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WHITE IS MUM.
There appear to be seven Senators who
will vote against the Wilson bill unless
material concessions are made. Sugar Is
well represented in the seven, also coal and
Iron ore. For some reason wool does not
seem to have much of a pull. The Sen
ators from Texas have not made a stand
for its preservation, nor do we hear that
Senator White's v»t» will be cast aeainst
the bill unless wool is protected. Of
course, the Senators who demand protec
tion for the industries of their own State
are open to a charge of inconsistency un
less they are willing to allow the interests
of r>ther States to be protected. It is this
that keeps Senator White still. He might
vote to Keep duties on California products,
but unless he has recently changed hi*
opinion he would not support a tariff bill
that made protection general and uniform.
Jf there is anything that could convince
the free-traders of the errors of their faith
it should be the spectacle of so many pro
fessed free-traders who want protection
for themselves. A policy that is to good
in part must have some virtue as a whole.
GkADUATED TAX.
Mr. John M. Reynolds, whose pamphlet
advocating graduated land taxation was
recently commented upon in these col-
doids, writes us that the only argument
advanced by The Call is that because the
present law fails to be effective it is useless
to put new ones on tbe statute-books. Of
course The Call never advanced such
an argument. It did say that until the
bulk of a rich man's property could be
reached by the assessor at an equal valua
tion with other property it is ot not much
use to attempt double or treble taxes on
part of g neb proierty. Comparatively
little real estate escapes the tax collector.
But a great deal of property is assessed
below the average of assessment. Until
the law cm secure an equal assessment or
one approximating to equality it would be
futile to double and treble valuation for no
other reason than that the owner owns
considerable more than tome other per
son owns. Mr. Reynolds intimates that
the aim of this system of land taxation is
to correct an evil which The Call com-
I lams of— the too great centralization of
wealth. The aim is a worthy one, but the
method is unwise. Equality is the princi
ple upon which taxation is justified. The
State requires each man to pay tbe same
rate as every other man on what he has.
When we begin to tax property with rela
tion to its ownership, taxing one piece
more than another because it is owned by
a richer man, there will be rebellion all
along the line.
SENTENCED.
Prendergast, the murderer of Carter
Harrison, has been sentenced to death.
When asked if he had any reason to give
why sentence of death should Dot be pro
nounced he responded with a speech, in
which the burdeu of compjaiut was that
at his trial tfce plea of justification had not
been entered. It will be remembered that
Frendergast had an idea that Mayor Har
rison would appoint him Corporation
Counsel, and that Prendergast thought
the failure on the part of the Mayor to
make this appointment was justification
for the murder, it is not possible to be
lieve that tli is opinion is sincere. Whether
Prendergast thinks that the persistent
urg ng of it will create doubts of his men
tal res; onsibility, or whether he is an im
becile, is not easy to determine. Jfo right
minded man could entertain such a notion
for a moment. There are often a hundred
applicants for a good pl«ce, and if the
ninety-nine who do not get it are held to
be justified in killing the dispenser of pa
tronage the cause, of civil service reform
would rapidly become popular. It is
highly probable that Prendergast, fearing
that the plea of insanity has lost its hold
on a jury, has dropped upon this device to
suggest a rensonnble doubt of his sanity.
COMING TO THEIR SENSES.
Perhaps a newspaper has nevpr printed
a more pregnant line than that in the
London Financial News— "Guatemala to
day, other silver countries to-mnrrow."
Such is tie purport of the wruiug on the
wall. It is not possible that stiver coun
tries will submit to the enormous loss
entailed by the depreciation of their
money as a result of the demonetization
of silver. The News says truly that de
fault with most of the silver countries is
only a question of time. The $60,000,
-000,000 which tbe world is aaid to owe
E -land will melt away before * general
default. The utterance of Mr. Gladstone
that England couid not afford to restore
;>imetallisin for Hie reason lhat the
5G0, 000. 000, 000 was payable in a constantly
appreciating currency is tha one that he
will most desire to recall. The morality
of it is shocking. A creditor who con
spires to compel his debtor to pay in a
more valuable currency than that in which
the debt was created may be honest in
the letter but not in the spirit. The dis
patch which contains the warning of the
Financial Xews says that France and
Germany are anxi .us that the interna
tional money conference be reopennd.
The United States wouid be included ir
ihe Government represented tbe people.
But there are probably gold men enough
in Congress to prevent any action lookng
to tbe reopening of that conference while
Mr. Cleveland remains in his present way
of thinking.
GERMAN BEbT SUGAR.
As tne time approaches for the aban
donment of the stimulation of bpet-sugir
i'dustry in Germany by premiums and
bounties, much interest is taken in the
question whether the industry will main
tain itself unaided. All bounties are to be
discontinued on July 31, 18y7, after having
lasted nearly a quarter ol a century. On
July 31, 1892, they were reduced, and pro
vision was made for their further reduc
tion on July 31, 189& Up to the present
time these reductions have only slightly
checked the business. In 1873-74 the num
ber of sugar-factories in operation was 337;
in 1892-93 it was 401. It remains to be seen
whether tha total abolition of the bounties
will b<« followed by more serious effects.
