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FRIDAY MAY 24, 1895
Eager to win. easy to sin.
The bicycle laughs gleefully at the street
car.
Every day is a picnic in this kind of
weather.
San Diego is organizing a local hello
company.
Santa Cruz takes a little water with her
jubilation.
Every hor.ie should be a home market
for home goods.
Enterprise in California never lacks for a
bright sky and a fertile field.
People who go to Europe for a change
epeud big money in getting it.
This is the kind of weather that makes
the heart sing and the pockets ring.
Pulling together in all sections ol the
State has produced about as much taffy as
a candy-pulling.
While the East is discussing money
theories the Pacific Coast is starting enter
prises to make money circulate.
It is an encouraging sign that Silurians
have not only quit proclaiming themselves
but have called off their apologists.
Progress has taken to the road to such
an extent that every county demands a
railway and every city a boulevard.
On June 11, when the water carnival
opens, Santa Cruz will burn torches by the
light of which the whole world may see its
beauties.
The climate of San Francisco is the fac
tory of feminine beauty, for after the sun
shine, which brings peaches, it sends fogs,
which add the cream.
When one hears the goldbugs talk about
"sound" money one cannot avoid the con
clusion that the adjective refers more to
noise than substauce.
Thf 1 newspapers that are howling over
the death of the income tax will howl
worse when the people get a whack at the
party that tried to establish it.
There is only one Sacramento Valley and
there can never be another, but the mem
bers of the newspaper league evidently in
tend to make it double up on progress.
The satisfactory settlement of the China
Basin lease is another evidence that Cali
fornians have learned how to pur an end
to differences, get together and go to work.
The latest novelty in the way of an expo
sition has been started at Amsterdam in a
proposal to hold an international exhibi
tion of appliances for hotel equipment and
travel.
As this is the last week of the exhibition
at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art
those who fail to see the pictures will con
fess themselves blind in more ways
than one.
There are some of the elements of tooth
pulling in the "extraction" tax which
Mexico has imposed on the products of
Mexican mines owned by residents of the
United States.
There will be a grand row at Washing
ton when those who paid taxes under th~e
income-tax law of 1864 demand a return of
their money, and what will Grover do
then, poor thing?
For two weeks now the frost has been
killing all kinds of crops in the Northwest
and the Middle States, and hence it will
be no fault of natural conditions if people
prefer hard times there to an easy life in
California.
The action of Judge Stall cup of Tacoma
in giving notice that by reason of a lack of
funds in the county treasury no more jury
trials shall be held discloses that peculiar
Eort of punctiliousness which invites
felonies by avoiding misdemeanors.
The increasing use of bicycles in Eng
land has led to a revival of highway rob
bery, and several instances have been re
ported recently of robberies by men on
bicycles along the road where Dick Turpin
aDd Claude Duval used to ply their trade.
It is noted that while the number of
naval reserve battalions is rapidly increas
ing in the seaboard States there has been
no attempt to organize one in Maine, not
withstanding that State has perhaps a
larger number of sailors in proportion to
population than any other in the Union.
Suisun is to have a new weekly, the
Solano County Courier, which has just been
established by D. H. McDonald, and judg
ing from the vigorous tone of the ably
written salutatory, it will prove a potent
assistance to the progressive elements of
the county in every enterprise undertaken
for the general good.
After having enjoyed for many years tbe
possession of one of the best opera-houses
in the country, and after having seen it
pass under a long lease as a theater be
cause it was not supported as an opera
house, we are now grieving because we
cannot adequately house such a company
as Pamrosch would bring.
An English newspaper— the Manchester
Courier — claims to have assurances that
the next President of the United States
will be a Republican and Chauncey De
pew will be Minister to the Court of St.
James. If these statements had been
made as guesses they would have been
very good ; but coming as assurances they
have a serious defect in not naming t
President.
The ''traveling man" who informed the
Baker City (Oregon) Democrat that the
prevalence of bicycles in San Francisco
has so alarmed the streetcar companies as
to induce them to sprinkle the- streets "in
order to make them muddy and impas
sable for wheelmen, has that sort of im
agination which may win admiration in
Oregon, but which in California is spelt
■with only loos letters.
LIBEAEY CONSOLIDATION.
The discussi©n concerning the consolida
tion of the Free Library with the Mer
cantile Library has reached a point where
the project may be fairly considered one of
practical importance. It is no longer a
mere suggestion of something theoretically
desirable. A feasible plan of consolida
tion nas been proposed, valid arguments
in favor of it have been put forward and a
considerable public sentiment has been
worked up to sustain it.
That San Francisco needs a better library
is beyond question. That which we have
is far below the requirements of the people
and is altogether incommensurate with
the dignity of the City. American com
munities have become noted for their
libraries, and among the larger cities there
has been a generous and noble rivalry as
to which should have the best. The result
of this emulation has been to provide
every community, of a size anything like
equal to San Francisco, with a library far
superior to ours, not only in the number
of books, but in the accommodations
afforded to patrons. We cannot be content
to remain below the standard set up by
our sister cities in this respect, and ought
therefore to profit by every opportunity
that offers to attain at least an equality
with them.
