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"WEDNESDAY ■ AUGUST 21, 1895
. . THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. v
Nevada is little, but she is a leader.
♦■
Fpr Democracy at present all politics is
a faction fight.
Bimetallism is not a new issue and it
needs no new party.
The money of the constitution is the only
sound money for the Nation.
The goldbug syndicate protects the
"treasury, but it does it at the expense of
the people.
The Ease will take notice that the voice
of the Silver Convention is the voice of the
Golden State.
«
The usual dead sure thing for the Demo
crats in Kentucky gives way this year to a
living showing for the Republicans.
' Look for your friends at the Mechanics'
Fair;. if they are not there you will find
something worth looking at anyhow.
Home rule for Ireland and home rule
for l"uba are two battles for freedom that
ought to be won by the men of this gen
eration.
". In Ohio as elsewhere the Democrats are
= between the devil and the deep sea, with
. no choice other than to take water or go
: to hades.
. Before the administration men pro
: pounce for Yilas as a Presidential candi
•date they should teach the people how to
pronounce his name.
: If Senator Brice saw any valuable ex
pectations of a Presidential nomination
the chances are he would pocket them
• from a force of habit.
People who go to the exposition should
make a careful study of home products ex
: hibited the*e and see how far they can
-.supply all home needs.
Next to the alleged third-term move
..ment the most futile idea in the politics
of the day is the belief of the goldbugs
that the revival of trade would side-track
fcb,e silver question.
M3iilev of Maine was correct in saying:
!''The effect of a National campaign start
ing on the Pacific and moving majestically
eastward to the Atlantic would be some
: thing superb in politics."
The Atlanta Exposition promises as a
novelty a complete exhibition of all recent
inventions made by women, and the ex
pectation is that it will prove a surprise
party to the average man.
' The success of the popular loan in Phila
delphia shows that if this country needs
to borrow money it wculd be cheaper as
well as better to go to the people for it in
stead of a foreign syndicate.
If subordinate officials like Comptroller
Bowler can bet aside an act of Congress,
as the courts are in the habit of doing,
legislative bodies in this country will soon
be overcome by that tired feeling.
If leading Republicans in Maine are in
favor of holding the next National Con
vention of the party in San Francisco
there ceriyifTiy can be no valid objection
from other States on account of distance.
The fact that the hoy who caused the
disastrous boiler explosion at Denver
e«c-aped without a scratch is caJled miracu
lous, but it seems only another proof of
.-the old saying that a born fool never gets
hurt. _
The statement of so eminent a man as
Cannon of Illinois that he is a bimetallist
but opposed to the free coinage of silver
shows that even in the mouths of intelli
gent men the old gag still has power to
work.
The state of the weather in Delaware can
be estimated from the report that the wax
figure of a summer girl in a shop window
was recently melted by the heat, this being
the only instance on record of such a thing
as melting a summer girl.
California is not the only State that has
had trouble with her Board of Equaliza
tion, for complaint is made in Illinois
that the board there has left untaxed $100,
--000,000 in the State at large and made it
up by mistreating Cook County.
The Kentucky plan of conducting a cam
paign by joint debates between the oppos
ing candidates for Governor ought to be
adopted in all States, for it gives the people
a chance to hear both sides and thereby
enables them to vote more intelligently pn
election day.
It. is estimated that it costs the State of
Ohio $5000 to send a man to the peniten
tiary and an equal amount to maintain
him there for the average term of confine
ment. The publication of the estimates
, " have startled the taxpayers, and they are
now trying to devise a more comprehen
sive system of reforming the bad boys.
The August number of the Commercial
Traveler, aside from appearing in a new
form and dress, comes out under the edi
torship of D. M. Fraaer, formerly a special
writer for The Call. The new editor out
lines a policy which promises an exten
sion of the scope of the Traveler's labors
•and generally to improve the paper in the
interests of the powerful class which it
■represeats.
AIT UNEXPECTED GHOST.
There has suddenly appeared — and it is
remarkable as coming from the Southern
States alone— an objection to Government
aid for the Nicaragua canal. It is based
on the ground that the Government's ex
perience with its aided overland lines has
been a sufficient warning.
We are glad that the issue has been
raised, for in one aspect it is rational,
though shortsighted, and in another it
may assist toward a solution of the railroad
debt. It brings to view the old, old ques
tion of burdening the future with the er
rors of the past and ignores the fact that
the best knowledge is that to which error
has given birth.
The position of the Government toward
the subsidized overland lines is indeed piti
able. Leaving out of consideration Mr.
Huntington's personal influence as a factor
in the determination of the Government's
policy, we are still left to face one of the
gravest problems that ever confronted a
people. While there is no desire among
sensible persons to push the Government's
claims against the railroad company to a
point beyond which the usefulness of that
company as an agency for the prosperity of
California may be exercised, there is still a
wish that the company shall be made sub
servient to the Government and that a rea
sonable plan should be devised for the can
cellation of its debt.
