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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1895
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
With the opening of the fall trade re
member home products.
Will you labor to-day or keep Labor
day, that is the question?
Make yourself familiar with the Mechan
ics' Fair and then get ready for the State
Fair.
The year has reached its fall ami prices
soon will rise while business hastes to find
the man who knows how to advertise.
With the beginning of fall the Eastern
man indulges the hope that the hum of
industry will soon drown the hum of the
moaqaito. .
If the War Department succeeds in the
experiment of rubber heels for army shoes,
perhaps the next step in advance will be
pneumatic soles. - -—~7z :
According to the New York Herald, Sun
day in that city "is dry but not arid," from
which we infer the people are thirsty, but
water is plentiful.
It is evident there are some people in the
East who will never believe that Cleveland
cannot get a third term until they hear it
affirmed in England.
'-The Durrant Case in a Minute" is a
feature cf The Cm i. that will save lots of
time for busy people who wish to keep
posted during the trial.
Hop prices are way down, but as the
Chicago brewers have just added a dollar a
keg to the price of the beer there must be
money in the crop for somebody.
Tom Keed is not saying anything about
politics in these days, but he recently told
an interviewer that the ocean beach is the
best piace to learn to ride a bicycle, for if
you take a tumble there it does not hurt
you. _
The Atlanta City Council is said to have
passed an ordinance requiring all saloons
to close at night during the Exposition,
and the visitor therefore will have either to
spend his evenings at the show or go to
bed.
The Philadelphia Record is right in say
ing: "In Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky
and Nebraska there is great danger of a
succession of Democratic disasters"; but
little things of that kind always help the
country. ' . ':*■
Coxey, who is running for Governor in
Ohio, has been making his campaign
speeches in Texas and Oklahoma, so it
seems the old man really has tact enough
to talk without irritating the people whose
votes he wants to get.
Some experiments made by Professor
Bailey at Cornell are said to have disclosed
the strange fact that under the influence of
electric light certain plants grow so rapidly
they cannot absorb water fast enough to
keep up with the growth.
The latest novelty in the way of camp
meeting entertainments is reported from
Long Island, and consisted of six young
ladies amusing the crowd by representing
Presidential candidates. They did it by
the simple process of sawing wood for a
prize.
It is noted as one of the best proofs of
the weakness of Tammany at present, that
the State Democracy has just refused to
have any affiliations with it, and it must
be admitted that when the donkey feels
brave enough to kick the tiger the tiger
must be dying. 7:'?" : .j-i
We may understand something of the
glow and. vigor of politics in the East dur
ing the hot weather by the fact the Wash-'
ington City Post has published an edi
torial on "Kentucky's Polecat," and ex
pects everybody to understand it means
Henry Watterson.
If the frienas of Cleveland think the op
position to his re-election is due to the ex
ample of Washington in regard to a third
term, they are very much mistaken. The
people of this country need no George
Washington to teach them how to deal
with men like Cleveland.
There is perhaps a good deal of signifi
cance in the fact that the three men who
have been named as Democratic candi
dates for the Presidency without declining
it— Olney, Campbell and Dickinson— have
all been talking a great deal of late about
the Monroe doctrine and a vigorous foreign
policy. :7SJ . 7,
A Brooklyn .1 ustice named Tighe has dis
tinguished himself by holding for the
Grand Jury a policeman who made a bet
on a horse race for the purpose of obtain
ing evidence against the men who sold him
the ticket. Of course the gambling frater
nity are praising Tighe*,* but otherwise he
is having a hot time of it. .
It is reported that the manufacturers of
woolen and cotton goods in the East are
about to start nn agitation against sending
abroad $$0,000,000 every year ior such fab
rics; and the report is a strange commen
tary on the wisdom of a people that need
an agitation to instruct them •or rouse
them in a matter of that kind.
■ The DaUy Ham is a -journalistic venture
which has come into existence at Santa
Barbara for the purpose of riding, the
wave of prosperity which is sweeping
down upon that charming; little city by the
sea. ' Its editor and proprietor, Frank
Sands, is an able and accomplished man,
is publishing an' exceedingly good paper,
and will contribute materially to the im
proved condition and bright prospects of
Santa Barbara. '■,'''"'.
THE STATE FAIE.
The preparations for the -opening of the
State Fair at Sacramento to-day seem to
have been conducted on an uncommonly
generous scale. The list of entries for
exhibits is large, and will include a wide
range of new features illustrating • the
progress of the State during the past year.
Of course the races, being the most excit
ing and spectacular feature of the exhibi
tion, are receiving at present the major
part of popular attention, and the lists of
horses which have been entered for a long
programme of races indicate that the
events will be exceptionally interesting.
They will be in reality but a minor fea
ture of the fair. This is an institution
which brings annually under review an ex
position of California's greatness. It is
true that what can be brought under a roof
is only a small part of all that makes the
State what it is, but as a State institution
it brings together, in a compact and easily
comprehended form, the best of the indi
vidual achievements of Californians. Not
only may strangers find at Sacramento the
best of opportunities for learning quickly
some of the marvels of the State; but Cali
fornians themselves can iind entertain
ment and instruction from a comparison of
this year's achievements with those of
former years and from a wider comprehen
sion which the fair will afford of the innu
merable things which contribute to the
greatness of their State. Even a good and
loyal Californian may be made better and
more loyal by a visit to the fair.
Sacramento is preparing for another
great event— the annual celebration by the
Native Sons of the admission of California
to the Union. This will occur on the 9th
inst., and the enterprising young men who
compose the organization have promised
to eclipse ''11 their lormer efforts in the
way of spectacular celebrations. With the
State Fair, the celebration of Admission
day and the forthcoming electric carnival,
Sacramento will be the center of observa
tion for several days to come.
IS PEESNO APATHETIC?