Thus far the acreage planted in beet* tends
rather to increase than to diminish. The
number of hectares so used in 1892-93 was
:.."-,oir>, about 875,000 acres, as against
336.454, about 835.000 acres, in 1881-93 L
The effect of the Bismarck system has
been to treble the production of beets in
twenty years, and nearly to doubl* the
ivonie consumption of sugar. In 1572-73
Germany raised 3,528,000 tons of beet>; i i
1892 93 the crop was 9,811,000. In 1872-73
the home consumption of sugar wa5 '.'98,339
tons: in 1892-93 it w*a 501,319 tons. Simul
taneously the quantity of sugar extracted
from a given quantity nf beets has largely
increased. In 1872-73 100 pounds of beet*
yielded 8% pounds of raw sugar; in
1892-93 the same quantity yielded 11.98
pounds. The increase is due partly to
improvements in the quality ot the beets,
increasing the volume of saccharine, and
partly to improvements in the manufac
ture, by which the loss of saccharine in
reduction has been minimized. The cost
of refining bas been so greatly reduced
that Germany is now able to export 423,000
tons of sugar in competition with the
suear-cane of tbe West Indies.
The beet-growers of California get more
beets out of an equal quantity of land and
more sugar out of an equal quantity of j
beets than the Germans do. la favorable j
localities our crops are larger than theirs, j
our soil being more fertile, but they partly
make hd tne difference by fertilizing with
Chile saltpeter. The total German acre
age planted in beets last year was in round
figures 875,000 acres, on which, as stated
above, 9.811,000 tons of beets were raited,
or 11 tons to the acre. At the Watsonviile
beet farm he product is said to be 18 to 20
tons of beets to the acre, and the beets are
said to fcverage 18 per cent polarization,
aeainst 14 or 15 per cent polarization in
Germany. At least this is the unofficial
report from the factory.
Graf yon Schuleinberg, in bis report on
beet culture in Germany, mentions a mod •!
beet farm, in which the land, after being
treated by a succession of processes of
cultivation and being heavily manured
with nitrate?, yielded 14 tons to the acre,
containing 15 per cent of saccharine. TfcH
corresponds very closely to the experience
of Mr. £. H. Dyer, who reported to the.
Agricultural Bureau a yield for bis terri
tory of 15 tons to the acre, carrying 14 38
of sucrose. At Chino exceptional fields
in favorable seasons lave yielded 19 tons
to the acre, with occasional lots carrying
23 per cent, though the average of fifty
samples chosen at haphazard only showed
12 per cent.
A field which will yield 14 tous of beets
carrying saccharine enough to make them
worth S3u ton at the factory produces S7O
a year gross. Toe same field planted in
wheat and yielding 15 bushels to the acre,
which is above the average, will produce
at present prices 811 86 gross on the farm.
The cost of raising beets, with the thor
ough cultivation they require, is, of course,
much greater than the cost of raising
wheat. But even allowing for this, tbe
disparity between the yields is large.
FOREIGN LABOR IN FRANCE.
The. agitation against tbe employment
of foreign laborers in France culminated
last August in the passage through the
Chambers of an act which provided that
all foreigners who bad not taken the pre
liminary steps looking to naturalization
should be registered. For the registry a
charge of 35 cents was made, and to this
was added a small municipal fee payable
to the authority of the place where the
foreign workman elected his domicile. An
employer engaging a non-registered for
eigner is subject to a fine. S« is the for
eigner who neglects to register, or to
exhibit hia certificate of registration when
required. A falsu statement by a foreigner
may lead to his expulsion from French
territory, and to bis imprisonment for
several months if he returns.
Fiance, though densely peopled as com
pared with the United States, is more
thinly peopled than her neighbors, Italy
and Belgium; in those countries, as in
Germany and Spain, wages are lower than
in France, and there is thus a normal
drift of labor from all sides into French
territory. Against this drift the French
workman protests, and the protest some
times takes snape in attempts to expel the
foreigners by violence, as recently at
Aieuea Mortes. When the French labor
unions first appealed to the Chambers for
protection the answer was made by the
Government that the departments which
were mo^t frequently overrun by foreign
laborers were really short of population to
harvest their crop?, that the Immigration
from Italy and Spain consisted mainly of
man who sought an employment in the oil
and soap factories, which are avoided by
the French workmen, while the northern
immigration from Belgium and Germany
was composed of men who sought work in
the building of railroads, canals *na earth-
works — a kind of labor in whicM the
French do not excel. Whatever weight
may be attached to these arguments, they
were not potent enough to prevent the
passage of the bill.
There can be no question but the steady
growth of French wealth in the last half
century has rendered France more at
tractive to foreigners than it used to be.
Forty years ago the total number of
foreigners was reckoned at 380, f*K), about
1 per <entof the total population. The
number grew steadily until ten years ago
the foreigners were reckoned at 1,130,000,
or S per cent of the total population. They
are still increasing, slowly but steadily,
the fact being that a workman can get
better wages and more of the comforts of
life for them in France than in Belgium,
THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1894.
Germany, linly or Spain. Relatively the
growth of the foreign population is more
rapid tuan that of the natives.
Over half i lie foreigners in France are
Belgians nr Italians, tbe former being
twice as numerous as the latter. The
French departments which border on Bel
gium—Nord and Pas de Calais— are sea s
nl manufacturing industry In which a
smart workman can generally gnt a job.