Our Southern friends should not take
the old policy of the Government toward
the Central Pacific, nor Mr. Huntington's
present ability to avoid a legal obligation,
as a measure of the sentiment which per
vades the country at this time. The very
fact that the Government made a loose
bargain with the Central Pacific and has
been made to suffer in consequence is all
the greater reason for its knowing how to
avoid such errors in the future. The posi
tion of the South in this matter is peculi
arly unfortunate in two aspects — one that
its idol is in the Presidential chair, and
the other that the South is in a more
direct geographical aspect to enjoy the
benefits of the canal than any other part
of the country. Charging the errors of
long ago to the chances of the Cleveland
administration to repeat them is as cruel
to the Democracy as it is unjust to the
sentiment of the country.
The South might reflect that the difficul
ties with regard to the settlement of rela
tions between the Government and the
aided overland lines have only taught us
wisdom that should be applied to future
contingencies, and that the opportunities
which the Nicaragua situation present
have a special value in enabling us to
avoid the errors of the past and to give
aid to a great enterprise in which private
interests shall not have the controlling in
fluence.
CLEAE LAKE'S LEVEL.
The towns and the owners of private
lands bordering on Clear Lake are
alarmed lest the company which is
preparing to erect a great electric
plant on Cache Creek, the outlet of
the lake, will reduce the level of the lake
four feet and thus leave large areas dry.
A cotnraittee has been appointed to ascer
tain the rights of the property-owners in
the premises, and the prevalent feeling is
one of great hostility to the enterprise.
It is a pity and seemingly unnecessary
that any cause should have been created
for the raising of this question. Next to
the Folsom plant this is the largest
scheme for generating electric power that
has been presented in this Statp. Numer
ous electric railroads have been planned to
be operated with this power, including a
line for each of the two splendid valleys of
Napa and Sonoma, besides light and power
for a much wider area and for inniynera
ble purposes. The installation of such a
plant would add millions of dollars to the
wealth of the State.
But why should it be necessary to lower
the level of Cache Creek for the purpose?
Even a most primitive knowledge of en
gineering can imagine no reason for it.
After the four feet of water which it is
proposed to be used from the present level
of the lake have been employed in the gen
eration of power, what good could the
lowered level accomplish? Not a great
distance after it leaves the lake Cache
Creek enters a deep gorge, which it pur
sues for many miles until it emerges into
the Pacramento Valley. It cuts its way
eastwardly through high mountains. The
fall is very great after it enters the gorge,
and at any point therein a flame could be
constructed for the purpose of furnishing
the necessary head of water for driving
turbines.
The lowering of the lake's surface four
feet would require the cutting of a canal to
that depth below the present level of the
creek as it crosses the comparatively level
stretch between the lal.e and head of the
gorge. It seems irrational to assume that
any benefit whatever could be drawn from
the lowering of the lake, and it appears
clear that such a course would only in
crease the difficulties and expense of in
stalling the plant. The lake is a rare and
beautiful sheet of water, and every loyal
Californian is interested in seeing that its
beauties are not marred.
A MATTEE OF AEEAS.
The Chicago Journal is amusing itself at
the expense of San Francisco. This comes
after all the praise that The Call has given
Chicago as the highest exponent of those
virile forces which represent American
energy in its most puissant form. Always
under the present management of The
Call Chicago has been held up as an ex
ample of the best and highest achieve
ments of American energy and patriotism.
We have shown that in securing for that
city the Columbian Exposition Chicago
administered to New York, and to its smug
and complacent sense of superiority, a re
buke which was aimed directly at that
American complacency and self-satisfac
tion that is antagonistic to all reasonable
conceptions of progress and independence.
It seems, therefore, somewhat ungra
cious on the part of a great newspaper of
Chicago to publish such a thing as this:
"We are informed by the morning dis
patches from San Francisco that Mayor
Sutro has 'offered the State university
Kegents thirteen acres of land within the
City limits on which to erect buildings for
the affiliated colleges of the university.'
This is very beneficent on the part of
Adolph Sutro. Thirteen acres 'within the
City limits' sounds quite princely. It is
something less than 300 yards square, and
if carved out of the heart of San Francisco
would be a magnificent piece of ground.
But there are several hundred patches of
thirteen acres in the City of Ban Francisco
over which the crow in its lovely flight is
about the only thing that casts a shadow
from one year's end to another. Sutro
owns as fine a set of rocky promontories
as ever got lost in an incoming Pacific fog.
The entire southern end of the peninsula
on which it stands is within the corporate
limits of the 'City and County of San Fran
cisco.' Much of it is better shooting
ground than the Tolleston Club owns."
