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MONDAY ICLY 23. 1897
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THE SUMMER .MONTHS.
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M> EXTKA CHARGE, fifty cents per month :
lor summer co_::.' j
Protection days have come.
No more free trade in ours,
Mints and mills are opening together.
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There have been no dull days this sum
mer.
The calamity howler bas beea knocked
speechless.
There is enough prosperity already at
hand for everybody to feel it.
If we can get the President to come and
recreate a month with us we will be all
right.
_,
We point with pride to the promptness
with which the Republican party keeps
its pledge.-.
Don't hurry too fast to the Yukon.
There will be lots of territory left to pros
pect next spring.
We have wiped the worst part of CJeve
landism off the statute-books and every
body feels better.
Even the free-traders will find business j
so lively very soon that tbey wont be I
able to fir.d time to stand around and j
swear at lie tariff.
At the next session Congress will tackle
the money question and get that out of
the way in order to make room for a new
issue in the Congressional elections of '98.
A New York man prophesies that within
ten years the sold output of the United
States will exceed $250,000,000 annually,
and iet us hope his estimates were not
based on booze.
The war against rapid-riding bikers in
the East has now reacned the point where
even such a serene-minded journal as tbe
Inter Ocean deems itself justified in calling
the scorcher "a wretched miscreant."
The report that Corbett has displayed
good batting powers in some recent base
ball exhibitions in the East will confirm
the belief of the public tbat it would have
been a good thing lor him to have had a
bat handy during the performance at Car
sou.
According to the St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat, only 622 miles of railway have been
constructed in t:.e United States during
the past six months, and if that is so there
must have been a great deal of repair work
done, for the rolling-mills have had big
orders for rails.
It is to be hoped the proposal to hold a
conference of European nations for the
purpose of devising a means of retaliation
upon the United States for the new tariff
bill will be carried out. Such a confer
ence would afford more amusement than
the concert in Thessalv.
A Michigan manufacturer went to Lon
don and sold twelve carloads of wash
boards at 6 cent? apiece and made a profit
by the trip. This snows what modern
commerce is doing. Afew years ago 6
cents woolen *._._t_ pa. i tbe freight on a
washboard from Grand Rapids to London.
Eastern people have been counting up
the number of deaths from drowning re
sulting from boating parties on the lakes
and rivers to escape the heat of the cities,
and on comparing them with the number
of fatal sunstrokes have concluded that it
is safer for the average man to stand the
heat than to take deep water.
A movement has been started in Penn
sylvania to induce Judges to refuse to
naturalize any foreigner wbo cannot read
and write the English language, and as
the State has placed a tax on the employ
mentof unnaturalized foreigners, it seems
the next step in ihe programms will be
a direct demand that tie alien must go.
Congressman Lorrimer of Illinois will
at the next session endeavor to get an ap
propriation of $500,00. for the erection at
Washington of .*. monument to Lincoln.
The bill will provide for the payment of
125,000 for a suitable design, and if the
measure passes the artists and architects
of the country will have a chance at some
thing like a bonanz *.
Among the things we must attend to
early is tbe preparation for a di.play of
California prcdttc. at the Omaha Exposi
tion. It is to be an international show in
its general aspects, bat its particular
feature will be an exhibition of what the
Greater West Las accomplishel in the
way of industry, and what inducements it
offers to capital and to industry. Califor
nia most surely have a prominent place
in such an exhibition as that.
Mrs. Lease has raised her head above
tbe rising tide of prosperity in Kansas
long enough to declare her plattortn. "If
Mr. Bryan,'' she says, "is going to make
tbe silver question the dominant issue in
tbe next campaign, here is one woman
gainst him. Socialism is the haps of
the country, and the next campaign will
be made for the industrial emancipation
of tne reaple." This relieves any doubt
about the position of Mrs. Lease, but it
puts Kansas in the doubtful column, and
the tituation is as uneasy as belore.
THE UPWARD MOVEMENT.
The late*t reports from the East say
that excepting the great coal miners' strike,
which may terminate at any m., there
is scarcely any feature of tbe business out
look which is not encouraging, the season
considered. Wheat is much higher than
a few weeks ago and is now selling at a
figure that makes its cultivation profit
able. In many home industries, particu
larly in home buildinc*. there is more
activity than since 1592, and there is a
marked increase in the demand for several
li_.es of goods, notably wool and woolens,
hides and leather and boots and shoes.
The genera* movement in trade, too. is
much better than it has been. According
to Dun's Review in spile of ite large
purchases for export the aciual exports of
products from New York for two weeks
have been 15 per cent le-s than last year.
But the official report shows exports in
June of trie principal products amounting
io $35,153,459. against $36,985,511 last year,
and for the fi-cal year J 644 .01.213, again;*
$547,981,412 the year before, a gain of 17 6
per cent, breadstuffs Increasing $53,000,003
ana cotton $40,000,000. There are still
r.eavy imports, at New York 47 per cent
more than last year for two weeks cf July,
■_*_: and wool, tobacco and hides being
prominent, with a rather unusual quantity
of cotton.
The New York stock market has steadily
advanced, with considerable buying en
foreign account. Money is flowing into
that city from the interior, and there is a
better demand for commercial Joans,
chiefly on dry goods and manufacturing
account. . From the same authority as just
quoted we learn that failures in the first
eieht days in July were only 11,557,401,
•gainst (1.417,966 in nine days last year,
with manufacturing J735.556, against $2 -
176.333 last year, and trading 5514,515,
against $1,959,654 last year.