It seems an unfortunate coincidence for
Fresno that on the heels of its petition to j
the Railroad Commission for a reduction |
of freight rates on grain the local subscrip- 1
tion- committee working for the Valley
road is meeting with some difficulty in '
collecting pledged subscriptions and se
curing new ones. The company's graders
are ready to go to work as soon as the
money is paid, and the enterprising men
of the City are working earnestly to raise
the funds.
If there is any section of this State that
has greater reason than Fresno to encour
age competition in transportation we :
should be glad to know where it may be
found. A reduction of transportation
rates has been the one thing for which the
people there have clamored. The wonder
ful energy which transformed those bar
ren plains into an empire of orchards and
vineyards has seen the rewards of its labor
absorbed by a power which neither earned
nor deserved them, and the people have
observed that with the decline in the
market returns of their products caused
by hard times the heavy tolls have been
continued and that their business has
been driven to the wall.
They know that wherever the Southern
Pacific has encountered genuine competi
tion, as along the coast, it has reduced
rates to a figure which makes the cultiva
tion of the soil a profitable industry. They
have the history of the Pajaro Valley be
fore them, which shows that the advent of
the Spreckels railroad in that valley
forced down j the Southern Pacific Com
pany's rates and insured the prosperity of
the region. They know that they must
make good to the Southern Pacific the re
ductions which competition elsewhere has
rendered compulsory. They are aware
that what with the heavy cost of const rue-
tion and the fictitious fixed charges which
the Southern Pacific has created, includ
ing the carrying of a debt far in excess of
the cost or value of the road, the Southern
Pacific taxes their wealth and industry be
yond the ability of ordinary means to bear.
They know, further, that the Valley
road will cost much less to construct than
the Southern Pacific; that it will have no
fictitious fixed charges to meet; that it
will have no vast stretches of profitless
track over mountains and deserts which
will have to be operated with money
drawn from its highly developed sections,
and that it is to be a competitive line and
is determined to lower rates of all kinds.
In addition to all this they know that
the project is in the hands of honest and
able capitalists who are utterly independ
ent of the Southern Pacific and who have
no fear of the lash which that great cor
poration knows so well how to wield. The
people of Fresno are aware that they, are
not asked to give their money, but to in-
vest it in the shares of the company, with
every reasonable prospect of receiving a
fair direct * return on their investment,
and of securing in addition all the finan
cial benefits which will arise from a profit
on their products and an enhancement of
their property values.
They should bear in mind the fact that
to the extent of their ownership of shares
will their interests as partners in the en
terprise be promoted; that this is a Cali
fornia undertaking by Californians who
have already demonstrated their pride in
their State and their loyalty to its people
and resources. Surely the sensible men of .
Fresno cannot have overlooked any of
these considerations or be ' indifferent s to |
the only relief \ that has ever been offered
them. _-_._____^__ - __
INGENIOUS OFFICERS.
A strange piece of news comes from an
interior county of this State. It is to the
effect that a vagrant who had served his
term in the County Jail refused to leave
its vicinity when discharged and clamored
for readmittance, and that the officers,
deeming this an evidence of his insanity,
have arrested him and propose to secure
his commitment to an insane asylum. It
will be interesting to observe how the
Lunacy Commission will regard this
evidence of the man's insanity. We are
not informed that* any other is to be
offered. :
it would be rash to deny tbat the man
has a certain kind of mania. The terrible
hardships imposed upon willful vagrants
in the jails of California are remarkably
conducive to the form of insanity which
this man has discovered. Upon being
found to be a willful and dangerous vag
rant, a pilferer, a frightener of defenseless
women and an ngly character when drunk,
he is committed to jail. There he is
scrubbed and \ made to wash his clothes.
lie has a comfortable bed, an abundance of
nourishing food and companionship of a
kind most agreeable to his tastes. In order
that he shall remain ; in. vigorous health
he is probably given a turn of an
hour or two daily at the jail pump.
About the only luxury for which he longs
that is denied * him .. is liquor, and if he is
willing to bear that hardship in exchange
for the other comforts he is likely to de
velop a mental alienation with : reference
tothe outside world. Usually, however,
he likes a short vacation s between terms of
imprisonment, and enjoys such a variety
as is afforded in getting out of one jail and
entering another. In the case under cou
THE , SAN '- FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1895.
sideratioh there appears to be such a varia
tion from the normal as to convince the offi
cers that the '. insane asylums,"; which are
State institutions, should bear some of the
burdens of the counties in the expensive,
though comfortable; housing of vagrants.
There are a great many honest, sober
and energetic men ' out of • employment,
and some of them may De driven now and
then to beg. Such a case .stirs pity in
every generous heart. But' the type of
vagrants who employ the county jails as a
convenient means of compelling the com
munity to give them a, living which they
have no desire and make no attempt to
earn, are serving to make the road of the
deserving man out of employment all the
harder to travel. And :in a sense the
counties are in league with the professional
tramp to heap burdens upon the honest
man's back. Their petting of the unwor
thy creates an indiscriminate resentment
which includes the worthy, If the coun
ties cannot appreciate their moral respon
sibility in the premises and devise ways
for correcting the evils which they encour
age, it were better at once to remove all
claims to moral perception and establish
comfortable lazarettos for tho entertain
ment of all who find work disagreeable.
A 00EKUPTI0N FUKD.
It is hardly cheering to learn from the
New York Sun that a heavy corruption
fund is being raised by the Police Depart
ment of that city from members of the
force for the purpose of securing legisla
tion which shall prevent the proposed re
organization of the force. This means
three things : First, that Tammany influ
ence is striving to regain its power and is
using the corrupt sentiment among the
police to that end; second, that Police
Commissioner Roosevelt's stirring up of
the department has alarmed it and forced
it to facta the alternative of becoming hon
est or resorting to bribery of the Legis
lature to protect its rottenness; third, that
office-holders who for so long have prac
ticed evil without fear of interference are
unable to believe that public morality has
been sufficiently reformed to be in earnest
when it makes an outcry against official
corruption. /47J.7
Funds of this kind are an old and famil
iar institution. It was they that gave
birth to a civil service sentiment in the
country. Those cherishing that sentiment
had observed that office-holders, by com
bining and raising money, could exercise
an enormous power in perpetuating "the
success of their party, which meant their
own continuance in office. This alone
might not have been sufficient to start a
civil service movement and * secure the
enactment of Federal laws prohibiting the
practice, but when the idea of raising
money among office-holders had developed
into the plan which the New* York police
are following, the hand of civil service fell
heavily upon party spoils. In the idea of
party spoils—in the bestowal of appointive
positions upon those who had contributed
to the success of the party— there -was
never anything intrinsically wrong. It
was the corrupt use of money by office
holders that cast odium npon the whole
system of party rewards.
