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SATURDAY , DECEMBER 28, 1595
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
Heed's rules do the business.
If the Senate act-- promptly the emer
gency will soon be over.
Don't forget this is the day to leave
orders for Ths Susi w <"at.t..
Before the world can be clothed in peace
there are lots of wrong? to be redressed.
England doesn't like the emergency
tariff but it goes without her saying.
We shall soon know if Cleveland would
rather have a deficit than a tariff on wool.
This is the season to make ready for
putting new vigor into reform movements.
Democracy has already settled back into
opposition and begun to kick in the old
style.
A=k anywhere in the East. "What's in
the air?" and the answer will be "Bliz
zards."'
The Cubans may yet celebrate New
Year by calling on Havana and taking in
the town.
The coming Grand Jury may give us
some local emergency bills in t!ie shape of
true bills.
The spirit of civic reform aroused last
winter was born with the year but won't
die with it.
If the bond bill is not enacted we shall
have more Cleveland bonds, and that
wonld be worse.
T'n at Truckee everything begins to
"twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, with a crys
talline delight."
Just enough has been done for munici
pal reform during the present year to en
courage as to do more.
California gold-mining will not have a
Cripple Creek boom, but it will show big
developments before long.
The British may believe the Monroe
doctrine to be a chestnut, but they won't
try to rake it out of the fire.
Even to meet an emergenry, Western
Congressmen must not compromise with
anybody on the funding bill.
The fight against the poolroom fakirs
has reached tbe "Big Eight" and .the
"Solid Eight" had better be careful.
The Senate has now a golden oppor
tunity to show whether it can f*et to work
without talk enough to run a windmill.
General Howard may not be a prize
candidate for the Presidency, but he is
getting a good deal of honorable mention.
The emergency measures are not the
best tbe Republican party could devise,
but they are the best Cleveland will ac
cept.
The fellows who last fall predicted this
would be an inactive Congress have now
an opportunity to retire and soak their
heads.
The action of the House shows that the
Republican party can bridge any river it
comes to and cross over without breaking
ranks.
Subscriptions to the campaign fund of
the Committee of Fifty is the money that
talks best at this juncture for the welfare
of California.
Cleveland may not recognize Cuban in
dependence, but the Cubans themselves
have got near enough to it to see it almost
within reach.
Good men who seek to be excused from
Grand Jury duty have no right to com
plain if bad men get into the places they
refused to take..
Nothing would suit Democracy better
than to see Republicans in Congress di
vide into factions on the bond bill, but
they won't do it.
The Japanese would have arrived at
peace more quickly if instead of taking
Formosa from China they had taken China
and let Formosa go.
A horizontal tariff revision is certainly
not a good thing in itself, but since Cleve
landism has laid the country out so flat
nothing else will fit the conditions.
It must be borne in mind that while the
emergency bills are intended only as tem
porary expedients they involve no sur
render of permanent Republican prin
ciples.
Witii the Armenian?, the Arabs and the
Druses all in revolt it woum seem they
might manage the Turks without Euro
pean assistance if they would all pull to
gether.
It appears there will be very little chance
to give another twist to the tail of the
British lion on the Venezuelan question,
for he has tucked it between his legs and
sat down on it.
When a good citizen is called upon to
serve on the Grand Jury an opportunity is
afforded him to encourage the civic
patriotism of others by accepting the duty
willingly and performing it with zeal.
The Examiner says a tax on beer would
have raised all the revenue needed, but
Cleveland did not say so, nor Carlisle, nor
did any Democratic leader in the House
introduce a bill to that effect, so the Ex
aminer has a lone hand and is playing
solitaire.
THE BOND BILL,
As was expected, there has been much
more opposition in the House to the bond
I bill than to the tariff measure that was re
i ported at the same time. The Ways and
Means Committee, recognizing the valid
grounds on wlwoi^nuch of the opposition
is based, made no attempt to push the bill
to a vote yestetday, and accordingly several
amendments were adopted which materi
ally improve it.
It must be conceded that the bill as first
reported was not pleasing to the people,
and even with the amendments made to it
will not be wholly satisfactory. There is,
however, an unanswerable argument in its
favor. The Secretary of the Treasury now
has authority under the resumption act to
issue and sell 10-year 5 per cent bonds
and 30-year 4 per cent bonds to main
tain the gold reserve. Under this author
ity he has already sold $162,000,000 worth
of bonds, and will undoubtedly s^ll more
unless Congress provides a better means
of maintaining the reserve. It is therefore
to Congress the simple choice of providing
for ?, per cent bonds under a new act or to
leave the administration to so on as it has
done under the old act.
In emergencies of this kind statesmen
must adopt some course that is practica
ble, and not waste time in idle discussions
as to what is ideally best. The bond bill
is purelj* an emergency measure. It does
I not suit Cleveland because instead of
specifying that the bonds shall be paid In
gold it makes them payable in coin. By
this phrase a way is left open for a return
to bimetallism as soon as it becomes ex
pedient, and the bondholder is placed in
exactly the same position as other citizens.