The proposed consolidation seems to
afford a most excellent opportunity for
such an improvement. There may be
some legal difficulties in the way, but
otherwise every aspect is favorable to the
project. The Free Library has 80,0<30
volumes, badly accommodated in the City
Hall, and the Mercantile Library has
70,000 volumes in a commodious building.
To combine the two would be a benefit to
the patrons of both. If this chance of ob
taining a large, substantial, well-located
edifice together with a noble collection of
valuable books is lost, the City may have
to go for years without a proper library.
If advantage is taken of the present oppor
tunity, however, the results are sure to be
good. There will develop a civic pride in
the institution which will be helpful to it
in many ways, and in the end will render
it a not unworthy rival to the great Public
Library in Boston.
JOURNALISTIC AMENITIES.
The reception which the Call under its
new management has received from the
interior press of California has been so
cordial and appreciative as to constitute
one of its chief incentives to pursue the
plan so happily begun and so full of prom
ise for the future. Knowing as we do tne
high character and earnest patriotism of
the men who, through the interior pruss,
represent all that is best in the spirit of
progress which animates the State, we
were not surprised, though none the less
gratified, at the heartiness of the com
mendation which the Call has received.
This generous reception was all the more
pleasing because it was evidence of the
fact that the interior press respects manli
ness and generosity, and that it has at
heart the broad principle of Pacific Coast
progress which the Call is laboring so
earnestly to advance.
So far as we have been able to observe,
there has risen but one dissenting voice,
and it comes from the Hrpublican, pub
lished at Jackson, Amador County. Here
is its attack in full:
"The Call has inaugurated a new de
parture in City journalism. Under its new
management this daily seems to have con
tracted a bad case of mania for flattery. It
is not only engaged in slobbering over it
self daily, but even bidding almost in every
issue for a puff from some country paper
on the if-you-tickle-me-I'll-tickle-you prin
ciple. Last Saturday's issue contained
nearly a half-column article puffatory of the
Amador Record, the editorial clearly show
ing that the writer knows absolutely noth
ing concerning the subject on which he
was endeavoring to enlighten his readers.
Such crude methods to ingratiate itself
into favor with the country districts are
nauseating to the general reader. We do
not believe the Call will forge ahead of its
City contemporaries by such methods.
Country folks take a metropolitan paper
for news, not to be dosed with taffy and
molasses."
The reference which the Call made to
the Record, published at Sutter Creek,
Amador County, i 3 quoted by that paper
as follows:
"The advancing prosperity of Amador
County is manifest by the fact that the
Amador Record has expanded to an eight
page quarto and records a bright and hope
ful outlook for Sutter Creek and all the
mining interests."
This was merely a just recognition by
the Call of the Record's enterprise and
prosperity in enlarging its size, and in re
garding this as an evidence of Amador
County's advancement the Call saw an
additional special reason for the small
kindly notice of the Record. We shall be
glad to pursue a similar course in the case
of every one of our interior exchanges
which gives so tangible proof of its own
enterprise and of the prosperity of its com
munity.
In other words, the Call stands for the
{?reat issue that all the forces which can
direct the advancement of California
should work harmoniously to that end,
and that if there are any among us who
are moved by small jealousies they are in
imical to the cause. We have as kindly a
feeling for the press of San Francisco as
for that of the interior, and have not
spared commendation where it was de
served. Our reward comes in the form of
evidence that this spirit of progress and
manliness abides among the editors of
California, and that they agree with us on
the broad proposition that harmony of
purpose and a friendly co-operation offer
the highest means for accomplishing the
ends which we all desire.
NAVAL OADETSHIPS.
The policy of the American Government
in recruiting its armed defenders is to pay
no heed to the Nationality of men who pre
sent themselves for enlistment. This policy
is of very general application, and one
phase of it is seen in the fact that the par
entage of cadets admitted to the Govern
ment academies at West Point and An
napolis is never taken into consideration.
The sole recommendation of the applicant
is his personal worth.
These remarks have been suggested by a
card published in the Santa Barbara Press
of the 21st inst. It is signed by Lewis
Alfred Kempf, an ensign of the navy, and
James McDonald, a naval cadet. These
gentlemen say in this card : "It is a great
mistake to suppose that the parents of the
candidates for admission to Annapolis
Naval Academy must be citizens of the
United States. The candidate becomes an
American citizen as soon as he receives the
appointment to the academy, and this is all
that is required by the Navy Department.
Over one-third of the cadets at the Naval
Academy are native-born Englishmen and
Germans, and make quite as good officers
as native-born Americans. We merely
write this in behalf of young Lord, who has
received the appointment as cadet to said
Naval Academy, and who has been very
badly treated since by a few persons in
Santa Barbara."
