The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1897, Page 6

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1897. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1897 JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprictor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Ma nager. PUBLICATION OFFICE 0 Masrket sireet, San Francisco Telephone Matn 1863. EDITORIAL RCOMS vevs 017 Clay street e Main 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carrie: this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. r; per month 65 ceals. yea THE WEEKLY CALL..... ..Ono year, by mail, $1.30 OAKLAND OFFICE. ..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFIC ...Roows 31 and 32, 34 Park Row. 527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9 Haves street; open unul 9:30 o'clock. 615 SW. corner Sixteenth and o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open sion street; openuntil 9 o'clock. 1503 until 9:30 o’clock. NW. corner Twenty-second reets; open 1iil 9 o'clock. FUBLIC HEALTH ENDANGERED. of the Board of Supervisorson Monday pub- 1 was directed anew to the inadequacy of the T the meet c attenti levy by tne discussion arising from the resignation of he Commitice on Health and Police, the assigned for the resignation being the very forcible one owed ir the levy for the departments under the supe 1 of the committee is insufficient for their needs and that a deficit is impending. A ihe chairman of t reason that the amo al it thing to have to face the necessily of a de- ency of thedepartment of public health. The time has gone by in San Francisco when we could rely on nature no crease in the e to take care of the sanitary condition of the peninsula. We are nd mors exposed every year to the evils that arise from a crowded population; and, moreover, we are en- by the competition of unscrupulous or ignorant per- sons in the sale of food products. We need a thorough watch- 1 r the health of the people and a careful supervision over all conditions of the community that affect health. This is a very badly chosen time to reduce the efficiency of the Health Depariment. The yellow fever, now spreading over thern portion of the Mississippi Valley, may be brought westward, and possibly find access to our own city. The dancer of that kind is not great, but it is sufficient to em- phasize the imrportance of the work intrusted to the heaith authorities ana to make clear to the minds of the people the becoming more ngered Iness oy all the sau v of a city government that, under the name of economy, force a deficit in the revenues by which the work is car- ried on. The suggestion that the deficits in the various departments can be met by an issue of bonds will not find much favor with the people if it is ever brought forward as a serious proposition. To cui down the revenues of the Fire, Health and Police depart- ments for the purpose of ma! and then patching out de: ing & grand-stand plav of economy ncies by bond is-ues is a form of e that which Cleveland carriea on n ever 0 be approved by any class of citizens. Phelan ought to have known what he was doing admizsistration too much L in the nati Mayor when he advised the new Board of Supervisors to adopt the | levy. He cannot excuse himseif on the ground of the haste in which the work had 10 be performed, for he had seven mon:hs in office 1a had abundant time in which to consider all the needs of the cit The newly appointed Supervisors naturally try rce, and uron him will fall the blame of the approsch deficits in the treasury and deficiencies in the mu- n ted 0 his g 1l work. The full extent of the evil involved in deficit levv cannot be seen at this time. It will become apparent later on, when in all departments of the city there is felt the lack of money needed for i Then when the pressure comes and the isjury to the public service is clearly made known public opinion will speak more forcibly than Tre CaLL speaks to-day and the fiasco administrat.on of Mayor Pheian will be condemned beyond the power of being saved even by bonds. The law permitting the imprisonment of & man for failure to pay a hotel bill is a specimen of class legislation. Nobody should be encouraged to cheat the landlord any more than his butcher and baker, but to the unbiased ob-erver there appears some myslery why to cheat one is a crime and to cheat the other a matter for the civil courts. who det tomake a t case can easily do so by declining to pay his score. To be sure, jail life, however brief, is not pleas- ing, but on occasions comfort must be sacrificed to principle. Any enterprising c.t zen No wonder a Southern Pscitic streetcar ran down Inven- One of his offenses had been the patenting of a fender designed to deprive the trolley juggernaut of soms of its power to slay. Sucb conduct on the partof any man can be construed into nothing less than trifling with Southern Pacific rights. People who olject to being run over can sometimes avoid the experience by the exercise of agility, and the clamor for fenders naturally makes Huntington’s men tired. Is there to be no consideration of the fact that fenders cost money ? tor Nutting. However benign an act it may be to release an innocent convict after he has wronght six years in a felon’s stripes, the liberated gentieman, though happy to breathe