Had the Journal been properly informed
it would have known that a great many
years ago. long before the people of San
Francisco ever dreamed that their City
would be even as great as it is, the State
Legislature passed &n act incorporating
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895.
the City and County as one, and that this
was done solely as a measure of economy;
that San Francisco County had already
been established forty-five years; that
as so established upon the admission of the
State into the Union it was the neck of a
narrow peninsula between the ocean and
the bay, and that when the wonderful
growth of the City began it vras discovered
that although the City proper covered only
a small part of the County, it was growing
so rapidly that in time it must embrace
the whole.
Thus extensive unimproved areas were
included within the limits. The econ
omy resulting from a consolidation of
County and municipal functions has pro
duced benelicent results, and the wisdom
of the scheme has been made apparent in
the rapid settlement of the uninhabited
districts. Had the double expense attach
ing to a City and County government been
peimitted to run, the progress of San Fran
cisco might have been delayed.
The uusettled regions of San Francisco
have many large owners, including Adolph
Sutro. All this land is within the City
limits, and every foot of it is valuable.
Any one of these large property-owners
who offers any number of acres as a gift to
the State declares himself a public bene
factor.
The situation in San Francisco is some
what different from that at Chicago. San
Francisco has never extended its limits for
any purpose, for it has never extended
them at all. It has never aimed to make a
fictitious showing with regard to its popu
lation and growth by extending its boun
daries to include the densely settled and
very wealthy towns and cities that lie con
tiguous to it. It has never aimed to pur
sue a course in this regard which would
enable it to compare populations with New
York or any other city in the country. It
has never tried to extend its limits into un
settled regions where wolves are encoun
tered and have to be shot before houses
can be built. It has depended only on
Providence and its own worth, and if there
is anything in this out of which Chicago
may draw comfort we shall be grateful for
the fact. ________________
A SPLENDID VIEW.
It must be difficult for San Franciscans
to imagine the glories of the view which
will be obtainable from the cafe in the
dome of the new Gall building on the
southwest corner of Market and Third
streets. They have never had any such
high elevation in the lower part of the
City from which to enjoy an outlook. It
is remembered that for many years after
the construction of the Palace Hotel an
ascent to the roof for the purpose of view
ing the outlook was a regular fashion, and
that hardly had it subsided when the still
loftier tower of the Chronicle building gave
a new impetus to the pastime. As the
floor of The Call building's dome, which
is to be used for a cafe, will be 2C5 feet
above the street, or so High that all the
other buildings and towers of the down
town region will be far below, the view
will be incomparably superb.
This idea of having a restaurant in the
sky is not new in the United States, but
will be a novelty in San Francisco. The
lofty Mills building in New York and the
Bullett building in Boston are provided
with this luxury, and the success of the
experiment has been phenomenal. With
swift elevators to carry patrons to the
dome all physical exertion is eliminated,
and one is brought into clear, wholesome
air uncontaminated by proximity to the
street, flooded with light and immured in
absolute quiet.
Imagine a circular restaurant in the
dome of The Call building seventy feet
in diameter, constructed of steel, marble,
glass and bronze, and fitted up in the most
exquisite taste. Imagine tables placed all
around the circumference of the circle^
each against a window affording an un
obstructed view of that part of the City
which it faces. Imagine, besides that, a
rail'inclosed promenade outside the dome
and inclosed by the cornice of the great
square building, with a handsome, sub
stantial tower on each of the four corners.
Could a prospect more beautiful, or a more
comfortable means of enjoying it be found ?
For this will not be a view from a sooty
roof or a small tower, but from the broad
windows of a handsome restaurant, where
one may sit at ease and in comfort.
As this elevation will be equal to that of
some of the taller hills of the City, Mount
Diablo will be seen to rise far above the
Contra Costa hills. The whole stretch of
the bay, from Alviso to the Straits of Car
quinez, will fall under the view, with the
forests of masts which fret its surface and
all the towns and cities which line its shore
from Alameda around to Sausalito. The
Golden Gate will open generously to the
view, for Nob Hill will not be sufficiently
high to shut it out, and perhaps the ocean
maybe seen gleaming to the south of Lone
Mountain. Far away to the north, east
and south the mountains will appear in all
their variety of color and contour.
Nearer at hand the scene will be none
the less charming, for there lies the City
itself. No part of it east of Lone Mountain
will escape, and the view will extend
throughout the Mission. So noble a view
cannot be found in all the City.
J. P. Tighe has commenced the publi
cation of the Western Cigar and Tobacco
Journal in this City, the first issue of
which is just out. It is devoted to the up
building of the cigar and tobacco trade of
the coast as represented by the home fac
tories. It is an earnest advocate of home
industry, and judging from the first issue,
which is typographical) y neat and fall of
business, it will prove a great help to the
trade.
The forest fires in Washington have be
come a matter of serious importance and
unless the people devise some system of
State supervision and protection the com
monwealth may lose a large part of one of
the richest of her natural resources. Such
supervision would of course cost a great
deal of money, but it would pay in the
long run.
The relations of the Irish party to the
Conservative Government in England were
ably expressed in a single sentence by Mr.