The exposure by the San illustrates the
value of the press in a contingency of this
kind. Were it not for these discoveries
and publications the political administra
tion of the country would be shameless.
As it is, the corrupt officer has reason to
fear and hate the press. He may have
both unfair accusers and defenders in the
newspaper ranks, but when he reflects that
a considerable proportion of humanity
would rather believe evil than good of a
political office-holder he knows that the
odds are against him when a responsible
newspaper, taking all the risks of criminal
and civil libel suits, charges him with ras
cality.
We can imagine what will be the result
of the Sun's exposure. The Police Depart
ment has only hurt itself by an attempt to
resort to rascally methods for its corrupt
and undeserved benefit. Million, of eyes
will be turned upon every member of the
New York Legislature, and every act of
that body with reference to the police will
be eagerly watched and, if need be, merci
lessly assailed. He will be a hardy mem
ber who will dare to vote for the schemes
of the police. "We have something like
such a situation here, where office-holders
in very responsible positions are openly
spoken of as betrayers of their trusts and
toots of powerful interests which have in
curred the animosity of the people. At
present these gentlemen hold up their
heads with a brave show of courage and a
pitiful pretense of indifference, but they
must still have an ear for the tolling of the
bell that announces their inevitable ruin.
LOS GATOS REJOICES.
The laying of a third rail to Los Gatos
from San Jose converts the narrow-gauge
railroad into a broad-gauge, and permits
of direct loading of fruit for the East in
refrigerator and ventilator cars, doing
away with the injurious necessity of re
loading from narrow-gauge cars to the
broad-gauge cars at San Jose. The dis
tance between San Jose and Los Gatos is
only eight miles, but 7 until the third rail
was laid this distance was as great an ob
stacle as the Humboldt Desert in reaching
the markets of the East. -Los Gatos was
justified in rejoicing by means of a great
public demonstration Saturday night.
Los Gatos is not the only place affected.
Indeed, the entire stretch of eight miles
between San Jose and that town is a con
tinuous succession of j orchards and vine
yards,'and this splendid stretch is even
wider than long. In these wide planta
tions are grown a large proportion of the
prunes which have helped to * give the
Santa Clara Valley its fame. We appre
ciate the ground for this reputation when
we reflect that the yield of the older prune
orchards in that section this year is $200
an acre. . There are no hard times in* a
Santa Clara Valley prune orchard. ..
It would not be possible to find a more
attractive corner of the State than that of
which San Jose and Los 'Gatos are the
centers. The latter town lies bt the mouth
of the canyon of the Los Gatos Creek,
where it issues from the Santa Cruz Moun
tains. The town spreads itself ■ over the
lower hills and looks down upon the great
shining valley that stretches far away to
the north" and east. It is thus above the
level of the mild frosts which visit the
valley, and thus it is that its fuchsias and
geraniums grow to be trees and its orange
orchards yield so bountifully. . This is a
condition appertaining to long stretch of
the lower Santa Cruz Mountains to the
northwestward. The climate is of that
fine, invigorating character which offers
tho strongest inducements to the ' invalid,
dud the contiguous : mountains, forests,
mineral springs and trout streams offer
allurements of their own.; _. 7,. : : *
The stranger who would see horticulture
in the finest, most artistic and most scien
tific form | will find it in all 7 its perfection
in this favored spot. It is wonderful even
to a Californian, who has been reared on
wonders. Let us take j a glance at \ the
variety of products and try to understand
their significance., 7 7 :/ ,
The door of the valley produces olives
and olive oil in quantity ; * red, white i and
sweet wines in great variety and tof j su
perior excellence ' brandy, almonds by the
square mile, table . grapes, prunes, figs and
all the staple fruits familiar to other parts
of 7 the country. On ; the hill slopes one
encounters '" orange orchards, and ,back of
them, in the higher mountains, the great
vineyards which send table grapes to the
East, including 7 the ' bold and gorgeous
Flame Tokay, over which the Eastern
heart rejoices. ; Thus we find in this com
paratively small area all the finer products
of France, . the 7 Iberian peninsula, Italy,
Germany and Asia Minor. These include
the costly luxuries imported from those
countries and grown in no other State of
the Union. . i- ■''", 7 '~."4 7.
PERSONAL*
Dr. W. 8. Norman of Plymouth is at the Lick.
E. C.Pendleton of the navy is at the Occi
dental. ■'?'*; -*.~ ; "-. '-. : ■ -'•■*'*.' »"■'■' "'.-X^'-'j
Charles G. Lamberson of Victoria is at the
Grand. - . '}*'. "4;.,- ' 'f' :• ■' °"-
Ricardo S. Gut mann of Guatemala is regis
tered at the Palace.
J. F. Colby, a mining man of Trinity County,
is at the California. -*-7- : f, ,-V .7.'
T. H. Sinex, superintendent of Pacific Grove,
is at the Grand Hotel.
J. R. Trayner, a fruit-shipper of Marysville,
is a guest at the Palace. ..'•*. V*~'l * -'*
Ex-Senator John Boggs of Colusa registered
at the Palace yesterday. „ -. *. ■■■.■ ,
I Commodore D. XV. Mullan of the Mohican is
a guest at the California.
E. Pinkelspeil, a merchant of Bakersfield, is
Btaying at the Occidental. *'7 T.%
William P. Edwards, a street-railway man of
Petaiuma, is in the City.