There certainly can be no valid objection
to that feature of the measure, and there
can be little doubt the House will sustain
it when the vote is taken.
By one of the amendments adopted yes
terday it is provided that nothing in the
act shall be construed to repeal or modify
the law of IS7S requiring the reissue of
greenbacks when redeemed. This puts an
end to the fear that the bill might be
made to serve Cleveland as a iirst step to
ward the retirement of greenbacks. In
fact, there is nothing in the measure that
conforms to Cleveland's peculiar policies.
It affords him a means of borrowing
money at a low interest to maintain the
treasury reserve, but it does not enable
him to fasten his cold-standard, anti
greenback policy on the Nation. It is
therefore a measure which "Western as
well as Eastern Republicans can cordially
support. It would be folly to make a
division in the party ranks on a mere
question of temporary expediency. Unity
and action are what are needed now, and
every Republican Congressman should
stand firmly with the party in dealing
with all these vexatious issues arising
from the blunders of the Cleveland ad
i ministration.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Supreme Court has recently handed
down a decision of great importance af
fecting and defining the relative rights
and duties of members of unincorporated
fraternal societies to and from the orders
to which they belong.
It is the case of Levy vs. the Magnolia
Lodge of Odd Fellows, and the following
are the substantial facts of the case : Levy
was a third degree member of the order in
1893. He claimed to have become sick,
and hence entitled to sick benefits from
his lodge, which for a time were paid.
After several months of payments the
lodge refused to pay Levy further sick ben
fits upon the ground that he was not en
titled thereto. Thereupon he demanded
that a committee of the order be appointed
to investigate the matter in accord
ance with its merits. Such committee was
appointed, but Levy refused to meet it,
and began suit in the courts against the
lodge to recover the sick benefits which he
alleged were past due. Thereupon charges
were filed in the lodee against Levy, as its
rules provided might be done, for his
alleged violation of the rules and regula
tions of the order, and he was regularly
summoned to appear. This he also re
fused to do, and he was accordingly ex
pelled from the order. He thereupon
sought and obtained from the lower court
a writ of mandate to compel his restora
tion to membership.
The Supreme Court has decided that he
was not entitled to the writ and that his
expulsion from the Order of Odd Fellows
having been accomplished in strict accord
ance with its rules and regulations, he
cannot be heard in the courts to complain.
The relation between such unincorporated
orders and their members is strictlj' one of
contract entered into in writing at the
time the member ioins the lodge and sub
scribes to its rules and regulations, and if
he has thereby waived any lejjai rights,
such as the right of appeal from its
orders, he must not be granted re
lief from his own voluntary contract by
the courts, but must avail himself of the
opportunities which the rule? and regula
tions of his lodge afford iir the preven
tion or redress of any alleged injustice to
him on the part of the order itself. It is
only after the member has pursued
unavailingly all of the means provided by
the laws of the order for the redress of hi 3
wrongs that ne may apply to the courts
for the protection to which he is justly
entitled, but which by fraud, mistake or
malice has been denied him within the
order itself.
TWO MINING CENTERS.
The San Francisco Stock Exchange has
at last done a wise thing in deciding to
revise its list of mining securities and
recognize a large number of valuable mines
which have been developed within recent
years. The listing under which the
operations of the exchange have been con
ducted for so many years in nowise repre
sents the present condition of the industry
in this State. For the most part the mines
on the list lie outside the State and repre
sent the enterprises which produced the
bonanza kings on the one hand ana in
numerable paupers and suicides on the
other.
There is no danger that the letting in of
a large number of new mines will pro
duce such another craze as that which
afflicted the City in the early '70s.
Trading in corporate shares of many kinds
is a legitimate business all over the
civilized world. The harm that it may do
fall? only upon those who lack the ability
or caution to protect their own interests.
The good which it accomplishes is to
stimulate the industries which the shares
represent. Besides bringing a constant
stream of new blood into the enterprise
for which the shares stand, it calls wide
attention to them, and especially to the
profits which they yield.
So far as the country at large is con
cerned California mining is completely
eclipsed by the terrible craze of specula
tion which is now centering in Colorado.
The little town of Colorado Springs, to suy
nothing of Denver and the other large
cities of the State, is presenting now,
every day and night, scenes equaling those
of Pine street in its wildest moments.
Millions of dollars are changing hands
every hour. The infection has spread to
New York, where Colorado mining shares
have become regular commodities of specu
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895.
lation. . California is completely forgotten
in the scramble.
The New York Stock Exchange has
taken up the Colorado boom in earnest.
Its representatives on the ground make
careful examination of the mines, and
th»ir reports are the basis for listing the
shares. This gives the boom an element
of security which Pine street never en
joyed. The effect, will be to send millions
of dollars from the East for investment in
Colorado mining properties.
In a sense it is very unfortunate for
California that the Colorado boom has
arrived, as a strong flow of English and
Eastern money was pouring into this
State for investment in our mines. Thi9
will all be diverted to Colorado for a time.