Healy in the words: "It represents merely
the fluctuating spasms of English politics,
while we stand for the permanent forces
of Irish Nationality."
Electric-cars have been prohibited on the
road from Berlin that runs past the Tech
nical Institute, because the scientific ex
periments would be affected by the cur
rents, but in this country it would take
something more than science to stop a
trolley line where the public needed it.
In nearly every California enterprise,
from a railroad to an art school, there are
to be seen in these days abundant evi
dences of increase and improvement, about
the only exception being the Southern Pa
cific, where there is indeed an increase,
but no improvement.
The fight for the next Republican con
vention is said to lie between San Fran
cisco, Denver, Buffalo and Pittsburg ; and
we ought to be able to make a Pacific com
bination with Denver and getaway with
the Eastern villages.
! AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
There are cases when a man's fidelity to the
cause of silver may work injury to
his reputation for truth and veracity. This
happened to Sam Davis recently in this city,
and he takes a great deal of pleasure in telling
the story on himself. Each time it is a little
different, but the idea is generally the same.
The last time he unfolded it was in the Occi
dental Hotel, where he told it to some silver
men.
"I was getting shaved in a barber-shop on
Powell street," said Sam, "and when I was
about half-scraped the man shaving me in
quired whether or not he had ever seen me in
New Jersey. I told him I had just come from
SAM DAVIS, BECENTLY FROM JTKW JERSET.
[Sketelied from We for the "Cull" by KanklvcU..]
there, and he wanted to know how things were
in that section. I saw a good chance to do the
silrercanse a good turn and at ouce began to
tell him that the entire State was on the verge
of falling into the silver camp, and that the
voters were very much dissatisfied with the
two old parties and were getting ready to bolt
at the signal from the silver men. He wanted
to know how it was in New York, and I told
him that the leagues were working things so
that at the election there would be a big ma
jority for the silver ticket from top to bottom.
He didn't seem to be very anxious about New
York, however, so I got back to New Jersey.
'Did you ever live in Newark?' 'Certainly,' I
replied; -that's the town I just left.' 'Well,
how are the Republicans doing there?' 'Why,
the party has gone to the dogs. There isn't a
decent man in the party who would be seen at
a Republican meeting. It is just as good as a
failure in business to rrv a word against free
coinage, and the Democrats busted up long ago.'
"I pumped this kind of information into the
barber for about ten minutes and he swore that
if old New Jersey was going for free coinage
he would get out and join the ranks him
self, as anything indorsed by that State was all
right. Before I knew what had struck him he
was tossing tree-coinage arguments into the
other barbers, and In a few moments we had
the whole shop wild over the possibilities of
bimetallism. Everybody who came in was
pounced upon, and we were stacking up quite
a record. He said he was delighted to meet a
good New Jersey man, and that I talked like
one and was just the right sort of a man to
■have (at the regular rates) and that it was a
great treat to have a few words with a man
who knew what he was talking about. Every
thing was going on smooth and even and I was
getting my hair brushed with the greatest care
when in walked Lem Allen of Nevada.
" 'Hello, Davis !' he exclaimed, 'when did yon
get down from Carson?'
"Excuse me, sir," I answered, "you have
made a mistake. lam from New Jersey and
my name is Thompson."
" Like it is. What kind of a job are you
working on these barbers? Are you working
yourself oft' as a tourist from the East? Come,
get out of that chair, Sam. I want to have my
whiskers combed.'
"I attempted to explain to Allen that he was
mistaken, but he kept calling me names and
abusing me to the tonsorialists until I had to
laugh and admit that I had not been to New
Jersey for some years, but that at one time I
was a resident of that «tate. Lem kept up his
abuse until the crowd began to look upon me
with suspicion, and I finally left. I don't sup
pose Allen will ever realize what a fatal famil
iarity he exercised on that occasion, nor does
he appreciate the harm he has done the cause
of free coinage. Somebody had ought to post
him to keep his mouth shut when another
silver man has got the floor, but I don't suppose
he will ever learn. You know Lem is a farmer,
not a politician."
EASTERN EDITORS.
Journalism ami Religion.
A sensational report of a camp-meeting pre
sents the rural idea of journalism in the ex
treme. A fake marriage that was not to be
was advertised, while a part of the services en
titled "Christians for consecration" was styled
" Sinners for conversion." The distinction,
especially to religious people, is rather notice
able.
It is only just to the church people to say
that they are averse to sensations, and that
they also seriously object to having their
services connected with bathing in the swim
ming pool and bicycling on the road home
ward.—Arizona Gazette.
How to Eat Corn.
Now that corn on the cob has appeared upon
our dinner tables may I suggest that it should
be eaten from the cob and not cut off, or, if
cutoff at all, to be cut with a dull knife. If
the knife be sharp enough to make a. clean cut
ot the grain it will also cut with it the ligneous
substance in which the grain is imbedded, and
this substance is as indigestible as sawdust,
and is quite as irritating to the lining of the
stomach and bowels. In biting the grain from
the cob the woody substance is left on the cob,
the teeth pressing the grain from its bed,
rather than taking a part of the bed with it.—
New York Sun.
