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FRIDAY EBRUARY 22, 1901 S, Proprietor. JOHN D. #¢éress All Communications to W. §. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGERS OFFICE........Telephone Preas 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE. .. Market and Third, 8. F. | Telephone Press 201, ..217 to 221 Stevenson St. ne Press 202, EDITORIAL ROOM Telep BRANCH OFFICES. gomery, corner of Clay, open n until 9:30 o'clock. 6% 15 Larkin, open until ssion, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market. THE DEATH OF SENATOR WHITE. HE death of a man who has been the people’s Tfree choice for 2 high preferment is always an event in a free society that fixes, for more than a moment, the attention of men upon the frail and fleeting nature of this life and its honors and ac- tivities Where any high estate well won is won by merit only there is always in the winner's life material for study and for example. As this is true of the average public man, it is impressively true of our late Senator White, who is dead untimely in the first month of his forty-ninth year. He was a native of San Francisco, and was reared on a farm in Santa Cruz County, where he underwen® all of those hardy experiences that go to make a man. New York." i Eddy streets g e every afternoon and e Mandolinist. o-day. | chels Recital, Sunday night, ‘Oakland)—Races. B = | RACING @ND GAMBLING. lers take advantage of the con- o track gamb blic 1d and continually speak | nd racing as if they were one and t is not so. Every racetrack in »e open to-day, and horses can try o and bet on their judgment als, and no one | y no harm | bet on a ho r some one to tak were T e gate, not for the privi- ide, but for the plea ff Such taste and does not < gamblers who make f gambling the loss of money n openly yme on f a season of racing | e he does not mean season or all sea- ason for racetrack | unless his Super- ing is worse than 1y open that special form of destruction and cause of t renewal of the issue is most e been elected to be in a certain | b racter, honor and moral- | ar as these can be helped | ght. Yet they furtively | ilance napping in order to The people are gettin lieved power 2 ed of it, and will be re- the pre: government goes out of have a chancé to replace it with one have to sit up nights to watch. e T | THE REINSTATEMENT’OF PRICE. | B Y Judge Hebbard’s decision that the Police > no authority to disrate Police | justice, though long delayed, has | In his decision the Judge said: | ¢ the board has authority to punish a . but no power to fine, suspend, | israte him without charges preferred, | 1 and without cause.” i1l be received the public with The manner in which the Com- reated Price constituted something in the ge. As Judge Hebbard has on of the former board dis- | had no notice of any charges having | ainst him, nor was he allowed any board. He was not acquitted by | he found guilty and suspended or | but he was arbitrarily dis- | om the rank of lieutenant—and, de- continued protest and frequent request to | i for reinstatement, since that time he has fi e relief e now seeks.” tion of the Police Commissioners in dis- nner described by Judge Heb- ation. e rating Price in the ma d by the testimony given in the recent vestigation by Chan Chung, to the effect that while Price was serving in Chinatown the sum of $10,000 was raised by the highbinders for the pur- pose of having him removed because he was active in breaking up gambiing dens. When Chung was asked who received the money he said: “I won't say a word zbout it. If you look up the records and see who tried to hurt Sergeant Price you will not make any mistake. You will not be far from the men who got the money.” 7 Such is the record of the case. Judge Hebbard's decision does justice so far as it lay in the power of | the court to do it, but a full justice will not be satis- fied until the conspirators who wronged Price and took a reward from the highbinders are disclosed, con. victed and punished. | which to begin his professional career. his increasing powe: four | permanent. | out injustice to his His family in Ireland was of the landed gentry, and he came fairly by the persistence with which he wrought upon the soil for his start in life. In his blood there was a literary strain, and among his kin | was one of the leading pastoral writers of Ireland. In his father's house frugality was a necessity, and so the future Senator and leader of men felt all of the fireside sacrifice that went into his education, and it is recorded of him that while in college and read- ing for the bar he eschewed not only dissipation, but even social relaxation and amusement. When he needed rest and recuperation from absorbing study he found it back on the farm at the old tasks, less a tax on his