The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1900, Page 10

THE SUNDAY OALL FIRSG FEW DAYS AROUND AND ABOUG BHE PARIS EXPOsIGIO ing down a few steps on the ladder anq zy qgnzvzeve qrecn. swelling up with animation. *“( s fendu absolument.” “Oul, oul.” S Vil I : American in his most aff. % ou're X ' going to have a fine exhibit. b : V ——A Whereupon the Frenchman came dow s : 2 trom his ladder giving r poor American a mos ctive shove him in the h some. Then serowrrn ms position on the ladder the American been of naclousness the scene would more Interesting. As it was, away with a very puzzled expre his face and I'm sure ha ance against ‘‘these craz Although the expected yet arrived, Paris Is proving hers terly Incapable of managing the trafic. A wilder turmoil than around the gates of the exposition it would be difficult to Imagine. _Yester- day in coming out near the Pont de IAlma I thought to take a beat to ar- rive chez mot, but impossible; the crow was appalling. The tramway presented the same aspect—it would be- necessary to walt an hour or two before finding consumed with e had been =so but what a joke it all here was nothing whatever pre- ify her for the most - ‘,‘ > 1. moss a place and as it had commenced to rain i o ve a little a cab was equally out of the ques- : o tion. A very positive muscular -force . would have been necessary to fight one’s ———y way to a cab, besides buying the cocher czormes : e body and soul. There was simpi npthing = else to do but to walk. I reached the > & : Pont des Invalides without difficulty, but hers a policemsn : stopped me—it was not permitted to pass “What r':\‘i L e = 1 asked him; “it is not possible to ride In any way, and se to allow me to wal ”‘r‘ge ne sals pas,” he replied, with that su erence which is characteristic of tl';e] Part un-icnei ’ Il;uaplg ;r;pnsuy 1 V v o to the Champs Elysee And to ) : :e.:,.exww:m before it was possible to turn a corner ?rv:ovfln.:. a cab, a distance that was quite as far out of my WAy . Kearny street from the w arf in nF 1!\#15:‘7 I think of all the means of transportation that exis n ¢ '“5:::‘)‘ : 2 txposition and lament them. Here there is no system. no fores thought displayed. All is chaos, absolute, unmitigated. om French chaos is worse than any other kind. The Frenc .fm'en ; lose their heads with thol sllgh!@!s(' provocation and then fare- adjusting matters. w;”w!:suxlrlx "yf’f;.f'maf California would distinguish herself in baving her exhibit ready for the opening, but there is yet noth- ing to be seen. 1 looked in vain for our big pumpkins, for our abnormal peaches, done up in glass Jars‘r\-;.::‘\;:qux (rf}:r: 1 Dewey concocted in dried prunes . I shal Ry D“:‘i; For 3oy when I find th Peopls have often been moved to tears in the : presence of the Venus de Milo or the ' Apollo Belvedere. Perhaps I shall be the first to dissolve before a monument of dried prunes, but I feel nevert that my tears are inevitable. I am lon : some, yearning for the pumpkins and the | peaches and the § they all mean Califo a means home. The the Avenue de des Italiens ha catlon in Paris. Major Trur well as young Mr. Dargie, are do are ideal hosts, and every Californ o Out at the falr grounds the Califc tlon is the mineral department, condu Mr Oroville. 1 found that gentleman very 2 tions concerning the mineral resources of California. the exposition prepared to be ir : V i of years, and my interest amounted to e N v & ' . say that I came away disgusted; my dream di Sost “It is going to be beautiful,” every one 1 ol the statement is true; but at present it Is the awfules : - : that can possibly be imagined. Iam saying to all he ot “Stay away for a good two months.” Perha ‘ : e July things will be in order, but not soon & : ment of fir 1 s condition is v hard to The taflo representing the city of Pa ; the great entrance, is going to be removed, for whi {s duly thankful. Whalebones, revers and a f ‘ Paris hat have not proved very inspirin : sculpture. The thing is really not a statue » at all, but a huge doil done up in Paris : ‘ : fashion. One wonders how It was ever tolerated long enough to be erected. The great entrance itself is exceedingly sugary, suggesting the decorations of a wedding cake. However, at night it is quite effective. The Interior {lluminations are all blue and give an effect like the ~ caves of Caprl. I found p. ) Among the well-known Californians who " nd m passa- have settled in Paris for the exposition t r was a are Mr. and Mrs. J. Philip Smith of Santa ¥ v e barred) Cruz and Miss Anita Gonzales at the Hotel { looking Ritz. Henry 1. Kowalsky and family are 4 el -, like one else at the Hotel Regina, wherd W. H. Mills ’ b t \'nmm; and family are also located. Mrs. Wendell % & glasses, an Easton Is In the Avenue Victor Hugo. Among the Sacramentans in town are Mrs. William Beckman and Mrs. E. B, Purnell. himself, “I guess arree’ looks lke,” a ich was d entered ndu d’en- oye from the top can was oblivious “On ne peut pas sed the Frenchman, com- POCOOOCOOOOOOO000000000000 A Letter From Dawson of Interest to Gold oeekers tion of Dawson. account of the 1k stampede has —_—— Sillicus—When would you say that a man has acquired trua greatness? Cyn- icus—When he deserves his own opinion of himself.