We know nothing of the facts beyond the
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1895.
foregoing statement, but while the spirit
of Americanism is admirable, there are
different ways in which it may be mani
fested. One of the most interesting facts
in the history of our army and navy is that
foreigners adopted into the service are in
variably as reliable on the score of loyalty
as native Americana. Whether this is ex
plainable on the ground that the simple
matter of discipline transforms a man from
an individual of any Nationality into a
mere fighting machine, or there is some
essential quality in the conduct of the ser
vice that makes a loyal American out of
any foreigner who embraces it, is not
pertinent to the issue. The fact alone is
sufficient, and the amplitude of its dem
onstration leaves no ground for dispute.
As the Government's only consideration is
the personal efficiency of the men, without
reference to their Nationality, Americans
can do nothing more graceful than accept
the situation through an understanding of
the wisdom which is behind it.
A CALIPOENIA EXPOSITION.
In a communication to the Call Mr.
Ray of the W. S. Ray Manufacturing
Company makes an earnest plea for an
exposition of California goods exclusively,
and supports it with arguments which
merit the careful consideration of the
directors of the Mechanics' Fair. The
suggestion is directly in line with the ef
forts now being made to foster California
industries, and if it were carried out
would doubtless be of great assistance in
makinar known the fnll extent and variety
of our manufactured products.
Mr. Ray says such an exhibit at the
present time would be not only a curiosity
to old residents of the State, but would be
instructive to the masses, as not more
than one in five know what is made in
California. He is sanguine that State ex
hibitors could completely fill the Pavilion
with a good display and that it would be
remunerative. He goes further and sug
gests that such an exposition should be
held once every five years as an encourage
ment to local development and a stimulus
to new enterprises. The proposal is made,
of course, solely for the purpose of ad
vancing California interests and in no
spirit of antagonism to Eastern manufac
turers, though, as Mr. Ray says, a large
portion of the goods now coming to us
from Eastern prisons and from Oregon
prisons might as well be consumed in the
States that make them.
Whether it would be advisable to have
an exposition confined exclusively to Cali
fornia goods this year is a question which
must be left, of course, to the decision of
the directors of the coming fair. It would
seem, however, to be desirable under any
circumstances to put a special emphasis on
the California exhibitions. Earnest efforts
should be made to obtain as large, varied
and complete a display of State industries
as possible, and where these are placed side
by side with the exhibits from the East
particular attention should be called to
them so that the most casual observer
might be impressed with the number and
excellence of our home goods. The sug
gestion of an exclusively California exposi
tion every live years certainly deserves con
sideration. Even if it is not found desira
ble this year it would be worth undertak
ing later on. Mr. Ray is right in saying
such expositions every fifth year would
materially encourage our industries and
that in itself is a sufficient reason for un
dertaking them.
EETTJENING PEOSPERITY.
While we are watching the development
of new enterprises in all parts of the State
as evidences of the coming of better times,
Eastern people are finding similar evi
dences in the upward tendency of the
stock market and the increasing invest
ments of European capital in American
securities. Of the two kinds of evidence
ours is much the best, but both are good,
and taken in combination they afford an
almost complete assurance that the de
pression is over and a renewal of prosperity
is at hand.
With this revival It is not too much for
us to expect that the Pacific Coast will
enter upon a decade of progress unparal
leled in its history. We do not look for
ward to a renewal of the booms of the
southern part of the State and of Puget
Sound. We anticipate a development of
mining and of manufacturing industries
rather than of land speculations. Instead
of trying to found a metropolis by laying
out a town site in a desert, the enterprise
of the coming decade will content itself
in founding new industries by establishing
factories in some advantageous center of
population. We may look forward also to
considerable activity in railroad building.
The San Joaquin road is not the only addi
tional line needed in the State, nor the
only project of the kind that would yield
good profits. Los Angeles and San Diego
are looking forward to the completion of a
line to Salt Lake City, and Northern Cali
fornia may, before the decade is half over,
find itself enjoying the advantages of com
peting lines toward the north.
If these prospects are not deceptive the
system of advertising most effective in at
tracting settlers and capital to California
during the coming decade will be that
which is devoted mainly to making known
the advantages it offers for manufactures
of various kinds. Building boom towns
is not so attractive as it was, and planting
orchards on a speculation will not yield
the big profits it did of old. There are,
however, big opportunities for profit in
working up the raw material with which
every county abounds, and it is in the task
of making that fact known to the world
that outside advertising can be best em
ployed. Of one thing we may be certain.
California now offers investment for cap
ital more numerous and more promising
than any other section in the Union, and
it will not be long before enterprising men
find it out.
HIGHWAYMEN IN ENGLAND.
English papers are noting with a pained
surprise that the increasing use of the
bicycle for lone journeys has brought
about in that country a revival of the old
trade of Dick Turpin and Jack Shepard.
The road from London to York, along
which the highwaymen of old held up
stagecoaches, has been the scene of two
or three robberies of late, the victims being
bicycle-tourists who were riding after dark,
and the robbers being also knights of the
wheel. In one of the instances, the tourist,
having confidence in his "safety," under
took to outrun the robbers, but they
reached for him successfully with a re
volver, and got him with a bullet in the
hip.