That the Colorado boom is being greatly
overdone, and that a reaction in favor of
California will ensue, admits of no doubt
whatever, but that does not relieve our
people of the duty of giving all possible
attention to their own mining interests.
The Stock Exchange has wisely begun the
work, but the movement must not be al
lowed to slumber with the listing of new
mines. •
BONDS FOR IMPEOVEMEHTS.
The agitation in Berkeley over the prop
osition to bond the municipality in order
that certain public improvements may be
made revives all the old arguments appli
cable to such cases. The proposition there
is to raise $200,000 on municipal bonds. Of
this amount it is decided that four good
scboolhouses be built with $120,000 and a
wharf with $80,000.
The business principles involved in such
a proposition are by no means abstruse.
There are many individuals in the world
who proudly announce on every possible
occasion that they do not owe a dollar. In
their estimation indebtedness is a re
proach. It will be generally observed that
such persons rarely have any standing in
business circles and that as agencies for
the advancement of community interests
they commonly exercise a negative in
fluence.
It is never right to borrow money or oth
erwise go in debt for the purpose of grati
fying an idle desire. It is always right to
borrow money or otherwise go in debt if
in so doing the borrower has a reasonable
assurance of being able to discharge the
debt by employing the loan as a means for
increasing his money-earning power. Ev
ery great government and every important
business is conducted in recosnition of
this principle.
The proposed investment certainly rec
ommends itself on the score of wisdom.
The town is the seat of the State Univer
sity and is an exceedingly pleasant place
of residence. Besides its own attractions
and its contact with the State University
it has San Francisco at its doors, and that
means a great deal in many ways. If it
should become known throughout the
State that Berkeley had exceptionally fine
schools the population would rapidly in
crease, property values would be raised
and the task of liquidating a bonded debt
by means of reasonable taxation would be
come very simple.
The wharf is an equally important mat
ter. It would open the town to the traffic
of the entire State, would reduce the ex
pense of living and would serve as a per
fect complement to the benefits which the
excellent schools would bring. If Berkeley
has untrustworthy municipal authorities
it should elect better. If it has Silurians
they ought to be suppressed.
"THE SUNDAY CALL."
One of the raost interesting features of
to-morrow's Call will be an exhaustive
article on the wonderful gold discoveries
in the Cripple Creek region of Colorado.
San Franciscans familiar with the exciting
times which prevailed in Pine street twenty
years ago will read this account with some
thing like an oldtime thrill, and owners of
valuable mining properties in California
will realize the mistake they have made in
permitting Colorado to enjoy a boom
which, in a measure, is serving temporar
ily to eclipse the movement so well begun
in recent years to develop the far richer
mining resources of California.
Among the distinctively literary features
is a rollicking sea song by Thomas Greg
ory — a quaint bit of fo'castle sentiment
and superstition hovering about the out
landish craft which pursue whales in the
Arctic sea. Another is an Arabian Nights'
tale, entitled "The Sleeper Awakened," in
which it is shrewdly guessed that an ex
tremely modern writer has a deep purpose
in choosing the romantic circumstances of
Haroun and Baghdad for the telling of a
tale that is as useful as it is romantic. Still
another charming literary feature is en
tiled "Some Good Stories Told in an Ari
zona Town."
The alumni of the State University may
find either a rebuke or a suggestion in a
contribution by W. C. Morrow on "What
the State University Might Do for Cali
fornia."
All the regular Sunday departments will
receive due attention. Literary matters,
booK review?, the fashions, the theaters, ',
society, etc., are able treated. "Bab" has
her usual good letter. The page devoted
to matters of popular scientific interest
has proved to be a most welcome feature
of The Sunday Call.
Those Californians who wish to inform
their Eastern friends concerning the things
which distinguish the State cannot do bet
ter than send a copy of this issue across
the continent.
CURRENT HUMOR.
Baron— Let me shake your hand, dear boy:
this is one of the happy days of your life.
Egbert— You're too previous, old man. I'm
not to be married until to-morrow.
"That's what I say. This is one of the happy
day* of your life."— Yonkers Statesman.
Mudge— lf there really is anything in this re
incarnation theory I don't know but that I
would like to be a good, fat, comfortable hog.
They &eem to eg joy life so.
l'absley— But as I understand it, in reincar
nation one becomes something different from
what he was.— lndianapolis Journal.
"Pay," said the watchdog to his friend, the
goat, "which of your interesting featues are
you charmed with?"
"My browse," answered the goat, as he ab
nor'ued another mouthful from the clothesline.
Detroit Free Press.
■'Jones is an awful chump. He reminds me
of the wise men of the Noachian era."
'•What, that idiot? Why, he doesn't know
enough to go in when it rains."
"Well, neither did they."— Life.
"What is she marrying for— money or fam
ily?"
"Faiollf , I should say. He's a widower, with
eleven children."— New York Tribune.
Decency and Dress.— First Diner— They seem
to have brought us a very decent fowl this
time.