At tie south it is easy for the Italians of
Piedmont to do as their ancestors have
done throughout history, and io overflow
the Alpes Maritime* and the Bouet.es dv
Rhone. Germany, Switzerland and Spain
appear each to have contributed 80,000
souls to the foreign population of Frauce;
the proportion has probably not varied for
centuries. England is assigned as the
tiirthplace of 40.000 and North America as
that of 7000. There appears to be no natu
ral drift of labor from this country to
sunny France.
The French workmen argue that thpy
are contented with thtlr own country and
they do not see why foreigners should not
be content with theirs. It is, indeed, a
(act that Frenchmen are disinclined to
pitch their tents in foreign climes. They
cut so small a it me in our tables of immi
gration as to be hardly perceptible. Still,
according to the figure*, tbere are more
Frenchmen in "North America," which in
cludes Canada and Mexico, than in any
other foreign land. The number of French
rp«id»»nts on this continent is given at
130,000. There are only 52,000 in Belgium,
26.000 in England. 24,200 in Germany and
11,000 in Italy. It was Denvs of Bur.
gundy who cried: "Fool! After being
iiorn in France to want to go and live else
where!"
STEAD IN CHICAGO.
Mr. W. F. Stead, the London editor, has
singled out Chicago as Satan's stronghold.
He has a boi>k in press about Chicago peo
ple and Chicago institutions, and it is
rumored he bas given free run to his ob
servations, if not to his imagination. He
has allowed the title to one part of the
book to be advertised, and it certainly im
plies that tbe writer has net subordinated
imagination to facts. This chapter, which
is devoted to city government, la headed.
"Satan's luvisible World Displayed."
Where Mr. Stead acquired the knowledge
of Satan's iuvisible world which would
enable him to select an American city as
its counterpart is best known to himself.
The professional refnrn er is always snp
posed to have participated in all tha sins
he warns the public against. H*» is also
open to the inference that having exhausted
the resources of evil ways he is taking the
other tack as a venture which he assumes
that his experience may make more profit
able than continuance in sinful practices.
1 he man who calls sinners by name, holds
them up to public view and proclaims his
intention of going through a community,
sword in hand, smiting all who do not
ward off the threatened blow, should com
mence hi 3 work witti a spotless record.
Why Mr. Stead should have left tbe fertile
fields offered fer tillage in hit own eouc
try and have selected Chicago to hold up
as a wicked example may be surmised
rather by what does not appear m his
widely advertised book than by what li
may be found to contain. A New York
journal which has been keeping track of
the English reformer In Chicago ti-.us re
fers to him:
Mr. Stead's methods of securing Information
have been so peculiar and bis avowed purpose
of shielding nobody In bis exposition of the
dark side of the community has been so openly
made that considerable trepidation exists as to
what felled the publication of the booK may
have, not. only upon the city itself, but upon the
outside world. Mr. Stead pioposes to publish
the names of all owners or agents of property
occupied by saloons, gambling- bouses and
resorts of more questionable nature, for the
purpose of forcing them to secure other
tenants. .
Such a test as Mr. Stead proposes to
mate will Dot in all probability be com
plete. Names will be overlooked and
those that do appear will attribute the
fact of the non-appearance of others to
other causes than a desire to eradicate the
dwelling-places of vice.
A retired officer of the French navy is
said to have invented a new rifle of pe
culiarly deadly effectiveness. It is not
precisely the snrt of Invention Reeded la
promote civilization, but if it were a trifle
moie deadly it might be merciful te man
kind. Its novelty is that it fires two kinds
of explosive bullets which have great
penetrating power, and yet are so light
that 100 weigh only 1200 grammes or fully
two pound* and a half. A buiUt so small
could hardly dn much shattering on its
own account, but if it is made explosive
the injuries would be horrible and almost
certainly fatal. Tbe nations decreed
against explosive bullets for rifles some
years ago as too inhuman even for glorious
war, but the advance of rapid-lire weap
ons carrying shells weighing from a few
ounces to several pounds with a range of
mile* may have modified that recoil from
too deadly small anna shooting. If small
explosives are sanctioned for civiliz-d
murder it will be ea?y to go much further.
The chemist may devise a subtle vapor
poiaon which hy spreading on tbe battle
field would mow dewn the ranks pain
lessly by tbe dozen. It will then be ad
visable to think of some other method of
settling national qu&rrels than by biute
force, and pernaps there will be more jus
tice on the earth.
Again tbe report is current that the
President is affected with son* cancerous
erowtb in the in nth and that be is going
to aea in a yacbt for an operation, away
from public notice And the ken of the in
terviewer. Ttie report was denied on tbe
occasion of the last cruise to tbe extent of
saying that the trouble was not malignant,
but undoubtedly some urgent surgical
treatment was the immediate occasion of
going to sea at all. It is not a matter of
stite policy, as in the ca?e of monarch*, to
keep such secrets from he public. Had it
been known, for instance, that the late
Emperor Frederick was in tbe last stage*
of cancr it is very doubtful if be would
have been called to the tbrone. As it was
lie had only a reign of a few mon'ha and
was most (if the time too Invalided te al
ter. (1 t ■> business more than was nbsnlntely
necessary. In the case of President Cleve
land there is no less reason for a cryptic
attitude. It is not at all certain that this
time the dreaded interviewer may not in
some rapacity go on b>ard the Dolphin
and keep his eyes open for events. At the
.•.mo time there may be no cancer at all,
the trip beine only undertaken as a relief
from official care-. If there is ft surgeon
on board the public are apt to conclude
something is wroug.