On this coast the features of the week
were the sharp advance in wheat and the
Alaskan go.d excitement. The latter
promises a marked increase in the world's
gold supply, if present prospects are real
ized. The former infused fresh confidence
into trade in general and into wheat
growing in particular, besides advancing
the price of all kinds of cereals, breadstuff *
and feedstuffs. A slowly hardening mar
ket lor dried fruits, with brisk inquiries
from the East for our prunes and raisins.
imparted renewed life and firmness to the
fruit trade. As for the other staples, they
were ill in good condition. Wool was as
firm as ever, bides and leather continued
in active movement at the improved
prices, provisions showed no signs of
weakness, and hay, already higher than
lor a number of years at tnis season, ad
vanced still another notch.
The spirit of improvement is in the air.
All lines of trade are feeling its stmulus,
though some more than others. Thus far
t..e summer has exceeded the most san
guine expectations. The usual midsum
mer dullness has not appeared, which is a
decided nove.ty. If the improvement
keeps on the forthcoming fail trade will
be one of the most active in the history of
this per:.
SPAIN'S POLITICAL LEADERS.
The critical situation in Spain, due to
her bankrupt condition and disasters to
her arms in colonial wars, as weli as to
dissensions at home, which keep tne sup
porters of ihe royal house in dread uncer
tainty, make interesting a glimpse at the
chief actors in tbe exciting drama whose
closing act may see the downfall of the
present dynasty.
There are five parties in Spain, directed
by five great leaders, any one of whom
may find himself at the helm of state, ac
cording to Emilio Pardo Bszan. should
still darker perls than now beset it
gather about the tottering Government.
The present Premier, Don Antonio Cano
vas dei Castillo, is tbe head of the Conserv
atives. A man of great talents, even his
worst enemies acknowledge his ability asa I
statesman, who always extends his hand
to aid when his native land i. in danger,
lie yields to none in his loyalty to Spain,
and his mighty intellect maintains its ;
calm poise under all circumstances. Were
it not for tbe wise head and directing
hand of Canovas Spain might now be en
gaged in Conflict with tbe United States.
The leader of the Liberal party is Don
Prfcxe_.es Mateo Sagasta. He also has held
tbe high office of Premier, and though 7 0
years of age, still retains the fall vigor of
his intellectual faculties. Formerly a
revolutionist, he is to-day one of tbe sup
porters of the regency. He is a brilliant
orator, and enjoys great personal popu
larity.
Margail and Salmeron, the two leaders
of tbe Republican party, are opposites in
every respect. Margail heads tne Federal
ist branch; Salmeron the Unionist. Mar
gall is old, white-haired, of light complex
ion; he is called the man of ice. Salmeron
is young, black-baired, dark-skinned, and
is called the man of fire. Margail speaks
always with calmness, the other always
with vehemence.
The Marquis de Cerralbo is the leader of
the following of the Pretender Don Carlos
de Bourbon. The Carlists, as tne party is
called, has already cost Spain three civil
wars, cerralbo has given to this party,
which was formerly a purely military
organization, a structure adapted to
per. o Is of repose and peace.
It is said, however, that if the vicissi
tudes of fate should again bring Spain into
the same situation in which she found
herself twenty-five years ago, when the
republic was proclaimed, all friends of
order would instantly turn their eyes to
Emilio Casteiar, the grand man who once
controlled the destinies of Spain, and who,
in his retirement, is yet loved by all the
people of his country, who know and prize
h-s value as a statesman without fear and
without reproach. It is not improbable
tbat th* end of the century may see Cas
te. in the Presidential chair of a repub
lic built above the rums of the monarchy
of Spain.
EEPAVE MAEKET STEEET.
The suggestions contained in the report
of the Grand Jury committee on public
streets and squares with reference to the
paved streets in the center of the City
merits favorable consideration at the
hands of the Board of Supervisors.
Every citizen of San Francisco is inter
ested in lb. matter, and there is certainly
not oneof tbem who wants his City to be
abreast of the times in public improve
ments, and especially those forms of pub
lic improvement which relate to modern
facilities for comfort and convenience
along our great thoroughfares, who will
not approve of such aciion as the report
in question urges.
•An effort shou'd be made." says the
committee, "to remove, as far as possible,
tbe preseut uneven stone blocks and cob
bles witb which streets in the business
section are now paved and rep ace the
same with a bituminous rock pavement."
The committee expressly iavors the re
paying of Mark t street, between Mont
gomery and _. nth. To replace those un
sightly, foot- wearying. and pain-inflicting
cobbles alon™ Market with a smooth,
elastic bituminous pavement would ren
der the great street "a thins of beauty
and a joy forever."
It would demonstrate to visitors enter-
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY .26,.. 1897.
ing the City for the first time tbat San
Francisco, is up to date in the matter of
good streets to begin with, and our in
numerable other advantages would com
bine to insure the best kind of a general
impression. The Call directed attention
to this subject as far back as two years
ago. The sooner the Board of Supervisors
give this subject the consideration it de
mands the better it will be for the whole
City. The City needs the improvement,
the people want it, and it ought to be done
without unnecessary delay.
THE ALASKAN GOLDFIELDS.
The goldfields of Alaska and of British
Columbia along the Yukon are likely to
prove genuine bonanzas for hydraulic
miners. When the snows melt in the
spring there is an abundance of water
where in the gold districts, and as
the Talleys are useless for agricultural
purposes there will be no need of con-
ttraeting impounding dams to protect
them from the debris. It is jrobable,
therefore, that in the whole of the new
region on both sides the boundary line
there will be free play for the hydraulic
miner to work without interruption so
long as the weather will permit water to
run.
An opportunity for hydraulic mining on
a large scale will be a great advantage to
the new district. It will give men of
small capital a better chance than they
have in the quartz mines of South Africa
and Western Australia. If the "dirt" is
anything like as rich as appears from the
yield obtained from the Klottdyke placers
there will surely be large profits for those
who can wash it out in greater quantities
even if the season is a matter of weeks
rather than of months.