O. B.Stanton of the Southern Hotel, Bakers
field, registered yesterday at the Palace.
C. V. Inderresdeu, a fruit-shipper of Chicago,
was one ol yesterday's arrivals at the Palace.
L. P. Lowe of the Echo Mountain House
came in from Pasadena yesterday and put up
at the California.
XV. A. Frost and wife of Mexico are registered
at the Palace. Mr. Frost is connected with the
Mexican Central Railroad. ; .
Theodore Faschke of Guatemala, consulting
engineer of the Guatemala Railway, is stop
ping at the Occidental Hotel.
Since his visit to this coast, Sir Charles Riv
ers Wilson has become engaged to the Hon.
Violet Mostyn, sister of the present Lora Vaux
of Harrowden. The prospective groom is now
in New York, but returns to England in No
vember, when the wedding will, take place.
CALIFORNIANS IN UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. I.— the Cullen—
S. B. Shumway, Oakland; L. M. Prescott, San
Francisco. y : ~*y
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Richard Reddicks of Pittsburg has just cele
brated his 130 th birthday.
: Sir James Stephen, the father of the late Sir
James Fitzjames Stephen, once smoked a cigar,
and because it was so delicious never smoked
another. l ? ''rT**-*"; ■'■"
Mrs. Wentworth, a Philadelphia widow, sur
prised her friends by decorating her bicycle
with crepe when she went cycling a few days
after the death of her husband.
In Chattanooga Judge Wilbur has just held
that no matter how abbreviated the bathing
suit the wearer cannot be prosecuted. ■ There
has been no, law passed defining how much
bathing suit a woman shall wear, he says, and
he does not propose to fix the limit. ; : . * ;' 77, - .'
In one of the fashionable resorts on the
Rhine, reports a writer in the Realm, he came
across some queer entries in the visitors' book
of the principal hotel. One of the Paris mem
bers of the Rothschild family had signed "R.
de Paris." It so happened that Baron Oppen
helm, the well-known Cologne banker, was the
next arrival, and capped the above by signing
"0. de Cologne."
Rev. Dr. Randall Thomas Davidson, Bishop
of Rochester, whom the Queen recently ap
pointed Bishop of Winchester in succession to
Bishop Thorold, is about -17 years old, and was
educated at Harrow,; and at Trinity College,
Oxford. In 1877 be became domestic chaplain
to Archbishop Tait, and on the latter's death,
in 1833, continued in the same relationship to
Archbishop Benson for a short time, leaving to
become dean of Windsor and resident chaplain
to the Queen. In 1890 he was nominated by
Lord Salisbury to the Bishopric of Rochester,
to succeed Bishop Thorold, translated to
Winchester. -44 4
SOURCE OF SOME SMILES.
"Did I understand you to say that Thompson
was a farmer?"
"No. I said he made his money in wheat.
You never heard of a farmer doing that, did
Beatrice Democrat . 77^4
Billy— lt always seems to be that the second
half hour is far longer than the first.
Bobby— Of course it is. It goes slower be
cause the minute hand has to climb up during
that part of the hour.— Fun.
Attorney (for defense)— Ybu say you have not
formed or expressed any opinion in this case?
Now, sir, what do you understand by the word
opinion?- - z477-p4z>7
Venireman— I have an idea- • . .; t
Attorney— That will do. Your Honor, I chal
lenge this man for Washington Star. -
He got off a Michigan Central train the other
day holding a handkerchief to his bleeding
nose, and the special officer had enough curi
osity to stop him and ask: '•*. if '7. :;'..;. -
"Any accident happen to the train?"
••No, no accident." '
"But your nose is bleeding and seems to be
badly swollen?" 777*'
"Yes, I know; but it was no accident He
hit me with his left." . -"* ■ ; '
"Aman hit you?"
"Yes, the man 1 called a liar. No, there was
no accident about it. I called him a liar,- he
knocked me over two seats, and I'm going up
town to see my brother. All plain as day and
no accident to give out to the reporters."—De
troit Free Press. •' c •' "" -•-■".-—-*
GUERNSY MARKET - HOUSE PLAN.
Financial writers have recently had much to
say in regard to the Guernsy market-house
model of procedure in building public insti
tutions. James Harvey of Liverpool tells how
the plan came to be adopted. He says that
when Governor Daniel de Lisle Brock was
waited on by a deputation of citizens of St.
Peters, who requested his countenance and as
sistance toward the erection of a covered mar
ket, much wanted in that town, the Governor
readily consented, and asked in what way he
could assist them most effectually. He was
told that the principal difficulty was to raise
the required funds. The Governor replied that
if that was the only difficulty ho thought he
' could surmount it but he would first ask if
j they had the requisite stores of brick, timber,
granite and flags, but above all, had they the
skilled artisans and laborers required for build
ing the market? They replied that there was
no want of labor or" raw material, but their
difficulty was chiefly financial. \. 'On," replied
the Governor, "if that is all you want, I will, as
Governor,' sign, stamp, declare legal tender,
and issue 5000 market notes; with these pay
for material and wages, go to work ahd build
your market." ' * -.-" "-'•'• -'■•■'■•
In Jonathan Duncan's "Bank Charter Act,"
a book now almost out of print, the following
explanation of tho plan is given: "The ma
terial wealth of that small island (Guernsy) is
computed at £4,000,000 ($20 ,000 ,000). . In
stead of borrowing money at interest to build
the edifice, the inhabitants issued *. notes of
their own, founded on their own credit. This
was done by the authority of the local * Parlia
ment, or States. The estimated * cost of the
market was £4000 ($20,000),' and £4000 in
1-jK'unds were issued. These were paid to the
contractor as the work proceeded. , With these
he paid the wages of those he employed. They
in turn gave them to the shopkeeper for goods;
the shopkeepers paid them to the landlords for
rent, and they again redistributed them among
society. In this manner they were kept- float
ing about, fulfilling the functions for which
tbey were created. . -
:=_: "In due season the market was completed. It
contained eighty shops, "which were let to
butchers at £o ($&5) a year. So that the actual
rental was £400 ($2000). At the end oi- the
first year of tenancy, 400 of the £1 notes which
had built the market having been received as
rent by the States, who were the owners of the
national building reared with the < national
money, were burned in the presence of the offi
cfal authorities. The same operation was re
peated from year to year for ten * years, at , the
expiration of which * all ; the . notes -were . re-,
deemed, and being canceled, of course passed
out of circulation. Bin the annual rent did
not cease to exist to this day and is applied ' to
local improvements. Thus a substantial reality
was created out of a symbol, for it is plain that
the market did not cost a farthing to any one
of the Guernsey people." * ' 4
IDEAS OF WESTERN EDITORS.