Second Diner— Yes, the dressing is above re
proach.—Detroit Trttmne.
Malicious.— A— Tom must have had an awful
cold when he became engaged.
B-Why?
A— Because when one has a cold oue has no
taste.— Fliegende Btaetter.
Useless Question.— "Bis ting's got to go
Trough," said one of the Aldermen at the com
mittee meeting. "Dere's money tn it."
"Fur de city?" aSked a member of the Coun
cil.
And the only reply he got was the glassy
stare.— Chicago Tribune.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
Sheriff Sam B. Allen of Sonoma is among the
recen t arrivals at the Russ. The Sheriff is also
Tax Collector of Sonoma County.
He has been a member of the Assembly and
is now serving his second term as Sheriff. He
came from Brown County, Ohio, in 1872, and
for several years was engaged in the butcher
ing business.
Now he hunts bandits and varies his experi
ences by takinsr a hand at the numberless
other duties that fall to the lot of the average
California Sheriff.
He wore a puzzled look yesterday when he
was asked if there were yet any clews to the
big robbery of the County Treasurer's office,
which occurred about a year ago.
"It is a mystery yet," he said, "and as much
a mystery as It was on December 28, 1894,
when it was committed. I have employed dii- ]
SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR SAM R. ALLEN OF SANTA ROSA.
[Sketched from life. by a "Call" artist.]
ferent detectives and have followed all the
clews, but all the work counts for nothing.
"It is as strange still as when the safe was |
unlocked and Captain Stofen, the County j
Treasurer, was taken out of the vault.
"I have gone over the entire field. It has
cost considerable to investigate the matter, but
that wouldn't count for anything if we had j
caught the guilty persons. I am at a loss to- i
day to tell about it.
•'The robbers got #8000. We followed a good
many different clews, but we always came up !
against a stone wall.
"We didn't discover anybody who was spend- j
ing any unusual amount of money, and if the i
offenders are yet in the county they have al- ;
ways been too smart to spend the money. They ;
are either staying there and laying low, or else j
have goi out of the county entirely. 1 do not •
know which.
"There have been no other robberies of im- j
portance in Sonoma lately, or offenses other
wise of extraordinary gravity. Even the ban- I
dits are letting us alone. I shall be in town
three or four days."
PERSONAL.
H. 1L Rogers of Walla Walla is at the Lick.
A. J. Harrell, a banker of Visalia, is in the
City.
S. M. Barlow of Salt Lake arrived here yes
terday.
Ex- Judge S. A. Geil of Salinas is at the Occi
dental.
J. M. Keene, a business man of Palem, Or., is
at the Grand.
Walter M. Field, a business man of Pan Jose,
is in the City.
George A. Beavis, a business man of Portland,
is at the Grand.
E. C. Weinrich, a wholesale merchant of Sac
ramento, i 9 in town.
£. A. Steut, a prominent mining man of
Souora, is at the Lick.
P. H. McDermott, a mine-owner of Carlisle,
N. Mex., is at the Russ.
A. Abrams, a general goods dealer of Reno,
is here on a business tr:p.
A. R. Galioway, a wealthy fruit-grower of
Healdsburg, is at the Russ.
J. R. Trainor, a commission merchant of
Marysville, is at the Grand.
J. A. Wilson, a prosperous business man of
Boise, Idaho, is at the Palace.
Christian Russ, an extensive land-owner of
Kirbyville, arrived here last night.
W. J. Young, a business man of Astoria, is at
the Russ, accompanied by his wife.
E. M. McGettigan, Supervisor of Solano
County, is among the arrivals at the Russ.
Colonel H. 11. Blood, the mining man, of Vir
ginia City, was among yesterday's arrivals.
G. J. Stewart, a prosperous fruit-grower and
livestock raiser of Vacaville, is at the Grand.
G. L. Sullivan, superintendent of the big
iliggins rancho, Sacramento County, is in the
City.
A. H. Devers of Portland, accompanied by
his wife and daughter and Miss A. Goilings. is
at the Lick.
H. W. Child, a prosperous mine-owner of
Montana, and an early Californian, arrived
here yesterday and is at the Palace.
C. E. Bray, City agent of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Railroad, who has been on a visit
to Mexico and the East, accompanied by his
wife, is en route home from Chicago.
Horace F. Baich of Minneapolis, one of the
leading railway builders of the country, is in
the City. He has built a large amount of road
in the Northwest, in Texas and elsewhere. He
is here on a business trip.
Ex-Judge H. G. Struve of Seattle arrived here
yesterday. He is one of the early pioneers of
Washington and was at one time Secretary of
the Territory. He is regarded as one of the
ablest attorneys of the Northwest.
Captain J. E. Lombard of Portland, who
years ago was in command of Chinese troops
at the time of the Tonquin troubles, is In the
City. The captain served through the late
Civil War in the United States. He has im
portant interests at Portland.
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, N. V. ( Dec. 27.-Among recent
arrivals are: Migs Crocker, Netherland; J. A.