family than a helper. g By the happily joined force of his vigorous physical and mental constitution he had finished his profes- sional studies and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one. That was in 1874. The California of that year is no more. Then Los Angeles was an old but undeveloped region, and the young lawyer, with a vision that com- | ! opportunity for observation have a fairly full knowl- prehended the future, selected that city as the field in was immediate. had Southern California not felt the thrill of enter- prise and been moved to cast behind her the slow His success | So rapidly did he win his way that | things out of season in the North which could not have been obtained for the tables of the rich in the winter months a quarter of a century ago.” With such competition it is of course important for us to obtain better and cheaper means of getting our produce to the market. We must also learn how to pack our fruit in the most attfactive manner, so that it will command the bLest price. Those needs will be a stimulus toward co-operation and toward the ad- vancement of the fruit industry. In the near future we shall have to quit shipping so much raw fruit and begin to manufacture the product of our orchards into the finest of jellies and fruit conserves. That will bring about a diversified fruit industry and in the end prove much more profitable for us than the present system. With such products-as are now displayed at the Cloverdale fair there is no reason why Californian fruit-growers should be dismayed by any competition, and it is to be borne in mind the display there repre- sents but one of the citrus-growing sections of the State. It would be gratifying if the fame of this fair could be spread over the whole country in order that Eastern people might know more of the manifold ad- | vantages of California. For that reason the fair merits a generous support not only from the people of So- noma and the surrounding counties but from those of all parts of the State. It has now been established as one of the annual festivals and industrial exhibitions of California, and is maintained upon a scale that de- serves a liberal patronage, | which does not come up to the expectations of people who have been longer in the islands than the commission and by reason of military service and A PHILIPPINE REPOI;T. HE Philippine Commission has made a report edge of the situation. The myth around which the commission builds its : conclusions is the assumed friendship of a majority of ways of old, to develop equally with his growing | energies and expanding genius, he would have been compelled to seek another field. But he remained through the years, and in the midst of that rising ex- pression of prosperity and adventure which gave to a steadily widening field. The people appreciated him as a leading factor in a relopm that became the marvel of the country. shown in public preferment. Their From ears to serving ur years in the State Senate, half of that time A three years' duration to private life he was elected Senator of the United States. It was the most conspicuous personal victory in the history of California politics. The strongest political influences and the wealth of his party were against him. But, making the high and memorable declara- tion, “I intend to make it possible for a poor man ¢o aspire to the Senatorship on his merits alone,” he overcame the forces 1aised up against him, and on his fortieth birthday was elected Senator. In his speech accepting the office at the hands of oint convention of the Legislature he declared that in the early days of his strife and trials, long be- fore he reached man’s estate, he had determined to equip himself for the duties of a Senator, expecting some time to achieve that station. What that meant the State and the nation soon knew. Many s Lieutenant Governor. American worthies have been Senators. Some have closed their career in that chamber and | some have gone further and higher. But none ever entered it with a more thorough preparation for its duties, nor a more exalted conception of them, Dur- | ing his term he was subjected to every form of test and sustained himself in all with conspicuous honor to his State. In the discussion of economics, of public an:] international law, of national policy and ideals, he de- veloped no limitations. Hailed by his partisans as chief, his opponents were scarcely less enthusiastic in their acknowledgment of his rare powers. But at last the bnrden grew greater than strength that sustained it. His exacting and scientious attention to every detail of his position, and the necessities of his law practice, which were al- ways upon him, proved too much, and at the end of his term his strength was impaired beyond recovery. The charm and power