California.
Our series of State school-books could be
made a model for the entire Union if we had
the right kind of men to compile them, and it
is to the interest of every paper in the State to
take up this matter and agitate it until the
powers that be— probably the State Board of
Education— are compelled | to t pay attention to
the demand and engage new and better men
for the work. God knows they could get few
worse, and brainy men who can and would do
the work properly arc by no means either
scarce or high-priced.— Stockton Record.
In the State of New York the question of good
roads is receiving earnest attention; and the
probabilities are that at the next session of the
Legislature a definite plan will be formulated
for the scientific improvement of the roads
throughout that State. In other Eastern States
also the good-roads movement is beginning to
take definite shape. California Is a long way
in the rear of the procession in this matter,
when it ought to be at the head, It is lime for
California to "get a move on itself."—
Angeles Times. **■• ■■-; ■
We have always been opposed to the jury
system which requires a unanimous verdict to
convict in a criminal case. One or two corrupt
or mudsh jurors is only too frequently the
means by which a red-handed murderer escapes
justice. . The verdict in the Marshall cafe isa
striking instance of this fault, and confirms us
in the belief that the system must be changed
to serve the best interests of society.— Dixon
Tribune. "447
Los Angeles is already making preparations
for their annual fiesta next April.. The great
success of that section of the State is attribut
able to the fact that instead of forever talking
about doing something, they do it.— Red Bluff
Sentinel. *
Washington. ' . ,
It is still being urged .by the detractors of
Whitman that he did little more than a dozen
others who came to the Northwest coast con
temporaneously with the Waiiailatpu mission
band. "If he had never made that midwinter
ride," they say, "and if he had not been mas
sacred by his own Indians, no more attention
would now be paid his memory than is paid
to the memories of the Lees, of Eells, of Spald
ing and of Cashing.'' In other words, if he
had not distinguished himself, if he had not
done those very things which have given him
fame and which the people love to read about,
he would not stand out so conspicuously. It
was the doing of these things which caused
his associates to bear living testimony to his
superiority and his greatness.— Spokes
man-Review. '• V -*» r - \
If we are to be a nation among nations, our
coast must be adequately defended. This will
necessitate ships upon the sea, fortifications
upon the land and a great Increase in our
army and navy. But we must either have
these or cease to pretend to be a great power.
The people are not content to take the latter
position. Great problems— problems vital to
this country— will in the next quarter of a cen
tury be worked out in Asia and South America,
and we cannot afford not to take a part in
them with a strong hand. Therefore, Congress
will not do wisely if it prolong this matter of
coast defense unnecessarily.— Times.
Oregon.
Mexico was quick to shake off a potentate
thrust upon her by Austria and France; Brazil
has bidden farewell to her Portuguese royal
family, and it may be that Alfonse XIII will
prove the last Spanish sovereign to support his
central government with taxes wrung from his
most productive and most misruled province.
Portland Oregouian.
Arizona.
Next year most of the people will be busily
engaged in repairing the fortunes wrecked by
the last few years of so-called Democratic pros
perity, and they can ill afford to have business
broken up by an entire season of politics. In
fact, the only thing now that shrewd observers
apprehend will interfere with the return of
good times is the ushering in of a long Presi
dential campaign, whicn generally upsets trade
and retards business growth. The people are
to be congratulated, therefore, that they are to
be favored with a contest of not mora than two
or three months' duration.— Phoenix Republi
can. ; -j,.-'A'i"'-z : . 4:..~--'z-4-4.:
Utah.
Utah lands are needed by Utah people. Of
course, we do not want and have no right to
endeavor to exclude others from entering our ,
borders ana obtaining legitimate possession of
lands for their own use, but everything lawful
should be done to prevent mere tools of power- ;
ful Eastern corporations from gobbling up the
valuable deposits which belong to the State of
Utah. The Governor and other influential offi
cials should take hold of this matter without
delay.— Lake Herald.
New Mexico.
If silver coin is good enough to pay the clerks
in the Government's Agricultural Department j
—if the law authorizes the disbursing officer to !
pay those men in silver, why doesn't it make
it lawful to pay other debts of the Government
in silver? It does. Perhaps Secretary Morton's
. 'object lesson" may act as a boomerang. It
Government employes can be lawfully paid In
silver, what's the matter with paving interest
on Government bonds in silver?— Santa Fe
New Mexican. . \' v ;
EASTERN EDITORS.
Electricity and Telescopes*
The application of electrioity to the telescope
is beyond doubt the most novel use yet made
of the power of the future. The great Yerkes
40-inch telescope, the rivalry of which with
the famous Lick spyer of the sky has been so
much discussed, will be provided with a sys
tem of electric motors by which its various
motions may be operated and regulated. The
driving clock will be wound automatically,
also by an electric motor, while, in keeping
with these electrical devices, the elevating
floor of the observing room— about seventy
feet in diameter— be made movable by
means of hydraulic, rams. The astronomical
observatory of the future will resemble a great
machine and dynamo shop.— Philadelphia
Record.- ' : 4\'.7'-. .-■•■■■' ' ' ' ■ ;•,;_■■•; * ; .* ■/ .'■ \
Dispensing With Grand Juries.