This enterprise of British highwaymen
is, of course, far below the level of the
California cyclers who held up a railway
train, but in consideration that they have
only an island to operate in, and are
therefore subject to insular influences, it is
not to be overlooked. Indeed, the British
rural police are looking after it with great
care, being vigorously urged thereto by the
press of the country, which sees in the
apparent ease of such robberies a great
danger to the plea&ant custom of cycling.
It is known, of course, that where there is
an opportunity for thieves there will be
thieves, and as there have never been
since the days of stagecoaches such oppor
tunities for highwaymen as are now
afforded by the cyclers, it is easy to under
stand why the profession has revived.
Indeed, the only strange feature is that
the revival has been so long in coming.
One would have supposed that some keen
miuded robber would have seen the possi
bilities of the bike and taken to the road
before this.
Fortunately the evil is not likely to be
come very extensive. The world has
changed in many ways since stagecoach
times, and the telegraph would soon head
off any daring soul who should attempt to
imitate Dick Turpin's famous ride from
London to York. While the recent rob
beries, therefore, may add something to
■he variety of English highway experi
ences, they cannot be regarded as proofs of
a permanent revival of the customs which
furnished so many picturesque incidents
to coaching trips in the old days. The age
of romance is gone, and not even t' c
bicycle propelled by the legs of an enter
prising thief can revive it.
A TAEDY AEEAIGNMENT.
It was about two weeks after the pre
liminary examination of Theodore Dnr
rant that an information was filed charging
him with the murder of Blanche Lamont
and Minnie Williams. Considering the
fact that the result of the examination was
the holding of Durrant for trial, and that
the filing of the information was a simple
clerical function that might have been dis
charged within twenty-four hours, a delay
of two weeks seems inexplicable. Both
Durrant and the people are entitled to as
early a trial as possible.
We may expect in this case a long string
of other delays, beginning with a de
murrer to the sufficiency of the informa
tion, followed by the setting of a day for
argument on the demurrer, a probable
postponement to suit the convenience of
attorneys, the intervention of the judicial
summer holidays, and then the more
serious and determined business of delays
which shall precede the trial. If the jury
is impaneled before October the service
will have been amazingly expedited for
these parts, but we^shall be surprised if the
trial begins before December. By the
time of its conclusion the public recol
lection will be dim as to its cause, but in
case of conviction the really earnest task
of making delays will be begun, for the
Supreme Court presents possibilities in
this direction that are a pleasant solace to
the guilty.
PERSONAL.
Herbert C. Nash is registered at the Lick.
James T. Rucker of San Jose is at the Palace.
Dr. J. A. Dawson of Woodland is a guest at
the Occidental.
Andrew Brown, a merchant of Kernvllle, is a
guest at the Grand.
Senator Thomas Flint Jr. of San Juan is
registered at the Grand.
E. May of the Union Meat Company of Port
land is staying at the Lick.
J. R. Trainor, a fruitgrower and shipper of
Marysville, is at the Grand.
A. E. Putnam, a leading lawyer of Santa
Barbara, is in the City on business.
James D. Hoge Jr. of the Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer and Mrs. Hoge are at the Palace.
W. H. Allerdice and Z. W. Reynolds of tne
navy registered yesterday at the Palace.
Barney D. Murphy came up from San Jose
last evening and registered at the Palace.
Frank Diekum, a wealthy property-owner of
Portland, registered at the Grand yesterday.
A. C.E.ogers, a big rancher of Lou Angeles,
was one of yesterday's arrivals at the Palace.
F. C. White, a prominent vineyardist of
Fresno, was one of yesterday's arrivals at the
Lick.
H. M. La Rue, president of the Board of Rail
way Commissioners, Is down from Sacra
mento.
Frank H. Gould, chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee and a prominent at
torney of Stockton, registered yesterday at the
California.
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
Make the conditions so that every man who
wants to eat shall have a chance to work. —
Seattle Call.
How would it do to have a debate, between
the Carlisle oflß7B and the Carlisle of 1895?—
Ogden (Utah) Standard.
People do not have to worry over the mean
temperature in the East. It comes without
solicitation. — Los Angeles Express.
The Spanish Government, being unable to
suppress the rebellious Cubans, has taken to
the easier tasjt of suppressing the news. —
Portland Sun.
There is no way in which a town can be
made to look handsomer than for the residents
to pay compliments where praise is due,—Ala
meda Tele cram.
While the people in the Mississippi Valley
are being frozen to death the people in Vaca
ville, in this county, are paying a high price
for ice to preserve their cherries until they can
ship them to gladden the hearts of that be
numbed country. — Benicia New Era.
We need more manhood, more vigor, more
uprightness and honesty of purpose in public
and business affairs. There is plenty of the
right stuff in Tacoma if it will only manifest
itself to drive the scalawags to cover, and make
the city the pride of its people and the envy of
the State.— Tacoma Union.