The cyanide process of extracting cold is
likely to do much for Colorado in the
treatment of ores of low quality, as it ha~
succeeded remarkably on the Randt in
South Africa. At present on old methods
ores wtiich produce le*s than oue ounce
and a half troy are unprofitable, but there
ar« thousands of tons averaging four and a
half ounces beiu» raised weekly in Colo
rado, and there is now a wuch greater ac
tivity shown in geld mining than when
silver held the field. The product will be
more than doubled this year. In 1893 it
was 88,500,000, and it is estimated that this
y»ar it may reach to $25,000,000. All the
arts of the metallurgist, however, do not
get rid of the high charges for transporta
tion of ores. Some other economy is needed
for that leakage-
Unless the story has been vamped the
hardihood of Mr. Gladstone is proof
agaiast an Atlantic Kale. A correspondent
states that while a| howliDg storm wu
blowing at Biarri'z, accompanied *itn
rain, he encountered on the Hills, walking
aione, the nld ma 1 ), who was saun
tering along quite ieisureiy, expired so the
full force of the blast, and only protected
fr< m the rain by a flapping tippet. He
him ;m umbrella, but it was rolled up
gampwise. and was being used as a walk
ing-stick. The rain was dripping from his
soft felt hat on to his shoulders. This is
tolerable assurance that the Premier, al
though between 80 a d 90, is very robust,
aud i« not afraid of weather hazards.
All sons of romantic things are being
aaid of tbe late anarchist, Vaillant. He
had dipped into scienc*', history and
philosophy sufficiently to distract him, if
not to render him i rnfound, aud he bad
also written some verse of a mournful
cast. His intellectual gifts nomehow pre
disposed him to attempt to blow up the
French Chamber of Depu'ies, and with a
very *mall bomb he did ns much injury as
a scientific artillerist could have biped to
accomulish. People who hold that educa
tion is not everything in tbe building of
the moral character have » dreadful ex
ample to point to in the misguided
Vaillant,
The wronr that will be done to tbe beet
raising industry by tbe removal of the
bounty is illustrated by the position ot the
Alameda Company at Alvarado. It has
entered into contracts with farmers to
supply beets from 3000 acrei, or 500 acres
more than were planted last year. This
was done before the tariff legislation took
shape, and the price to be. paid is $5 per
ion. The effect of culling off the bounty
cannot but prove disastrous to the wholf
industry. If farmers do not obtain a price
that rewards their labor they will have to
turn to some other crop, and the manufac
turer must be a loser on bis capital iv
buildings and machines.
Queen Victoria has a Sevres ware des
sert service which is valued at $250,000,
and may be worth a good d«al more. It is
never, however, likely to be tested in the
market unless England is bankrupt, as it
i* crown property. Originally tha service
was desigued for Louis XVI, and was pur-
RbaMd by the Prince R«gent, afterward
George IV. France may justly take pride
in her art that can produce out of fine clay
a nit pigments beautiful designs of far more
worth than gold plate, which is never so
effective decoratively uniets used sparingly
in the relief manner employed witU con
summate taste by the Japanese.
Erastus Wiman has some friends left
who believe in his integrity of character.
He has at least succeeded in getting cash
bail to the extant of $25,000. Beyond a
general denial there has been little indica
tion of the defense wbich tbe philanthro
ptit will make, but now that he is at lib
erty he may be able 10 lift the cloud which
has come over his reputation. That at
lea«t is the hope of many who have re
garded his career with admiration. But if
his fall is genuine and his exposure is de
served, the faith of society in motives will
be rudely shaken.
The war with Honduras Is reported by
a telegram from Nicaragua to have come
to an end by tbe fall of Tegucigalpa, tbe
capital. It is too much to bops that hos
tilities are permanently over. As soon as
these little republic? gather strength they
will be at it -gain. They would be much
better employed in retrenchment and pay
ing eff debts than id war. but discontent
is perpetually lestering. \Wre the Nica
ragua canal open ebullitions would be put
down firmly.
Mr. Gladstone has made Burne Jones,
tbe artist, a baronet. He is oue of the fa
mous pre-Kapbaelite brotherhood, and it
happens that MilUis, who alto belongs to
it, is likewise a bar >net. The same honor
was offered to Mr. G. F. Waits, R. A., but
decliued. Compliments of thi* kind do
credit to Mr. Gladstone, wno has shown
the respect due to letters aid art, as well
as to i the succ6*sfuHn the various public
services. But titles do not improve pic
tures, and thx artist can do without them.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
J. L. Whitton of Topeka, Kaus., who was at
tbe Palace yesterday, was dlscus>lug the last
sensation atturded the public by Mrs. Lease,
tbe noted woman Populist of tb.it Slate, in
avowiug herself a M. .son aud proposing to In
stitute a lodge among the women. "Mrs. Lease
has, 1 feel sure, a better pieco of news In store
tor tbe papers than the one we speak of," said
he. "It has been kuown in certain circles that
sbe nas for some time pa»t Miown a decided
sympathy tor the work of the Salvation Army.