For that reason the new fields are likely
to be the scene of hydraulic raining on a
£ scale far surpassing anything undertaken
o far, even in Cal. fornia, and as that sys
tem of operating is much cheaper than
quartz mining, it is likely to attract thou
sands of men of capital to en-rage in it.
It would not be surprising if more
money were carried into Alaska and the
Canadian Yukon country next season
than has been brought out up to date.
The plscer miners will be followed by hy
draulic mining experiments, and these
will cost money. Machines of many kinds
will be needed in the new districts, and
every cne of them will entail an expendi
ture of gold. There is going to be a big
business at both ends of the line, and
money will be going both ways. That the
general results will be beneficial cannot
be qnrstioned. It is not improbable that
the territory now regarded as so barren of
all but gold may be found to yield other
things oi value to the world. The devel
opments of the future cannot be foreseen,
but Alaska has given us many surprises in
the past and may have others in store.
IUIUEx: LIGHTING SYSTEMS.
Puluj. the Viennese scientist, who was
one of the earliest experimenters on th.
cathode rays, is said to have discovered
a means of artificial illumination which
will Le superior and at the same time Jar
cheaper than any lighting system in g?n
eral use at the present time.
It is not long since acetylene gas was in
many quarters declir.d to be destined to
supersede all the well-known lighting
systems of the period. As a means of
illumination this gas proved brilliant ana
attractive; but it is rather too cosily, a_*d
besides it has seriously explosive Quali
ties. Insurance companies in the East
object to its introduction as a lighting
medium into buildings carrying their
risks.
So it seems tbat the gas generated with
dangerous ease from calcium carbide will
] hardly fill the "long-felt want.' In fact,
; when you once consider the Puluj lamp
you feel as if time would be wasted .a
paying further attention to the acetylene
gas idea.
This Pnluj lamp threatens to throw
into tl.e shade all our incandescent and
arc lamps and all other artificial lighting
systems and schemes. According to the
Sanitary Plumber this "light ot the future"
is practically a Crookes tube containing
phosphorescent material, which is made
to give out litrbt by allowing the caihode
rays to fall directly upon it. This is the
Pnluj lamp. The inventor claims that he
has .olved the problem whereby mechan
ical energy can be converted entirely into
light alone, under which condition a "Liv
er* oo: physicist says that "one man turn
ing the crank of a suitable machine could
generate enough light for a whole city."
In the present electric .ysiems only fiom
1 to 3 per cent of tbe energy is expended
in light, the rest of it passing off in
heat. Pnluj is now engaged in perfecting
for general use a system which will pro-
due* light without heat.
If this Austrian -dentist fulfills his
promises we shall perhaps have at the
smallest cost imaginable the best arti
ficial light conceivable.
COAST EXCHANGED
Tuolumne County, says tbe Independent, is
but in its infancy in Its gold discoveries.
Scarcely a week passes but a rich strike is
made.
According to tbe Expositor there Is a move
ment on foot in Fresuo to build an electric,
railroad out to the Sierras from the raisin
center.
The Los Angeles Ilera d says that shipments
of fruit and vegetables from Orange County
Will aggregate over 10,000,000 pounds for the
season.
It is a cruel and fearful remedy that the
Stockton Mail .suggests tor the tramp evil and
also an impracticable one. It says, -Give the
hobos work."
Tbe Arizona Citizen states that the Terri
tory's greatest need is a law to prevent the
Sole ot diseased meals. It says that many
spells ol sickness in small towns can be traced
to the sale of unfit food.
Although the school building facilities of
Seta, topol have long been overtaxed the Times
say. that recent earns to forward a bond
proposition to improve them proved a failure
through "lack oi lntereM."
Here is a suggestion irom the Gilroy Advo
cate: The chi dren of Saa Franti-co to be bene
fited by the iresh-air fund might be made ser
viceable in the orchards in the picking ol fruit.
They could get fiesh air, sunshine and pocket
change in such recreation.
The people of Southern California, says the
Los Angeles Ezorat. elected two Democrats to
Congress, and yet they have the good fortune
to secure all the protection they need on their
productions. This unmerited reward can be
repaid only by electing Republicans to the
next Congress.
The harvesting in ibis locality is over for the
season, says the Brentwood Enterprise The
yield of wheat is better than was anticipated.
Our warehouse here contains about 52,500
sacks of wheat, whicn is worth about $2 per
sack. A prominent grain merchant here says
this amount is about ooe-tiiih of the product
of his immediate locality. If this be so, we
can compute the yield of our "horseshoe
bend" as being about 20-, 500 sacks, valued at
$500,000. • ■
NEWS OF POLEIGN NAVIES.
in the French navy guns of large caliber are
taken out of the battle-snips and smaller guns
substituted. On the Bequiu the two 13.3
inch guns will give place to two 10.8 inch;
the Kurieux two 13 3 inch guns are to be re
placed with two 9 45 inch, and on the Admiral
_■■____:. the __._._.._■ barbette carrying one
14 ; 2 -iuch gun will be removed and a redoubt,
lightly armored and to bold four 6?i-inch
quick-firers, will be substituted.
The Spanish armored cruiser Cardinal
Jimenez de Cisneroa, lately launched at Fer
rol, is the fifth vessel of that type completed
since 1390. the it eight feet longer than the
Infanta Maria Teresa, beinip 347 feet on the
water-line and 7000 tons displacement. The
horsepower Is 15,000 and the speed 20 knots.
Her armor consists of a belt 12 inches thick.
tapering to 4 inches at tbe ends, and the main
armament Is composed of two 11-inch and the
s}£-tnch quick-firers of the Hou*.ano pattern.
Of the twenty-one British battle-ships In the
recent review at Splthead fourteen were built
since the Jubilee review in 1837. The seven
battie-ships built more than ten years ago
were the Alexandra, Devastation, Thunderer,
inflexible, Dreadnaught, Co v* and Col
lingwood. Sd rapid and great have been the
changes in ships, machinery, armor end guns
in this period that doubts are expressed by
experts it such ships as the Inflexible and the
Alexandra can now be included in the list oi
efficient battle-ships.