Moreland, Albert; G. H. Powers, Westminster.
VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS.
How We Apples Swim!
Los Angeles Herald.
A good many very small apples have gone
Bwimming since the delivery of the President's
Venezuelan message.
Open the .Mints to Silver.
Nevada State Journal.
If the Committee on Finance report that in
view of the contingency of war it is advisable
to open the mints to silver as well as gold it
will bring the matter directly before the Sen
ate and place the Senators on record on the
silver question.
Look Out for the First Round.
.. Salt Lake Herald.
Military experts are telling what we could
do in the way of defense of our coast end
equipping an army in a year. The real ques
tion is, What could we do in a fortnight were
war declared? Jlodern wars are fought and
finished in less time than vas formerly taken to
convey a declaration of war to an enemy.
San Francisco' 9 Dynamite Gnus.
Portland Oregonian.
Experiments with dynamite shells have been
going on at ?an Francisco for some time and
with such success that that port now considers
itself defended by a somewhat formidable pro
tective agent. The great importance of the re
sult lies in the demonstration that dynamite
shells can be tired mccessf ully. Tbeir applica
tion to purposes of coast defense must come
later.
An Excellent Plan.
San Diego Union.
A movement is on foot at San Francisco
which, if carried out according to the present
programme, should do much to revolutionize
the mining industry of California. The plan
of the promoters is, in brief, to provide the
needed capital for developing and -working
mines oi thiß State, so that the profits of such
operations sliall jro to increase the wealth of
California and not into the pockets of Eastern
capitalists. ■'-
Ergo, L.&W.
San Jose Herald.
An Austrian professor, learned in the law of
nature, says that the Monroe doctrine is not a
dogma of international law. out a political
programme. Exactly. A political programme
carried out and maintained becomes a dogma
of international law. j • ■■ ; ■
AN EFFECTIVE WAIST DESIGN.
The nev.- fancy velvets when made up into
round waists need to be made on rather simple
lines. The model shown here is ideal for the
purpose. The bishop sleeve is one of the new
features of these rou'd waists. A charming
one when made of this fashion was of Parisian
design, with collar, sleeve bands and snoulder
straps of bright red velvet ribbon.
One in velvet showii'g red, blue, green and
black, was exquisite with trimmings of Persian
lamb fur, which formed the bands ior the
sleeves, for the shoulders, and was also laid in
a three-inch band down the center front. The
collar was of the velvet, with points of the fur.
Royal blue velvet, with tails of sabie over the
shoulders, around the neck and sleeve bands
was royally rich. The effect of a basque por
tion attained by tails Mwn to the bottom of
the waist a f the tack, from the under-arm
seam?, brigh.eued the effect.
A China silk, la a green tone, exquisitely
trimmed with brown velvet, was designed to
be worn with a brown skirt.
A waist of black satin made after this model,
with detachable shoulder-straps, sleeve bands,
collar and belt of China ribbon (a light green
shade is a good combination), makes a ser
viceable waist, for accessories may be raised
indefinitely. A white :-a:in stock collar is one
of the newest fancies, and with a round collar
of lace, or a square one of white batiste, makes
an entire change. A tichu of black chiffon
with an edge of white Brussels work makes an
other very stylish trimming. This may be left
hanging loose in front or tied around the waist
In the back.
THE CHRISTMAS "CALL."
Altogether the Best.
Alameda Argus.
The Call's Christmas number was alto
gether the best of the special issues of the big
dailies fo far this year. It was original in
many of its features, including its typography,
and getting out of the rut as to type is almost
as important as to matter. The fifty-two pages
of The Call are all good reading.
Praised by a Visalia Kditor.
VISAMA, Oal., Dec. 27.— The Evening Times
says editorially.: "Of the big papers, the
Christmas Call easily leads them all. To our
mind it is the most valuable paper for the
State ever issued in California." Another
editorial praises Major Berry's articlei and a
full column is given to I. W. Hellman's finan
cial prospects "that should be read," says the
Times, "by every grumbler in the Stale of
California."
A Pleasure to Peruse It.
Berkeley Advocate.
The Christmas edition of the San Francisco
Call is in many respects the best ever issued
on the coast. It is not only thoroughly repre
sentative, but thoroughly readable. Mr. Short
ridge took care to avoid publishing page after
page of dry statistics which no one cares to
wade through. Instead, his paper is filled with
matter of interest to every one, and so carefully
and entertainingly written up that it is a
pleasure to peruse.
The Quality All Right.
Woodland Democrat.
Nearly all the San Francisco papers issued
special Christmas editions, but The Call was
by far the largest. It contained a great many
articles of unusual interest, contributed by the
leaders ia the professions aad ia the industrial
life of California. Our greatest objection to it
was its size ; the quality was all right. It is too
much to expect one to read with care and a
full appreciation of its merit, a daily news
paper of fifty-two pages, at this particular
season of the year.
No Ground for Apology.
Stockton Independent.