—Philadelphia Record. ‘OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC How Great Generals Have Been Rewarded Probably the most successful general of any age, from a finan- clal point of view, was the.celebrated John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. For his famous victory at Blenheim alone he re- blic min Very rich strikes ceived the royal manor of Woodstock, upon which Queen Anne . reds of men are hurrying to subsequently erected the magnificent Blenheim Palace. At tha } 1y indoubtedly flock there same time the nation's gratitude was expressed In the highly - practical form of a perpetual pension to himself and heirs for- ” y Sl iens s ever of the very respectable sum of £4000 per annum. In addi- - > momth of the tion to these splendid gifts, says the Gem, the Duke made some " the headwaters telerably good pickings out of his ez 1, as will readily be : e Koyukuk, on admitted when It is stated that b vidow,. the ambitiou h distance of nearly “Sarah.” to whom he bequeathed oniy part of his vast fortun = s to_endure, left behind her at her death the by no means - . ny s :’).» Yukon is sum of upward of £3,000000. The Marlhorough 4 of the past few weeks is slon, it may be added, was actually paid to the ¥ « difficult but descendants right up to the year 1554, s-commuted - for £107.708. Up to this date the natio “hurchi : family the very respectable sum of £7 ge of Interest. & Although his monetary “pickings.” being strictly legit . were of conslderably less those of his i tion ¢ ous prede - : r had nevertheless but 1 rament in the rewards showe upon him . hitherts grateful country. Beginning w es . royalty vera, for which Pa received a “three-life™ 1 2 pre— N annuity of £2000, he subsequently had an : . additional £2000 tacked on to the first for m representa- -~ the distinguished services wh termi- . clamoring as nated with the storming of Clu Rod- 1 2 Ameri- rigo. . e a - In the same year also (1812) a further . haos, Confusion, the Most Inconceivable Disorder Greeted Fe b anmoity of £1000 was velad: 1 onder TS he might more becomingly sustain the o which he had b m plain ther recognition This and Aleska is benefited thereby. Accord- No doubt an immense amount of explor- Nome and other districts will furnish veniently located. Timber is abundant for dukedom of Wellingto ing to a private letter written No- Ing will be done throughout the territory homes for thousands who will be virtual- fuel and building purposes. When to Arthur Wellesley, as in t vember 19 Nome Is not the cheer- in the next few years, but to hasten thé ly frozen in from the world scven months these resources are added the copper and pension was, however, commuted for a lump sum of £4% 000; the @ mey ( less, storm-swept place that many peo- development of the country, railroads and in the year, and without such roads this other minerals known to be there in while the final grant of £200.000, voted for the victory of Water~ ts ple have been led to believe. An ex- telegraphs into the interior from a port will become a serious matter to the peo- paying quantities, and the fisherfes, the loo, closed the mutually satisfactory account be N gal- the ‘ y tract reads as follows: “The weather here Where the sea is free from ice the whole ple who settle there. as well as to the gold, which is now considered the only at- lant Duke and the land for which he had achi N . governed in thelr conduct for the past month has been delightful— Year are urgent necessities. great commerclal Interests which will fol- traction, would seem by comparison to Sir Colin Campbell, ‘although the hero many splendid end thelr hix e d»-m_&_?ns and regulations cqld, cledr, crisp and sunshiny, as near _An all-American route, commencing at low. 2 be the merest bagatelle. achievements in the Peninsular, Walcheren, Demer - - a r department, whose dally perfect as one could wish. There is no ice Valdez in Prince Willlam Sound, up the The resources of Alaska other than her Major Ray, who has been identified Sikh and Crimean war: best remembered in Bri e of the territory’s develob- gajong the seashore yet, and ships could Copper River into the Tanana Valley, minerals have scarcely been thought