the air of free- dom, has a rizht to feel that the State owes him more than is expressed in a pardon. Not even an apology thrown in could square the account. Somebody owes him six years’ wages, and while payment may be evaded, this fact cannot. A GOOD APPOINTMENT. RESIDENT McKINLEY has once more proven the excel- lence of his judzment in the selection of officials by the appointment of Jonn T. Dare to the office of Appraiser of Merchandise for the district o1 Ban Francisco. The news of the appointment will give general satisfaction to all who under- stand the respons:bilities resting upon an Appraiser, and know the importance of having a thorough!y competent and reliable man in the pos: Mr. Dare is one of the best known of the younger leaders of men in San Francisco. He has been for a long time promi- nent in yolitical, legal and business circles and has had a wide experience in the management of affairs. As a result of these activities in the performance of various duties his ability and fidelity have become fully recognized in the community, and he now enjoys a reputation which assures the public that all the duties of the Appraiser’s office will be promptly and rightly fulfillea while in his charge. ‘We have frequently had occasion to direct attention to the high order of men whom McKinley has chosen to carry on the business of the Government during his administration. The President has known how to select men who are not only capable of conducting the work intrusted to them, but are of such character that their appointment strengthens the hold of the administration upon the people by winning for it the favor of all right thinking men. The appointment of Mr. Dare is an instance of this kind. It will beapproved not only by all Republicans but by citizens without regard to party and will prove one of the best the Pres- ident has made. on. One way to get at the Ezaminer's baseball figures would be to bring action for false pretenses against that organ. If it can show that charity got a fair deal, that the manipulators of the scheme were in it for love of the needy, that Hearst’s merry men and brothers are not now jingling coin wrung from the public on a frauaulent plea, THE CArL will be giad to print their vindication in large and impressive type. S A local scribe made the mistake of writing of a dead man as still on the police force, but the error was not strange when it 1s remembered that sleepis death’s counterfeit. It is odd to observe that C. P. Huutington has resignad from anything. The habit of resignation is not one of his strong characteristics. | journalism whi HE opinion has been expressed that to ‘‘comment upon Tthe testimony'given at a murder trial,” or to draw imagi- nary conclusions from the personal appearance of the accused, “supplemented with more or less fanciful pictorial rep- resentations of the man’s face as he appeared during the examination of the witnesses,” is no part of dignified, enter- prising or legitimate journalism. It is the duty of a news- paper, according to this authority, to record the facts of daily history without prejudice and as accurately as the haste insep~ arable from their compilation makes possible. Argumentative comment, within such limits as are imposed by a respectful consideration for the truth, is a legitimate feature of decent journalism. To be legitimate, however, editorial comment must be conscientious and unpurchased, either by personal or business fidvantage or by coin. Any other journalism than this is yeliow. But if the h comments upon cases in court and draws imaginary conclusions as to the guilt or innocence of persons on trial for their lives is of a saffron hue, what words shall fitly characterize the kind of journalism which openly and aboveboard threatens tribunals of justice with annihilation if they do not hand down decisions which coincide with its opinions? Such journalism is scarcely yellow. Nor is it green. Perhaps if it has any color at all it might be classified under the ctimson banner borne by the murderous anarchists whose hands are raised against civilization everywhere and whose daggers every now and then are driven to the hearts of the representatives of that civilization. At the present time San Francisco is witnessing an at- tempt by a cardinal journal of this character to control the ac- tion of the highest court in the State. The Judges of that tri- bunal have been openly threatened with newspaper violence should they dare to decide the Supervisorial case in any othel way than as this journal pretends to think accords with the best interests of the city. Red journalism in San Francisco has in this relation thrown down the gauntlet and declared that not only shall the government be conducted on lines which will subserve its ideas of right and wrong, but that the law itself shall be twisted to support its political and business schemes. The awful nature of this declaration is seen when we con- sider that it invoives the safety of every person in this commu- nity. If courts are to be bulldozed in the interest of pure gov- ernment they may be bulldozed in the interest of corrupt government. If they are to interpret the law as one corrupt newspaper views it they may be compelled to interpret it as other corrupt newspapers view it. If they can be intimidated in public