A Delusion and a Cheat.
The present redemption policy is a delusion
and a cheat. It is a system of maintaining a
pretense of redemption by throwing the coun
try into debt. The Government is borrowing
money to pay dividends. If the gold policy
were the only one the country could pursue
financial ruin would be the result. The credit
of the Government is maintained by the
people's confidence in its stability, and their
knowledge of the enormous wealth of the
country, in spite of the false pretense of gold
redemption.— Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Electrical Locomotive.
Jt is plain that the day of the application of
electricity to our steam railways has arrived.
It is stated that before the end of this month a
new electrical locomotive will be completed
which can be used on elevated railroads and
in the suburban service, and that as soon as
they are are successfully applied In one place
their use will be universal.— Boston Herald.
The New York Sunday Law.
The crime of "oppression in office" consists
in the use of law to diminish or destroy free
dom instead of to maintain and enlarge it.
Every use of the police power to regulate pri
vate habits or social customs is an oppression
in office.— New York World.
The Voice of the Cackoo.
The President has stood like a rock when
anything but a rock would have trembled. He
has been the anchor which held the ship of
state when seas ran high and when such a
mooring and only such a mooring meant
safety. If he desires that the people shall
have a chance to say "Well done,"
the Democratic convention can be safely
trusted to safely pass on that desire.— Brooklyn
Eagle.
In the Hot East.
The pitiable slavery of men to standing col
lars and starched shirt fronts brings its own
punishment in our dog days. The outing-shirt,
the straw hat, the gauze underwear and loose
and light-weight underclothing have done
much to mitigate the inevitable discomfort. A
rational regimen as to diet and an avoidance
of hurry and worry assist in the amelioration.
As for propriety — when it mean* other people's
views of what is proper— let that go hang.—
New York World.
An I*n worthy Discrimination.
It is the right and duty of the United States
Government to demand Waller's immediate
release. We would make such a demand were
he detained by some insignificant South Ameri
can republic, and our failure to make an im
pejative demand of the French Republic will
be- taken as significant of an unworthy dis
crimination as to how we make National de
mands.—Chicago Journal.
Judicial Salaries.
The salaries paid to the Judges of the high
courts in Great Britain are sufficient to com
mand the best talent over there. From the
Lord High Chancellor with $50,000 a year and
the Lord Chief Justice with $40,000 and the
Judges of the high courts with $25,000 each, it
is a long step downward to the salaries of
judicial officers in this country. — Boston
Herald.
Thus Says St. Paul.
The inability of Minneapolis to understand
the questions involved in an honest census
must be diagnosed as moral atrophy.— St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
PERSONAL.
Dr. A. O. Ostrum from Yuma is at the Grand.
L. M. Burros, a Santa Rosan, is at the Cali
fornia.
Dr. Palmer of Panama is a guest at the Bald
win Hotel.
Judge S. F. Geil of Salinas is at the Occi
dental Hotel.
Professor Daly of the State Normal School at
San Jose is in town.
H. M. Crabb, a wine merchant fromOakville,
is at the Grand Hotel.
Dr. Dallas Bache, U. S. A., and wife are at
the Occidental Hotel.
Senator Sevrell, one of Ukiah's leading poli
ticians, is at the California.
J. W. Walthall, manager of the Western
Granite and Marble Company, is in town.
O. A. Hale, the San Jose merchant, is at the
California Hotel. Mrs. Hale accompanies him.
W. W. Foote of Oakland is moving round
among his friends and is a guest at the Palace.
Norman Eideout, from Marysville, Is at the
California. Mr. Hideout is accompanied by his
wife.
Dr. R. E. Hartley from Santa Cruz has come
to the City for a iew days to attend the Silver
Convention and is a guest at the Grand.
C. H. Willis, a wealthy planter of the Ha
waiian Islands, is a guest at the Occidental
Hotel. He has just returned from a trip to the
East.
T. B. Smithers, F. S. Smithers, Charles
Smithers, Rev. C. 'Bancroft and Mrs. Bancroft
are at the Palace Hotel. The party is traveling
round the United States and enjoys the luxury
that goes with a special car.
Captain Heese of the German embassy at
Washington is in the City at the Palace Hotel.
The cay-tain says he has visited all the United
States military posts and considers the Pre
sidio one of the best appointed and best regu
lated garrisons he has ever seen. He is merely
traveling for pleasure.
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 20.— Californians
registered at hotels to-day: San Francisco— J.
C. Paine, J. G. Spaulding, H. Plonski. Broad
way Central; Mr. and Mrs. J. Buxton, St.
James; Mr. and Mrs. J. Coughlan, Everett; G.