The French Minister of Marine is said to be
about to form an establishment of a military
corps of workmen in the arsenals. In time of
war the n_.ot.i..zat:on of these men would ta_e
away all tboe. employed in the actual build
ing of warships, and, in addition, ail those
working ia the inland naval establishments
wnose age renders them fit to be included in
the mobilization. As this would practically
result in the stoppage of work in the dock,
yards and other naval establishments itis
difficult to discern just where the advantage
comes ia to the Government.
The excessive vibrations of torpedo-boats,
large end small, when going at a high rate of
speed, have hitherto been a very serious In
convenience to the people on board aad also
injurious to the hull aud machinery. Laird
Brothers of Birkenhead, who have built quite
a number of destroyers, believe th«y have
overcome :he difficulty and are making the
boats habitable and longer-lived. In experi
ments carried on wltn theQuatl torpedo-boat
destroyer two balanced weights, aggregating
540 pounds, were fitted to the high-pressure
crankweb, and two weights of 645 pound col
lectively were attached to the low-pressure
crankweos. The engines were run at various
speeds, and at 230 revolutions the vibrations
were only one-half of what they were before
the might! were attached.
The longest period during which any mar.
of-war has been retained in service was tnat
of the Royal William, built at Chatham in
1670. and not broken up until 1330. She was
originally a 100-gun snip, but was cut down
to eighty-four guns. During her 130 years'
exlstenc* she was repaired inn umerab c times
and little, if any. of the original material
was ;n her when finally broken up. During
the time of woodon vessels the life of a.hip
of-war was counted as thirty years, while now,
with apparently indestructible material of
construction, the life of usefulness has beea
apparently reduced to about fifteen years.
As a matter of fact, so rapid have been the
improvements in sbips-of-war since ISSJ that
vessels launched five years aso are now so
nearly obsolete as no longer to figure as fl st
class in the essentials. The introduction of
water-tube boilers, electricity and the chances
of succe-sfuiiy applying the turbine motive
pawer to warships promises, together with
ulckel-steel and aluminum, to e3_ct still
greater changes in navies and make the ships
of to-day obsolete in probably less than half
a dozen years.
PERSONAL.
R. Gracey, president of a Merced bank, is in
town.
Rev. E. G. McLean ol Evaasville, lad., toga
the City.
E. D. Plato, a merchant of Modesto, is at the
Grand Hotel.
Dr. J. W. Hudson of Utiah Is stopping at the
Grand Hotel.
J. C. Cramer of Los Angeles is registered at
the Cosmopolitan.
A. Weis&aum, a merchant of Santa Cruz, ls
at the Lick House.
William Meguire, a mining man of Dutch
Flat, i« at the Grand.
C. G. Hart and wife, of Adrian, Mich., are
guests at the Baldwin.
C. Seidmsn, a business man of Paso Robles,
is stopping at the Lick.
Baron Tuckmaa of Berlin registered at the
Palace Ho:.: yesterday.
w. H. McKenzle, a Fresno banker, is regis
tered at the Lick Hou.e.
Edward Swiiiford, a Colusa merchant, ar-
rived In town yesterday.
M. Diggs, a bu'iaess man of Woodland, is a
guest at the Grand Hotel.
E. B. Pxley, a hote -keep.r of Santa Cruz, is
a guest at the California.
W. F. Geirge, a lawyer of Sacramento, is a
guest at '.tie Grand HoteL
C. H. Livingston and wife, of Stockton, are
staying at ihe Cosmopolitan.
O. McHenry, president of the Modesto Bank,
is a guest at the Lick House.
T. G. Hart, a merchant of Fresno, is in the
City, a guest at ih. Lick House.
Fred Duhrtng, a lawyer of Sonoma, regis-
tered at the Occidental yesterday.
W. S. Rted and wife, tourists from Holland,
Tex., are stopping a*, the Baldwin Hotel.
Judge J. M. Mannon of Ckiah came to the
City yesterday and is stopping at the Lick
House.
E. E. Vincent, a merchant of Madera, ar
rived in the Cliy yesterday and put up at the
Link House.
Fulton G. Berry and wife, of Fresno, arrived
in the City vesierday and reglsteied at the
Grand Hotel.
Ex-Governor R. K. Coicord of Nevada ar
rived in the City yesterday and registered at
the Grand Hotel.
Henry S. Herman, a manufacturer of New
York, arrived iv the Ciiy yesterday and is
stopping at the Occidental HoteL
Judge J. A. Barbara, number of Congress
from the First District, leu tbe city yesterday
morning for his home in santa Kosa.
Major C. I. laukeo of Honolulu arrived from
the East on i_e Central overland last night
and registered at the dental Hotel.
M. P. Morgan, C. A. Johnson and T. V.
Go*.dloe, of b.-attie, arrived iv town yesterday.
T.iey are heavily interested in mines ol Cala
veras County.
W. B. Moore and W. G. Moore, of Kansas
City, arrived in the City yesterday ana regis
. tered at the Calif, r..ia '-Hotel. They are eu
route to the Yukon goid mines.
i General John T. Cutting of New York, who
was formerly a wel -known business man of
this City and a member of Congress from the
Fourth District, arrived in town yesterday and
registered at the California Hole. General
Cutting came through direct from the Atlantic
seaboard and all the way on t.*e trip heard talk
of the Yukon goll field . He says 10..00 peo
ple wou.d 1 aye Ntw York at once ior tne
Klondyke if the transportation companies
could give assurance tnat supplies tut the
winter lou.d be outaiued at Dawson City.
General Cutting wiil remain here only a few
days.
WITH YOUR «_OFFEE.
