The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1901, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1901. Che Sodise i JANUARY s, 1001 SATURDAY.. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. W, 5, LEAKE, Manager. Third, S. F. Address All Oommeuricetions te S OFF .217 te 221 Stevemson St. EDITORIAL ROOMS Tel e Press 202. « Delivered by Onrriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies. 5 Cents. Terms by Mail n el ing Postage: DATLY CALT. (ncluding Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL dncluding Sunday), ¢ months DAILY CALL (Including Sunday), 3 months. DAILY CALL-By Eingle Month. EUNDAY CALL. One Year WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are subseriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. Matl subscribers particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to nsure & prompt and correct compliance with their request OAKLAND OFF! te22...1118 Broadway C. GHI’IRGE ;(nnr.mss. Marager Forsign Advertising, Marquette Building, Ohicage, Long Inw T “'Central 2615.”) NEW YORK O. C. CARLTON... CORRESPONDENT: vess.Herald Square NEW YO - RE REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMIT .30 H. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: ria Hotel; A. Brentano, 1 Union Square: CWS ETANDS: use; P. 0. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Auditorium Hotel, CHICAGO » Eherman ¥ Fremont House OFFICE....1408 G St., N. W. CRANE, Correspondent. WASHINGTON (D. C MORTON E BRANCH OFFICES—2T Montgomery, corner of Clay, open * 300 Hayes. Bt Mca #:30 o' clock clock open untfl $:30 c'clock. 633 615 Larkin, open until n 11 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, ® o'clock. 108 Valencla, open h. open until $ o' open ? New York™ ent ater— The Heart of Maryland." s rchestra. o and Bty and enschel Reeitals, Tuesday, Feb. §. sb (Oak! Races. AUCTION BSALES. ¥ 7, at 11 o'clock, Red and Guerrero streets. COSTLY CHRISTMAS TREES N an address to the recent meeting of the Waters nd Forests Society Mr. William H. Mills called he waste of timber in the cutting of s trees. " In the cities of this usands of fine, straight and and redwoods are destroyed ch pines The final value of ax and at its full maturi present prices, about $30. At the fu- t bear maturity its value le that. So the present gener- hose. ntal custom, is robbing n every tree that it destr a ebraska, the founder of and one of the most intel- he world, says that: “For ar Maine shipped out four 1g evergreens. Each car con- d each bundle six beau- would become use- nd their embellishment red bundles of six trees ury would make lumber enough to The four stmas trees from Maine ag- and eighty thousand trees. This t idol a custom which does harm ought to be abolished.” 1at the summer fires are not the only ency that is eating up our forests. he present, in a holiday pleasurs, are taking shelter away from the children of the fu- s of commodious cottages. of The children of it the rate of ten full-grown trees per acre, the er crop was destroyed on 4R000 acres in Maine e supply of one year. With no increase in the ction, that means the stripping of two r hundred thousand acres of their forest in v years for the same purpose. This cus- tom comes to us from Northern Europe, and is prob- zbly the survival and destructive transformation e old custom of the Druids. They, milliod fo the next & of however, ¢ sts as their temples and did not kill a tree 10 serve as a sacrifice on the altar of their adora- tion & sylvan deity us, through the ages, comes a gentle voice, crying, Consider the lilies, how they grow, and He noteth the fall of a sparrow. In this State, when we destroy the forests we are killing the lily and hushing the song of the bird. We are so disturbing the Down t equilibrium of nature zs to replace the garden with the | desert. We are robbing the future of its heritage and are going contrary to every sentiment for which Christmas stands. Is it not then rather desecration than consecration of that day to butcher trees and Liring them into the circle of its associations? We believe it i« Hans Christian Andersen who has written the fable of the Christmas tree in the school readers and have a place in the literature of forestry. The fabulist was familiar with the forests We do not know that the motive of his fable was their rescue from this Christmas day slaugh- ter, but one who has read it will hardly be able to cnt Christmas tree or use one without a sense of guilt d a feeling of shame, ——— of the north The storm of wind and rain of Thursday night nd San Francisco laboring under one of the pe- coliarly serious disadvantages which have been created by his Highness the Mayor. It was a “new charter moonlight night,” and under black and raging skies the street lamps of the city were not lit. In this city a child four years old and hopelessly a vietim to drugs and liquors has been brought to the notice of the authorities. Men whose art it is to in- sure the breeding of good animals are able to tell us vet that their craft is greater than that which should breed good human beings. 