of his mind were in their prime, but his physical strength had passed it, and no regimen could bring back the declining vigor. The impression he leaves upon his native State is In Congress he was contemporary with his two cousins, Hon. W, Bourke Cockran of New York and Senator Mallory of Florida. It is not often that three as brilliant men, holding the same degree of kinship, are found in concurrent service. But, with- brilliant kin, it may be fairly claimed that the Californian was the greatest of the three. His oratory had those graces which arise in the con- the quality of imagination, and was of enchanting | | form. ‘As a lawyer he was a master of statement, and a master, too, of the great principles of that science, and so was not a slave to precedents and cases. He made precedents for others. The State may well mourn her dead. The greatest of her sons has gone away in his youth, and the place he leaves none may fill. Wwe know springtime is at hand. We know, furthermore, that all through the winter sea- son, which in the East is marked by snow and ice, the THE CLOVERDALE FAIR. HEN Cloverdale opens her annual citrus fair | flowers have been blooming in our valleys and the orange trees have been ripening their golden fruir, We are made aware the time has come for festivals | and rejoicing, and for profiting by the generosity of our sun and soil. It goes without saying that the Cloverdale fair of this year is better than ever before. Such things ul- | ways improve as the managers acquire more skill in directing them and the support given by the public increases. Thus the Cloverdale exhibit grows in size | and in importance, and, moreover, is in each succeed. ing year displayed with greater artistic taste, The season is propitious, for the abundant rains give promise of a golden summer. All parts of Cali- fornia are bright in the prospects of prospesity. It is probable we shall have record-breaking crops of all kinds this year and that our one trouble will be that | of finding a profitable market for them. The improved facilities of transportation have brought the tropics close to the great markets of the civilized world. The New York papers note that strawberries and early fruits have been offered for sale in that city for nearly a month past. The fruits have been brought from Southern Florida, from the Bahamas, from the West Indies and even from Cen- tral America. California, of course, has also been a contributor to the market, and thus the supply has been so ample that nearly all classes can afford them. As the New York Tribune recently said: “In the jce- bound weeks of the year the people generally, even those of modest means, have been able to buy many the office of District Attorney he passed | er a return of | | oners. the people. There is no assurance that any respectable minority of the natives are friendiy to American rule. There are reasons for this in the very administration of affairs there. Mr. John Bass of the New York Herald says: “Taxes are higher in Manila than un- der Spanish rule, and the inhabitants bitterly com- plain. Living expenses have doubled.” A member of the Thirticth Regiment, in a letter printed in the Chicago Record, says: “The niggers are getting gay and would not pay their taxes, so at the point of the gun we made them shut up shop, and not open to sell a thing to natives or soldiers. They made a big kick. but it did them no good. We've got lots of ammu- nition, and our orders are to kill every one of them at sight, men, women or children. We take no pris- It is too much trouble to guard them.” It is no wonder that after much experience General MacArthur says: “When I first started in against | these rebels I believed that Aguinaldo's troops rep- resented only a faction; I did not like to believe that the whole population—the native population, that is—was opposed to us and our offers of good gov- ernment. But, after having come this far, after hav- ing occupied many towns and cities in succession and having been brought much in contact with both in- surrectos and amigos, I have been reluctantly com- pelled to believe that the Filipino masses are loyal and devoted to Aguinaldo.” The commission in its report commends the tem- | perance of the natives and casts a curious sidelight on our presence among them. It says: “The selling of native wines to soldiers of the United States is strictly prohibited, because the soldiers are inclined to indulge in those injurious beverages to excess, with disastrous results. The Filipino uses them mod- erately, if at all. Fortunately he does not to any ex- tent fr¢quent the American saloon. With a view to preventing his being attracted there the playing of musical instruments or the operation of any gambling device, phonograph, slot machine, billiard or pool table, or