"The play doesn't seem to draw."
"No, it drags.' —Detroit Journal.
In the matter of weather the unpfedicted
always happens.— Chicago Tribune.
There is an art in putting things. "He never
turned the hungry from the door," sounds
very well, but It's different when you say, "He
fed every tramp that came along."—Phila
delphia Ledger.
Sheers— What a lot of quotations "Hamlet"
lurnishes.
Perm— Yes, I have even known a production
ot it to affect the market quotations.—Typo
graphical Journal.
Tailor— Did that man buy one of our "un
called-for" suits T'
Clerk— No; we're out of them.
Tailor— Well, have some more made up at
once. D.n't let the stock run down again this
way.— Chicago Record.
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Hicks— They tell me you got terribly angry
with Mr. Bass the other evening and drove
bim from (he house. '-. ■ * -*
Wicks— l vasn't angry at all. I he -rd he was
i one of my wife's old flame. , and so I merely
| put him Boston Transciipu
AN ELECTRICAL GENIUS.
William Marconi, a young Italian electri
cian, claims to have discovered a practical
way ot telegraphing without the use of wires.
A company of English capitalists ha. been or
ganized to exploit the discovery, and it i- said
that Marconi has been offered $5,000,000 for
the right to manufacture and sell the ma
chines. Marconi is 22 years old and a native
Bolognese. He was a pupil of Professor Righi
and was engaged in making many experi
ments in electricity. When he announced
tbat he had solved the problem which Edison
and other great masters of electricity have
j been attacking for years small attention was
j paid to him. An Eaa.i'h capitalist whowas
I traveling tnrough lta*y heard of the young
I nan huh bit inveuiion and investigated. 'I h*s
j result whs th it Marconi went to London,
where the Invention was t:iorou?h'y teftecL
j It was found thai telegraph messages could be
; sent a distance of ten roPes through inter
, venine brick walls. An exhibition was made
I before a number o! expert electricians and
other men of science, and the young Italian's
j invention was found to be perfectly success
i fnl. It is the intention of Marconi and his
: associates to patent ;he machines in al; ihe
! countries of the world, and the newly formed
j company will proceed at once with tbe manu
i facture "of tte instruments. This discovery
will open up a dist'uct ana important indus-
I try, and i- very likely to lead to lresh discov
eries in the crt of telephony and telegraphy.
MEN AND WOMEN.
Miss Emma Egel has been elected president
of the Common Council of Lincoln, N. J., by a
unanimous vote.
Mrs. Anna C. Bowser of Louisville. Ky., was
awarded the $100 prize for the best ode at the
Nashville Centennial.
Governor Atkinson of West Virginia is very
domestic in his taste, and when through with
the cares of office amuses himself playing the
violin.
Bishop Creighton of London wore mitre acd
cope at a rec-nt confirmation in London, be
ing the flrst Bishop of London to do _o in 350
years.
Cecil Rhodes has bought Sauerdale. near
Buluwayo, South Africa. It consists of ten
farms, which he intends to cultivate. He will
build the largest dam In South Africa.
Theodore Richard Bland, son of the famous
Congressman of that name, has jus: graduated
with high honors and several prizes from the
College of tne Christian Brothers ia St. Louis.
Governor Busb nell of Ohio spent no money
for securing his nomination at the recent Re
publican State Convention, but paid ?30 for
hotel bills, ¥5 for decorating room, $3 for
cigars and $1 50 for carriage hire.
The President of the French Republic has
been com p-Ued to omit this year the custom
ary audience and invitation to luncheon to
the owner of the horss winning the grand
steeplechase at Anteuil, tor the owner is Mile.
Marsy, the actress.
At the funeral of Miss L'zzie Wagoner, 20
years of age, daughter of wealthy parents of
Cynthiann, Ky., held there a few days ago, six
young schoolmates acted as pall-bearer- 1 . The
young women walked at the side of tee hearse
from the church to the cemetery, a distance of
three miles.
* Ex-Seer. tary J. Sterling Morton has bought
one of tbe f .mous old overland stages that be
gan to run West from Kearney, Nebr.. in 1862,
and will keep it nt his country home, near
Nebraska City, for the transportation of his
visitors. It is wha; was knows as Concord
ten- passe nger coach, and has an Interesting
history.
Two INkY WAYS.
There was a man «ho advertised
iv. once— a single lime.
In spot obscure piacea he his ad
And paid for it a dime.
And 'mi because It didn't bring
Him cu-tomers by -core,
"All advertising is » tine."
He said, or, r_.ther, swore.
Be seemed to thi k one hammer tap
*_. ovid drive a nail c ear In ;
That iron* a bi*. of tiny thread
A weaver tents cou d spin.
If he his reasoning bright applied
lo eaJng, doub .*■ is fa-
Would claim one lit*, c bite would feed
Ten men a century.
Some day. though, be will learn tbat to
Make advr'tisi g pay
HeM have io . .._ _~_ to bis ad
And advertise each day.
t. li. Tow>sf_sd in New York Sun.
THE ENGLISH ARMY.
New York Times.
There is a good deal of food for reflection in
the returns of the English army lor last year.
It shows that the average effective strength
of the regular forces during the year was 220,
--742, the proportions ln the various branches
being: Household cavalry, 1300; line cavalry,
18.2_-4; horse artillery, 3785; field artillery.
14.4.1; mountain artillery, 140s; garrison
artillery, 17.663; engineers. 7533; looiguard*.
5850; line miautry, 137,022; Colonial corj s,
5218; army service corp-, 3517; army ord
nance corps. 1210; me*_ical staff corps. 2632;
and army pay corps, 569. The average strengm
was larger than m au. year since 1877 ; and
the aciunl strengih on the first- ay of the
present year, according to the latest leturn-,
whs 220,869. or 1325 less r*'.*iu on January 1,
1896. Ot the 220.--69, 100,641 were r.t auine,
471 i in Egypt, 522 in the colonies, and
76.995 in I dia, ex-.u.-ve ol in- unlive army.