1t ought to be | i NUCLEUS KELLY. ! HE Republican party of this State will rende | T to itself and the State a conspicuous service by enucleating Nucleus Kelly. In politics he is a contractor. His contract with candidates is never a | nudum pactum. He never forgets the consideration. A Republican House does not want to begin busi- ness by sclecting a broker. | The coolness with which Kelly assumes that the | country members are so little equipped for their duty and so little qualified for the office they hold that in | the discharge of its very first function, the organiza- tion of the House, they wait for his cue, is an insult to their intelligence as Republicans and men. They know their duty; they are picked men, se- lected by the communities they represent because their | neighbors saw in them fitness and adaptation to the honorable office they fill, and they will not inscribe their record with incompetency by acknowledging | their dependence upon a “nucleus” churned into form by Martin Kel The Call believes them qualified and capable and would insult them by assuming to the contrary. We have no candidate for the Speakership, nor for any other office in this State nor under the sun. We have no desire except to maintain the decency and dignity | of the Republican party and increase thereby its power as an instrument for the public good. i Does any one pretend that Nucleus Kelly repre- sents its decency o. its dignity, its worth, or its power | for the public welfare? If he is to own the Speaker and the House, we shall insist that in the next campaign he shall go upon the stump in behalf of his property interest in the party. We shall insist that the constituents of the country members shall see .this maker of combinations and nuclei, that they may note his impressive pres- ence, his dignified bearing, his culture, and the pro- fundity of his knowledge of public issues and party ciples! pri To send out trained students of affairs to represent Republicanism to the people, to discuss principles, avow the high purpose of the party and so secure a vast 1 its power to this low-browed boss, is to play a confi- dence game on the public. We desire to rescue the party from such a situation. If it is not done, then we insist that this squat and warty political toad, the idol of a debased push in this city, shall be exhibited | to the State as the real leader of the party, representa- tive of its character, and the beneficiary of its power. It would be interesting to know whether it was wit, whisky or buffoonery that suggested to Martin Kelly the idea of making his candidate for Speaker of the Assembly a chief executive of California. Kelly should remember that there are some indignities to which the people of the State will not submit, even if they have been guilty of tolerating him. ———i OUR LEADERS @AND "WORKERS | LS Sl RITISH comments upon the prospects of the B new century were not so buoyant and cheerful as those expressed in this country. It would hardly be accurate to call them pessimistic, but cer- tais they evinced none of the hearty optimism that prevails here. From such reports of them as come to us they appear to have been in the main serious and thoughtful discussions of the ¢onditions of the empire, dealing more with the evils of the time than with probable benefits to come. In nearly all of these discussions much attention was given to the trade and commerce of Great Brit- ain and to the keen competition of the United States It is known that American manufacturers are fur- nishing goods not for India, Africa and other Bri s, but for the people of Great Britain iteelf, and the question that perplexes the leaders of that country is that of the effect such competition will ish colo have in depressing British industry and weakening | the empire. % { It will be remembered that several authorities on | the Continent have attributed our success in invading the European market with manufactured goods to the econontic advantages we possess in the way of cheap and abundant coal and raw materials of all | kinds. These authorities have suggested the