other form of amusement in saloons, bars or drinking places is prohibited.” We take it for granted that no member of the com- mission saw the grim humor of this. But it is there. The idea that the natives, for the sake of their morals, must be protected from contact with the people who are introducing good government and a higher civili- zation among them is simply exquisite. The com- mission should be more sober in the discharge of its duties. It was not seat out there to contribute to tha gayety of nations. Mr. Williams, a very conscientious American cor- respondent, writes that he is appalled by the “profan- ity, obscenity, licentiousness and drunkenness which ;ahl)und in the contact of the troops with the na- tives,” and he recommends that hereafter no man be enlisted for that service who cannot give testimonials | of good moral character! Against this background of grewsome wit and hu- mor the commission throws out a feeler of Ameri- can public sentiment in a tentative proposition that “it would avoid some very troublesome agrarian dis- turbances between the Spanish friars and their ten- ants if the insular government could buy the ha- ciendas of the friars and sell them out to the present tenants.” Here is the entering wedge of a proposition that, having paid twenty millions for the islands to the civil Government of Spain, we shall buy them again, for a sum probably twice as large, of the ecclesiastical corporations which own all the land, The reference to the “insular government” is mis- leading. There is no such government. There is es- tablished there a temporary rule of order, but there iz no government. To begin paying money for all the land in the islands, without examination of the titles, is repugnant to American common sense. The com- | mission puts stress upon title by prescriptive righ:. But prescriptive right does not fuse into title when the adverse party is held under duress. This was prac- tically the case in the islands. Tt is the great cause of the strife there. The peo- ple were held in bondage while their lands were taken from them, and Americans will hesitate about paying for a title which represents no investment, that never cost its holders a penny. It is better to leave things as they are than attempt such a solution. e —e S—— If the Boers continne to get as close to General Kitchener as they have of late it might be well for that distinguished soldier to request his return to England on the ground that his presence in South Africa is a menace to the nation he represents. His capture by the Boers would be so serious as to be- come humorous. S The sovereigns of Europe would do well to take note of the fact that while nearly all the flags of the world were at half-mast on the death of Queen Vic- toria hardly one drooped at the announcement of the death of King Milan. There is a lesson in the con- trast that kings should study. It is nip and tuck whether the Boers can destroy British bridges in South Africa faster American contractors can erect them; and as long as the Brit- ish can pay for the game we are willing to play it. PAPERS ON CU ‘ i ——0—-—'—“ PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR - THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, i 2 . . . n- First of the Séries on American Life a Cc’e tury Ago, Being a Dissertation on Men’s Costumes at That Period. By Alic AUTHOR OF “COSTUME IN COLONIAL TIME L DAYS,” “CHINA COLLECTING IN AMERICA, e Morse Earle. s,” “HOME LIFE IN COLONIAL y ETC. (COPYRIGHT, 1%01) In these pictures of life a century ago I ehall speak of various domestic phases of every-day society, mnot sgiving all the minute details of that existence nor ana- Iyzing the influences that caused social conditions, but simply telling of matters just as they really were and were seen by folk of that day in their constant round of life. At the kead of the household was the goodman, and before he can speak to us or ere we can learn aught about his thoughts or modes of life in the natural course of events we note his clothes. Let us not underrate their influence on his life. Carlyle says: ‘“Man’s earthly inter- ests are all hooked and buttoned together and held up by clothes.” They plainly indicate historical trends and events. The dress of an American cit- izen in January, 1501, was an Anglicized copy of the garb of a French citizen. The opening acts of the French revolution had been celebrated with sympathetic interest in many American cities as well as in| Paris. An open-air feast of a roasted ox; held in Boston in January needed bolh! the great bonfire and ample hog!he.adl of punch to “‘cast a pleasing luster o'er the festive scene.” A “frenzy,” to use Presi- dent Jefferson’s favorite expression. set in for the French. The American patriots who took part in the outdoor feast