The r-cruita « n-> joined in 1396 numbered
28,532, of whom 1638 were lor *ong service,
me total being i-s_ than in any year since
1888, and greatly less thau in 1892, when
41,6.9 joineQ. The loss by am dur
ing he .year was 1769, 11.396 men were
discharged, 3357 were .-truck oil' as deserter.,
13.941 were transferred to tbe reserve, and
684 ,o the militia, yeomanry and volunteer-;
60 were given up as deserters and 10,761
-.ere lost by various other *auses. The en
rolled Strang! of the first-cltss ».rmy reserve
last year was 78,100. and tne second c.h»- had
diminished to »2. and there were 117,773
militia enrolled, 10,184 yeomanry cava. a. a
236,059 voluu.eers. Tne io «1 of the nome
auxiliary forces was tnns 442,198, or 46,363
less than the 488,561 of tne esia.uiii.i__i.nL.
Although a large pioporiion of this enormous
army is in England, me greatness of the force,
nevertheless, is the result of the vast and scat
tered territory to be guarded. People who have
wild annexation schemes in their heads will
do well to consider what al* this costs.
A BILLION-DOLLAR COUNTRY.
Significance of Our Extraordinary
Foreign Trade.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
In Manchester, England, many years ago,
there used to be a saying t "Whei America
takes to wearing ter old stockings she puts
the world under tribute."
The truth of this is demonstrated by the re
markable report of our foreign trade just is
sued by the .bureau of Statistics for the fiscal
year ending June 30. No man can loot ever
the items without becoming convinced that
the Unlteu States is destined to control the
manufacturing markets of the world, as they
now control the markets lor agricultural
products. It is also proof that we possess re
cuperative power little inferior to iat which
has enabled the French people to live in pros
perity nnder the crushing weight of the heav
iest national debt in 'he world, and we are
destined gome time to surpass that fam. us
nation. The sum of our exports not only ex
ceeds that of any previous year, even that of
1892. when they passed the biliion-dollar
mark, but also with the extraordinary stimu
lus to imports during the past few mouths we
nave » net balance in our favor of nearly
$300,000,000.
The *-xce-« i* $185,000,000 over lest year,
and is $23,000,000 ahead ot the phenomenal
esr 01 1378. when the accumulations of
capital wete made for the extraordinary busi
ness revival mat lowed throughout !he
next decade. It is the more remarkable be
cause our imports for 1878 amounted only to
$.37,051,532, a difference over last year of
$327,322 373.
The tremendous progress made during the
ia«t fi tv years can be faintly r*alized|wben
we raeaU 'ha' I" 1847 our exports amounted
only to $156,741,598. while our imports were
WILLIAM MARCONI.
but «122,424,349. Our sales abroad have been
increased six-.old, while our purchases have
been multiplied by five.
An ii struct ive item of the increased exports
over previous years is found in manufacture/.
Iv 1673 the percentage of manufactures in
our total exports wa« onlj 17.79; in 189t> it
was 26.48 end in 1897 it will be about the
same, in 1373 the gross amount of manufac
tured exports was only $123,807,196. wn:e
for the eleven months ending with May they
were -5250,430,370, and for iii**- full year will
probably be about ? 275.000,000.
Otir agricultural products, which n^de
77. 07 Der cent of our total exports in 1573, fell
to 66.01 in 1993, and will probably not v*rv
much from the ast figure for 1397. In 1373
the total va'ue of these staples sold -.broad
w-s $336,192. 873; In 1892 it was »799 323,
--232, and for the eleven months ending with
last May it tree 1*644,891.155. For the entire
fiscal year the aggregate will be about $* 00.
--000,000, being surpassed only by the phenome
nal years of 1831 and 1892.
The report is the i est possible evidence that
we are to have a repetition of the business ac
tivity that has followed every previous rear of
he.vy exports. Tiiat was the case in 1879, in
1880, in 1831, in 1832. in 1891, and in 1393.
In no other year did we ever sell so muc-n as
this year, and so much more than we bought.
The prospect is for good crops, while in Eu
rope crops are bad, and we sball probably con
tinue our record-breaking unless tae protec
tive tariff policy of the Government closes too
many of our foreign merkets to us. This,
however, wili hardly hapten to us before we
have experienced the business revival we so
much need and which is surely coming.
HATCHING EGGS IN ARIZONA.
Arizona Prospector.
A successful shell game of a new brand was j
worked on egg consumers iv PfcOßalx yester- >
day by a farmer who lives in the valley. This !
time the farmer attempted to victimize bis i
city cousins, and all but succeeded. A case of j
eggs was rece.ved by a merchant, and when j
opened it was found that one of the e?gs h*d ;
hatched, and fifteen minutes later, when the '
eegs ere exposed to the air, ad* zen chickens
were peeping. The egg- in the first two layers i
all contained chickens. Tae merchant re- .
ported tbat as soon as the eg.s were exposed to
the air the chickens were batched. The tem
perature ln which the crate of eggs had evi
dently been since the shipment will not be
changed and ail the eggs will be given a cnance !
to hatch. The egg« whicn are Hatching must j
have been in a temperature ot over ninety de
grees lor tbe past three **eei_«.
A FISH WITH A 16 TO 1 MOUTH.
Baltimore .no.
A wonderful fish story comes from Port '
Tampa, Fla. It is about a 12-:oot shark which ;
was caught in the shallow water sear tbe
beach, a short distance from Port Tampa. !