R. Williams, Cosmopolitan; T. H. Ryan, C. B.
Brown, Imperial; L. M. Pearlman, Metropole;
C. Planche, Grand Union. Palo Alto— Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Perrine. California— W. D. Opdyke,
Gilsey; T. Irving, Marlborough.
CALIF ORKIANS IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 20.— Among the
hotel arrivals are Theodore Turner, Ban Fran
cisco, who is at the Riggs, and W. Peabody, Los
Angeles, at the Raleigh.
CALIFORNIANS IN UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug. 20.— At th« Knuts
ford—H. V. Ramsdell, San Francisco; J. S. and
Howard J. Schroder, Los Angeles. At the
Walker— Mrs. S. E. Estelle, San Francisco. At
the Cullen— T. S. Merchant, J. C Neaion, San
Francisco. ______________^^
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.
Be slow to wrath— even if the other fellow Is
the smaller.
The happiest women, like the happiest na
tions, have no history.
The bigjrest hero is the one who is scared the
most and runs the least.
What with the advanced women and the
large sleeves, the females of to-day have a good
deal on their shoulders.
"He died on the field," she said sorrowfully.
"A soldier?" asked the sympathizing friend.
"No; umpire," sne replied.
Ladies are like watches: pretty enough to
look at, sweet faces and delicate hands, and
both requiring great care to regulate.
Isn't there some way in whicn we can ar
range to get our weather properly mixed in
stead of taking the ingredients separately?
"Have you been very successful?" asked the
shaving-cnp.
"Yes," Teplied the razor, "I've made my
mark."— Truth.
"Nora," said Mrs. Knervz, when the maid
answered the ring of her mistress. "Nora, I
will feed the canary myself after this. The
doctor says I must take more exercise."—Bos
ton Home Journal.
Uncle Ned— Been fishing, Johnny?
Johnny— Yes, sir.
Uncle Ned— Caich anything?
Johnny— No; but you bet I will when I get
home. — Roxbury Gazette.
At a rendition of "The Messiah" (oratorio) a
lndy in an extremely low-cut dress appears to
Bing the solos.
A young lady turns to her escort and says:
"There, Charley, wnat do you think of that
costume?"
Charley— Well, it is very charming, but I
think it would be more appropriate for "The
Creation" than "The Messiah."— Life.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Secretary Olney is one of the best tennis
players in the country.
Henry Irvine's American tour this season
will include Atlanta and New Orleans.
Archbishop Ireland is the only Archbishop
who wears the button of the Loyal Legion.
Mme. Casimir-Perier has organized a crusade
against the use of birds' breasts and wings for
decorative purposes.
Eugene Murger, a cousin of Henri Murger,
whose bust was recently set up in the Luxem
burg garden, has been discovered Binging in
the Paris streets for a living.
Scholars and the world at large will learn
with sorrow that they have been pronouncing
Shakespeare's name wrong. According to Dr.
Furnivall, a Shakesperean student, the name
should be pronounced "Shahkspair."
Alfred de Musset's sister refuses to have any
of his works in her possession published, as she
says they will not add to his fame as a poet.
She likewise refuses to let his letters be seen,
among which is the correspondence between
the poet and George Band.
Dr. Max Nordau, the author of "Degenera
tion," is a working physician in Paris and the
correspondent in that city of the Berlin Voseis
che Zeitung and the Frankfurter Zeitung. He
usually works on his books from 8 :30 o'clock
in the evening until midnight. He lives in a
handsome house in the Avenue de Villiers.
The doctor is master of half a dozen languages.
TRICYCLE EXPRESS DELIVERY.
The accompanying cnt, says the Chicago
Journal, is a correct representation of the
Chicago expressman of th« near future, pro
viding that the experiment of the United
States Express Company proves a success.
Vice-President Crosby of the express com
pany Is the one directly responsible for the in
troduction of this idea, which may lead to a
revolution in the parcel-delivery methods of
Chicago. When Mr. Crosby was in London a
few weeks ago he noticed that many firma were
using tricycles instead of delivery wagons and
that they seemed to move easily and swiftly.
The thought struck him that it might be a
good thing for his business in Chicago. He
talked with two or three of the boys who drove
the novel carriages and learned that they were
operated nearly as easily as an ordinary safety
and covered a deal more ground in a day than
a horse and wagon.
Before returning to Chicago he had placed
an order for a tricycle of the finest make. It
arrived here yesterday and within a few days
it will make its first trip from the West Side
office o* the company. The wheel is a beauty,
all the running parts being fitted with adjust
able ball bearings and having a geared driv
ing wheel without a chain. The box in which
the packages are carried is 30 inches long,
28 inches wide and 21 inches deep. In
fair weather the capacity of the box is greatly
increased by means of the railing around the
UNITED STATES EXPRESS TRICYCLE CARRIER.
top where many light parcels may be piled.
The box is provided with a waterproof cover
for rainy weather.