organi- zation of a concert of Europe to establish a general tariff for the purpose of shutting out American \products. The British press has not taken that view oi the subject possession of superior machinery and more energetic men, and argues that we are surpassing all_rivals in the industrial field by the simple plan of doing more | efficient work. | A writer for the London Times says: “The choice ’given to youth is the chief secret of the amazing en- | terprise exhibited by the American steel trade during the last dozen years,” and by way of proving the assertion adds that in this country “at the head of great affairs are young men. Youth gets there a position which is supposed here to belong to long experiénce. Men of thirty control concerns which here would seem to be the prerogative of men of f fifty.” | Youthful energy, however, is not sufficient in itself | to account for our superiority, and in commenting | upon the statements made by its correspondent the | Times adds, editorially: “In an analysis of the | causes at work adverse to England something should be said of the great intelligence and zeal put into af- fairs by the American man of business. He takes his | pleasure in what he is doing and is not afraid to ad- | mit that he is in pork or in grain if the fact be so. | He is curious as to 21l that affects his business, and ke is open to new ideas in a way which is unusual with “What has succeeded in the past will not succeed in the future’ is a working maxim with the best men i of business, who are ready to throw their experience as well as their antiquated machinery on the scrap heap.” | Another factor-in the problem is set forth by ths | London Spectator in the assertion that not only are cur captains of industry more efficient than those in | Great Britain, but that the rank and file of the work- | ers are better. It is asserted that under the influence of trades unions in the United Kingdom the British workingmen do not exert themselves “to render an honest equivalent for their wages.” The Spectator adds: “We believe if a deputation of British tradas unionists of the best type were to visit America and conduct a thorough investigation of trade conditions | there they would return convinced that their duty o | their countrymen in future would be best discharged iby encouraging the universal practice of the best and | hardest work compatible with health during recog- | rized working hours.” It is to be noted-both papers close with the declara- tion that there are signs of better things to come. The Times says the younger business men of the country are taking more interest in their work and are breaking away from the conservatism of the past; while the Spectator believes the workingmen will learn the folly of doing as little instead of as much work as possible, and that hereafter they will be more It attributes our success mainly to the ajority for its ticket, and then turn over all of | vigorous competitors in the industrial struggle. Whether these sanguine hopes are to be fulfilled re- mains to be seen. The point of satisfaction to us is the recognition in Europe that at the beginning of the century we lead the world not only in resources but in the industrial capacity of our workers of every grade. PUBLIC MONEY AND THE BANKS. ECRETARY GAGE in a recent address to the bankers of New York suggested that the Gov- ernment impose an interest charge on deposits of public money in national banks. He is quoted as saying that in looking over the records of the Treasury Department he had found that the sur- plus over and above a fair working balance averaged §$50,000,000 during the past thirty-two years. Had the mnoney been placed with the banks at 2 per cent the Government would be $32,000,000 better off than it is. The suggestion brings up an issue which ought to have been settled long ago. Periodically there is an outbreak of denunciation of the practice of depositing money with “pet banks.” Charges of offensés of that kind have been made 2gainst every administration for at least twenty years. In no instance has a serious :scandal been fastened on any Secretary of the Treas- | vry, and yet each of them one after another in select- ing banks to receive the Government deposits has un- questionably chosen banks whose officials friendly to the administration. Out of these recurring charges there has repeatedly arisen a demand that practice, and yet up to this time nothing has been done. The statement of Secretary Gage as to the amount of money available for such deposits shows how vast is the favor the Government has it in