WiLh free outfit-of slate pencils, a 12-ineh hardwood rule, ze, 1memorandum-book: and A leather boak atrap Jf - 100 Poinied Siaie Pencils. 10¢ (04 Lead Penciis perdozen.. 8o pf- 12, 15 and 18 inch Brass Edge Ril- o, 8¢ and 106 drs il L 50D-page Pencil Tablet 5 A 250 paga ink‘Note ‘Book, rulea (big value) i ZLarge variety of note and hiooks at very low prices. Brownie Lunch Boxes.12¢, 16¢, 20¢ Nickeled Automatic Book Steap..25c Bchool Bags and Kuapsacks from . o mposition STATEMENT —=0F THE: CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— FIRE ASSOCIATION F PHILADELPHIA; IN THE STATE OF Pennsvlvania, on the 31st day: of December, A:D. 1896, and for the yearending on that day, 88 mads to the Insurapce €ommissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisios:of sections 810 and 811 cf the Political Cade, cone densed as' per biank fornished by the Comm - siotier: CAPITAL. Amaunt of Capital Stock, paid up.in Cash, $500,000 00 ASSETS. z Real Estate owned by Company... §208:800 00 Loans on Bonds and' Morigages. ... 2,188,221 51 Cash Marke: Value of all Stocks and Houds cwned by Company. Amount of Loans secured by pied: of Bonds. Sfocks, and Other. mal keiable sequrities as collateral Cash {n Company’s Office. 2,833,208 00 299,850 00 8411 97 Cash it Banks. ... 104,484 91 Interest due and Stocks atid - Loaa: 12,647 29 Interest due and icer and Mortgages. 66,108 15 Premiums {n d tlon.. 708,206 55 Due for rebates on losses paid. 66555 Reuts:due and accrued... .. 164800 Due from oiher Convpaiiies for ie- insurance on [osses already” paid, . 7,601 98 Total ASSets:.......u... L+ $5:098,124 24 LIABILITIES, Tosses adjusted wnd unpald $102,599.33 Losses in process of -Adjusi in Suspens: % 96,342 40 Losses 1esisted, including expense: 3027774 (ross premiums on Fire RIsgs rin- -/ ning for one year or Less. $1.958.+ 240 40; reinsurance 50 per cent.. 978,120 20 Gross premiums on Fire Risks runs nine for more thar -one year, $1.864,860 88: relnsurance . pro Tala.... ority: .. 971,68313 Amount reciaimable by the in- v sured on Perpetual kire Insurance Policies .. 1,934,862 38 All other demands agaidat the Come pany.... Total Liabilisies. 303,355 40 INCOME. h actually received. for Fire premiums. ... S .$3,503,144 26 Received for iuterest on Boods ana Morigages. ... 108,285 40 Receivea for Int on Bonds. Stoeks, Losus, and from /11 0ther Sources. Received for Hents... Receivea for Commissi 142,832 41 3,976. 70 Total Income : . B2847,008 77 EXPENDITURES, Net amount pald for Fira Losses (in- clading $461,635 ¥4, loss pre vious years) : (484,248 50 Dividends to Stoc L 200,000 VY it D W for ) om s Moo .o 585,560 02 eay, a1 d other charges. for oftioers, clerxs, etc.... 337,484 07 Paid far Siate, National and local taxes. e 67.870°11 All o.her payments and - expen- LR o rneene: 4201 63 Totat Expenditures, a the year Ln(skg‘ers!) e g T T RISKS AND PREMIUMS, e R RS T Fire hisks [ Premlums: SR b amaret Mok oS Net amountof Risks] writtenduring the] YOAT...,..........| $260,894,80 65,768,308 18 Netamount of Risks A expired during the FORE. ... 252,484,261/ 8,024,677 73 mount in o 3 B etambes 47, 1808| 383711 536 | §811.101 28 E. ¢ 1RVIN, President. M. G. GARRIGUES, Secretary. ‘Sgbacribed aud sworn to before mé this 26th day ef January, 1897 THOMAS B. PROSSER, Notary Public, T. C. 3HANKLAND, State Agent, 219 Sansome St., Sani_Fradcisco, Cal, W. LOAIZA & €0, ‘San Francisco Agents. STOVEL & THEBAUD, Mandgers: Insurance Department, That's why it excéls sll other preparaions for colds and coughs: s 17 afiticted with sore‘eyes use Dr. Issnc Thomp- son's kye Water. . Drugg! 1L it at 45 ceats: 218-220 Sansome St., San Fransisco; Oa Telophone Main 1597, . - CHAS. 'W. SMITH, Special Agent.