The San Francisco CaEL apologized on
Tuesday for Its intention of inflicting a fifty
two page Christmas number on the public.
The Christmas number came, but those who
read it sought in vain for any ground for
apology. Its pages were full of valuable mat
ter, agricultural, artistic, historical, scientific,
statistical, poetic, literary and miscellaneous.
It was largely devoted to California— its
products and prospects, its attractions and
advantages, its men and women and its enter
prises and resources. It is a number to file
away for future reference and to be sent
abroad to spread the gospel of California.
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.
The Czar of Russia has recently substituted
the pipe for the ciearetteand seems to enjoy it.
Dr. Baring-Gould.the eminent English divine,
has a passion for antiques. He loves to dig for
historic relics and is an authority on ancient
life and manners.
The late Chauncey Goodrich died in the poor
house at the age of 79. Twenty-five years ago
he was a member of the Connecticut State Sen
ate and was worth 100,000.
William E. Gladstone, his son Herbert says, is
in such vigorous health that he threatens to
chop down some more cherry trees. He Is re
versing George Washington's record.
The Elizabeth Carly Agassiz scholarship at
Radcliffe College has an endowment of $6000,
given by a number of friends of Mrs. Agasaiz,
who have chosen this fitting method of per
petuating her name.
London is to have another Oriental visitor,
the Nizam of Hyderabad. He rules 15.000,000
subjects and 100,000 square miles of territory.
His highness, Asaf Jah, is a man of small
stature, very reserved, but most hospitable to
all Europeans wno visit Hyderabad.
Dean Farrar of Canterbury thinks it|"per
fectly erroneous to talk of the failure of mis
sions, when they started with 120 despised
Galileeans, and when now there are 120,000,
--000 Protestants, and they have in their power
almost all the resources of the world."
One of the most enthusiastic women horti
culturists is Miss Alice Rothschild, whose col
lection of roses alone is said to be worth
.$50,000. The Archduke of Austria owns flow
ers to the value of $200,000, and Sir Trevor
Lawrence's collection at Dorking is worth
$250,000. _____
Thomas Hughes of "Tom Brown" fame writes
in the Spectator over the signature "Vacuus
Viator." He says he chose this pseudonym on
hearing a youthful relativeof his, who came
across the words in his Latin Reader, translate
them by "wandering cow." In after years this
Ingenious boy became an M.A. oi Oxford.
Frank R. Stockton is one of the most moaest
men in the realm of literature. He is a short,
slender man, with brilliant eyes and an engag
ing smile. He has learned recently that the
canal-boat that inspired the "Rudder Grange"
stories is still in existence and occupies its for
mer moorings in the Harlem.
One of the most able Republicans in the
State of Maryland is Charles J. Bonaparte, pos
sibly the next Senator from the Terrapin State.
He is president of the Civil Service Reform As
sociation and is known all over the country as
one of the ablest and most faithful advocates
of the merit system for a series of years past.
Mr. Bonaparte is a grand-nephew of Napoleon,
and has v Napoleonic head and distinguished
appearance. ■
Walter Besant has this to say abont how he
reads newspapers: "1 am, myself, a person
of very limited tastes. Political speeches I sel
dom read; nor debates in any of the many par
liaments. In their st«ad I read the leading
articles upon them. Sporting news, financial
news, the column from the London Gazette,
ecclesiastical news, meetings of companies,
stock and share lists— these I pass over. I
also pass over all the advertisements. So that,
really, my daily paper does me very little
harm, as I read no more than a sixth part
01 it." _____________
THE RUINED CASTLE.
Xo sentry on the crumbling wall,
No warden at the rusted gate ;
The vines o'er empty courtyards fa
While sllnnt is the banquet ball,
And the tall tower is desolate.
At peace upon the roountaiu brow
The gray stove pile rests silently —
Xo raiders storm the castle now,
There Is no twang of archer"s bow,
Time is the only enemy.
Flavel Scott Minks in Harper's Weekly.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
No Premium— o. S., City. No premium is
offered for a $10 piece of 1842.
Five-Dollar Piecks— W. H. 8., City. There
is no premium offered on fj*s pieces coined
after the year 1834.
Yon Moltke— E. R. W., City. Field Marshal
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Freiherr yon Moltke
was born in Parchim, Mecklenburg, October
'2(j, 1800, and died in Berlin, April 24, 1891.
The Black Crook— P., City. The original
Black Crook was first produced in the city of
New York in the year 1867. It was in the fall
of that year and was brought out at Niblo's
Garden Theater.
Curly Hair— G. P., City. If the child of
white parents who have straight hair, has curly
hair, it will have to remain so, for there is no
known method that will make it straight like
that of the parents. You may by use of
pomades flatten and hold it down, but you
cannot take the curl out of it.
Cleaning— Studer-.t, Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Cal. The question asked is one that
cannot be answered without a knowledge of
the character of goods. What might do to
clean one class of goods might be injurious to
another. Correspondents desiring information
should be precise in their statements.