She has attended their meetings and in other
ways given evidence of the interest which in
spired her. Jusi before 1 left Topeka a friend
of inln<- who knows few sta ed that there was a
strong probability that she would retire from
the political Held ana enter energetically Into
the wotk mentioned. People ou this coast can
not realize wbat a sensation such a step will
make In Kansas, where she is by long odds ttie
most noted person before tlie public to-day.
As a Salvation Army lassie on the platform and
In the street she would oiove a drawing card
uuequaled In the annals of that body's work."
"Portland. Ind.. seems to be the original city
about wiiich I heaid r-o much when I was a
boy. winch had had its streets paved wltb
gold," satd K. M. Lewis, a Chicago commercial
man. at the Occidental yesterday. "I be
authorities have for some time been paving the
streets with a quail y of limestone taken from
a quarry In the neighborhood of tbe town, and
a Mjii.i nine ago some inijui-ttlv- mlud dls
covi i»-d that tbe Move showed Indications of
mineral wealth. lie collected a quantity of it
and tent It :o a prominent chemist In ludUo
:u iilK wlin analyzed It and found that it ran
about $100 to the ion in gold and silver. As a
consequence the contractor* wbo paved the
streets propose to tear up the precious stene
and replace It with VMNtMtI less valtiakle,
but the city fmlier* are disposed to hold on to
what tuey iuve and giro the city tbe benefit of
the lucky find."
T. L. deration, who has been . working on the
line of tbe new Vr> scoit and Phoenix Railroad
In Arizona, was al the New Western yesterday.
'•This road runs through some of the wildest
country I ever saw or read of," said he last
night, '-and when I was out with the surveying
parly we ran across some curious specimens of
t lie aborigines. We encountered one band
with which we found a Jesuit priest who had
been with the natives for over thirty years, and
had only twice met a white man in all that
time. The Indians were as naKed as the day
on which they wore born, and the priest's only
article of apparel was an apology for a pair of
pantaloons made of cowhide. One trace of the
tew visitations of the white man was still vis
ible among them, and that was the ready recog
nition which they cave a bottle of whisky. 1
could have traded a small demijohn of the stuff
for enough squaws to have started a hula-hula
show."
"A curious phase of newspaper work devel
op-! lv one of this morniim's papers," said a
weil-kDown newspaperman yesterday. "Along
telegram from Chicago, elaboiated wiih flaming
head lines, gave the particulars of a big land
dral in v.is £taie, in which a local railroad was
one of the carties, and several Chicago cap
italists were the others interested. Th<- tele
gram was a 'special,' aud besides paying the
tolls for transmission the raver winch primed
it presumably paid the person who *eot the
dispatch if uular space rates. As exactly tbe
same mailer was printed iv another of the
morulng paper* a rouple of we'ks ago, for
which legular advertising rates were paid by
the railroad couii'iiny, the natural suggestion to
my mlud was that somebody at the Eastern end
had succeeded in doing a pretty sites piece of
advertising woik under the guise of a news
featuie."
"The papers persistently keep ud the cry
that there is uo longer any profit in sailing
craft," said Civloni Momau of Dover, N. 11.,
who It connected with a navigation company at
that place, "but the statis ie« of our company
and those of ottiers wlilcli have bevn DroUßlu
uuder my observation show that there is siill a
goed niau'iu o( profit in these vessels. We own
several iliiee-rnasted scuoouers which at the
annual meeting ot our directors wre »how» to
hate paid dividends averaging 11 per cent.
'lhe«e dividends represent a year's earnings.
A well-known Bath built four-master which is
only seven years old bas already netted Us
owners §200,000, and numerous other Id
stances of li»e character could be mentioned."
'•The Florida orange has fallen from Its high
estate and has Keen Us best days," said A. P.
Thompson, a Chicago commission man, at the
Occidental yesterday. "For years it ban been
an expensive luxury, selling away above the
figures offered for any other orange before tbe
puollc. Tbe navel orange ttt now selling at a
decided margin above tbe Florma product,
Chicago hou-e« quoting them at $3 to S3 50 a
box. Ibe main feature in favor ol the Florida
orange is in the matter of transportation. It
can be shipped to New York at a figure so
much less tban tne California produc; can be
procured that It actually cuts quite a figure tv
tbe price paid by the cousumer."
"Tbe panic has knoc-ed business into a
cocked ba in Australia." said A. M. Siinsou of
Omah , who arrived in this city recently from
tbe colonies. "When times were in a normal
condition, I was informed, the railways In Vic
toria paid dividend.* of AM P«r cent on tbe
capital expanded, while the policy of ihe Gov
ernment, which controls them, was, at tbe
»ame tune, to continually lower rates of fare
and freight no as to encourage industries and
best serve the people. In New South Wales
this principle is carried to tbe extent of cou
v>-yinjt school children free of charg", while in
Victoria certain clusses of students are allowed
the name privilege."
"In tbe arcbdlocexe ol Philadelphia," said T.
G. Sample of ibat city yesterday, "vvbicb com
prises tb county in wiilcu the city is locnted
aud several o! those aajotnlnjj. Archbishop
Kyan exercises spiritual sway over a Catholic
population that exceeds the population of many
States. The figures lor tbe DP-sent year put it
at 410,000, whleb makes It the fourth largest
archdiocese In this country, New York leading
wiiu 800,000 population, Boston with 575,000
aod Chicago with 550.000. In the Dumber ot
Us parocblal scholar*— 3l,364— it ai*o ranks
fourth, being exceeded by the three cities
named."