its power to bestow, and so long as that power continues there will be always more or less talk about “pet banks,” | and more or less suspicion that the | granted in return for political favors. A surplus | | which has averaged $50,000,000 for so long a period is plan fixed by law, and should not be left to the dis- posal of the Secretary of the Treasury, no matter how honest he may be. | Itis to the credit of our statesmen that despite thc large sums they have in this way to deposit with such tanks as they choose not one of them has ever been | so much as suspected of making a personal profit out of it. The utmost that has ever been charged even in political campaigns is that they have made the deposits in return for contributions to campaign funds, and those charges have never had the least verification. The evil of the situation, then, is not due to any wrongdoing on the part of any official, but to the system itself. It should not be left to the option of any man to determine where so large a sum is to be | deposited, or when it is to be withdrawn. ‘ It is for the financiers of the Government to decide ( what plan should be adopted to remedy the evil. suggestion that interest be’ charged is a good ons, | for that would be at least an improvement upon the | present system. To lend $50.000,000 at 2 per cent in- terest would not be so great a favor as to make a de- | posit of that amount without interest at all, but even | that would not wholly satisfy the demands of the pub- lic. money in the treasury in such asway that there will be | no more talk about pet banks, and it is strange Con- | gress has so long delayed in enacting one. | THE INAUGURATION DATE. | EPRESENTATIVE GLYNN of New York | Q has revived an old and much discussed issue by anguration from March 4 to some day in April | May a or It will be remembered Senator Hoar introduced ilar bill in 1898 and it favorably recom- fmendwl by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, but never got any further. Nearly every | one in Washington approves the proposition, for early March is always an inclement season in that | locality, and serious inconveniences attend inaugura- | tion ceremonies on account of the weather. While no one can have any strong objection to the plan, it is not likely to be carried so long as it stands | alone. A considerable force is necessary in a country so conservative as ours to amend the constitution, and a mere proposalto change the date of inaugura- tion is too slight to arouse the interest required to effect it. The weather in Washington is not a matter that appeals to the country at large. It may be dis- agreeable to be inaugurated in March, but no one has was account. Consequently so long as the change is suggested in a bill by itself it will hardly be able to command the required votes in Congress and in the State Legislatures to make it successful. There would be a, better chance if it were united with other reforms of a similar character. One of these is the date of the meeting of Congress. At the | present time the terms of Congress and of the Presi- dent do not harmonize very well. Cleveland has pointed out that fact in his recent statement “that of the four sessions of Congress held during a Presi- dential term two are so brief as to scarcely permit the passage of necessary appropriation bills, while of the others one occurs when the President is usually strange in his new office and burdened with importu- unities and labors inseparable from a change of admin- istration, and the remaining one encounters during its continuance the interruptions, timidity and de- moralization of a Presidential and Congressional can- vass. These conditions suggest the scant opportunity allowed for the initiation and adoption of new and im- portant remedial legislation during a single Presiden- tial term.” 4 Cleveland advises an extension of the Presidential term to get rid of the difficulty, but it is doubtful if ac the present time the people would consent to such a constitutional change. There would, however, be but little objection to a plan which would fix the date of inauguration early in May and have Congress meet at the same time, so that all preliminary work could be disposed of before the summer holidays. There would then be two long winter terms for each Congress in which to transact business. Such a plan would at any rate offer the people something more than a mere weather problem, and therefore would be more likely to arouse the interest necessary to its passage. Federal authorities have decided emphatically and finally that the Chinese ring