Stability exists again, flra belief In our
future has been re-established, and no one now
doubts but that the bow of promise which
spans Seattle's horizon in very fact means that
the storm has passed, and peace, plenty and
tranquillity will sit enthroned where gloom
has consorted in the past with the ill-omened
raven and the bat.— Seattle Times.
With cheap power, cheap transportation and
plenty of raw material for certain lines of
manufacturing, there is no reason why Fresno
6hould not in the next decade become as well
known for her factories as she now is for her
raisins and dried fruit. The elements from
which important cities are builded are all to
be found in Fresno. — Fresno Republican.
The American people are too good-natured,
and they submit cheerfully to an imposition
that would not be tolerated in the older coun
tries. The average tramp professes an inclina
tion to work, and when questioned always has
the same pitiful story— hard times and no
work. Let the experimenting citizen provide
work and see how quickly the average tramp
will desert that neighborhood.— San Benito
Advance.
A country newspaper conducted with a
spirit of vim and go-ahead-it-ive-ness can do
much for the field in which it is located. A
live newspaper travels; it goes among the peo
ple and is read; it leads folks to inquire more
closely into the surroundings of the section
from which It hails ; it reaches the desk of the
metropolitan editor and its spirit of progress
iveness imbues him with a desire to "stand in"
with his country contemporary and assist in
advancing the work of improvement.— Amador
Record.
In promoting the prosperity of the city pluck
is one-q«iarter the battle, and the courage to
tell the truth about that which threatens or
retards is the other quarter of the first half.
Pluck and courage, then, with natural re
sources and good government and good loca
tion, are all there ie in the building up. Those
persons who speak below their breath and
whisper "don't" when a courageous voice
warns the people of impending danger are of
the class who are content to live in the present
and take no thought for the morrow.— San Luis
Obispo Breeze;
A Military Concert.
The Relief Society of the Alameda Woman's
Exchange will give a military concert and
garden party in Captain R. R. Thompson's
grounds, corner of High street and Central
avenue, next Saturday from 2 to 5 and 7 to
10 p. h
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
Garret McEnemey and Collector Welburn
discussed some very important points on
politics and bacon while conversing in the
Palace Hotel parlors last evening. They had
finished » sumptuous meal and both were
in a mood to revert to the days of long ago.
"Welburn," said Mr. McEnemey twirling his
thumbs, "what do you think of politics, any
how?"
"Mere recreation; nothingelse. It's nothing
but pastime. Every year fpent in the political
whirl is thrown away. Why, Garret, I would
not pass through another official term for any
thing. It is a losing game. No man can afford
to enter political life when he is engaged in a
legitimate business. In order to succeed in
one the other must be sacrificed. Naturally a
man who is a servant of the people feels it c
greater duty to serve them than himself and
his own business suffers in consequence. It is
like all other pleasures, to engage in it you
must neglect something else."
"Then you would not accept honors from the
party again. Do I understand you rightly?"
"Most certainly you do. I have lost more In
"BUDD KNOWS HOW TO COOK BACON," SAID ME.
■WELBITRN".
[Sketched from life for the "Call" by XTankivell.]
my own business than I have made in politics.
Mind, Garret, lam not displeased. Quite the
contrary. lam glad of an opportunity to stand
up with the chosen, but you see, I was brought
up to work and pastime is too much in the na
ture of idleness. I can't 6tand it. Why, when
I was a boy, say in the seventies, I was a cattle
ranger in Texas. There was the period of my
life when I was at home. Plenty of hardship,
plenty of open-air exercise, plenty of work.
Another thing which used to make life worth
living was the horseback-riding we did every
day and the frequent necessity of making a
small canteen of, tepid water last us twenty
four hours. That was the part of my existence
that I wou^d like to go through again. There
was something to it besides luxury. There is
no use talking, Garret, I have seen plenty of
hardship and prefer it to politics every time."
"Had to do your own cooking, I suppose,"
ventured the lawyer, with a chuckle.
The Collector of Revenue half mounted the
arms of his chair and a long, historic smile
came over his face.
"You bet," he exclaimed, "if there is any one
thing I can do it is cook bacon and make coffee.
You can't get properly cooked bacon in this or
any other town unless it is prepared by a
ranger. It is out of the question. It must be
done a certain way. Ask Budd, the Governor;
he knows how to cook bacon. Any competent
camper knows pretty nearly what to do, but
the Texas ranger is the true artist at it. The
proper way is to cut it thin, cook quickly, half
crisp, and serve it red hot. Oh! the flavor
that you get thon. Can't get it at the restaur
ants, though. They do not seem to know how.
Ah, there is nothing like it, Garret; nothing
like it. Give me decent coffee, properly cooked
bacon and a few pounds of jerked meat across
the back of my saddle and it beats politics all
to pieces."