Utah's new constitution, framed for the soon
to-be State, proposes to dispense with Grand
Juries. It substitutes information for indict
ment. Although this is not a novelty it is de
cidedly exceptional, and the results will be
interesting iv a high degree because of a grow
ing dissatisfaction with the Grand Jury system.
It is claimed, and in, some cases proven, that '
Grand Juries do many things that ought not to |
be done, and leave undone many things tbat
ought to be done. In other words it is charged
and shown that they often find indictments on
totally insufficient grounds, and fail to indict
in many cases where justice demands that pre
sentments be Philadelphia Item. _ . . ,
Making Up for the Past.
There is little room to doubt that, aside from
any buying that may be due. to a more cheer
ful feeling than that which has prevailed for
several years, there is one reason why a large
increase of business this fall i * inevitable.
People have economized for two or three years
and have made their old things last as long as
possible.' The natural result has been to leave
consumers with wornout stocks of all kinds of
manufactured goods. -Merely to replenish the
actual waste of one year causes a large increase
in trade every autumn; but now we are prac
tically making up for the wear and tear of three
years.— New York Herald.
The Issue in Maryland.
Is this to continue forever? Must the strong,
intellectual, manly young men of Maryland be
ruled out ;of the public service? In -short,
must Mr. Gorman and his chum, Mr. Basin,
continue to rule the party? Mr. Gorman, who
defeated the party last year, assaulted • the
President, trampled the party principles under
foot and repudiated its platform— must he
continue to rule the party and select its candi
dates, or will the people take a turn at govern
ing themselves? That is the question to be de- i
cided at the polls in - November.— Baltimore
Sun.--- .*. * -..'■•"-.-:•.'.■• ; --;
Cuban Finances. >
One of tho weakest points in Spain's control
of Cuba is in its finances. A debt of $250,000,
--000 is already saddled on the island, making a
charge per capita of $156 on the population.'
With the island already overburdened by tax
ation the addition to the debt by a $15,000,000
forced loan only signifies bankruptcy. Al
ready Spanish bonds have depreciated "in the
European markets. :It is quite _ probable that
the Spanish Government may | find the finan
cial difficulty as | fatal las the climate lor the
persistence ot the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Too Much Water.
The capitalization . of ■■ the . electric lines in
Pittsburg aggregates $145,000 per mile. The
actual cost of building them is less than for
country lines, because their roadbed is already
provided at the expense of the people. These
figures Indicate that of actual investment there
is less than one part to twenty of water in their
stock. The capitalization of the cable roads is
larger per mile, but the rate of watering is only
about five to one.— Pittsburgh Dispatch, j "
One View of Watterson.
There is not a man in the city of Washington
who will not be more than ' willing to show up
against Mr. Watterson for ■ cleanliness in ap
pearance or character.' There hare been times
in Mr. Watterson's career when he was any
thing but immaculate, either in linen, appear
ance or breath. If he were properly named
he would be known as the polecat editor of the
United States.— Washington City News.
The Money Power.
The most unrelentless despot known to the
civilization of the 19th century is the money
power. ; The controllers .of [ the gold _of the
world ars grinding I the people of the • world
Into abject serfdom, depriving them at once of
the fruits of their toil and of their genius,
crushing their ambition and individuality, re
ducing the masses of millions to a common
level.— Wichita Eagle.
A Terrific Drain. , .
The interest on borrowed money payable to
foreigners in gold amounts to $1,000,000,000
per year. This terrific drain will drive us to
silver before long, according to the predic
tions of a few far-seeing bankers,- who, it is
said, are quietly lending their influence to the
silver cause.— Philadelphia Item.
An Eastern Idea of Us.
The California Guild of Letters is an organ
ization which has adopted a practical plan for
encouraging local talent. Every member
agrees to . buy a volume , every year of some
California writer's works. What a. library
every member is sure to have in the course of
time.— Albany Press. •:.;-;::-.•
Nicaraguan Canal. '
Doubtless renewed efforts will be made at
the next session of Congress to pass the Kica
raguan canal bill. Already there are evi
dences that the promoters of the enterprise are
at work laying their plans for a more success
ful Washington News.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mexican Tariff— McC, City. Thorough
bred horses and mares are admitted into
Mexico free of duty. For other than this
class duty is as follows: Geldings, per head,
$40; stallions, $15; swine and sucklings, 2
cents per kilo; sheep and goats, sl per head;
mules, $5; asses, $3; cows, 2 cents per kilo.
Plow and plow shares are admitted free; tools
of all kinds and materials for workmen
(artisans) 5 cents per kilo, legal weight; ma
chinery and apparatus and their parts for re
pairs, for agriculturists, not intended to be
operated by winch, pedal or lever, 1 cent per
kilo; such as are to be operated by winch,
pedal or lever, 5 cents per kilo. Horses im
ported for personal use are not exempt from
duty. :•■■*., "->;*..7'*__ '4::77--.4. •" '-'* 7""- 7V:
Newspapers on File— "Subscriber," City.
This correspondent asks for information relat
ing to files of newspapers, but neglects to give
name or address, and for that reason the ques
tion is not answered. The rule of this depart
ment is that the writer shall give name and
address, so as to enable the editor to commu
nicate with the writer in^case some portion *of
the communication is not clear. A person
writing for information ought not to be
ashamed to disclose his or her identity, as it is
no disgrace to admit that one docs not know it
all. The name and address of the correspond
ent is never -published in this department
without the request or consent of the writer.
Freckels— L. a. N., Sacramento, Cal. There
have been published any number of "sure cures
for freckels," but as each claims to be the very
best the Answers to Correspondents depart
ment is unable to say which is the best. Any
one who wishes to get rid of such spots should
consult a first-class physician and obtain his
advice as to what ought to be used. There are
as many as a half-hundred methods of produc
ing fair face, neck and hands, but in the
case of freckels no one should use any lotion to
change what nature has done without consult
ing & physician, as sometimes the preparation
used does more harm than good.