called themselves Citizen This or That. Mar- riages were announced in American news- papers between Citizen Brown and Citess | Smith. Americans had their heads | dressed by the French barber La Vigne “a la Brutus,” or “a la Titus,” which was an | ugly cropped shock, “like a frightened owl,” looking rude enough after great| stately wigs and hair in powder and rib- | bon. Anofiler style of haircutting seen on voung American pates was ‘“‘en oreilles de chien,” such as was worn by General Bonaparte at the time of the Italian cam- | paign; the hair “banged” at the eyebrows straight across and left long at the sides to cover the ears. All men were smooth shaven. Revolution in Men’s Garments. In every detall of men's dress were radi- 1801, perhaps the cal changes In the year pechage the most marked and sudden men's dress had ever known. In this transition the greatest item of alteration was_from breeches to trousers. As early as 17% the leaving off of knee buckles and lengthening of knee breeches was the advance note of this change. The breeches were buttoned below the knee or | tied with strings and soon were called | pantaloons. Hessian boots met the pan- taloons at the calf, and soon long trous- ers were In “immense taste” and the “un- | manly shoestring” was in vogue to the dismay of the buckle makers. By 1801 the satin and velvet coats of Washing- | ton's court, the cocked hats and silk | stockings and knee buckles had gone with | tho knee breeches and given place to| pinched coats, great neckerchiefs and | clumsy beaver hats. In 1801 young dandies of the Democratic party dis- played their Jeffersonian simplicity by going in ‘heh;l own cropped hair, without wigs or pigtails. Forerson made himself specially obnox- | fous to conservative folks by giving up shoe buckles. He “dressed in his suit of customary black, with shoes that laced tight round the ankle and closed with a neat leathern string.” Pantaloons of a Century Ago. While stockings were a largely visible portion of dress they were often of siik, and objects of care and pride. With the short pantaloons striped yarn stockings of the French mode were worn. The new trousers went through many mutations of cut and shape—sometimes closely fitted and called tights, sometimes baggy. Then they were funnel-shaped at the ankle, then tight at the ankle only. They were plaited at the walst and side Into an absurd fullness, and@ even had tucks around the bottom. An old chronicler tells of his first dress pantaloons: “The pantaloons, over which I wore boots, were of ,non-elastic corduroy. It would be un- just to the tailor to say that they fitted like my skin, for they =at a great deal closer.” When I took them off my legs were like fluted plilars grooved with the cords of the pantaloons.” The coat worn with these fluting machines had long, narrow tails which were twice as long as the waist postion. The collar was a huge roll reaching to the ears. There were two rows each of nineteen brilliant but- tens. The coat was named “Jean de Bry,” for a French statesman. Morning and evening coats were shaped exactly alike till 1830, when a frock coat was evolved. Overcoats had fur collars, full ekirts and very tight bodies. 1In 1832 many men wore a picturesque Polish cloak with double cape. The change from knee breeches to trou- sers met stern opposition, and in full dress assemblies in polite soclety knee breeches were worn for some years after trousers were everywhere seen on the streets. To enforce this regulation the somewhat startling notice was placed upon the ¢n- trance to_an assembly hall: “Gentlemen will not be permitted to dance without breeches.” In 1514 the Duke of Wellington presented himself at the door of the ball- room at Almack’s, and his entrance was barred by an official, who said: “Your Grace cannot be admitted in trousers.” The Duke being thus attired quietly left the building. A few old fellows In America, chiefly old Federalists, clung long to the ancient style of dress. President Madison wore knee breeches and buckles and powdered his hair and cue till his death, in 1836. Some solid men of Boston wore them till that date, Governor Eustls among the number. Dr. Robbins and Governor Ter- ry of Hartford did also. President Monroe was known as “The Last Cocked Hat.” Invention of “Righis” and ‘“Lefts.” The year 1800 saw the invention and in- troduction of rights and lefts in shoes by | of Philadelphia. | had hitherto worn. Old portraits and the | ical Soclety is a plcture o bootmaker, William Young the tashlone H: advertised (hu'c va- in the Aurora of g Higties of fo0tEeAT des, cock and hen toes, goose and gander toes, gosling toes, B and_ bear, snouts, 0% ' others too tedi” stick ne :?xg":o.ngnemlon; Suwarrows, Cossacks, .’ double-tongues, Bona- Daries, krs:\l?:s‘,unrefbucketl, Swids hunt- rn full dress, walking, Yord 'fi:ls year shoe blacking an ed. Ere that “blackb: mfi."&'{&","&.ae of lam) blnc:i n'x:‘(’ !.“x;.: tallow, or “dubbing.” This greasy s ruined ladies’ petticoats in gl:lg:ll-ch‘,u Monday afternoon, is an interesting corm.- watches an: Jles o o ayeglasses, but in general lit- Iry was Worn. !leAj::r;reym ‘which had a large popularity for many yenru.tggu: plat;‘rc ex;:en i was 2 faight of the mode in 1801 it was a very short, scant top coat, not so long as the wearer's body coat, and sometimes s eeve;— less; a very skimpy, pinched mfi:“d' gald to have been ' invented by Lord Spencer at about the same time that Lord Sandwich Invented a form of food whici would be nourishing and could be eaten quickly and,conveniently while ne was at the gambling table. An English rhyme ran: v Jords, whom if I quote T o loiks might call me sinner, The one invented half a coat, The other half a dinner. lan was good, as some will say, TR e 10" connole_one. Because in this poor starving day Few can afford a whole one. Men also wore surtouts and roquelaures and great capes, as we learn from the ad- vertisements of lost articles. The scarlet ape, such as Samuel Adams took to Washington, was out of date. Garments for Students and Children. varfation of dress was seen in Boston !nAthe uniform of the Harvard students, which had frogs and cords of black on an ordinary coat. This uniform was adopted to “spot” the undergraduates at the the- ater, which they were forbidden to at- tend, or anywhere else where they should not be. They nad to wear the coat sum- er and winter. Commencement then was n August. A plaid cloak was the favored overcoat. In their rooms the undergrad- uates wore loose jackets and gowns of gayly figured calico or baize. erchants and even professional men wore In their offices and counting rooms loose wadded dressing gowns, known as night gowns or banians. In the eighteenth century these were of magnificent stuffs and brocades, and many of Copley's sitters are painted ir:_them, For many centuries the dress of young boys was precisely like that of their fath- ers. As soon as they put off the petticoats of the infant they wore truly manly gar- ments. These gave a quaint and serious look to all old-time portraits of children. The teachings of Rousseau brought about a distinctive boys’ garb in France, and it is sald that Marle Antoinette was one of the first to dress her son, the little dau- phin, in round jacket and trousers, in- stead of the formal knee breeches and brocaded coat and waistcoat little boys o illustrations of old books show how quick- ly these notiens spread. In 1801 we find American boys wearing trousers, jackets and caps; those often were made of high- colored figured stuffs. I have a little suit of that date of gay, flowered calico. Mme. Bradford of Cambridge, who died in 1599, aged 106 years, was reared in the Emer- son family. She says that Ralph Waldo Emerson, until he was six years old, wore only bright yvellow flannel trousers and Jacket by day and yeliow flannel gowns by ight. ME popularity of Nankeen. The extraordinary influx of Orlental fa, rics into this country caused by the su- den growth and prosperity of the East Indian trade was shown in men's npp{srel in the wear of nankeen, In one year over $1,600,000 worth of yellow nankeen came to the United States. it was made into trousers, whic) worn in summer and winter alike by old and young. They were the constant wear of General Lafavette on his trip !hro_ull: this (-t-unu'?;rln 1824, and were worn by al our early Presidents. In the library of the New York Histor f the interior of | the Park Theater in 1525 during a theatri- cal performance. It is really a collection of portraits of prominent citizens of the day, and can be taken as typical of the times—and what a contrast it shows (10 the present! Men of calm, phlegmatic temperament, sound and rather heavy bodies, serious, prosperous faces—solid, respectable men—are assembled. In our day nervous energy, high mental pres: sure, fast manners of living in business and ‘social life, form just as plainly the characteristic traits of a theater audlerce. The Park Theater attendants of 1'% weer broad stocks made of buckram and 71‘”“ or velvet. Many of the men, well as o . n, and the the women, have their hats on, and the ng letters of voluminous neckelot el e fne. compiatn eaver hats. theater-lovers of that d 'ere'ngalnlt obscuring hats, not agal bonnets. The Hats of Our Grmdhtl:;x:.fl & cer hats and other stiff-brim- oS Besmer hate agd ol S RCla: coverings held sway for many ”""fi’. the heads of all respefi'-nrl‘)(l’e s»i(ut:x'e“‘uovef first blow at the popul y,of the stove- pipe hat was in the time of the Mexican War, when a few American men found out the comfort and lightness (;1 I e Mexicans the