It. H. Macv, the proprietor of the mammorb
department store at the corner of Sixth avenue
and Fourteenth street, New York City. Is ax the
Palace. The establishment mentioned Is prob
ably the largest ot Its Kind in the United
States, and Is said to have been the first ever
established on these lines.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
The Duke of Fife, tboiiKti he started In life
with a fortune, has steadily added to it. Stoc*
in a London concern, which be purchased some
years ago at f 150 a share, Is now quoted a
$45,000 a share. Ue whistles and money
comes to linn.
What a quantity of bats tbe Princess of
Wales must have If the report is true tbat sbe
never tbrows or gives away a discarded bon
net. As soon as one is to be usrd no longer it
Is labeled with the year and (be season and
carefully put away in a box.
Calve, tbe famous prinia donna, although she
calls beisclf "madam," is uot married. "I have
Deem too busy to marry," she says. "In Eu
rope a woman Is called madam when sbe ceases
to look like a girl. Tbat is why I preler to br
called Mnie. Calve."
Tbe Sultan of Turkey is a bijjb liver. His
kitchen costs ibe empire $200,000 a year, and
hl« dishes, the daintiest a chef can prepare, are
sealed by Osmao I'asba, the hero of Plevna, and
uusealed again in the Sultan's presence.
Th- young King Alexander is awkward and
exceedingly modest. At a recent state ball
given in Beiurave tbe young ladles danced with
him not because they wanted to out because be
was a King.
Ellen Terry says she supposes she keeps so
permanently youthful because sue Is constantly
busy at work sbe loves and has no lime to think
of anything else. Tbat Is a good way to keep
young.
The late ilaus tod Bulow was noted for bis
vanity. Te give the audUnce a different view
of bis face tbe piano was shifted after eacn
number.
The Shah of Persia is a photographer or no
mean skill.- Id bis travels about Ins domain be
takes a camera, which be uses on any bit of
landscape striking hit fancy.
New Boiler Inspector.
At a meeting of the City Hall Commis
sioners yesterday D. F. Murphy was ap
pointed boiler inspector to oversee the
placing of the two new boilers in the base
ment, the contract for which was recently
awarded to Moynihun & Altken. Murphy
was recommend ad for the place by the
IJoiler-inakers' Union. The salary is $4 ■
day for every day Murpby is actually em
ployed.
On next Wednesday the board will hold
a special meeting to consider certain
changes to be mad* in tbe eld free library
quarters, tbe idea bring to transform them
into courtrooms. An endeavor will also
be mad* to provide accommodations for
the Public Morgue and the Fire Depart
ment in the basement on th« City Hall
avenue tide.
K. H. Black, palmer, 114 Eddy street. •
Pkbitvian Bitters excels all Imported, and
Is the only suitable tonic In this climate. •
Ladies, tbiuk of n! Seven M.D.'s wrong In
a case, but Dr. An. ban never mistakes or fails
to cure. •
J. F. Ccttek's Old Bourbon— This cele
brated whisky for sale by all rlrst-ciassdrutrgists
aud grocers. Trademark— star within a shield.*
Why do you not buy refrigerated meats ?
It's because the Butchers' Union makes It difli
cul;foryou to get it. It docs seem singular
that the San Francisco public should be se far
twuind all the otber large cities in tbe use of
this most Important of human foods. *
More than 60,000 people read tbe "Pacific
State* Watchman"; i! 0,000 Doua Ide subscrib
ers: largest leeuimate circulation of any
monthly west ef thr Kocky Mountains. A few
Bnt-OMM advertisements will betaken. Ad
dress WM. B. BARNES. St. Ann's building,
tyu Fraactsce. Oal. •
Overland Route.
The Shasta Kouie aud Northern Pacific Rail
road to p. ints In Washington. Idaho, Montana,
the Dakeias. Minnesota. Wisconsin. Illinois
and all Kasiern States is the most comfortable
and picturesque line of all. Daily train ser
vice, with dlmn*. Pullman Palace and up
holstered tonrlit cars ou all trains. T. K.
Stateler, General Agpnt, 038 Market at. •
Not in the Message.
Chicago Tribune.
Offlc -boy— Mr. Uayman .sent me to tell you
not to keep dinner waitlu* fur Mm this evenln'.
lie i got to go to lodge ou important business.
Mrs. Gaymaa— To the lodge? Ob, yes. He
iscoltit to 'ride the goat,' 1 suppose?
Office-bey— No, I don't think It's a goat I
out%naUttie"ur'k Mr - Qulcl ""<> *« w « W**
Perfect health >s seid*m found, for Impure
blood is so general. Hood's Sursaparllla really
does purify the blood and restores the afflicted to
perfect health where possible. Try it.
Tbe Overland Flyer.
Tl>e Union raclflcisthe eniy line running new
f-uJ.man double drawing-room sleepers and din
lug cars, tan Iraocisce to Chicago, without
change, Ik three and one-balf days. All ticket*
ft od via Bait Lake City and Denver.
Select tourist excursions through to Chicago
without change every aiiur»aay, in charge of
managers.'-
MfH) ship tlrkets on tale to and from alipoinu
in £urope.