Ft_xminite— O. E. W., Porterville, Tulare
County, Cal. A chemist to whom was sub
mitted the question, "Can fulmmite of gold
be used as is tonite, another high explosive,
for the purpose of shooting explosives into
passing clouds to obtain their moisture?" said
j "the fulmlnites are among the most violent
of all explosive compounds, their chemical
"stability being very small. Sudden in action
their effect is good locally and, therefore, are
well adapted to the purpose for which they are
practically used, that of igniting or upsetting
other explosives."
Drifting Sand— H. B. J., Stockton, Cal. The
Park Commissioners of this City have not yet
discovered a cheap and effective way of pre
venting sand from shifting and thereby de
stroying vegetation. It you have discovered a
method that will accomplish that end it cer
tainly would be worth your while to communi
cate with the Commissioners. z--.>. -\
Telephone— W. S., Auburn, Placer County,
Cal. Different kinds of batteries are used to
work telephone lines, and the size of battery
: depends upon the length of the lines and the
; number of connections. It is impossible to say
what would be required "for an ordinary
• telephone." The question should be more spe
cific.
■
Coast Steamers— C. J., City. The vessels
In the coasting trade, steam and sail, are so
well known to the men on the lookout
at the Point Lobos station of the Merchants'
Exchange that it is not necessary to hoist the
flags of the code to designate the name, and
because of this the signals are dispensed with.
' Dividends— W. Mc, Manchester, Mendocino
County, Cal. If you are entitled to dividends
from the People's Home Savings Bank, in liqui
dation, and have not received them, you
should communicate with J. F. Sheehan. the
receiver, whose office is in the Mills building,
this City. *■■- -"'■■- ••■-•■- .-•*. :
Carter Harrison— J. L. D., Sonora, CaL Car
ter Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, was murdered
October 28, 1893. P. E. J. Prendergast, who
murdered him, was hanged in Chicago on July
13, 1894. - - ■-
The assessment Roiir-S. J., City. The assess
ment roll of this City shows that* the piece of
property corner of Twenty-fourth street and
Ellen avenue is assessed to" John J. O'Farrell.
R. B. Hates— W. W., City. Rutherford B.
Haves was born in Delaware, Ohio, October 4,
1822, and died in Fremont, Ohio, January 17.
1893. - •- ,'■'■■ -■■■ ■ -- ■ ■ -
A PITY, INDEED.
Vice-President Adlai Stevenson is spending
hie summer vacation in Alaska, away up
among the glaciers and everlasting snows. He
is evidently trying to get inured to the great
frost and the many cold days . that will run
against his kind of Democracy between now
and next election day- It is a" pity he could
not take Grover Cleveland with him.
IS DEATH WORTH DYING?
"Is life worth living?" she asked of me, *
One day of days by the singing sea.
* Is death worth dying?" I asked in turn;
" Beyond the grave or the gilded urn
Is there a land,
. A miracle far-lan*, -..44- ■•-__ * : 4. *::■:? .- 7.4.
That equals— half equals— sphere terrene?
Answer me, answer me, O, my Queen!"
"But. O. for the Heaven of Heavens!" she cried •
*- And, O! for the souls of the Purified!"
The sunfire sprinkled upon her there
And turned to a glory her golden hair:
A zephyr stole from a perfumed place
O'er seas of gladness and shoals of grace;
It tossed the lily-bells to and fro.
While the birds sang loud and the birds sang low
; It rippled the roses with hearts of Are . '
Till they swooned the swoon of a rapt desire,
And all the universe was aflame * . . . . " '
With a .jubilant joy that I cannot name,
As I spake, \
For her sake.
And without a shame;
" This la the Heaven of Heavens to me,
And thou art the Purified soul 1 see: '
And. O! if this life and this love were immortal
I never would slab for the star-flaming portal '
Nor seek In the far-away sky to discover
An hour diviner than this for a lover."
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Ocean Excursions.
Steamship Pomona, to Santa ! Crux and Mon
terey, leaves Saturdays, 4 p. «.. due back Mon
days, sa. m. Ticket office, 4 New Montgomery
street. . , . f
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Peremann— Hattie is such an ' affectionate
daughter. This morning I received , such a
tender, appreciative three-page letter from her
at school. ■"■■■'
, Hattie's Sister (cynically)— What did she ask
yon for in the postscript?—
Hood's SaraaparJia has .' permanently cured
many thousands of cases of scrofula,; rheumatism,
nervousness and other troubles because it purifies
and vitalizes the Impoverished blood. " *
" v Mrs..TFinsloiv-a Soothing Syrap"
Has been nsed over fifty, years by millions of moth
ers j for J their children while Teething with perfect
success. It soothes the child, softens the gams, al
lays Pain," cures Wind Col le, regulates the Bowel*
and is the [beftj remedy I for Dlarrhtsas,' whether
arising from' teething or other causes. ■ For sale by
•Druggists In every part ot the world. _ £• sura ____j
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NO PADLOCK ON HIS LIPS.
Yesterday's Meeting of the
Good Citizenship Com
mittee.
ADDBESS BY BEY. BAY PALMEB.
/
What He Said About the Principles
of the American Protective
Association.
The Good Citizenship Committee held a
meeting in Metropolitan Temple yester
day afternoon. ._,' 7
After an organ voluntary by * Henry
Schuette, Chairman Quitzow made a few
rem arks by way of introduction,^ and the
audience', rising, sang '-America."
The Rev. C. A. llabing of the Evangelic
Church offered a prayer asking for divine
blessing upon the work: of the American
Protective Association. • '••'••
Charles Dubois rendered a vocal solo in
French. - .-77* 4' „
M. T. Brewer was introduced and said
that a few days ago a gentleman met him
and said he would like to join the A. P. A. ;
that is. he wanted to have his name en
rolled in a patriotic American association,
but that it proscribed its fellow-men, par
ticularly on religious lines, and for that he
could not enter the ranks of the associa
tion. The speaker said that he explained,,
that the A. P. A. is simply organized for
the purpose of protecting America for
Americans ; that it does not proscribe on
religious lines; far from it, and if he
thought for one moment that it did he
would withdraw from it before the next
rising of the sun. The association, he said,
desires to uphold the basic idea that every
man, woman and child in the land shall
worship God according to the dictates of
his or her conscience.