organized for the impor tation of coolies will not be permitted to make out of the Chinese Bureau a bureau of perjury. A little judicious admonition to the Pacific Mail would com- plete a very worthy decision. A few days ago the dispatches announced that an American girl was about to be married to a former king.. Our European friends should certainly not forget that we have as little use for effete monarchs as we have for effete monarchies, and even our girls cannot be persuaded to accept that which is bogus. were | Congress devise some means of putting an end to the | deposits are | certainly one that ‘should be dealt with upon some | The | What is desired is a system of handling surplus | a bill providing for changing the date of in- | ever been known to decline the Presidency on that | S ' A "RAFT” OF TROUBLE EDITORIAL UTTERANCE IN VARIETY Discouraging Kidnapers. There is a strong likelihood that the kidnaping industry will become distinctly unpopular after the various States have legialated on the question. The point for consideration Is whether the child steal- ers should be treated to hlnfi:t. life im- risonment or something in nature of Boiiing cil—New York Mail and Bxpress. A Fair Test. To judge a man by the surest test, take heed how he judges others. Ome ever ready to charge his fellows with dishonor, decelt, and, much more, the smaller, meaner demerits, must have something of these demerits in him. Lacking them, ha may more often be decefved, but he ls & better man—he marks a higher notch in human nature.—New York Evening Sun. Science Displacing Nature. If this thing keeps on nature might as well resign and let man run the universe. Mention was made in this column recent- y of the plan to dispel London fogs with guncotton, and now it appears that m France they really have succeeded ia threat- breaking up a_hallstorm which ad e vineyards and turned it into a shower by which held the Iyn Standard-Union. cannonading icy missiles.— Bi | A Wise Precaution. The Cramps are long-headed in demand- Ing $506,000 cash in advance from the Sul- tan before laying down the keel of a new warship for his Worshipful Highness of Constantinople. The Providence Journal recalls that the Providence Tool Company. which made Martini-Henry rifles for Tur- key long ago, wa money. Ab Sharp Crawl nothing a year.- years for its Becky g magnificently on field Dally Repub- many Hamid can beat in It How to Stop Lynching. to Akron, O to say that, as disgraced by lynching August, it has set an example ntry to redeem such o a disgrace. » men have been | tried for participation in the mob out- break, all of whom have been sentene according to the r from thirty days use to five years in the pe tentiary. Fourteen cases remain to be tried and similar re re expected | | from them.—Pittsburg Dis ch. + % | 1deal Journalism. | | UNDER THE CAPTION, “HASTENING THE INEVITABLE,” THE ST. || As for being thout fear,” it is one % 3 thing to be jud y brave and quite LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT PICTURES THE PRESENT PLIGHT OF | | another to play it o€ & bafi 'S | 'BLE | | china sho that will lead | THE DEMOCRACY ON A SEA OF TROUBLES. | ‘n’x‘bl'f‘c “"}‘l':'“”n % noble thing, provided ,‘*‘ U Rjeads opinion nobi It may be no.less | ANSWERS TO QUER.ES. | GOULD—C. L. P., Stockton, Cal. For address of Helen Gould see this depart- | ment, December 2. TEN THOI'SA?D A YEAR—-P. W. G.. Los Gatos, Cal. The work of fiction enti- tled “Ten Thousand a Year" has no extra- ordinary market value. It may be had in the circulating libraries. ! PREMIUM COINS—A. C. M., San Jose, | Cal. There is a premium for cents of the United States for issue of each year from | 1793 to 1814, inclusive, 1821, 1523 and 1557, and | for twenty-cent pieces of 1877 and 187S. AN OLD BILL—E. J. F., Livermore, | Cal. A one-dollar bill issued by the Rome Exchange Bank of New York, November 1, 1862, is worth just what any one would be willing to pay for it who desired it as= a curiosity. half-dime of 1854 does not lcomm:-md a premium from dealers. SPANISH COINS—P. W. G., Los Gatos. | The coins described in letter of inquiry |are Spanish coins. Dealers do not want any Spanish coins of the value of i, 1, 2, 4 and 8 reales, even though they date back 200 years. The oblong coin is not suffi- | clently described to be able to determine | what it is. ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN—A. R, Sul- sun, Cal. To be an assistant librarian a person must have had some training in a library, must have a good knowledge of books’ and authors and must be up with current literature.” Such a person should have a general knowledge of book- | keeping. | APPRENTICE AT MARE ISLAND—H. | A. B., Squaw Valley, Cal. For the purpose of ascertaining if there is an opportunity to place a boy in the Government employ | at Mare Island a party should commu | cate with the recorder of the Board of Labor Employment at that place. No boy | | under 14 years of age need apply. | ELECTRIC MOTOR—K. M., City. TIf, | by the question in relation to electric mo- tors, you mean motors used to move street | | | cars, then the answer is that in 1851 Sie- | mens exhibited in Berlin a tramway car | moved by an electric motor. In the same year a beginning was made of a railway for cars to be propelled by electricity in Portrush, Ireland. STREET ETIQUETTE—A. M., City. When a gentleman meets a lady with whom he is but slightly acquainted, he | should wait until she gives a sign of rec- ognition. If she fall to do so he should pass on. Should she bow the gentleman should raise his hat and slightly bow. If both are well acquainted either may give ja sign of recognition. | SNOW BLOCKADI—W. C. H., City. | The snow blockade that interrupted traf- fic for a long time on the Central Pacific and California and Oregon railroads was in January, 18%0. The trains that left this State January 15, 16 and 17 were caught in the snows and heid there for several days. The storm commenced January 4 and lasted two weeks. The blockade was near Emigrant Gap. SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR-W. T. P., City. A soldler of the ecivil war who served not less than ninety days and who was honorably discharged, is en- titled to enter upon and recelve patent for a quantity of public lands not ex- ceeding 160 acres. To ascertain if there i any land In California which such a soldier can take up at this time, com- municate with the land officers of the State. OLD AMERICAN COIN—A. C. M., San Jose, Cal. The description of the Massa- chusetts coin of 1652 is lacking a material point in order to fix its value. There were four different types of XII pence issued that year, each with a tree—one with an oak and the other three with a pine, but each pine different. On the shape of the tree ‘depends the value. If a rubbing of the coin, both sides, is sent to this depart- ment, with self addressed and stamped envelope, an answer will be sent telling where such may be disposed of, also the price offered. COIN QUESTIONS H. E., Oakland ana many others. No premium is offered for a five-dollar piece of 1339 or of 1844. There is no premium on such coins issued afte: 1834 There is no premium for half-dollars of 1806, 1813, 1837 and 1830." A half-dollar of 1:36 with “E Pluribus Unum’ on the re- verse commands a premium of from 25 cents to §12. | No premium is offered for quarters of 1834, 1561 or 1877, A dime of 1835 does not command & pre- mium, A three-cent lece commands a mium of to 3 cents; one of 1873 commands from 20 to 35 cents, while one of 1874 does not command a premium. A copper cent of 1829 is not a premium in. A POSTMASTER’'S RIGHTS.—N., Win- ters, Cal. Under the law governing Post- masters, a Postmastcr is not requli to take the word of any one that a package delivered to him for transmission as fourth-class matter does not contain mat- argeab) first class matter. Jaw whiss Eives himn the HEht to cxaming packages Is as follows: “371. Articles of fcurth-class matter must be so wrapped that their contents may be easily and thoroughly examin.. v tmasters, both with reference (o the safety of the mails and postal em ploves, and to the oxclusion of matier chargeable as first-class matter.” If a packi other than first-class, of. fered for mailing to any address withi, the United States, is aeu:: or om'mhe clpsed against bears i Rot permissivle by law: It s wubject (5 postage at letter rates, and will be treat- . ed as a letter. t | Monte Hotel < | PERSONAL MENTION. d yet may debauch public opin- e there is no paper of anv s not lead opinfon In is there any that a leader 1 w ) some *: | extent consult and re- nr: Louis Frary of Ione is at the Call- flect public opinion. The newspaper fornia. | should not be a servile follower. Neither, ese days of wide reading and Infor is it priggishly to pose as an in- allible dictator.