cases they can be intimidated in private cases. It is, indeed, but a step from the arrogant position taken by this red journal to anarchy or despotism. The members of the Supreme Courtof this State are mostly men who have grown gray in the study of legal prin- ciples. Among them political ambition and the desire for place and, power are supposed to be dead. Although all but one are Republicans, again and again they have demonstrated their respect for the law by deciding political cases in favor of D:mocrats. Although some of them in the past have been corporation lawyers, again and again they have proved their freedom from the dispositions of early training by holding cor- porate wealth down to the letter of the written and unwritten law. In their care every Californian’s life, liberty and pros- perity are intrusted. Over and over again they have shown themselves singularly mindful of the rights of litigants and articularly careful that no man shall suffer in his person ex- cept after a fair trial and on due process of law. Everybody has confidence that they will decide all disputes submitted to them fairly and justly. What reply will these Judges make to the charge that if they find a flaw in the title of the new Supervisors to their seats they will have sold their opinion to the corporations? Probably they will make no reply at all. As they own no type or press, they have no facilities for throwing mud, and they may treat with contemptuous silence all assauits upon their good name, But will the people, interested at all times in the mainte- nance of an orderly and legal government and in tribunals which shall be left free to examine into and try disputes ac- cording to the rules of law, tamely submit to seeing red jour- nalism malign and defame men for expounding the law as it is? Probably there is no danger that the Supreme Court will be bulldozed. It has been through campaigns like this before. The people generally have confidence in it and will abide by its rulings even though they may not agree with them. PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. ROM every section of California come reports not only of a return of better times, but of the beginning of enterprises that will put money into circulation and diffuse the ele- ments of prosperity among the people at large. Ourexchanges from all parts of the State are full of gooa cheer, and it 1s more than ever a pleasure to read them, because they are full of ac- counts of advancing industry and improving business, It is impossible to review the reports of the papers of this State &s a whole, for they are too numerous; but some taken at random will serve to show the tone that prevails among them. The Redding Searchlight stastes that a tour of observation through Ehasta County affords data for estimating that the fruit crop of that county this season will be about 500 tons of prunes and as much wmore of other fruits, yielding to the grow- ers about $100,000 for the season. This success will lead to the planting of more orchards, and Shasta will before long take rank among the more important fruit-producing districts of the State. While Shasta is talking of fruit, San Diego is turning her attention to other things by way of a change. The Tribune of that city, in a comprehensive article on the progress of the municipality, notes the erection of numerous biocks of build- ings, the construction of an extensive irrigation system and preparations for extensions in railways. Over in Pleasanton the farmers are rejoicing in good beet crops, and the Pleasanton Times notes that the revival of the sugar industry has led to a rise of 50 cents a ton in the price of beets, so that the growers are receiving benefits in both hands. The Amador Record @escribes the rapid growth that has taken place in Sutter Creek, where new buildings, new indus- tries and & mew electric light piant furnish evidence of the energy of the inhabitants, while in Chico, according to the En- terprise, there is to be a notable improvement brought about by the useof a flow of water from Bhepherd ditch to operate a large electric plant to supply Chico with light and power. Bacramento is discussing the project of establishing a beet- sugar factory among her industries, and the Bee reports W, R. Gird of Chino, a competent authority on the subject, as saying that the land around the city for miles down the river is well fitted for the growth of beets, so that there will be no lack of supply for the facfory if one should be started. Finally, to give an end to these examples, it may be noted that from the Watsonville Pajaronian there comes the same re- ports of a lack of hands to handle lhecrops that have been so common in other parts of the State. During the whole of the present fruit season the Larvest has been great and the workers have hardly been able 10 keep up with it. This means, of course, a rise in wages and good times among the wageworkers, All over the State it is the same. Good crops have been harvested, large improvem ents accomplished, great enterprises are under way, workingmen are in demand, wages are rising, prosperity is at hand. Cali- fornia has good reason to be glad of the way she voted last November. There are certein women who are continually being arrested for vagrancy, because they are vagrants, and others