The A. P. A., he said, is ready and will
ing to protect each person .in worshiping
at home, at church or on the highway, as
he may desire— that it has no desire to
protect one religion any more than an- j
otner, but that the A. P. A. does not coun
tenance allegiance to any power outside of
the United States. The American flag is
the only one that should float over our
public schools and over our public build
ings. He hoped that God would speed the
day when that flag shall float 365 days in
the year over every public building in the
land. He said that the wave of the Ameri
l can Protective Association will sweep over
the whole United States to give to all love
of country, freedom of speech and a new.
true Americanism, and hoped that palsied
be the tongue or the arm that would in
terfere with the public schools, palsied be
the arm that would trail the American
flag in the dust and palsied be the tongue,
that would restrain the freedom of speech.
Chairman Quitzow said he was pleased
to announce that an investigation showed
that the foreign flag that had been placed
on the top of the new building of the
Native Sons of the Golden West last Sun
day had been placed there by a person not
in any way responsible to the society. It
was not necessary to say that the order is
thoroughly patriotic.
Mrs.'M.'E. Gallahoon rendered a vocal
solo in a very acceptable manner.
Rev. Dr. Ray Palmer of Stockton was in
troduced and addressed the audience for
over an hour. During the course of his
discourse he spoke favorably of the enter
prise of Thi Cam. and its crusade against
such evils as lotteries and opium dens in
the line of -'morality; he commended its;
liberal policy in printing all the news for |
all the people, giving the public a clean
journal and a first-class newspaper.
The address was on the heroes of the
nineteenth century. Dr. Palmer said
that they are heroes who have sworn by
the (everlasting law of right to be true to
the American flag and country. He said:
Another kind of patriots are those who sac
rifice self for country, and there are millions of
them in this country. Great heroes must have
great ideas and ideals. Michael Angelo once
looked upon a block of stone and gating upon
the rude material exclaimed that he saw an
angel there. So the true American hero when '
he looks over the country exclaims that he
sees the angel of liberty rising higher and
higher toward the zenith. As an example of
true neroism and patriotism I wish to tell you
of a wife who, during the Revolutionary War,
was by the side of her dying husband who had
been wounded in the defense of his country,
and calling her children, all sons, to her side
said, "I have given my husband for my coun
try and 1 am ready to give my sons to defend
it." A man who is not controlled by ideals can
never be a hero.
The speaker said that there is net one
thing in the principles of the American
Protective Association that can bring the
blush of shame to the cheek of an angel.
Dr. Palmer made an attack on the politi
cians, who, he said, tried to carry water on
both shoulders— those who professed to
indorse the principles of the A. P. A. and
at the same time when called upon to aid
a sectarian movement declared that they
had to be generous and liberal. Such,
he said, professed to be Americans at heart,
but in fact they were only Americans at
the gizzard, for, he thought, tney had no
heart. Continuing, the speaker said :
Ido not believe in the exemption of church
property, but am in favor ot every priest and
minister paying taxes like every one else. The
Jesuits are sending missionaries to the United
States to preach to non-Catholics, they claim
ing that their principles are not understood.
I for one do not wish to know any more about
them than I already know. I tell you that I
class ministers in the line of heroes, and- as
such -I name Luther, Wesley, John Knox,
Roger Williams, Henry Ward Beecher, John D.
Fulton, Parkhurst arid J. Q. A. Henry. The
time is coming when all the great societies,
the Odd Fellows, the Masons, the Knights of
Pythias, the Good Templars and others will be
enrolled to a man under the banner of the A.
P. A., and the tine is also fast approaching
when the statesmen of the United States will
all be members of the A. P. A. The time has
come for parents to be careful in naming their
babies, and they should name the boys Wash
ington, Lincoln, Garfield and names of that
Character. . The time is coming soon when all
the schools, the teachers and the directors will
form an irresistible army against any encroach
ment upon the principles oi the American Pro
tective Association. ■ ■ .
On behalf of the association, I deny that it is
fighting on religions grounds. I believe that
among the Catholics "there are good people,
and that there are many good and noble
mothers. I have the greatest respect for every
sister of charity, and for all the good the
Catholics have done, God bless them, but as
religionists I want them to keep out of the po
litical field.
: The true hero is a man of principle and not
one of policy. Those who are actuated by
policy are cowards. Such. there are in the
pulpit. One church, a Protestant one at that,
Keeps out of its pulpit any one who speaks in
favor of the A. P. A. I would not preach to a
congregation that would put a padlock on my
lips. There are other ways of getting a living
than by preaching.
' It is the aim of the members of the A. P A
to emulate other patriot.- and place their names
beside those of Washington and other heroes of
the days of the Revolution and of the Civil
ware. : 1 believe in working not for to-day only
bnt for future generation-*, so that in the di"*
tant future it cannot be charged that the -V P
A. had been cowardly and refused to stand" by
the right. Kvery member should be ready to
lay down hi? life for the salvation of "the
country. Americans have waited long -and
ratiently to have the wrongs they combined
of righted, out petition after petition has been
Ignored by Congress, and for that reason t '-*■•
people are rising in their might for the defend
of their rights, shaking off the dust of mdii
T^Srttet _hK*«££* *»***W from destruction.
I predict that the association will meet ere ry
Th^Vr. e £il. , i *Pl .«•-■-*»* Grover Cleveland.
The next President. I hop* he be - •*"■"
man, wtll bean A; P. a.
This last remark was applauded with
such vehemence that it was some time be
fore the speaker could Proceed. He closed
with a 'hail to the heroes in the grandest
cause C T. espoused in behalf of I merican
uocrty. During the address the speaker
?l as f requenUy applauded. The audience
sang the -'Battle Hymn of the Republic,'
ana after benediction the meeting ad
journed. *