of. With the country since 1881, and who has in connection with his masnificent conduct of the campa have unloaded their cargoes with no thence to Eagle City or Egbert on the The great valleys of the Tanana and the the confidence and admiration of the arising out of the Indian mutl For his brilliant services du ce endeavored trouble whatever, as there has been mo Yukon River, a distance of about 400 Kuskokwim are capable of sustaining an business men and miners, is of the opinlon ing those stirring times Sir Colin received a peerage as Lord cal papers h cted daily. The in- surf lately. There should be no trouble miles, would give a city within eleven fmmense agricultural and pastoral popu- that all railroads and telegraph lines Clyde and a pension of £2000 per annum. His career is more s for placer and quartz clalms, next season In everybody finding plenty miles of the Canadian boundary line. lation. g should be constructed and operated by worthy of our admiration in that it was entirely seif-made, the decisions and protests which have of work to do, as there will be thousands Here American goods could be brought for It has been thoroughly demonstrated the Government. gallant Sir Colin being neither of good family nor possessed of ims and records of transfers. of claims that must be represented and distribution to the mining regions of the that potatoes and ail the hardy vegeta- It is the generally expressed wish of the initial advantages of a good education. from the clerks who are in the owners of many of them will doubt- Forty Mile River, Circle City and Birch bles, as well as wheat, oats, barley and the people of Alaska that some good For his capture of Magdala and the consequent termin: of the office. less be willing to give an interest in them Creek district. The road could then be rye, can be successfully cultivated, while territorial laws be enacted by Congress the Abyssinian war on April 13, 1868, General Sir Robert Napler however, when a reporter requested the usual in- for representation.” extended along the Yukon Valley to Ram- many valuable forage plants, such as red immediately for the northwestern portlon was awarded the stereotyped £2000 per annum, and received in . he was told by the several clerks that they had been From information I have been able to part City, Fort Gibbon, Nulato, and top and timothy, grow wild in great Of the country. the same being backed ~addition the double dignity of a field marshalship and the titls to disclose enything of an officlal nature to news- obtain from observation, and from men through the Nulato Valley to the shores abundance in all the lower Yukon Valley. UP by 'such military force as will insure of Lord Napler of Magdala. per men. The reporter thereupon repeired to the Assistant whose long residence In the country entl- of the Berips Sea, via Cape Nome and At all the fnissions on the Yukon gar- the administration of the laws as well (f late, however, the life pensions have dropped out of favor. ¢ Commissioner and was by him told: “I shall enforce such tles their opinion to respect, among whom Port Clarerice, making 'Grantly Har- dening is prosecuted with greatest suc- as the protection of property. For Instance, the present commander in chief, I rders as 1 decm fit. 1 am going to run my office for the benefit are Major P. H. Ray, commanding the bor the terminal point. There is cess. % MRS. ELMA McNAUGHT. received a grant of £25,000 only for his succes 12 and against the newspapers. District of* North Alaska, and Captain not the slightest 'doubt that the The opening of farms and stock ranches TR S TR the Ashantee campaign of 1873-74. while for the E This decision is certainly most extraotdinary. Under such a John J. Healy of the North American mineral development that i3 now would cheapen the price of food and ad- _Ferdy—She is all the \world to me! paign of 1882 and the Nile expedition of 1504 he received a pe siing it is now impossible for a citizen to obtain any informa- Trading Company, I can but belleve that taking place along the lines lald down by mit the working of immense tracts of What would you advise me to do? Percy ageand a viscountcy, respectively. Similarly, Sir Herbert Ki jon without an almost incalculablo amount of search enirely aside from her mines Alaska is this road will justify the building of it. = placer ground now lying idle. Coal in end- —See a little more of the world, old chap. ener emerged from the shambles of Omdurman with the titls of or by securing it in some surreptitious way. Discontent grows one of our most valuable possessions, The devalonmant of mines in the Cana less auantity and good qualky is con- —Puck. 3 Lord Kitchener of Khartoum and a debated grant of £25,000.