frequently arrested for larceny, because they are thieves, and yet the police courts do nothing but discharge them. Some time when the Police Judges have a little leisure time the public would be glad to learn something about the reasons for such deference to these females. i THE FLAG OF RED JOURNALISM. | PERSONAL. Mitenell McDonald, U. §. N., is at the Palace. Dr. C. W. Doyie of Santa Cruz is at the Bsla- win. J. B.Iverson, a banker of Selinas, is at the Grand. Robert 8. Abernethy, U. 8. A., is at the Occi- dental. F. C. Lusk, the Chico banker, is &t the Palace. J. A politan. Ex-Judge John M. Fulweiler of Auburn is at the Lick. J. A. Mackenzie, a Merced merchant, is at the Grand. L. W. Blinn, a Los Angeles capitalist, is at the Palace. L. Gopheimer, & merchant of D.xon, isat the Californin. Dr. W. P. Rodgers of Watsonville is at the Occidental. State Senator F. C. Haloway of Cloverdale is at the Russ. D. Brownstone, a merchantof Lemoore, is at the Grand. James Waters, a merchant of Nevada City, is at the Grand. Reginald Petre of Baltimore arrived at the Pa.ace last night, William Pirdham, a Los Angeles lawyer, isa guest at the Pal A C. Henderson, & woolen merchant of New York, is at the Palace. George Lingo, a cattleman of Birds Landing, is a guest at the Grand. A. N. Butts, a mining man of Angels, is a guest at the Occidental. T. S Spaulding, a Woodland merchant, 1s registered at the Grand. Louis C. Wolf, U. 8. A., arrived at the Palace Iast night from the East. Captain Robbins, master of the whaleback Ancona, is at the Grand. E. Tibbet and wife of Bekersfield are stay- ing at the Cosmopolitan. R. Forsyth of Santa Rosa, land-owner and capitalist, is at the Ru R. A. Eddy, a capitalist from Montans, is a late arrival at the Palace. D. E. Collins of Fresno is a guestof Major Fahey of the Cosmopolitan. A. D. McKenzie, a mining man of Guana- juato, Mexico, is at the Russ. George V. Worthy, a mine superintendent of Sulphur Creek, is at the Lick. C.H. Lewis, a Portland mining man, is among the guests at the Palace. Argeuyle Tully of Stockton isin town for a few days on theatrical business. W. W. Douglas of Sacramento, Assistant State Controller, is at the Grand. J. €. Wollskill of Suisun, aged rancher and politician, is at the Lick. H. R. Duffin, passenger egent at Los Angeles of the Santa Fe system, is at the Palace. Willlam A. Farish, the Denver mining ex- pert, registered at the Palace yesterdsy. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bouvier left last even- ing for the Eest. They will be gone a month. Dr. McAllister of the So diers’ Home at Yountville is at the Russ, accompanied by his son. W. D. Bannister. manager of & large quarry at Columbia, is among the late arrivals at the Lick William Pridham, manager at Los Angeles for Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express, is at the Palace, accompanied by h's wife. H. R. Duffin and J. W. Barber, of Los An- geles, are at the Palace. They are organizing & party to go to Copper River, Alaska. Colonel D. W. Hitehcock, general agent of the Unfon Pacific, bas gone to Ogden on busi- ness. He will return sbout October 15. 1. Hallingworth and wife of Chicago, Ill., are spending their honeymoon in the city and are among the guests of the Cosmopolitan. H. T. Safford of New York will arrive here on October 18 with & Cook’s World Tour party of filteen * persons, preparatory to sailing hence on the China on the 21st. G. J. McCarthy, the wining expert from Mexico, Teturned fo the Palace yesterday from a trip 10 the northern mining counties, He is accompanied by Clott Leate of Denver. E. H. Voegli, a banker of Memphis, Tenn., isalatearrival at the Pulace. He 1s travel- ing westward on & tour of the world, and will visit China, Tasmania, Ezypt and other coun- tries, taking one and a half years for the trip. Captain John Bermingham, United States Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels, has gone to Seattle to question the local iuspectors whose judgment in the matter of the recent total loss of the steamship Mexico he re- versed. Mr. Osterloh, manager of the May Consoli- dated mine at Jonannesburg, South Africa, ar- rived at the Palace last night, accom panied by nis wife. He isenjoying a six months’ leave, and has two monibs still leit for travel and recreation. Fred W. Macfarlane, the Honoluln mer- chant who is & son-in-law of Judge Wideman of Honolulu and & brother of Colonel George Macfarlane of tiis city with whom Lo has been visiting for the 1ast two months t the California, will depart for his home on Octo- ber5. Among the arrivals at the Russ iast night was E. Thomas of Sacramento, nephew and supposedly the sole heir of the late Mat Healy, the rich cattleman of Susanville, who died at the Russ Sunday night, leaving property said to be worth $500,000. Mr. Thomas is ac- companied by his wife and child. J. G. Woodworth, formerly assistant to the receiver of the Oregon Rallway and Naviga- tion Company, has been appointed general freight agent of the company with an office at Portland, and R. B. Miller, formerly in the company's passenger department, has been appointed assistant general freight agentat Portland. Colonel John Partridge of Brooklyn, N. Y., arrived at the Palace last night. He has justretired from tne presidency of the Brooklyn Street Railway Company and has come west for pleasure, and will spend two or three weeks here. He was Fire Comm ssioner of Brooklyn for two years and Police Commis- sioner two years while Seth Low was Mayor. He is an enthusiastic supporter of Low for Meyor of Greater New York. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 28.—At ths St. Cloud—J. Hardy; Murray ill—J. W. Watson, F. B. Burnell; Belvedere—G. D. Generi: St. Denis—Mrs, A. H. Tickell, H. Hocke; Astor— C. G. Celegari, J. F. Fugazi; Netherland—Mr. and Nrs. N. D. Cohn, G. D. Conn, Miss E. Cohn; Windsor—Mr. and Mrs. Ehrman, Miss Ehrman; Holland—E. E. Brownell, R. H. Fol- lis Jr. K. Maddox, Mr. and Mrs. O. Muser, Miss Murphy; Grand Union—J. W. Mallite. W. G. McCarthy is here buying. CHIMNEY-SWEEP PHILOSOPHY. “The best thing I heard,” writes & corre- spondent of the London Daily News, ‘‘in the great crowds which thronged the streets of the West End yesterday came from the mouth of & sweep. Rolling out of Piceadilly into Berkeley street came one o1 those splendid old family carriages, gorgeous with golden lions and dragons, guarded by two maroon footmen in the rear, driven by a burly maroon coach- man in & curly wig, containing two visions in white with love'y bouquets. Atthat moment the sweep I refer to ana his friend were emerging into Piccadilly, with blackened faces and brushes, having evidently just tran- sacted some affair of business, when this splen- did vehicle attracted their attention. Bays one.‘Bill, I wish we was them.’ ‘Why? an- swered Bill, much surprised. ‘They’ll have to die the same &s us.” I have just turned over the ‘Meditations of Marcus Aurelius’ in search of some more profound reflection upon the 1nequality of our lots on this ant-heap of ours, Aud in vain.” A SAMPLE OF ENGLISH WIT, Washington Star. A doctor at one of the London hospitals was one day lecturing to a class of medical students when he stopped and asked a question which for some time none of them answered. But one man, wno had never answered a question before and was looked upon as the fool of the class, answered him correctly. The doctor was astonished and stared at the man in amazement. “You look surprised, sir,”” sald the student. “So dil Balaam,” was the doc- tor’s sharp reply. foore of Humboldt is at the Cosmo- ploneer, ITHE GRUISER GHIGAGO, NEW AND OLD. After lying for months at the old stone dock of the Brooklyn Navy-yard the cruiser Chi- cago, formerly the flagship of the European squadron, was towed outa few days ago to make room for torpedo-boats, It is almost two years now since the Chicago was docked At the navy-yard, says the New York World. She was one of the first of the famous White Squadron, and her voyage to foreign ports was a triumph. But when she returned to New York in 1895 the navy officials had made up their minds that she was far from up to date. It took a year at Washington to obtain the $500,000 necessars for her renovatlon, and it wi nearly two years before the gal- lant vessel is again put in commission. At present she bears littie resemblance to her former self There is littie left of the old cruiser but a floating hull, strange of shape and in cotor red. In place of the old square- rigged masts there are (wo poles crowned with mili.ary tops. There is neither macoinery nor armament on board, and, indeed, the only utfit that has yet been placed between the stee: walls are the two Babcock & Wile x poilers, which have justbeen pleced in position. Two Scotch boilers, compieting the battery, will be placea as soomn &s l.lle Chicago can get back to the stone dock. Then piece by piece the great triple expansion horizontal engines, designed under the dire tion of Chief George W. Melville of theen- gineering department, will be set1n place. With this new machinery the horsepower will be increased from 5000 to 9000. This, it is hoped, wiil bring the speed of the vessel up to 1815 knots. The work of putting this great engine into place will take many weeks. It will have to be taken apart dowu to the smail- estscrew and then carejully put together in the engine hold. Then it will again have to be fully tested, and weeks and maybe months will be consumed 1n the correction of minute details. The bow of the Chicago is now almost per- endicular, Sharp as & knife and carrying no sowsprit. A great change will be made in the armament. Four 8-inch guns will be mounted on the upper deck, while in place of the 6- inch guns, rapid-fire machine guns of smaller caliber will be mounted. \hen complete the Chiceco, with a new coat of white paint, will be not only a thiug of beauty but a terror as well. If necessary she can show a_clean pair of heels, but it is safe te say that she will not show that part of her marine anatomy until she has thoroughly tried the efficacy of her modern guns and death-dealing torpedoes. partof the new o FLASHES OF FUN. “The average man,” remarked the observer of men and things, “will acknowledge the corn where the average woman would pretend it was a sprained ankle.”—Detroit Journal. “I'm sorry the baseball season is over,” she said, thoughtfully. “Were you interested in the game?” “Not in the game itself. But I like to go with my husband and hear him cheer and cheer. It wus the only time I know that man to exhibit anything like & cheerful disposi- tion.”