>or tltepißF-rar acfominodatlons and tickets
rail co I). W. Hitchcock, general apent, 1 SJ. nt
icrr.ery street. Pan Yranctsco; F. R. Ellsworth.
apn.t. tub Frcan way. dak land. Cal.: or «i. V. Herr,
ttt fccuth Srrlnp street. I.es An s «les, C»L
Phillipfc' fioek island Kxcursions
Leave Sun Francisco every Wednesday and Satur
day via Kio Grande and : Bock Island Rys
Threujh tourist sleeping ears to ChUaco aadß..s
-ton. Manager and porter accompany these excur
sions tbicogh to Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car
ace c ir. nnodatli us and further information address
Cl imps Jonks, General Agent Rock Island Rj.,
tb Montgomery street. San Francisco.
Fob CoroH.s, Colds and Tj>koat Disorders
" Brown* Sronchi.H Troche* " nave proved their
efficacy by a test of many years. Sold only in boxes.
It afflicted with aore eyes use Dr. lsaao Thonip
•on'• Eye Water. I rugrists sell It at 25 cents.
March styles Butteriek's patterns: catalogue!
mailed Iree. H. A. Demlng, 124 Post it., S. F.
MISCXIiIiANEOIJS.
DO YOU EAT?
If so. you must necessarily buy gro-
ceries, and when buying it is to your
interest to be sure you are getting
your moneys worth. Now we do not
propose taking up your valuable time
with any blow or bluster what we can
do for you, but we will put
Sol Facts ami Figures
Before you for consideration. It won't
take long for you to see that your dol-
lars will go farther with us than any-
where on earth.
Choice Family Flour 90c a sack, $3 50 a barrel
8 2-pouu<! cans Corned Heef $1
Large jars Preserved Ginger. 50 cents jar
fare Pepper and Mustard 25 cent 3 a pound
15-pound boxes No. 1 Macaroni, Vermicelli
and Spaghetti 76 cents a box
Koda Crackers 65 cents a box
Genuine Imported Castile 50ap. ..40 cents per bar
Eagle Brand Condensed Milk $1 95 a dozen
Dr. Price's, Cleveland's or Royal Baking Pow-
der 45 cents a pound can
Genuine Imported French Sardines
1-Va cents a can, SI 45 a dozen
5-galion Golden byrup SI 45 a keg
Whole Codfish 7 cents a pound
Eastern Boneless Codfish 10 cents a pound
16 pounds Birdseed for 91
14 pounds Imported Currants...,, for SI
10 cans Kxtra Choice Oysters lor 91
16 Good Candles for 25 cent*
Best Coal Oil $•> 10 per case
lon-keg Pickles $1 a keg
8 pounds Best Mixed Nuts for $1
Mnctly Pure Baking Powder.. ..25c a pound can
8 cans Sweetened or Unsweetened Condensed
Milk tor SI
12 Bottles French .Mustard. for $1
50-pound sack Salt 40c a sack
Wax Candles 85 cents a box
Loose Raisins 20 pounds for SI
5 pounds Good Japan Tea for $2
10-pound can Best Eastern Lard for 81 '
13 pounds Best Cornstarch for SI
18 pounds Best Rice for $1
30 pounds New-crop Pea and Pink Beans.... for SI
13 cans New Tomatoes for Si
Burkes Iris* and Scotch Whiskies.... $1 a bottle
Hauler's Malt Whisky 85 cents a bottle
Duffy's Malt Whisky 75 cents a bottle
6-year-oid Irish Whisky 75 cents a bottle
8-rear-o'd Kentucky Bourbon SI a bottle
Bourbon, Rye or Scotch Whisky, * years old
and straight goods ...S3 a gallon
WM.GUNE,
Tlg Great Growing Grocer,
949-951 MARKET STREET,
BET. FIFTH AND SIXTH.
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1 Greatly Reduced Prices. $
|$40TS$75PerAcre|
* TERMS 70 SUIT PURCHASERS. *
'? *
* RAXCHO DE NOVATO, comprising it
* 5000 acres at Novato, Marin County, Cal., ie
* on line of S. F. and N. P. Ry. (Dcnohuo it
* broad-srauje) 20 miles from San Francisco, "ft
J This property has been subdivided into acre "^T
2 tracts and small ranches of from 10 to 200 it
2 acres; any desired size. Tho land varies "*
2 from low hills to rich bottoms, and is per- J
2 feotly adapted to prowing- olives, pruii*», 2
2 peaches, grapes and all kinds of fruit, grain 2
J and vegetables. Unlimited market in city 2
2 'or produce; both rail and water transpor- 2
2 tation from th property to San Francisco. 2
2 L<> freight and fares. Town of Novato, 2
2 railroad station, hotel, stores, first-class 2
2 ended school, poetoffice and express offices, 2
2 meat market, etc. . all on tho property. 2 .
2 Call on or address 2
$ SYNDICATE INVESTMENT CO. *
*64 and 65 Chronicle Building. *
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Wm^\ $10000
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FOR
tFine Tailoring
Perfect Fit, Best of Work-
manship at Moderate
Prices, go to
JOE POHEIM
The Tailor.
Rules for Measurement.
Cloth Samples sent Free.