It was of the late Peter H. Burnett, while he
was a Justice on the Supreme bench, that it
was said, "He guve the law to the North and
the negro to the South." Judge Terry was the
Chief Justice on the bench when the case of
ex parte Archy came up. Charles A. Stovall,
who had come out from Mississippi, had peti
tioned for a writ of habeas corpus for the re
covery of his slave, Archy. It was shown that
Stovall could not claim that he was simply
traveling through the State or on a visit, but
that ho had been here some time and had en
gaged in teaching school, and so, under the
laws, he could not hold the slave. Justice
Burnett wrote an opinion Betting forth the
facts in the case all in favor of the slave, and
winding up by denying the writ. But just be
fore this was to be handed down Judge Terry
persuaded Burnett to decide to take the other
side with him and thus make a majority of the
court in favor of the owner. Burnett scratched
out of his long opinion only the last sentence,
in which the writ was denied, and substituted
the following words by which Stovall obtained
his slave: "From the views we have expressed
it would seem clear that the petitioner cannot
sustain either the character of traveler or
visitor. But there are circumstances connect
ed with thiß particular case that may exempt
him from the operation of the rules laid down.
This is the first case under the existing law,
and under the circumstances we are not dis
posed to rigidly enforce the rule for the first
time. But in all future cases it is our purpose
to confirm the rules laid down strictly accord
ing to their true intent and spirit." It was
like Rip Van Winkle's swear-off. So the North
got the law and the South got the negro.
Barry Coleman, who has just returned from
Louisville, was talking yesterday at the Palace
Hotel of the change which time has wrought
in horseracing at the Kentucky metropolis and
in steamboating on the Ohio River. He re
garded it as a significant fact that the fast
record made in the 'sOs by the Telegraph No.
2 (a steamboat owned by his father), between
Louisville and New Orleans, remained un
broken for forty years and was only recently
surpassed. He considers this as remarkable, in
view of the great progress made in mechanical
inventions during the past two decades. In
horseracing the turf gamblers had managed to
get control, and the Kentucky Derby, still in
teresting and t iciting, is not what it used to be.
"Louisville," said Mr. Coleman, "is making
vast preparations to entertain the first National
encampment of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic south of the Ohio River. During the war
there was more bitterness between Union men
and Confederates in Kentucky than in any
other State, but to-day the leeling of friend
ship for each other is more pronounced than
the bitterness of the paßt.
"As an example of the sentiment in Louis
ville," continued Mr. Coleman, "Manager
Harry Weissinger, who is a Confederate vet
eran, recently tendered iree of charge to the
Maine Department of the Grand Army ot the
Republic a large three-story building for its
use during the encampment. The building is
large enough to accommodate 200 people.
The ex-Confederate wrote: 'The building is
situated in a large yard surrounded by grass,
trees and flowers. We will put the building in
perfect condition bo far as cleanliness is con
cerned, have cots placed on each floor, with
servants to give proper attention, towels, bath
tubs and arrangements for the checking and
proper protection of all garments. • * * These
accommodations will cost you nothing, and we
offer them to you freely, provided you are will
ing to accept the hospitality of an old Confed
erate soldier, who begs to assure you that his
greeting will be as hearty as if he fought with
you instead of against you.' "
W. H. Hammond of Visalia is one of the
leaders in the action that has been taken to in
duce the San Francisco aud San Joaquin Valley
Railroad's directors to build through that
town. Yesterday at the Lick Mr. Hammond,
speaking of the matter, said: "A number of
the citizens, you know, agreed to back the
Board of Trade's offer of a right of way across
Tuiare County with depot facilities. The dis
tance would be some seventy miles and the
width of the right of way 100 feet. Although
many of the laud-owners are willing to give
rights of way over their property for nothing,
it is going to cost us $30,000 ia cash for what
we must purchase and for depot facilities. I
have no doubt that a. road will be built down
the east side of the valley and through Visalia,
but I believe that two lines will in time be'
built from Fresno, one by Hanford and the
other through Visalia. Our side of the valley
can furnish the most freight at the outset. It
is more highly developed.
"Times are very good with us. There Is not
a hou.se or a store to rent in the whole town,
and a number of new buildings projected are
all engaged for tenants. The fruit crop about
us is good and with the high prices that
promise to prevail gives a fine outlook for our
people."
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Sir John Lubbock, having had his say on a
great variety of subjects, is now writing in
praise of bimetallism.
The six-year-old girl whose arms were cut off
by a Brooklyn trolley-car a few days ago, and
who will probably die, will be the one hundred
and ninth victim.
The rector of the College de France receives
only $1200 a year in the way of salary and
perquisites. This is the position Renan held
for many years.
The first woman to be graduated from St.
Andrew's University, Scotland, is said to be
Miss Blackadder, the daughter of a Dundee
architect. She is 19 years old.
Professor C. V. Riley thinks that there is evi
dence of telegraphy among insects, and that
by means of a sixth sense they are enabled to
communicate with each other at great dis
tances.
Craig Millar's Doncaster cup brought $4777
at the sale of the late Duchess of Montrose's
jewelry. Fifteen other racing prizes, includ
ing Thebais' Doncaster and Ascot Queen's
cups, Corrie Roy's and Gang Forward's New
market Jockey Club cups, and Medora's Good
wood Steward's cup, brought $11,950.