—Washington Star. Porter (rewrning in a hurry)—Beg pardon, sir; but I wasa makin’ & mistake when I says your train starts from No. 6 platiorm. 1’ave hascertained that it ’as previously started from No. 5. In other words, sir, you ’ave lost it—TitBits. “And you asked her father for her hand?” “Yes.” “Was he violent?” ““Very. He said I must be an idiot to think of such a thing.” “What did you reply?” “I told him that, of cour e, he knew his own ing to take my chance.”’—Tit-Bits. Mrs. Crimsonbeak—What are you in such deep thought about, John? Mr. Crimsonbeak—I was only thinking, dear, the north pale seem to have been married men.—Yonkers Statesman. Walker—By gee, when men are not allowed to walk along the public highway the crisis bas been reached and revolution 1s ripe ana don’t you forget it. Wheeler—Oh, I don’t There is another siep yet in the march of op- pression. Wail till thes refuse to let us ride our wheels.—Cincinnuii Enquirer. know. I guess not. “When we reached the Station,” said the young bride recently returned from the wed- ding tour, “the men picked my husband up and carried nim to the house on their shoulders.” Yes,”” said a neizhbor, “but it wasn’t the first time the;’d carried him home.”—Yonkers Statesman. “Clever lightning change artist, isn’t he?” “Can’t hold a candle tomy wife. She can chenge her mind twenty times in twenty sec- onds without leaving the room.” UNCLE BiLL'5 LETTER. ‘We 14 a note the other day from uncle, 'way out West— Been gone some twenty yearor more, an’ s by for- turie b essed He sent hls photergraph a suid He's 1ivin’ on a ranch alone an’ never “I guess the Maynard giri sl lives, n’’s pretiy s il.— She who nas knowu as Roxey when I to her was Bill? We showed the photergraph to her—she read the r turough, An’ with a litile sigh she said, a iittle nervous, too: “Well, Mr Smith deserves good luck—a noble Neart, God knows”: ot has wed. " he wrote, wilted rose. Perbaps the kind words teched a chord that siraightway felt a thrili— +She who was known as Roxey when I 1o her was HIL” Ah, undercurreuts of all lives! her obiidren play: She has a husband who is kind—an’ yet, who knows, that day When she remembered that one heart In all the world of care. Still turnad to her in tenderness an’ thought her pale cheeks fair, She felt a pang of deep regret—longed fer the old dream still, When one was known as Roxey an’ one was known s Bil1? —WILL T. HAL Around n Chicago Times-Herald. Mister Secretery,” said one of John Sher- n's house servantsto him the other day. 'se done read a powerful lot about dis yere Kiondike, and I reckons it m’ duty to go up yonder.” Why, Abraham ?” queried the SBecretary. “Becnuse, Mr. Secretary, because I'se gittin’ ’long in years. I'se chillun dependent on me, and it behooverates me for to make some money. Now, I know I gits right smart wages from you, Mister Secretary, but I sees in de newspapers dis mornin’ how dey s $50 & day in de Kiondike for wages.” *'89 1 hear, Abraham. But you must re- member that up in Klondike the days are six months long."” When -Abraham opened the door for me later, says a corresnondent, I asked him if he were going to the Klonaike. He replied with a vigorous shake of his head: N days am plenty long ’nuff o OLD FACTS. The shipping on the great lakes will be of greatly increased (onnige next year. The builders of large vessels for this traffic are foliowing the liues of builders of ocean steam- ships and planning larger vessels annually. There is now beiug laid the keel of a iake vessel with a lengin of 450 feet, fifty feet beam and 2814 feet depth, The new suip will carry 7000 twus. The catch of mackerel this year has been so small, both by Canadian, French and Awmeri- can fishermen, thac it practically is a failure. Hardship is feared, especially on the Canadian coast. In France they have been selling artificial coffee berries lately. Examination showed that they were made of ash, gum, dextrine and other pieasaut material. This is surpassing coffee, indeed. For iwo years a drydock plant in Milwaukee has used the system of transmitling power by rope, which has been exposed to the weather entirely, Thougn the power is transmitted over 200 feet, not & minute has been lost 'hrnu;h the fault of the rope or its accessory. THE SAM JONES SCALE. A West End citizen of Atlanta, says the Con- stitution, noticing that the bark was leaving the pea- (rees, called an old negro gardener and ssked his opinion. “Hit look mighty curious,” he said; “I never see nutiin’ des lak dat at dis time er year. Idunno what make it.”’ “Do you think it can be the San Jose scale?” asked the owner of the trees, referring to a species of blight tne country had suffered irom. “De ‘Sam Jones’ scale?” ” exclaimed the old man. *“I never heah tell of it, but I shouldn’t wonder in de less’, kase Sam Jones wuz Yroj&ckin' roun’ hesh mightly las’ winter, en heah him say 1a0’n once dat he gwine take de bark off I” family better than [did, but that I was will- | thatall the men who have gone in search of | , a0’ in his letter | A’ then her face turned strangely like a whitean’ | DAYS TOO LbNG FOR ABRAHAM | PEOPLE OF NOTE. Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague has succeaded in re- funding the debt upon the falmon P. Chase homesterd, near Washington, tnus saving it from foreclosure sale. The property is vaiued at $150,000. cently made & member of the famous Harvard Custard Ple Association. Secretary Long pro- duced the largest ple, which was twenty inches in dismeter. If an article in the Windsor Magazine is to the name by which she is widely and favor- &bly known among a certain class ot readers, the rate of 1500 words an hour. Sir Henry Irving's sons are both possessed of a “Peter the Grea” drama, and this month’s Nineteenth Century contains a clever and humorous article entitied, “The True Story of Eugene Aram,” from the pen of H. B. Irving. age of 85 of the well-known painter, M. Le- coq de Boisbaudran, who in his later days ofciated as Directeur de I'Ecole de Dessin des Arts Decoratifs, and, apart from the dis- tinguished positions his works obtained in the salons, was & much-beioved teacher. Christine Nilsson has just made a trip to Sweden, her native country, where she visited the exposition at Stoekholm. constant succession of the proofs of public ad- miration, and crowds of people waited in the street for her to pass. She sung only once, at Upsala, the old university city, where the students came 1o serenade her. Sister Isidore Kenny, who for thelast thirty- three years has been Sister Superiorof St. Vincent's Hospital, Norfolk, Va., has retired to Emmetsburg, Md., where sne will spend the rest of her life In rest and quietude. In 1855, at the time of the yellow rever scourge in Norfoik, she was one of the sisters sent to the naval hospital to nurse those | stricken with the dresd disease. AUTOMATIC TICKET-BOXES. New York Mail and Express, Travelers in Germauy often have reason to bless the automatic ticket-boxes which are found in most German railway stations. If they arrive late at the station, instead of going 10 the rezular ticket office they can rush up to one of these dumb ticket dispensers, drop the | price in the slot, receive a ticket and rush tor the train. There are Tows of the boxes fast- ened against the wall, and on_each is painted good and tue price of the f The only thing necessary for the beiated traveler is toslip the fare in the sloi, press a button, and the ticket and correct change drop in a receiver. These boxes are supplemented by & similar arrange- ment for supplying platform tickets to people who wish 10 see their f iends off. A few cents will buy the privilege of passing tnrough the gate to the train, and the Government is said to derive a revenue of several million marks | annually irom this source. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. New York Press. No man can be very lazy in a mosquito sec- tion. Beiore Love grew blind it became very far- sightec. Very few women know the weigh to a man’s t. No woman who believes in cookbooks be. lieves in total depravity. It's a smart girl that can keep & man think- ing long enough that he's only flirting with her. The trouble with women in politics is that they are always wanting to rip the Govern- ment up and see if it will go bias. h THE HOT FREE LUNCH. ‘When a sickly wilted raaish In a tepid bathis seen. And » flabby pickle floating in ascummy briae of green. ‘When the mo'dy cheese specklea plate. And the musty crackers gather steamy moisture as they wait, When the celery Is weary, then we sort of get a hunch That we'd like to know the comforts of a Hot Free Lunch. is sweating on a fly-be- When the sandwich bread is drier than a mummy by the Nile, Curling,up around the edges in a postage-stampish style, When the'sbredded codfish smelleth like the tan- ner's fablea yard. With the sausage geiting brittle aud the butter sot. as lard, ‘When the lettuce droops and draggles round tne sickly salad’s rim, Then the bungry patron curses and there cometh unto him A distinct and earnest yearalng for another chance o munch At the appetizing dalnties of the Hot Free Lunch, There Is something 80 seductive on a frosty winter day, When it's Tom-an and cheerful way That the nigger sets the counter with the steam- ing viands round, When the beef 15 rare and ruddy and the oysters nicely browned, When he I.fts the cover gayly from the crock that hoids the beans, Then the baifiles and the rounders get to know what comfort means. Then the: gather round the nigger,in an eager, vushing bunch, With an appeilte surprising for the Hot Free Lunch. —Chicago Journal. rry weather, in the brisk ANOIHER P NG. New York Commercial-Advertiser. The report that an Eastern company is about to erect and operate a tiu-plate plant at Port Angeles, on the Pacific Coast, will send another pang through the breasts of the gentle editors who were quite ceriain, some half dozen years ago, that tne United States could never make tin-plate “in commercial quantities.” THE RING DID NOT FIT HIM, St. Louis Republic. Choynski says that Corbett isa coward. A men who leaves the ring for the diamond has public opinion with him when he aenies such a charge. —_— S AN OFF YEAR. Cleveland Leader. Sixteen to one this year means sixteen empty seats to one occupied at silver meet. ings. Thatis about the ratio at the Spring- Lfield fizzle. Secretary of the Navy John D. Long was re- | bs trusted Mrs. John Maxwell, or to give her | “Miss Braddon,” puts her novels on paper at | literary ability. Lawrence Irving has written | French journals record the death at the | Her visit wasa | the name of the town to which its ticket is | ANSWERS TO