Prunes— S., Alameda. This department has
not the space to devote to the prune industry
in the State of California, how to grow the
fruit and prepare it for market. A very in
structive article on this subject can be found
in the annual report of the State Board of
Horticulture of this State for 1891, pages 95 to
121, inclusive.
Citizenship— A Newcomer, City. To become
a citizen of the United States the alien must
declare under oath that he will support the
constitution of the United States and of the
State of which he desire" to become a citizen.
If you will apply at the Free Library yon will
be* shown a copy of the constitution of the
United States, and if you desire to read the
constitution of this State you can find it there
also.
Military Cadet— A. S., San Jose, Cal. A
young man "with no recommendation but his
brains" has the same opportunity to obtain an
appointment to the Military Academy at West
Point as any one else. He will htve "to file his
application with either the Secretary of War
or the Congressman of the district in AVhich he
lives and then wait until he is notified to ap
pear in a competitive examination.
Bixe Stockings— L. P. F., City. The term
"blue stocking," as applied to literary women
has been traced to Vienna. In 1400 there ex
isted in that city a society of literary women
who, as- was the custom of the times, wore an
outward sign to distinguish them from other
societies of the same clans. The color of their
stockings was blue, and as the members were
the most intellectual in the land, "blue stock
ing" was applied to women of extraordinary
literary talent. *
Drummer- Boys-O. S. 8., City. Drummer
boys are no longer enlisted in the United
S ! a x.? s «™y- Applications for such positions
at West Point must have the approval of the
parents of the applicants, and these applicants
have to undergo a severe examination as to
mental and physical capacity. The term of en
m * If you want a sure relief for *»ains in the back, side, chest, or . 3
7_ limbs, use an ■ Z
[ Allrnrtr'Q Porous !
S xTLIIVv/Wt% & Plaster \
2'» 4 . /Bear in Mind— Not one of the host of counterfeits and imita- \
F- tions is as good as the genuine. *Q
listment is fot three year-; and the pay i«i?l3 a
month the first two years and $14 the last
year of the enlistment. ."
Lotta— W., City. Lotta Crarbt'ree the
actress, best Known as "Little Lotta, •"was born
at 750 Broadway, New York City, November 7,
1847. She first appeared on the stage at La
Porte, Sierra County, in this State, when but .
6 years of age, singing a song at a concert.
Night— N., City. Ihe quotation, "Night has
a thousand eyes," is from a poem entitled
"Light," written by Trancis W. Bourdillion,
occurs in the following:. • „
The night hi.s a thouiand eyes,
A rul day has bnt one : . • •
Ye: tbe light of the bright world dies
Witb the dying sun.
The nitnd has a thousand eyes,
And ih" heart ha* but one:
Yet the life of the whole life dies
When the tlay is done.
Annie I.AVKIE— C, City. There are two
stories about the authorship of the song
"Annie Laurie." One is that Annie was the
daughter of James Laurie of Thraglestown,
near Dumtries. In 1844, when she was 17
years old, a farmhand fell in love with her;
her father sent him away; he went to his
home near Maxwelltown and died, but while
on his sick bed he was waited on by Annie
Laurie and before he* passed away he wrote the
song that afterward became famou?. Thatis
the story that i* not true. The true one is that
the song was written in 1705, or about that
time, by William Douglass of Fingland, about
Annie, the daughter of Sir Robert Lanrie of
Maxwellton, whom he wooed in vain. sne
married James Kurgeson of Graigdarrock in
1700. The Maxwellton named in the song is
not the one opposite Dumfries, but an estate
formerly owned by the Maxwell family and
purchased in 1680 by Sir Robert Laurie.
Roberts Printing Co., 220 Sutter st. Calen
dars, 189ti. *
Then and Now.— Wallace- bo you believe
that the decline of duelling ifl due to the fact
that men are not so brave nowadays?
Hargreaves— Naw. It is mostly due to the
fact that men have stopped drinking so hard.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Special information daily to manufacturer?,
business houses and public men by the Presi
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Montgomery.
There is now living in Hartland, Maine, at
the ripe age of 75 years, one of Maine's
notable widows. This is Mrs. Kllen Phillips
relict of George, a brother of Wendell Phillips,
Her husband was a graduate from Harvard
College, a member of the famous class of 1828,
among his classmate being Oliver Wendell
Holmes and James Freeman Clarke.
Barry's "Star" 5 Cents.
Beginning with the new year The Star will
be 5 cents per copy. Liveliest weekly journal
on the coast. The people's greatest champion.*
Dr. Smolka, formerly president of the Lower
House of the Austrian Legislature, recently
celebrated an unusual anniversary — the
"golden jubilee" of his sentence to death.
The doctor was found guilty of membership
in a treasonable society, and was first im
prisoned for four years, and then, in 1845, was
sentenced to death. The general amnesty
came, however, before the sentence was exe
cuted, and the only thing the doctor suffered
was the loss of his title, which prevented him
from practicing law.