John C. S. Hancock ol Hancock, Md., who
has only his left arm to shoot with, the right
having been lost in a carriage accident, has
killed this season with his shotgun 209 squir
rels, 125 rabbits, 217 partridges, 62 pheasants,
28 wild turkeys and 35 woodcock. Of wild
ducks he has shot 23 mallards and 7 red
heads.
The other day Mr. Roys, editor of the Goshen
(N. V.) Democrat, caught four strange fish in a
subterranean stream which supplies an arte
sian well near that place. He aud a compan
ion fished with a line 296 feet long through
the six-Inch feed-pipe. The fish averaged a
foot in length, weighed about a pound each,
aud were totally blind.
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.
"Now, Charles, let us make a list of your
debts."
"One moment, dear uncle, till I have filled
up your inkstand."— Fliegende Blaetter.
"You seem interested in me to-night, Willie,"
said Mr. Softy, observing that the boy was gaz
ing intently at him.
"Yes," said Willie; "I'm waiting to see you
bust."
"Bust?" queried Mr. Softy.
"Yes. Maude told ma she thought you'd pop
to-night, and I love to watch things pop; corn
always busts with such a funny little noise."—
Harper's Bazar.
Fuddy— l hear that Strainer, the cashier of
the bank, has turned up missing, along with a
goodly portion of the securities. How do they
account for his disappearance ?
Duddy— His trying to keep up appearances, I
believe.— Boston Transcript.
Johnny— Mamma, I can count all the way up
to twelve.
Mamma — And what comes after twelve
Johnny ?
Johnny— Recess.— Harper's Round Table.
"You want a divorce from your wife, do
you ?
"Yes, sir; I do."
"What grounds ?"
"Incompatibility. She and the cook are
quarreling continually."— lndianapolis Jour
nal.
Zadley— Did you read about the doctor who
committed suicide?
Bizlin — Yes; isn't it strange, though, that a
doctor didn't know enough to end his life with
out committing suicide?— Roxbury Gazette.
"What's this?" said the detective, as he laid
down an old copy of a. newspaper; "another
wealthy and influential citizen disappeared?"
"Oh, never mind about that," replied the
chief of police; "he'll turn up all right as soon
as this income tax flurry is over."— Washington
Star.
Little Tommy— Pop, what's the difference be
tween a bookkeeper and an expert accountant?
Tommy's Pop— Well, when he has a job he's a
bookkeeper, and when he's looking for one he's
an expert accountant.— Philadelphia Record.
"Meln fraulein, I am over head and ears in
love with youl"
"Really ! but my cousin has told me the same
thing."
"Yes, but my ears are longer than his! 1 '
Dorjbarbler.
Maud— l don't know what I am ever going
to do ?
Ethel— Why, what's the matter ?
Maud— Why, M. Feara of Paris was talking
very earnestly to me in French last night, and
I didn't quite understand him; and he spoke
so impetuously, and I replied, "Oui, oui," sev
eral times. It has just occurred to me that
perhaps he was proposing.— Harper's Bazar.
ESTATES IS 00UET.
Letters Testamentary Petitioned For by
Julia Fratinger and Others.
Letters of administration have been
petitioned for in the following matters:
By Benjamin Healey over the estate of
Sarah M. Halsey, who died on the 18th
inst.. leaving personal property to be dis
tributed in accordance with the terms of
a holographic will.
By Julia Fratinger, over the estate,
valued at $75,000,- of A. M. Fratinger, pro
prietor of a cloak ana suit house on Kearny
♦£"1 n iu be wiU of the deceased declares
that all the property except $5000 is com
munity and that sum is B pecially be
queathed to deceden's daughter, Joseph
ine, who also takes the residue of half the
reu nity property after the payment of
$500 to each of testator's three sisters and
$1000 to his brother, Peter Fratinger of
Milwaukee. The widow takes the remain
ing half of the community property and is
made executrix.
Supreme Court Affirmations.
The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the
judgment of the lower court in the case of
Richard Cunningham, administrator of the
estate of Mary Cunningham et al. vs. W. H.
Norton; and also affirmed, suhject to slight
modification, the judgment of the lower court
in the OUa of Johu C. Cl»ncv v«. Patriot Plavar.
FEAST OF PENTECOST
Will Be Suitably Observed by
the Hebrew Community
Next Week.
ITS AGRARIAN CHARACTER,
Traditionally Connected With the
Publication of the Decalogue
From Sinai.
Next Tuesday evening, corresponding to
the hfth day of the Hebrew month Sivan,
Israelites all over the world commence
the celebration of the feast of Shevouos, or
Pentecost. This is the second great festi
val of the Hebrew calendar, tne others
being Passover and Tabernacles. Its rites
are restricted to one day among the reform
element of the community, and two days,
-ii;iy and Thursday, among the
orthodox.
Perhaps the most striking quality pos
sessed by Pentecost is its extreme sim
plicity. There is little or nothing in the
home observance to indicate the solemnity
of the occasion. Neither are any prepara
tory ceremonies necessary, though some
ultra-orthodox Jews spend the whole night
previous to Shevouos in reading extracts
from the Law and the Prophets, and in
other exercises of a devotional nature.