CORRESFONDENTS. AL1ENS WHO VOTE—W. W., Alamedas, Cal. In Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Louici- ana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne- | traska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin an alien who has de- ¢lared his intention to _become & citizen can vote at any and all elections, provided that before casting his baliot he has been a resi- dent of the S ate in which he votes a stated length of time, varying from six months to one yeur. FIRST CaBLe Rosp — J. R. W, City. Tne present sysiem of drawing cars by a cable through the streets of cities is one of progress and improvement. In 1812 W. and E K. Chbapman, in & town in England, 1aid down a road which was made to pass Over & grooved wheel in a carriage adapted specially for it. By turning the wheel the carriage was moved. This was the beginning of the pre-ent s This wa3 foliowed by many. improvements uniil Anirew S. Haliidie of San Francisco perfected the present underground system of moving cars. He took cut his first pateatin 1870, and tne first reilroad of the present system was operated on’ Clay street, from Kearny street wesi, and the first car passed over the road August 1, 1873. W., City. Some time ago this department published au answer to & question as to hospilais on Staten Island, N. Y., basing the aunswer upon King's Guide Book of the City and State of New York of quite & recent date. A communication aq- | dressed to this department by Mr. Ernest F. Birmingham of New York, publisher of the Staten Island News Leter, which is given be. low, established the fact that guide books cxn- | not'always be depended on. In his letter Mr, Birmingham says: The quarantine hospitals to which yon refer were formeily located on_the east shore of St Island. but they were burned down 5 organized commitee of the popu belled again i the practice th ing there yellow fever patie History relates the fact (hat the patients tnen in the hospitals | were removed o safe places by the commitee be- fore the buildings were fired. The New Ycrk | papers of that date denounced the act and termed tne cilizens Sepoys, WHereupoll a NEWSDAper was estabilsned under tne title of The Sepoy, and the subj-ct was aritated 10 such an_extent that two | islands were buiit in the lower bay upon which Lospitals were crec’ed that have ever since served their purposes admirably Now as 1o h= hospiials that do exist on Isiand to-day. Tne Sailor's ~nug Ha:bor, loc n the north shore. is the most famous instiiution | of its kind 1a America, i not In the world. Itwas founded by the private munificence of ove }ob: Richard : andall, a retire | ship-owner, and Is open 10 all aged aud disabled veterans of the merchant marine. It bas upward of 6 0 inmates, occupies an encrmous tract of ground, with mors than a | score of magniticent buildin:s, and is one of tne | richest corporate iustitutions of New York State, | owning whole blocks of ths most valuable real | estate in New York City, including the Wana maker (iate A. T. Stewart) store and many others. The New York Marine Hospital. on the casi shore, is a very large institutlo, serving the pur- pose which Its name implies. The Smith Infirmary. on the heights, is & splen- did institution, fonnded in the early sixties by the leader of the citize ' relief commitee abova r-- serred to and supported by generous bequests and public subscriptions. It has elght buildiugs, finely | Tocated and admirably equipped, and there is probabiy no better institution of its kind ow.side of 4 few Of the iarger cities There are a number of other hospitals of lesser importance, but the above facis will probably | suftice. Who re in Vogue of plac-- aten d | CALIFORNIA glace fruits, S0c¢ (St SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business bouses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. B OBSOLETE. b. Townssad's* | Lg\\’x;ton Journal. No, gentiemen free-traders, your old pro- gramme of shouting *‘robbery”’ and “trusts” won’t work now. | “Mrs. Winslow's ¢ | Has been used over fisty | ers for their children while | success. rs by millions of moth- hing with perfect 1t s0othes the child. softens the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels | and is the best remedy for Diarrheeas, whether 7 arising from teething or other causes. For sale by | Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and | @skior sirs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25¢avois - ComnxAnO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dary. sof: and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round- trip tckets, by steam- ship, fucluding fifteen days board a: the Hotel 1at Coronado, 860; longer stay $2 50 pecday. App.s 4 New Mourgomery sireet. San Francisco, or A. W. Baliey, manager Hotel del Coronado, late of | Hotel Colorado, Gl:nwood Springs, ¢ olorado. TrmTavorite for restoring lifs and cofor to the bair is PARKER'S HATR BALSAM. HINDERCORNS, the best cure for corns. 15 ci3. - E IN PARIS. ORIGINAT! New York Sun. The yeliow journals of the town ought not to put so much confidence as they do in sen- sational reports that have their origin in Puris. The lies that the French will swallow are only equaled by those which some of our nasty pub.ications will print. NEW TO-DAY. 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