IiHBrKATiKM is a painful and weakening disease
due to impure blood. Keep the blood pure by
taking Hood's Sarsapariila an<l you will prevent
and avoid tiie pains of rheumatism.
CHICAGO LIMITED.
VIA SANTA FE ROUTE.
A new train throughout, begins October 29.
Puilman's finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclinln?
clmir cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chi
cago, via Kansas City, without change. Anaet
cars on sharp connection for Denver and St.
Louis. Twenty-seven hours quicker than th«
quickest competing train. The Santa Fe has beed_
put in fine physical condition and is now the Oast
transcontinental railway.
??o Christmas and New Tear's table should be
without a bottle of L>r. Sif'gprt's Angostura Bitters,
the worid renowned appetizer of exquisite flavor.
Beware of counterfeits.
"Brown's Bronchial Troches" are a simple
and convenient remedy for Bronchial Affectio- %
and Coughs. Carry them in your pocket. Sold
only in boxes.
Loss of hair which often mars the prettiest face,
prevented by Parker's Hair Balsam.
Parker's (;isgeb Tonic alleviates suffering.
NEW TO-DAY.
REAUSTATE
FOR SAtE BY
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS
And Publishers "Real Estat* Circular.".
4 Montgomery Street,
IN 103 TRIST BHLDUG, CORSEK MARKET.
INVESTMENTS.
Third St.; rents $385; $70,000; solid building;
in stores and rooms.
Sutler street; N. side, between Mason and Tay-
lor; 22.6x80 to rear alley, and fine 3-story dwell- v
ing, 15 rooms, in good order; rents $100; under '
lease; $17,000. ,-
Make offer: Ellis-st. corner; rents $274 50;
$00,000; 90x125; covered with 6 2-story dwell- .
ings and 9 flats: both streets In good order. j
Powell, near California; 45x107, and two good. ;
2-story buildings; rents for $155; fine view; $17,- !
500. !
Rents $100; $12,500; store property; Howard [
St., uear Tenth.
Fine Investment on Geary st.: 50 feet front; :
brick building; 3V 2 blocks from Market st.; $51,-!
600; make offer. - ■ •.
Sacramento st.; rents $100: $10,000: bet. Kearny j
and Dupont: rented •> Chinese firm who have j
been there nearly twenty years; lot 25x137:6 and I
good 2-siory o»d basement brick.
Xinth St.. near Mission: good business block; 2 j
flats and lot 25x70; store should be put there;
$13,000.
Two corner 50-varas on Jones St.; very cheap;
view unsurpassed.
Reduced to $4100— Sixth St.. between Bryant
andßrannan; 25x85; rents s2s; ground rent un» ,
der lease.
HOUSES AND £OTS— TO 811,000.
House and lot; Franklin St., near Washington:
SI 1.000. <-v.
Broadway, north side; 35 feet front and resi-
dence; fine unobstructed view of bay; $11,000.
Post st., bet. Polk and VauXess; 27:6x120; to
rear strtet and very good 2-story residence; $10,-
-000.
Bush St., near Flllmore; 27:4x137:6, and 2-story ,
and basement bouse 9 rooms; 2 baths; In fin«
ordor: only $5500.
Liberty St.. X. side: 25x114, and comfortable
2-story; best residence portion of the Misslou;
$4000.
Pine St., nearStocktou: 34:6x77:6, and 2-story of
12 rooms, in good order; $800 just spent on it;
rents $35; $6000.
Ashbury st., near Waller: in the best bock; fine -
new flats. which cost ?4500, and lot 27:3x106;
street in order; $6800; $1500 cash, balance at 6y 2
per cent.
Grove st., X. side, bet. Franklin and Cough; 27:6 x
68:9, and 2-story In two tenements; $5250.
$4200— Folsom St., bet. 21st and 22<i: 32x122 ;6,
and comfortable house in good order; 8 rooms; ■
street accepted. ■ .*
Valencia at., south of 20th: S. 24x90 and goo;l
2-story; rents for $28 -.owner pays water, $195;
$6000. .
CHEAP CORNER AND INSIDE liOTS.
Reduced to $9000; make offer; X\V. cor. Paclflc
aye. and Broderick s:.; 35x127:8; » very sightly
lot. with view of bay and one block from the cars.
Devisadero St., W. side; fine view of the bay: 34
xlOO: bet. Green and Union; will be sold cheap.
B\V. cor. Broadway and Steiner — 27:6x110,
$4500: or 55x110, $7500; good view; streets in
order. • ' -
XE. cor. Vallejo and Steiner— Fine marine view:
37:6x137:6, $4250; or larger size.
Broadway, near Fill more— 2sxl27:B. $3125; or
any size: good vi*>w.
Reduced to $4100— Grove and Lyon corner, 37 ;6
xlOO; for business or residence.
Devisadero, near Washington— 2sxllo; reduced
to $3750; street paved; electric cars pass; fine lot
and neighborhood.
Cheap— Waller st.. X. side, a few feet fjom Mar-
ket St.; lots 25x137:6; only $4500 each.