H s sharkship appeared to be sick and was ao
easy victim. Tne parties who captured the i
prize noticed that his sumach was consider- I
ably distended, while the lower portion of his '
body and tail was quite thin. These facts i
excited the curiosity of tht fishermen, and ;
tney deeded to dissect it. L'pon opening his :
stomach » -mail po.-x barrel with one nead .
knocked out was iound. The mouth of the!
t-ar.ei was tomtti.g upward to the fish's!
throat anil was literally filled with dead fish, !
but they could not be digested, hence the i
ark was .iiera lv starving to death, yet he
nad a barrel of fish in his stomach.
CUPIJ IN INDIANA.
Chicsgo Times- Herald.
Some of these H. osier swains are speedy.
An Indiana man recently secured a divorce
one day and married a sec na wife the next.
One day later he was sued for (-5000 damages
for breach of promise to marry, his first wife
being the aim tf. She s.hges that on the
afternoon of theday on which the divorce was
granted her recusant spouse wooed her again
and won ber. Cupid ought to carry a cyclo
meter in Indiana.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
The Dcerant Case— J. S , City. The appeal
in the case of Durrant stays the execution, and
if his appeal is denied ne will have to be sen
tenced again.
Mim.vg Laws of Klondyke— A. S., City. In
The Call of Sunday, July 25. you will find the
laws that govern miners in the Klondyke dis
trict, given in mil.
The Marios— E. A. W.. city. The United
States steamship Marion is under orders to re
turn from her present station, but she will not
leave until the Oregon arrives in the port
where she is at present.
Import Dity— T. W. D.. City. There is no
import duty on goods sent from the United
States to Alaska. This department is not
aware that any one company or concern nas a
right or charter to control business in Alaska
and prevent others from importing goods or
trading there.
CribbaGE— G F. S., City, and W. G., Sacra
mento, if in a gime of cribbage A plays 3, B
a queen, A a 2, B a 4, A a3, B a 5 and A an
other 2. A i-, on playing the 3, entitled to a
run of three; B on 'playing the s spot is enti
tled to a ran of four and A, playing a second
2, c«nno! c aim a run cf five, but is entitled to
a ru i of four.
It A plays a 6, B a 10, C a 5. D and A not be
ing able to play, una B plays a 4 he cannot
claim a run of three, for the reason that tbe
10 is an intervening card and breaks the se
quence.
Homestead— N. N.. Cloverdale, Cal. A home
stead is stitj.ct to execution or forced sale in
j satisfaction of judgment before the declara
tion of homestead was filed for record, and
i which constitutes a ilea on the premises; on
! debts secured br mechanics, contractors, ȟb
| contractors, artisans, architects, builders, la
! borers of every class, material-men's or ven
j dor's lien on the premises; on deeds secured
) by mortgages upon the premises, executed
and acknowledged by the husband and wise,
: or by an unmarried claimant; on debts se-
I cured by mortgages on the premises, executed
I and recorded before the declaration of bom*-
! stead was filed for record.
Tbe homestead of a married person cannot
be conveyed or incumoered, unless the in
strument ty which it is conveyed or incum
bered is executed and acknowledged by both
busbaud and wife.
FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT.
The Manner in "Which Enterprise Circle,
Companions of the Forest, En
tertained lta Friends.
Enterprise Circle, Companions of the Forest,
gave i:« semi-monthly social in the Social Hall
of the Ancient Order of Foresters building last
Saturday night to its friends, and the crowded
condition oi the hall was an evidence of the
liberal response to the invitation extended.
There were many brave Foresters and a
greater number of fair Companions, who lor
the time being cast aside the cares of me
world and thoughts of Klondyke and it* gold
fields to enjoy the programme cf dances that
haa been prepared by the committee of ar
rangements, of which ihe following were mem
bers: Mrs. Maria Klaus, Mrs. Mary Sweet, Mrs.
A. Kidd, Mrs. Sarah Crawford and Miss Anna
M. Frey, tue last-named lady being the
floor manager. Miss Frey. who is a*> vi
vacious a Companion as can be found in
the order, and remarkably handsome, showed
that she is up to date In me management of a
ball, and ui-der her directions there was no
d*-l*T in makinr uj* quadrille sets and lo ob
taining ra-iners for «aeh dance. There was
excellent mu'ic, Mrs. Derma C. Goldthwaite
presiding at tbe piano. Tbe affair was a very,
pleasing one. and it was after miduignt before
the announcement was made that the time to
part had come end that in two weeks there
would be another social.
3! Union Parlor's High Jinks.
Last Saturday nigh*, the members of Mission
Par. or No. 38 of the Native Sons of the Go den '
Weat gave a high jinks in their hall on Seven- ■
teenth street, in honor of Grand Trustee Mil
ton D. Garratt, and the number of Native Sons
and their friends who attended was ample'
p.-oof of the high esteem in which the guest of
honor is held by ihof who bave the plea^ur* •
ol his acquaintance. A first-class programme,
including music, songs, recitations and story
telling, was presented for the enter:*..
of those present, ard dur!_g the evening
there were short addresses. fh« entertain
ment that was furnished was rf a high order *
and was thoroughly aporeciated by all, and
the only regret was that .t terminated a. 1.003
as it did. though it was midnight *-*.t*i the*
last number was presented. . • •
Daughter* of Liberty.
The officers of Oakland Council No. 3 of the'
Daughters of Liberty were installed last Satur
day nigh: by Henry C. Sohaerlzer, State conn-.'
cilor of the Junior Order of American Me-'
chsnics, in the presence of many visitors from
other councils and a visitor from Providence,
K. I. The tiers who are to serve for -the
current term are; Mr.. B. Reynolds, councilor;
J. Hack, assistant councilor; Miss Blanche N.
Reynolds, vice-counclior; .Mrs. Cotfmar, as-,
slstant vice-councilor ; J. i; .. :..._.:., assistant
recording «ec.-e*.a:y; ft. Randolph, treasurer;
Mrs. Larmer, guide; H. M.yer», -.de guard; .