Mr. Crosby is very hopeful that the experi
ment may prove the adaptability of the vehicle
to Chicago streets and will make arrangements
with an American firm for an additional num
ber of tricycles when its success is assured. A
record will be kept of the distance traveled by
the wheel, and the result will be watched with
keen interest by those in all lines of business
to which the use of such a vehicle may be
extended. ________ ______
BOWLER OF OHIO.
Let us pause in contemplation
Of the greatness of the man
Who can iiiufT all legislation
As no other person can.
Let ns gaze with fear and trembling?
Let us drop our little bills,
For with him there's no dissembling
When it strikes the Nation's tills.
Let us look with admiration
On the man who dominates
Congressional legislation
And establishes the rates.
Let us point with pride and pleasorr
At the bold, Uowlerian way
He protects the Nation's treasure
When the Nation has to pay.
Let us take with satisfaction
Any thine he says we should;
Let us praise tbe noble action,
As we know It's for our good.
Let onr glorious Bird of Freedom
Come rignt off its lofty perch,
Because, unless it hoed him.
He will leave it in the lurch.
Let the grand old Starry Banner
Come a-sliding down the pole,
Lest, its free and liberal manner
Get it badly In a hole.
Let the well-known Declaration
Of our Independence shy
A bit, and save negation
Of the Fourth day of July.
Let us all stand back for Bowler:
We ar» but a motley gang;
He's the only High Comptroller,
And he runs the whole shebang!
—New York Sun.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Prominent People— E., Alameda, Cal. The
address of Bismarck is-Friederichsruhe ; Queen
Victoria, Windsor, Berkshire, England; Cassi
mir Perier, Paris, France Benjamin Harrison,
Indianapolis, • Ind. ; Rider Haggard, Kedcliffe
square, London ; Czar of Russia, St. Petersburg,
Russia; Hall Came, New Court, Lincoln' Inn,
London; Mrs. Humphry Ward, Russell square,
W. C, London; Bret Harte. care of A. B. Watt,
Paternoster square. London ; Henry M. Stan
ley, London; John Ruskin, Brantwood,
Cornston \ Lake, England; George A. Sala,
Mecklenburg square, London Stanly « Wey
man, London; Jane Ingelow, Kensington,
England; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown,
N. V. ; Frank Marion Crawford, Crawfordville,
Ind.; Lord Salisbury, London. ■/•;;'>>
\ Degree of Crime— C. C, City. The law of
the State of California says that-all murder
which is perpetrated by means of poison or
laying in wait, torture, or by any other kind of
willful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or
which is committed in the perpetration of or
attempt to perpetrate arson, rape,; roDbery,
burglary or mayhem, is murder of the
first degree ; and that all kinds of murders are
murders of • the . second degree. ' Whenever a
crime is distinguished into degrees the jury, if
it convicts the defendant, must find the degree
of which he is guilty. Every person guilty of
murder in the first degree shall suffer death or
confinement in the State prison for life, at the
discretion of the jury trying the case.
Quail Season— E. 8., City: The law passed
by the last Legislature says: ' "Every person
who in the State of California, between the
15th day of February and 15th day of August
of ! each year, shall hunt, pursue, take, kill or
destroy, or have in his possession, whether
taken or killed In the State of California, or
shipped into the State from any other State,
Territory or foreign country, any mountain
quail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Aids to Memory— H. H. H., City. There : ore
a number of published methods to assist the
memory, and the same j may be had in any of
the first-class bookstores. Those who have
made mnenomica a study say - that in certain
cases mnenomlcal devices \ may be found . of
considerable service, but that all systems which
have aimed at completeness have been found
to puzzle rather than aid the memory. .
\ Blue Prints— H.P., City. There are any
number of books that give directions for the
making of blue prints, and they may be had at
the . bookstores. Directions for making blue
prints were printed in this column on Satur
day, August 11. . . y • •
May Resign— N. H., City. A member of the
National Guard of this State who has enlisted
for the prescribed term of three years may for
good reasons, at any time tender his resig
nation. ■" •■■:?■■•" ;.'.-- , 6
. Kalloch-De Yocng-F. Q. , City. Charles de
Young was a hot and killed by I. M. Kalloch
April 23, 1880. -. '_'.-,
Roberts, card headquarters, 220 Sutter. •
Bacon Printing Company, 308 Clay straai. •
Dr. Agnew, piles, fistula, etc. 1170 Market St.*
For sale— lmported English pony, cart and
harness at Killip's auction, Wednesday, Au
gust 21. ....... ■....:...,.;.;.. . r -. ;• ■ „'•,;;•.:■;
■•-.. » * « ■ .