203 Montgomery St., 724 Market St., -.
1110 and 1112 Market St. San Francisco.
'■■■'■ Ja7 tf SnMoWe
ROCK SPRINGS
COAL !
JOHN HENDERSON JR.,
Si:> ' 224-326 KDDV STK'KT.
Telephone So. 3534. jas SnWeFr cf
19 8 : '-Kf flfH V. : BUSI N ESS
PS MHIVfI BUSINESS
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XxLjlcJl liU 3:i<> posr sr<
|f*V^fflt^f w| W band for Circulars.
it tkkcttiEg,l'ecn>ai>shlp,Shortlianil,'iy writing
fcraduatui Aided in Getting; Positions.
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_____ DRY GOODS.
Don't
It!
Tact Wflflfr Of Onr Great Peremp-
LttDl OCCii tory Sale to Close Up
ESTATE IN PROBATE.
SILKS, VELVETS
AND PLUSHES!
AT PRICES NEVER
BEFORE REACHED.
DRESS GOODS
Cheaper Than the Cheapest !
5 SAMPLE BARGAINS !
Price Was p r , Cc Now
3Ka Lot 1— 36-Inch ftA
d Ol. MIXED SCOTCH TWEEDS. L UC.
Zfi* Lot 2— 46-Inch ft-.
WUI. JACQUARD SUITING. /iOC.
af\a Lot 3— 38-Inch All-Wool Qrr A
VllC. FKENCU DIAGONAL, OdC.
_„ Lot 4— 38-[nch All-Wool ._
75C. IMPORTED FRENCH I.IP
1 UVt CHEVIOTS, *" tg
tf«l .TIT. Lots— 4o-Inch All-Wool __
•p 1.-0. FRENCH NOVELTY T.iC
SUITING. lO{Jt
BUCK GOODS!
One Lot 46-If<ch All-Wool
<J|l OK FRENCH SURAH SERGE. nr
tpl. Lv% An Extra Heavy Cloth, lwC»
L'eautiful Finish.
ft-*~ Take a (food look around our store. You
wilt find bargains on all our counter* and in all
departments. Visitors to the city especially in-
vited to call on us.
SPECIAL XOTICE.
Kf Goods delivered free to all places where ex-
press ratesare cot in excess or Si per 100 pounds.
O" Mail orders carefully and promptly attended
to. Uuods forwarded C. O. I), or on receipt or re-
ii.lttances by express or mall. Samples free on
application.
PHILIP KENNEDY & GO.
SOUTHWEST CORNER
MARKET AND FIFTH STREETS.
re'JS HuTh '1
THE BIGGEST AUCTION SALE
OK
BIOYOLBS,
EVER HELD ON THE PACIFIC COAST WILL
TAKE PLACE AT 1051 MARKET ST.,
On FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. Feb. 23 and 24,
at 2:30 and 7:30 P. M.
.COVENTRY CROSSES, RAMBLERS, CQLUM.
BIAS. SMALLiYS, AltCHs and many other
well-known makes, AT YOUR OWN THICKS.
This sale is for the purpose of disposing of all '93
Wheels to make room lor our elegant line of '94
CATARACT CYCLES,
■Which have more merit* generally and in the de-
tails than any other line on the market You'll
never have another chance to get a bicycle so
cheap. Be sure to come.
THE WARMAN-SGHUB CYCLE HOUSE
1051 Market Street.
Makers or the famous CATARACT CYCLES and
largest retailers in America.
feai tr WeSu .
Tb ab V carriage' FACTORY]
■ — i i ■•
k.We Make i ifli!§!i '*
> Baby Carriages u *w||i||[ *,
J, and Chairs £ ¥ll|i'%iis^ *
» Carriages frem $3 to $60 I fJ^Bffi\j
h (Mrs " $3" $30 7 ,||^!§||<
* Write for Free Catalogue 0
> K^^ « Anything in Reed or Rattan -
* HHHU ' c Made to Order at regular^
► tßilisiwr X Manufacturers' Prices *
> fcpfel r Call and Sea Our Goods
;J9 H California Rattan Go.|
61 First St., S. F. «
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Jt3o SuTh « _ - •
PALACE HOTEL.
rpHE PALACE HOTEL OCCUPIES AN ENTIRES
1 block in the center or San Francisco, it it the
model hotel or tti» world. Kir* and earth quake
preof. Has nine elevators. Everr room is larzo
light and airy. The ventilation U p«rr«ct. A bath
md rlosw adjoin every roera. All rooms are easy
of access from broad, light corridors. The central
•ourt, i!.muin;«t«i'. by electric light, its Immeiua
glass roof, broad Ualeenle?. carrla^e-way and troD-
cal plants »re features hitherto unknown in Atner-
lc*-< h#tel». Guests «ntff tuned en either the Amer-
ican or European plan. Th» restaurant Is the finest
In ta» cur. Secure rooms la advance by t«i«-
grzp»iiig. THE .'ALACK HOTEL
lattt gap Franct»"o. Cal.
iefeeklyCali
The Largest, Cheapest
. ...AND....
MOST VALUABLE FAMILY WKEiiLI
I.V AMKUH V.
LOIC COlilillS IH EACH IBMBEIEOIIMFrj
i mm OF ibs PAGES Eict
ONLY $1 A YEAR, POSTPAID
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