scft head-covering of t ¢ o . A life in California durin A e fever famillarized others ""F these unfashionable but comfortable forms, and when in December, 1851, Louls Kossuth flashed his brilliant career, his radiant presence, into the eyes and brains of adering Americans, he wore a pictur- h a'feather. , so- grane, Soff B\ iness Americans at once usines dopted the Kossuth hat, but they could ;ngpaund the feather. CHROMO—Bernhardt, City. That from which a chromo is printed is the block. There ,are generally a number of these, each used to print a difterent color. ENTENARY—J. R., Upper Mattole, Cacl. Centenary and centennial are used as synonymous words, the latter having :xc: “icoined” to mean happening once in century. SUPREME Capella, Cal. COURT JUSTICE-T. J.. The Justices of the United States Supreme Court are: Melville gv Fuller, John M. Harlan, Horace Gray, Da- vid J.' Brewer, Henry 'S. Brown, George Shiras Jr., Edward D. White, Rufus Peckham and Joseph McKenna. SPOONS AND BUTTER PLATES-B. C. A., Melrose, Cal. Teaspoons should al- ways be placed handle up in the holder It is not good form to have the bowl of the spoon upward. In such a case a per- son desiring a spoon must take it by the bowl and then turn it and at the same time the fingers may be greasy, be It ever so slight. It is not pleasing to see a dipped tnto the sugarbowl. ‘he proper form is to serve butter to guests upon individual butter plates. CALLING—C. B. A., Melrose, Cal. If a Jady moves Into a neighborhoed in which she is not acquainted, and some of the heighbors call at her hcuse, but do not fin: her at home and izave their cards, it s the duty of the onc calied upon to re- {urn the call within a week if she desires to add those who called to her list of acquaintances. ~There a certain eti- quette observed toward strangers, an in- troductory ceremony, as it were, to which a due response must' pe given. Ve AT HOTEL DEL CORONADO the season is now on at full tide. American and European plans. Best of everything, including the char- acter of entertainment. Apply 4 New Montgom- ery st., city, for special ticket. A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Yes, I'm sorry for r, dear Helen; that horrid George said she must either give him up or her lovely pug.”’ nd she had to give up the dog?” 'No; she gave up George, and puggie died the next day.”"—Pick-Me-Up. Tess—I notice vou're encouraging Mr. Youngman. I thought he proposed to you some time ago and you said “No.” Jess—That's so, but he gave me a lovel camera for Christmas and I—er—well, decided to retouch the old negative.—Phil- adelphia Press. “What did he want?” asked the head salesman of the wholesale grocery house. “It was some fellow that was drunk. I guess,” replied the new clerk, who had answered the telephone call. to know if we had any dr; ‘wine.” ““What did you tell him?" “I told him we had plenty of dried fruits and vegetables and fish, but our wine was all in the liquid state.”-Chicago Tribune. Jack—How glum poor old Charlle Sum- mfi“bk?{kled! tion ended terday. Vi e yes e, RRENT TOPICS. [EDITORIAL hOg | Arts and authorized the expenditure polish were subject as this $30.000 picture, the Infa 1" bad Nearly all of | were | UTTERANCE IN VARIETY | Hard on American Sealers. It is hard on the Americans who would Iike to engage in the sealing business tha: they cannot do so. To them it must seem Ineffably cruel that while they are locked into the American Pacific ports, their ri- vals in trade, the Canadians, may run down the coast as far as Monterey, Dick- ing up future sealskin coats all the way. But experience has shown that the Amer. ican citizen is not such a helpless sufferer as he may pretend to be when he is sub- ected to such hardships as that. It may Le guessed that more than one of thy thirty-odd British schooners and steam- ships now in the Pacific hunting the pin- nipeds represent American capital.—Provi- dence Journal. Puritan Tastes Improving. The Art Commission held a meet Monday afternoon at the Museum of F! $50,000 for a punlln‘s by Don Diego Rodr! guez de Silva of Velasquez, the Span painter. In 1651, 250 years IE:. at a of pictures belonging to the English monwealth, a Velasquez with the s Don Baltasar Carlos, eldest son of IV and Isabel de Bourbon, brought 10 shillings. The fact recorded at the Museum, as it is famillarly called, n mentary on the development of tastes and opinions during the last centuries and a half.