—New York Tribune. Is Kissing Intoxicating? Professor Loeb of the University of Chicago, whose theory seems to indicate | that salt is the elixir of life and quickener | of heart action, should investigate the action of kissing and its effect upon that delicate organ. the heart. The Demorest Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New York affirms that kissing is intoxi- and therefore prohibits ft. If essor Loeb can demonstrate the in- is registered at the Russ. | correctness of the Demorest theory he Professor J. A. Bentley of Stanford | Will be regarded as a benefactor. He can, University is at the California. | in all probability, find a number of herolc s e - | youths and maidens in the coeducational Allan J. Fraser and J. W. Bowen, Los | institution with which he is connected Angeles oil men, are at the Oceldental, who. in the interests of science. will be A. P. Adams, a Fresno vinevardist, 1s | FUNE F0 perform the experiment while stopping at the Grand for a few days. | IN® Professor tabulates the results.—Chi- cago Daily News William A. Junker. manager of the Det | ghe Can’t Stop It. at Monterey, 18 at the| 1, ., gddress befors the Demorest Union of the New York Woman's Chris- tlan Temperance Unlon, Mrs. Anna Hat- field sounded a note of warning against the kiss. She ventured the opinion that a kissing is about the worst thing that can happen to a young girl, provided the kisser is a young man: The doctor has been Investigating and finds that the amount of hugging and kissing the daugh- ters of our best familles submit to is & menace to our national morality. One an has told the good doctor that v leaves a young lady without fesing good night, and when he has | been about to omit the' A young them have in and teil will lie ‘about J. G. Grana. James F. Peck, a Merced attorney, is at the Lick. Willlam Danfels, a Denver banker, is| at the Palace. Senator A. E. Nutt of San Diego is reg- | istered at the Grand | Colonel John T. Harrington of Colusa | is at the Occidental. W. H. Hennage, a Bakersfield ofl man, | Loveren of Eureka 1is at the | @ Palace. | Hoyt Sherman, general agent of the | Union Pacific at Salt Lake City, 1s at the Occidental. William Watson, a hotel man at Spo- kane, Wash., who has been at Bartlett Springs for his health, is at the Russ with | his family. i George F. Richardson, master of trans- portation of the Southern Pacific, has | been absent from his office several davas | cn account of iliness. T. M. Schumacher, general freight agent of the Union Pacific, has gone on a bus- fness and pleasure trip to Salt Lake, Chi cago and other Eastern cities. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. G. Conrad and wife and W. Curlett are at the Ra- leigh; J. McMullen and L. Weynerd are at the Shoreham—all from San Francisco; | W. D. Thurston and wife of Los Angeles | are at the National. A CHANCE TO SMILE. man who,will k it, and the good doctor should Zot place implicit confidence In the stories such voung men tell her: nevertheless, the older we grow the more we are inclined to believe there is entirely too much oseu- lation among the young folks. Years ago it was different. —Minneapolls Times. ————— Choice candies, Townsend's Palace Hotel.* —_—— Townsend's California glace fruits, 50e a jound, in fire ched boxes or Jap. bas- ets. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market street, Palace Hotel building. ¢ —_——— information supplied dally te Special business houses and public men by the v . : Press Ciipping Bureau (Allen’s). 5 nt- When & man is under & wommn’s thum | Frése CEOpRg Suiees (Alan, o e thanks heaven that it is not her whole | nd.—New York Commercial Advertise-. | The Eskimos of Alaska make water- proof boots and shirts of the skin of the salmon. adn't we better givi e i iy oot | Gas Consumers' Assoctation. 344 Post st., re- Cago Record. | yuceq gas bills from 20 to 40 per cent. Gas and 5 e e CENRI electric meters tested. Electrical department. ,:R:"";,T{’;:ou and he were thromn Cugerls | All kinds of electric work promptly attended. to.s er_quite m good deal last summer. R PR L T Cleverton—Yes. We were both en-| Loss of hair, which often mars the prettiest aged to the same girl.—Detroit Free face, prevented by Parker's Hair Balsam. | = | “Hindercorns, the best cure for corns. 15 eta. ve plenty of heat for ARE WE TO HAVE AN EPIDEMIC OF KIDNAPING? PINKERTON SAYS ' YES.” SEYMOUR SAYS “NO.” THE SUNDAY CALL JANUARY 6, 1901. L A San Francisco Violinist Relates His Experiences as ‘““Fiddler” to New York’s 400. Free With Next Sunday’s Call— Eduard Strauss’ Best Two-8Step. THNE sunoar| How to Flirt With CALL LEADS THEM ALL. o ~mOT mMiSsS ir. The Biggest Game Heads and Skins You Ever Saw. Story of the King of Cattle Kings. Do You Know Him?® ' Peck’s Bad Boy Arrives in New Ropes of Péarls for Corsage and Coiffure. NEW SERIES MR. BOWSER'S TRIBULATIONS, OF BY C. B. LEWIS. FUNNY THE WIDOW MAGOOGIN PAPERS, - 8TORIES. : BY JOHN dJ. JENNINGS.