H. Corsgar, outside 2__.ra; Mrs. B. Reynolds,
trustee. Taa Visitor from the East gave aa in- .
(cresting accotint of the work that the coun- •
cils on tbe other side of the Rocky .tame
are doing. Alter tne close of the business
meeting mere was served a dainty collation. ■ •
- Surprise by Oriental Kebekah.
Mrs. Charles W.Derby was surprised last
Tuesday night by a visit Irom a number of the
members of Oriental Rebeksh Degree Lodge .
No. 90, L 0. O. ¥„ at her residence, 942 Mis-,
sioa street. There van present: Mr. and
Mrs. Charles W. Derby, Mrs. F. W. Lewis'
a .d Mary J. lewis of St. Josepb, Mo.; Mr. and '
Mrs. McLean. Mrs. L. I* Ewing, Mrs. It W.
Thompson, Mrs. A. L. Long, tne Misses Mary
ana Abbie Ewing, Miss Etta Coburc, Miss
Mary Seymour, Miss Marguerite Wall Miss.
Carrie Williams, Miss Alice Walsh, M.a« O.g*
Gottschfclk, Miss Gussie Hooper, and Messrs.'
W. J. Jackson, H. G. Wi.lianis and F. W. .
Derby.
James A. Garfield Corps.
The membsrshin of James A. GsrSeld Corps
No. 21 will give an er, ter Lam ia en: and dance
ln Social Hall, A.caza.- building, aezt Tues
day evening in aid of us .-...?: land.
Robin Hood Circle.
Robin Hood Circle Na 53. Oe__j*_-_-*:_-t of .
the Forest, Foresters of A_aeric_- is j_.i±___g !
arrangements fcr a poaaan *.~.t vxrt v*z*7
to be given on the eveniag c_S lat S_K__ c.
August in the Social lit ci.-i.. _i___txir
building. ■
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C_.LiroEyi_.gls/ierr.*.*. _•...*_ 7 : w-_sr; *T i. '
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F-TCTai. informs ds-iy iy ■-.•_.— -•-*.
business houses aad psbl__e __.es it -'. .»-.*.
dipping Bureau (Allen's.. SIO Ui—if-iiea'. *
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Rictl*;— a- the trcii : -« ci =:y cwa lor- •
tone.
HicMey— Aren't yoa i Era . ■': i T_jr:t freta
the baiidlag ias;*etor ?— Broot-ya Lsie.
"Mm. flltilow s -ooibiaj .Trsf"
Has teen cs«d over fifty *•».. by =*.l'_i — » «f
others fr their en. __■■___■ wi.: » It. ; ■_.!_:■? -*:*.__.-_>_>
feet sacceas. lt soothes tte d-Qd.aatUaa __«»—,
allays Fain. cores Wl_*d Colic rernti*.*} ._• Bawria
and Is the ben remedy for _. : t»rr-ce_a. w better »-.»■
lag .'rtc. tee. ting or otter cacses. >or sa-e __*eraf
lists la every part of the word. B. sera »si ass
tor __jr_. v. i_ao- . boo thine =yr_p. iit- » _v;_iik
Coeoxado.— Atmosphere is perfectly -_rr soft
and mild, being entirely tree from tne mis:., wa-
Bion forthe.- north. Round- trip tickr.s, by s:o_.__
ship. Inciudi:,? fifteen days' board a: lba -io:-.-*.
Coronado, »60; longer stay 82 50 per day. A;,?./
4 New Montgomery street. San Franciscan
25 Kate tv Chicago via tb* Great
Santa I'm Iloute
Tie low rates made for Chi lan Endearorer.
will be open to tbe public as w*l_ An opportu
nity to visit the hi'i never before enjoyed by Cal
ttornlans- Tollman Talaoe Draw. og-roota Sleep
ing-cars of the lates; pattern. >. odera upholstered
'.curia: sleep: n<-ca_s run daily through from Oak
land pier to Chicaga .- a tlcce-taUe in advirt_s-
Ing column. San Francisco ticket oflice M Mar _.«:
street, Chronicle Lciidln;. 'i c..i,_.0_.0 _____„
Oakland, Hits krosdway.
Northern Pacific Rail war— Yellowstone
Park Rout.-.
Parties desiring to vi?:*. the Yellowstone Park,
Or go l- as: via tte Northern Pactflc Railway,
should catl a; No. 638 Market street. S» . Fran
cis. o. lor their Railroad and Yellowatoce Parle
tickets We can accommodate all that wish to
make the trip regardless of rumors .o the contrary.
Stop overs given on all Christian Endeavor tick
ets. T. K. Suteler. Gen. Ac. Nt, 638 Markel st
Reduced Rates for All
To the East via the Klo Grande Western Rail war,
passing thro Utah and Colorado by dariisst.
Through cars By all trains. Tickets. sleeping-car
reservations and .all Information tarnished at 14
Montgomery street '&§&&
A safe. simple snd elective remedy for ladi
gestion is a dose of Ayer's -Ills. Try the PUIS aad
make your meals enjoyable.
It afflicted with tore eyes _s* D: Isaac Thomp
son's Eye Water. . .-ice - • sell it at -5 cents.
STEW TO-DAT.
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m M>
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No factory- made uphols-
tery here. When everybody
knows this and can't forget
it we'll stop saying so.
Our upholstery is made in
our own shops. It's just
right It keeps its shape —
don't sag nor get Jumpy.
Here's a dainty three-piece parlor set.
Broad polished backs, inlaid with holly
wood. Silk covers, any color.
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Reception chair. 1950.
Armchair, *13 MX
Divan, *_l>.
Prices in plain figures —
same to everybody.
Money back if you want it
No quibbling.
California Furniture Company
, (N P Cole <fe Co) Carpets
117 Geary Street „ k»i»
— ilatunp