—Boston Herald. Just Plain Stealing. It will be interesting to learn the view that will be taken by the French ani Russian governments in the matter of th forcible seizure of the Tlentsin salt heaps by the two Consuls refrmmin‘ those powers. These stores of salt belong is stated, to the Chinese merchants of th Guild, but after the occupation Tientsin by the allied troops the Frenc and Russian Consuls raised their tive flags over the property, and now fuse to deliver it back to the owners save upon payment of thr ters of its market value, which a; to demanding a ‘“ransom” of 35, Naturally the Tientsin salt mercha ject to this demand. To the outs gerver the action of the French and R sian Consuls looks very like plain steal- ing.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Victor Emmanuel a Political Force. The _choice by the King of Ital new Prime Minister and so, indire a Cabinet, will give the first real tion of what his polley is lik There !s good reason for believing ¢ Victor Emmanuel will be more of a 7 in and less of a spectator of Italian tics than was his father. Whether follow the false gods of the day an EfVPRas L whether he will have the faith to devote himseif to in ment and to putting the ir Ttaltan household in order, is the It is not a great navy to hold s independence against fancled from France that Ttaly needs, leader. who will make the directl. home affairs sound and capable give her a truer unity.—Springfield lican. PERSONAL MENTION. 8. W. Earhart of Napa Is at the Califor- nia. ‘W. 8. Stoddard of Red Bluff is at the Tick. C. W. Allen of Pasadena is at the Oc- cidental. O. J. Woodman, a banker of Fresno, i3 at the Lick. J. W. Seawlll and wife of Healdsburg are at the Lick. A. C. Balch, a merchant of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. B. Chandler of Los Angeles is registered at the Occidental. C. T. McGlashan and wife of Truckee are at the Palace. A. J. Bone, an ofl man of Bakersfleld, is a guest at the Grand. F. A. Watt, a merchant of Stockton, 1s a guest at the Palace. C. W. Eastin, an attorney of Modesto, {3 stopping at the Grand. John Fennell, a fruit man of Tehama, is stopping at the Palace. R. M. Shackelford of Paso Robles is a guest at the Occidental. Vietor Woods of San Luis Obispo registered at the Grand. 8. D. Rosenbaum, a Stockton merchant, is stopping at the Palace. G. W. Chrisman, a merchant of Ven- tura, is stopping at the Lick. John Sunderland, a mining man of Reno, is a guest at the Lick. Fred W. Swanton and wife of Santa Cruz are guests at the California. A. H. Redington, a merchant from Marysville, is a guest at the Grand. Robert M. F. Doble, a clothing merchant of Seattle, is stopping at the Palace. John Denman, a merchant of Petaluma, accompanied by his wife, is registered at the Grand. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb, 21.—San Franciscans —C. H. Bradley is at the Kensington; 8. S. Rosenbaum is at the Netherlands; Mrs. Draper is at the Park Avenue; H. and wife are at the Sturtevant; J. M. Kaufman Is at the Criterion; K. B. Quinan is at the Murray Hill. Los Ange- lenos—H. F. Vollmer is at the Imperial; F. A. Barker is at the Grand. i f Cholce candles, Townsend's, Palace Hotel.* —_——— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsead's.* ——e——— Special Information supplied dally to business’ houses and public men the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery st. Telephone Main 1043. . During the month of December Mexica: nllm':i‘s bought $188,000 worth of cars I: the United States. Go to the Inauguration. The Santa Fe will make excursion rates from California points to Washington and return on the occasion of the reinauguration of President McKinley, March ith. The tickets will be sold on February 24th and 25th and will be good to return, starting from Washington, not later than March Sth. West of Chicago, however, the tickets will be good until March 2th. These tickets wiil be honored on the California Limited. e — ADVERIISEMENTS. COLDS The ‘quickes‘t relief for a cold is by Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil. You will find the edge taken off in a night; and, in three or } away.a a5y this h;.umllv;erém 5 0l es; bu wife back yester- dny.—B!mingham (Eng.) Post. “When a man goes out after dinner he always wants to _toast his friends.” says the Observer of Events and Things; “but a woman—let her go to a tea and after it she wants to roast all her friends.,'— Yonkers Statesman. . He—A funny thing happened at tl Blimbers' the other night, May Bl vou know, is quite a whistler, and 4 walked up to the piano and sat down, and was just going to whistle her best piece. She—Yes: go_on. ‘He—Charlie Linseed was there, and he didn’t know about her whist] talent, :nd 80 :Lh:fl ehe lookoflhn at with er mou ckered ‘was an_invitation, z:d kissed her. e She—Did he? Was— 1t puckered ke this?—Cleveland Plain ler, four days, youll be wondering whether that cold amounted to anything anyhow. That'’s relief. If you tackle it quick, the relief is quick; if you wait, the relief won't come—you know how colds hang on. We'll end you a little to try, if yoa ke, SCOTT & BOWNE, 4e9 Pearl street, New York,