• "You know, dear." said Miss Govin frankly
to her accepted suitor, "you know we get none
of papa's money while he lives. ; .V ",* ■: ;
" "I quite understand ; that, my precious pet,"
replied the young man, with the light of love
in his eyes. "We will Invite him to live with
us, feed ' him with r pastry made by your fairy
fingers, and hope for the best." '
• : - '■ 'i f^7 — . '- *,"»." v" ' '
i Cleanse the vitiated blood whenever yon find
its impurities bursting, through your skin in tbe
form of ; pimples, eruptions , and ; sores. ■ Hood's
Sarsaparilta la the beat blood purifier. "^ ■";
■- ■•■■• ■;■ ■ ■ * . --. '
" Mrs. Winalow's Soothing Syrnp"
Has been used over fifty yean by millions of moth' >
en for their children while Teething with perfect
; success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, Al
• lays Fain, cures Wind Colic, 1 regulates ', the j Bowel*
j and >is } the best * remedy.; for } Diarrhoeas, whether !
f arising j from teething or other causes. For sale by
Druggist* in every part of - the world. ■Be sure aa4
; ask . for Airs. Window's , Soothing Syr Sso a
botUfc
NEW TO-DAY.
cinipiii
Curtain
Department!
150 pairs IRISH POINT CURTAINS, for-
mer price $8 50 and $9 00; to close at
tJII.OU perpair
200 pairs NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, in
handsome Brussels effects, on sale at .
on ,KA
£)2.50 perpair
300 TAPESTRY COVERS in DINING.
TABLE SIZE (all colors), at
. $1.50 each
JUST RECEIVED I
Our "Poll Stoci of Stales, ;
DM r ail olubi 01 ullldUllDh,
In new and stylish designs, on sale at
125 C and 15C peryard
New Derlij Satin Portieres,
In Rich Colorings and New Effects,
On sale at ©D 7£
$O.iU per pair
New Tapestry Piece Goods, •
: \' : FULL ASSORTMENT AT
45c, 65c, 75c, 90c
and §1.00 per yard
SE BABLA ESPANOL.
G. VERDIER & CO.,
SE. Cor. Geary and Grant . Aye.
VILLE DE TARIS.
- BRANCH HOUSE,
LOS ANGELES.
REDUCED ~"
TELEPHONE HATES.
SERVICE No. i.
Old, 89 50 New, 85 50
Per Month.
WITH NICKEL-IX-THE-SLOT AT-
TACHMENT.
Reduction over 42 per cent. ■ ■
THIS SERVICE, NOW GIVEN FOB
85 5O PER MONTH, INCLCUES:
Individual Metallic
Copper Circuits (Two Wires)
Long Distance Telephones Express System
Forty City Switches
SERVICE No. 2.
Old, 89 50 New 94 50 ;
Per Monh.
WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT AT-
TACnMKNT.
Keduction over 52 per cent.
THIS SEKViCE, NOW GIVEN FOB
S4 50 PEit MOUTH, INCLUDES:
■ ! Combination Line Metallic •
Copper Circuits (Two Wires, one subscriber on
■ each wire) no bell-ringing interference
Long Distances Telephones .Express System
Forty City Switches >*■. •
SERVICE No. 3~*
Old, 89 5O New, 82 50
Per Month.
. WITH ; NICKEIi-IN-THE-SILOT AT-
£v;Z: "V"- r -• ■: .. • TACHMENT. „
-_ ''• Reduction over 73 per cent.
THIS SERVICE, NOW GIVEN FOR
94 50 PER MONTH, INCLUDES:
-. Party Line Metallic
• Copper Circuits (Two Wires, five subscribers
■ ■;- on each wire)
. . Long Distance Telephones Express System
Forty City Switches (to each subscriber)
Three hundred subscribers are now connected at
this $2 50 rate. '■ - ;
1,. H. JACOBI.
Contract Agent. 216 Bush st.
San Fbakcisco, August 8, 1895.
FOR,
• J
4 ROOfIS
$90.
Parlor— Brocatelle, « 5-pieco suit, , plush
>„,t rimmed., '- ' .
Bedroom-7-plece Solid Oak Suit. French Bevel-
. plate Glass, bed, bureau, washstand. two chairs.
: rocker and table; > pillows, woven-wire and top
,' mattress. ■ •. ■
Diiiing-Room— 6-loot Extension Table, four -
• Solid Oak Chairs. •
Kitchen-No. 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Table
and two chairs.
i EASY PAYMENTS.
Houses furnished complete, city or country, any-
where on tfce coast. Open evenings.
M. FRIEDMAN & CO.,
224 to 230 and 306 Stockton
, and 237 Post Street.
Free packing and delivery across the bay. -
A LADIES' GRILL 101 ;;;
Has been established in the Palace Hotel
ON ACCOUNT' OF REPEATED DEMANDS
- made on the management. It takes the piaca
of the ■ city restaurant, with direct entrance from
Market st. Ladies shopping will find ". this a most I
desirable place to lunch. g Prompt service and mod-
erate charges, such os have given the gentlemen'!
Grillroom an international reputation) will p royal .
In (bit new department. .■,.;-