The observance of "The Feast of Weeks,"
as it is called, is essentially linked to that
of the Passover, its celebration taking
place seven complete weeks, or fifty days
after that festival. In order to mark the
progress of time between the two festivals
conservative Hebrews read a prayer after
each evening service in which the day's
numerical position is stated. This is
termed "Counting the Omer."
In former times the fifty days so enumer
ated included the period of grain harvest,
commencing with the offering of the first
sheaf of the barley harvest at the Pass
over and ending with that of the first two
loaves which were made from the wheat
harvest at this festival. It was the offer
ing of these two loaves which was the dis
tinguishing rite of the day of Pentecost.
That the Pentecost was regarded among
th« ancient Hebrews as an agrarian festi
val is evidenced by its name. In common
with other nations the Jews, as an agri
cultural people, made offerings to their
deity of the first fruits of their harvest.
From this fact is derived the second name
by which Pentecost is known, "The day of
the first fruits."
Though the canonical scriptures speak
of Pentecost as simply a harvest festival,
yet non-canonical documents show that
the Jews, at least as early as the time of
Christ, connected with it and commemo
rated on the sixth day of the third month
the giving of the decalogue. For this
reason on the mornine of the first day of
Shevouos the lesson of the day is taken
from that portion of the book of Exodus
which contains an account of the issuance
of the law from Sinai. In order to keep up
some semblance of its original character as
an agricultural celebration the synagogues
are decked with flowers, shrubs "and odor
iferous herbs. In orthodox congregations
the Book of Ruth, that composition of the
scriptures which touches on a pastoral
theme, is read.
The enactments in regard to the celebra
tion of Pentecost call for abstinence from
work of all kinds and the congregation of
all able-bodied members of the Jewish
community of both sexes for purposes of,
public worship. Emphasis is also placed
upon the liberality which is to be exer
cised toward the fatherless and the wiaow
at the season of general rejoicing.
Much of the picturesque character of the
feast has been obliterated in the Un 1
States, where, as was recently confessed by
a prominent divine, Hebrews possess httle
of sympathetic thought, for "the land by
the Mediterranean." The counting of the
Omer and the celebration of the scholars'
feast have been relegated to oblivion, as
have many of the usages of Eastern and
European Hebrews.
The feast of Shevouos will be ushered in
in San Francisco on Tuesday evening by
services in all the temples. Sermons on
appropriate subjects will be preached in
the Temple Emanu-El by Rabbi Jacob
Voorsanger and at the Sherith Israel Syna
gogue by Rabbi Jacob Nieto. Rabbi Mayer
b. Levy of the Temple Beth Israel, Geary
street, will hold services in his synagogue!
on Tuesday evening, but will not deliveij
an address. Each of his Sunday-school
children will read short two-minute adA
dresses during the morning services on tha
first day of the festival.
The confirmation exercises of the Con
gregation Ohabai Shaloine (formerly on
Mason street) will take place at Golden
Gate Hall, Sutter street, near Taylor, at 10
a.m. William Li ssner, superintendent o$
the Sabbath-school, will conduct the exer-j
cises. /
The services on Wednesday morning
will partake largely of the character of
confirmation exercises. The synagogues
will be beautifully decorated, and the chil
dren attending the Sunday-schools at
tached to the various synagogues will take
oath of fidelity to the principles of their
faith, and diplomas will be issued to the
connrmants. The Hallel, or hymns of
praise, will be chanted, and music of a
high order will be made a feature of the
services, which will be fully choral.
In orthodox Jewish circles the religioug
exercises will be continued on Thursday
morning, and the festival will come to a
close on the evening of that day.
Bacon Printing Company, 508 Clay street '
Vermont maple sugar, 15c lb, Townsend's.*
Palace sea baths, 715 Filbert street, now
open for summer swimming season. •
Fikest sauternes, haut-sauternes and dessert
wines. Mohns & Kaltenbach, 29 Market street.*
Lieutenant Bersier of the French navy
has invented a compass which does away
with a steersman, as the compass steers
the vessel itself.
Tjtat Tired FeeliDK which is so common and to
overpowering is entirely driven off by Hood's Sar«
saparllla, the best spring medicine and only true
blood purifier. It gives new life and energy.
"Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrnp"
Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while Teething with perfect
success. It soothes the child, softens the gams, al
lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether
arising from teething or other causes. For sale by
Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and
ask for airs. Winalow's Soothing Syrup. 25c a
bottle.
The mother of Turenne, the great
French general, gave her son his bent to
ward military matters. She caused a num
ber of toy cannons to be made for b.13
amusement, and herself aided him to
plant these miniature batteries on littlo
hillocks in the garden, showing him how
a battery should be placed in order to com
mand a hostile position. /
AMBROSE BIERCE
DISSECTED
IN
ARTHUR McEWEN'S
LETTER.
OUT TO-DAY.